INVENTORY SYSTEM WITH CONNECTABLE INVENTORY HOLDERS

A system includes a first mobile drive unit (20a) and a second mobile drive unit. The first mobile drive unit is operable to dock with a first item holder (30a) at a first end of a column of connected item holders. The second mobile drive unit (20b) is operable to dock with a second item holder at a...

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1. Verfasser:	WORSLEY, Timothy Craig
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CONVEYING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS REGULATING SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system includes a first mobile drive unit (20a) and a second mobile drive unit. The first mobile drive unit is operable to dock with a first item holder (30a) at a first end of a column of connected item holders. The second mobile drive unit (20b) is operable to dock with a second item holder at a second end (30b) of the column of connected item holders. The system also includes a management module (15) that is operable to instruct the first mobile drive unit and the second mobile drive units to transport the column of connected item holders from a first location to a second location.