Automated order-picking station for the manual picking of articles from storage containers into an order container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9429930
APP PUB NO 20150378345A1
SERIAL NO

14845730

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An order-picking station for manual picking of articles from storage containers into at least one order container in accordance with a picking order is disclosed, which may consist of a plurality of different articles, comprising: a rack having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side being arranged oppositely to the first longitudinal rack side; a plurality of channels comprising feeding channels and at least one discharging channel, wherein each of the feeding channels comprises a transfer end and a provision end; a supply device configured for transporting the storage containers from a warehouse to the transfer ends of the feeding channels, and for transferring the storage containers to the transfer ends, wherein each of the transfer ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are transferable in an automated manner by the supply device; a material-flow control device, wherein the material-flow control device is configured to control a material flow of the storage containers within the channels exclusively unidirectionally, wherein the storage containers in the feeding channels are moved oppositely to the storage containers in the discharging channels; an order-picking region in which a picking person manually picks the articles from the storage container and manually puts the articles into the at least one order container; and a transfer region in which the storage containers are transferred between the supply device and the channels, and vice versa; wherein each of the discharging channels comprises a receipt end and a delivery end, wherein each of the delivery ends is arranged and configured to receive the storage containers by the supply device in an automated manner; wherein the channels are arranged in the rack and extend substantially in parallel to each other, wherein the order-picking region is arranged along the first longitudinal rack side, and wherein the transfer region is arranged along the second longitudinal rack side; wherein each of the feeding channels has assigned at least one of the discharging channels in terms of the material flow; and wherein the provision ends and the delivery ends of the channels, which are assigned to each other, are either spatially arranged directly adjacent, or are connected, to each other via at least one push-away location so that the storage containers can be pushed, or conveyed, without lifting by the picking person, from the provision ends to the receipt end of the respectively assigned at lest one discharging channel.

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  • SSI SCHAEFER PEEM GMBH;SSI SCHAFER PEEM GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Winkler, Max Graz, DE 26 249

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