An electronic lock refrigeration assembly for storage of food includes a refrigeration unit. The refrigeration unit has a peripheral surface and a back surface. A plurality of doors is positioned on the peripheral surface of the refrigeration unit. Each of the doors has a key pad and a handle. Additionally, each of the doors has a cavity. The plurality of doors encloses the cavity of each of the doors. A locking system is positioned on the peripheral surface of the refrigeration unit. The locking system includes a screen and a pay pad. The screen is a computer of the locking system. The screen allows the user to select an open locker to use. The pay pad is an electronic payment pad. The pay pad is in electric communication with the screen.

An electronic lock refrigeration assembly for storage of food includes a refrigeration unit. The refrigeration unit has a peripheral surface and a back surface. A plurality of doors is positioned on the peripheral surface of the refrigeration unit. Each of the doors has a key pad and a handle. Additionally, each of the doors has a cavity. The plurality of doors encloses the cavity of each of the doors. A locking system is positioned on the peripheral surface of the refrigeration unit. The locking system includes a screen and a pay pad. The screen is a computer of the locking system. The screen allows the user to select an open locker to use. The pay pad is an electronic payment pad. The pay pad is in electric communication with the screen.

A storage system includes a grid structure of storage cells. Each storage cell is arranged to accommodate a vertical stack of storage bins and having a top level. The grid structure includes a plurality of vertical aluminum columns interconnected by top rails. The columns form adjacent rows of storage cells. The storage system includes at least one remotely operated vehicle arranged to move on the top rails and receive a storage bin from a storage cell at the top level of the grid structure. The storage system includes an insulated cover covering at least one of the storage cells at the top level.

A storage system includes a grid structure of storage cells. Each storage cell is arranged to accommodate a vertical stack of storage bins and having a top level. The grid structure includes a plurality of vertical aluminum columns interconnected by top rails. The columns form adjacent rows of storage cells. The storage system includes at least one remotely operated vehicle arranged to move on the top rails and receive a storage bin from a storage cell at the top level of the grid structure. The storage system includes an insulated cover covering at least one of the storage cells at the top level.

An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.

The invention is a cooling tunnel for rapidly cooling a food product (1). The cooling tunnel (10) includes a plurality of thermal zones (21, 31) within the tunnel, and a conveying means (14) for transporting the food product sequentially therethrough. In operation, circulating air and the food product within each thermal zone are in a heat exchange relationship whereby heat from the food product is transferred to the circulating air and a heat exchanger extracts heat from the circulating air and exhausts the heat from the thermal zone.

The invention is a cooling tunnel for rapidly cooling a food product (1). The cooling tunnel (10) includes a plurality of thermal zones (21, 31) within the tunnel, and a conveying means (14) for transporting the food product sequentially therethrough. In operation, circulating air and the food product within each thermal zone are in a heat exchange relationship whereby heat from the food product is transferred to the circulating air and a heat exchanger extracts heat from the circulating air and exhausts the heat from the thermal zone.

A locker for unattended storage and automated access of stored goods including a locker housing having at least one environmentally controlled compartment with an environmentally controlled access opening, an air inlet duct and an air outlet duct; a door sealingly engaging the environmentally controlled access opening; an automated latch engaging the door and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; an access control unit in communication with the automated latch; and an environmental control unit removably housed in the locker housing, the environmental control unit having duct interfaces engagable with the air inlet duct and with the air outlet duct for circulating air between the at least one environmentally controlled compartment and the environmental control unit, and the environmental control unit having an electric power connector engagable with an electric power outlet in the locker housing in communication with a source of electric power.

A locker for unattended storage and automated access of stored goods including a locker housing having at least one environmentally controlled compartment with an environmentally controlled access opening, an air inlet duct and an air outlet duct; a door sealingly engaging the environmentally controlled access opening; an automated latch engaging the door and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; an access control unit in communication with the automated latch; and an environmental control unit removably housed in the locker housing, the environmental control unit having duct interfaces engagable with the air inlet duct and with the air outlet duct for circulating air between the at least one environmentally controlled compartment and the environmental control unit, and the environmental control unit having an electric power connector engagable with an electric power outlet in the locker housing in communication with a source of electric power.

A multiple drawer refrigerator, where each drawer is separately controllable to a temperature for a refrigerator or a freezer. Each drawer is isolated from all the other drawers, so that items in one drawer do not leech smells to another drawer, and so that opening one drawer does not release cold air from the other drawers.