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Abstract: a buffer system is for delivering containers to and from the station. the storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure which includes a rail system including a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of a container handling vehicle in a first direction across the top of the framework structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide movement of the container handling vehicle in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. the first and second sets of parallel rails divide the rail system into a plurality of grid cells. the framework structure includes upright members defining storage columns for storing containers within the framework structure. the storage and retrieval system includes at least one container handling vehicle configured to operate on the rail system. the buffer system has at least two automated lifts for delivering containers to and from the station. a first lift is for delivering containers to the station that have been delivered from the framework structure by a container handling vehicle and a second lift is for delivering containers from the station to the framework structure of the storage and retrieval system using a container handling vehicle. the speed of the first and the second lifts in the buffer system is controlled with the effect that when one container is finished at the station another is delivered to the station.

Inventor(s): Kjetil Gilje

CPC Classification: B65G1/1378 ({the orders being assembled on fixed commissioning areas remote from the storage areas})

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