Steven D Bell

Address:

1949 Aquarius Ct, Oviedo, FL 32766

Phone:

4073660558

VIN:

1N4AL21EX7N434303

Make:

NISSAN

Model:

ALTIMA

Year:

2007

US Patent:

7722307, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Sep 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/933946

Inventors:

Steven G. Bell - McKinney TX, US

Assignee:

Daifuku America Corporation - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

B65G 1/04

US Classification:

414268, 414278, 414807, 700216, 198718

Abstract:

A system for controlling stocked items to be picked in a warehouse. The system has a first support assembly upon which a plurality of items can be stored in a predetermined array, including a plurality of rows, and from which stored items can be picked from a first location. The first support assembly has at least (a) a first state with no item upon the first support assembly, (b) a second state with at least one item in at least one of the rows and no items in another of the rows and (c) a third state with at least one item in each of the plurality of rows. The system includes a repositioning assembly that is operable to cause an item upon the first support assembly to be shifted from a first position in a first row to a second position in a second row. An item upon the first support assembly is situated to be more accessible to an operator for picking from the first location with the item in the second position than with the item in the first position. The system further includes a controller through which the repositioning assembly is selectively operated.