Patent ID: 11891246
Assignee: AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY AS
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system, comprising:
a first set of wheels for moving the vehicle along an X direction on a rail system of the grid; and
a second set of wheels for moving the vehicle along a Y direction on the rail system of the grid, the Y direction being perpendicular to the X direction;
a vehicle body, the vehicle body having a vehicle body footprint defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body, the vehicle body comprising a first section and a second section, the first section having a first footprint and the second section having a second footprint, the first and second footprints being defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the first and second sections, respectively;
a lifting device for lifting storage containers from the storage system; and
a lifting device motor arranged to drive the lifting device when lifting storage containers from the storage system,
wherein the first section and the second section are arranged side-by-side such that a total area of the first and second footprints equals a total area of the vehicle body footprint, and a centre point of the first footprint is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the vehicle body footprint,
wherein the first section defines a storage container receiving space which is configured to accommodate a storage container, the first section also accommodating the lifting device for lifting a storage container from the storage system, and
wherein the lifting device motor is accommodated in the second section; and
a lifting axle,
wherein the lifting device motor is a connected at one end of the lifting axle,
wherein an extension of a lifting device axle extends into the second section, and
wherein a hollow shaft gear is connected directly to the extension of the lifting device axle.