Pickface builder for storage and retrieval systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9981808
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15332997

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A pickface builder for a storage and retrieval system for storing goods units and having an in-feed conveyor and a picking device, each goods unit holding at least one product package therein, the pickface builder including a frame, a pusher member movably coupled to the frame, and a snugger member movably coupled to the frame, wherein the pickface builder is configured to receive goods units from the in-feed conveyor and the pusher member and snugger member are movable at least in a direction transverse to a direction of goods unit travel on the in-feed conveyor and configured to form the goods units into a pickface picked by the picking device as a unit and having a predetermined reference datum relating the pickface to a placement position of goods units forming the pickface along a storage surface of the storage and retrieval system.

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  • SYMBOTIC LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sullivan, Robert Wilmington, US 156 3580
Toebes, Stephen C Chelmsford, US 71 1607

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