Patent ID: 6321138
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B65G,G06Q

Abstract:
Basket storage and retrieval apparatus for a bakery comprising spaced parallel rows of storage racks with multiple horizontal tiers, an aisle between the storage racks and guides connected to the aisle, a stacker retriever connected to the guides, the stacker retriever having at least one vertical member, a carriage mounted on the vertical member for moving up and down the vertical member and aligning with storage rack tiers on opposite sides of the aisle, at least one carrier mounted on the carriage for moving into the horizontal tiers and lowering baskets within the tiers for resting on the tiers and raising baskets from the tiers for moving the raised baskets toward the carriage, a robotic input lane extending through at least one of the storage racks and a robotic output lane extending through at least one of the storage racks, an input transfer conveyor connected to the robotic input lane and an output transfer conveyor connected to the robotic output lane, an input conveyor connected to the input transfer conveyor for supplying loaded baskets to the input transfer conveyor and an output conveyor connected to the output transfer conveyor for receiving loaded baskets from the output transfer conveyor and a dolly loader or conveyor loop connected to the output conveyor for loading on trucks.