CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS AND LIFTING DEVICE MOTOR IN SECOND SECTION

摘要

A container handling vehicle (9') for picking up storage containers (6) from a three- dimensional grid (4) of an underlying storage system (1), comprising - a first set of wheels (22) for moving the vehicle (9') along an X direction (X) on a rail system (8) of the grid (4); and - a second set of wheels (23) for moving the vehicle (9') along a Y direction (Y) on the rail system (8) of the grid (4), the Y direction (Y) being perpendicular to the X direction; - a vehicle body (13), the vehicle body (13) having a vehicle body footprint (FV) defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body (13), the vehicle body comprising a first section (204) and a second section (205),the first section (204) having a first footprint (F1) and the second section (205) having a second footprint (F2), the first and second footprints (F1, F2) being defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the first and second sections (204, 205), respectively; - a lifting device (18) for lifting storage containers (6) from the storage system (1); and 20 - a lifting device motor (211, 211') arranged to drive the lifting device (18) when lifting storage containers (6) from the storage system (1); wherein - the first section (204) and the second section (205) are arranged side-by- side such that a total area of the first and second footprints (F1, F2) equals a total area of the vehicle body footprint (FV), and a centre point of the first footprint (F1) is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the vehicle body footprint (FV); - the first section (204) defines a storage container receiving space which is configured to accommodate a storage container (6), the first section (204) also accommodating the lifting device (18) for lifting a storage container (6) from the storage system (1); and the lifting device motor (211, 211') is accommodated in the second section (205).