Patent ID: 8594833

Claim:
A product picking apparatus, comprising: a frame; a fixed matrix plate, supported by the frame, defining at least a first row of slots and a second row of slots; a right-then-left movable matrix plate, movable parallel to the fixed matrix plate, defining at least a first row of slots at an elevation of the first row of slots defined in the fixed matrix plate; a left-then-right movable matrix plate, movable parallel to the fixed matrix plate, defining at least a first row of slots at an elevation of the second row of slots defined in the fixed matrix plate, wherein the right-then-left movable matrix plate moves right when the left-then-right movable matrix plate moves left, and wherein the right-then-left movable matrix plate moves left when the left-then-right movable matrix plate moves right; a first product picker, supported by the frame for movement parallel to the fixed matrix plate, the movement in response to movement of the right-then-left movable matrix plate; and a second product picker, supported by the frame for movement parallel to the fixed matrix plate, the movement in response to movement of the left-then-right movable matrix plate.