US Patent No: 6,971,833
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Order picking system
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Dec 6, 2005
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Apr 1, 1999
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09/647,955
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Abstract
The invention relates to an order picking system (1) with at least one automatic commissioning machine (2) having article racks (3) in which channels (4) for articles are positioned which are inclined in relation to the horizontal. Said channels comprise an article stop element and an article distributing device on their lower longitudinal ends and can be filled with new articles at their other, higher longitudinal ends on the rack loading side (B). The order picking system provided for in the invention is characterized in that a movable rack steering unit (5) has an article handling device (51) which is mobile in three dimensions and has an article stack retaining device (52) which can contain a vertical stack of articles and can be positioned vertically at each higher longitudinal end of an article channel (4) on the rack loading side (B). The article stack retaining device (52) comprises a lower or upper slide (53) for pushing out individual articles which can be displaced in the transverse direction of the stack.
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| 4,501,528 System for automatic stacking, storage and withdrawal of packaged merchandise in large warehouses | 41 | 1984 | |
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| 6,059,508 Commissioning installation | 4 | 1998 | |
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| 6,409,449 Commissioning system with a high-speed automatic machine and a shelf control unit | 1 | 1999 | |
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| 4,251,177 Inclined article storage frames with a loading and unloading apparatus | 18 | 1978 | |
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