US 12,134,411 B2
Modular container accessing station
Trond Austrheim, Etne (NO); Øystein Gjerdevik, Skjold (NO); and Ingvar Fagerland, Kolnes (NO)
Assigned to AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
Appl. No. 17/618,081
Filed by Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078107
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/249244, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/EP2019/065204 (WO), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297938 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 47/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01); B65G 57/03 (2006.01); B65G 63/06 (2006.01); B65G 65/23 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/19 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 13/00 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0414 (2013.01); B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0471 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 47/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01); B65G 57/03 (2013.01); B65G 63/06 (2013.01); B65G 65/23 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/19 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 63/004 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0229 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0259 (2013.01); G05D 1/0289 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container accessing station configured to offer multiple access points where access to each access point may be permitted through an upper working surface of the container accessing station to an underlying storage container that has been delivered to the access point,
wherein the container accessing station further comprises a working surface provided by one or more working surface sections, each working surface section being an access panel or a blanking-off panel, wherein each working surface section having a common attachment configuration to allow either the access panel or the blanking-off panel to be fitted as part of the container accessing station at any of the multiple access points,
wherein a locking device configured to restrict movement of a delivery vehicle is provided on the access panel.