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

Claim 19:
20. 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 carrier at an end of a source row;
moving the totes in the source row at a constant velocity toward a first conveyer such that one or more totes are moved out of the source row and move through the first mobile carrier onto the first conveyer;
positioning a second mobile carrier at the end of a destination row; and
moving the totes in the destination row at a constant velocity away from the first conveyer such as to accommodate one or more totes moved from the first conveyer and through the second mobile carrier into the destination row;
wherein the conveyer moves the one or more totes in a direction from the source row to the destination row.