Patent ID: 9522781
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A shuttle for a warehouse, having a runway for said shuttle and a plurality of article spaces along and adjacent to said runway, said shuttle comprising: a chassis made up of first and second chassis portions and an article-carrying area between said chassis portions; a pair of first running wheels on said first chassis portion, said first running wheels adapted to travel along the runway; a pair of second running wheels on said chassis spaced from said first running wheels, said second running wheels adapted to travel along the runway; a pair of extendable arms mounted to said chassis in order to transfer an article between an article space and said article-carrying area; and a connector assembly connecting said first and second chassis portions, wherein one of said arms is mounted to said first chassis portion and the other of said arms is mounted to said second chassis portion and wherein said connector assembly is adapted to vary the spacing between said first and second chassis portions and thereby varying the spacing between said arms to engage articles of different widths, a drive assembly for extending and retracting said arms, said drive assembly including a first drive associated with said one of said arms, a second drive associated with the other of said arms, another motor and another shaft interconnecting said another motor with said first and second drives, a universal joint connected with said shaft to accommodate flexing between said first and second chassis portions.