Patent ID: 11897694
Assignee: SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An item-storage method comprising:
lifting, via a lift, an item to a designated layer of multiple vertically spaced layers of a storage rack, wherein the lift includes a lift conveyor, and wherein the designated layer comprises an aisle including a loading position, multiple rows intersecting the aisle, and a buffer conveyor between the lift and the loading position of the aisle, wherein the lift conveyor, the buffer conveyor and the loading position are substantially aligned along a first direction;
moving the item along a first direction off of the lift and onto the buffer conveyor of the designated layer by driving the buffer conveyor and the lift conveyor of the lift;
moving a shuttle along the aisle to the loading position of the aisle so as to be adjacent to the buffer conveyor; and
moving the item further along the first direction off of the buffer conveyor and onto the shuttle by driving the buffer conveyor and a shuttle conveyor of the shuttle.