Storage arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11840169-B2
Application number	US-202217684740-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2022
Priority date	Mar 3, 2021
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

A storage arrangement that includes a rack receiving space; and a movement space. The rack receiving space includes at least One movable rack and the movement space may contain a movement device that interacts with the at least one rack. The movement space is arranged above the rack receiving space in a direction of gravity, and the movement device is releasably engaged with the at least one rack.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A storage arrangement comprising:
a rack receiving space; and
a movement space,
wherein the rack receiving space comprises at least one movable rack and the movement space contains a movement device which interacts with the at least one rack,
wherein the movement space is arranged above the rack receiving space in a direction of gravity,
wherein the movement device is releasably engaged with the at least one rack,
wherein the movement device comprises a positively guided lifting unit movable along two movement axes arranged at an angle to one another, and wherein the lifting unit is movable perpendicularly to the two movement axes,
wherein the at least one rack comprises a receiving geometry which releasably interacts with a lifting geometry of the lifting unit of the movement device, and
wherein the receiving geometry comprises a first securing geometry arranged outwardly from the rack, the first securing geometry being releasably engaged with a second securing geometry of a receiving geometry of an adjacent rack in a securing position.

2. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the two movement axes are arranged at essentially right angles to each other.

3. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lifting geometry is movable beneath the receiving geometry in the direction of gravity.

4. The storage ran men according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lifting geometry comprises a seeking geometry and the receiving geometry comprises a locating geometry.

5. The storage arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein:
at least a boundary of the rack receiving space is configured to comprise at least one holding geometry that interacts with a securing geometry of the at least one rack.

6. The storage arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein:
in a lifting position in which the rack has been lifted by the lifting unit, a first securing geometry of the rack is movable past at least one of a second securing geometry and a second receiving geometry of a second rack in a securing position.

7. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one rack has a rectangular layout with a length direction and a width direction, wherein a column is provided in each corner region, with the receiving geometry being arranged on at least one of the columns in an upper region thereof in the direction of gravity.

8. The storage arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein:
the receiving geometry extends in at least one of the length direction and the width direction towards an adjacent column.

9. The storage arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein:
the receiving geometry extends essentially towards a middle of the rack.

10. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
a portion of the lifting geometry overlaps a portion of the receiving geometry of the at least one rack in a lifting position.

11. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lifting geometry is movable between two adjacent columns of an at least one rack in a securing position.

12. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
a floor of the rack receiving space comprises at least one securing device for the at least one rack.

13. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lifting unit is movable on linear axes.

14. The storage arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the storage arrangement is mobile.

Assignees

• Jungheinrich Ag

Inventors

• Seemüller Stefan
• Leiking Lars
• Cremer Holger
• Alberg Anatolij
• Cavelius Jörg

Classifications

• B60P3/007 Primary

  for delivery of small articles, e.g. milk, frozen articles · CPC title

• B60P1/5442

  attached to the roof of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60P1/6427 Primary

  the load-transporting element being shifted horizontally in a fore and aft direction, combined or not with a vertical displacement · CPC title

• B60P1/6436

  the load-transporting element being shifted horizontally in a crosswise direction, combined or not with a vertical displacement · CPC title

• B65G1/10 Primary

  with relatively movable racks to facilitate insertion or removal of articles {(cabinets with means for moving compartments up and down A47B51/00; cabinet system, e.g. consisting of cabinets arranged in a row with means to open or close passages between adjacent cabinets A47B53/02)} · CPC title