Patent ID: 11866253
Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 25:
26. A method for arranging and manipulating totes in a storage structure comprising a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of totes, the method comprising:
positioning a first mobile conveyer at an end of any layer between a source row and a destination row;
moving the totes in the source row at a constant velocity toward the first mobile conveyer such that one or more totes are moved out of the source row and onto the first mobile conveyer;
moving the totes in the destination row at a constant velocity away from the first mobile conveyer such as to accommodate one or more totes moved from the first mobile conveyer and into the destination row;
wherein the conveyer moves the one or more totes in a direction from the source row to the destination row.