US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Aug. 11 for "Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a transfer column with side opening with blocker and method of operating blocker" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,569, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a transfer column with side opening with blocker and method of operating blocker" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Langhus, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage and retrieval system includes a two-dimensional rail system including a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of container handling vehicles in a first direction across the top of a framework structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide mov...