Operating device for an order-picking apparatus

An order-picking apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of storage locations disposed opposite one another;
• and an operating device, the operating device comprising:
• a delivery table having two opposite slotting and picking sides and two longitudinal sides, wherein a transport channel for accommodating at least one individual item extends between the slotting and picking sides along a first horizontal direction, the delivery table further comprising a recess that extends along the first horizontal direction, from which a first driver is configured to be at least partially movable into the transport channel, wherein the first driver is further configured to be movable along the first horizontal direction;
• two or more clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the two or more clamping jaws each having planar clamping surfaces, the clamping surface of one of the two or more clamping jaws configured to face the clamping surface of another one of the two or more clamping jaws, wherein the two or more clamping jaws are coupled with a first drive unit and are configured to be movable jointly along the first horizontal direction, wherein the two or more clamping jaws are coupled with at least one second drive unit and configured to be movable along a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction, wherein the clamping surfaces are configured to hold and move at least one individual item in the first horizontal direction for guidance along the planar clamping surfaces from one opposite slotting and picking side to the opposite slotting and picking side, and wherein the clamping surfaces and the slotting and picking sides define boundaries of the transport channel in the first and second horizontal directions;
• and
• at least one pusher device comprising a first drive for moving a section of the pusher device along the first horizontal direction, wherein the pusher device has the first driver coupled with the first drive, the first driver configured to be movable at least partially into the transport channel and at least partially out of the transport channel, and wherein the first driver is configured to be movable along the first horizontal direction in the transport channel, wherein movement of the first driver is confined between the slotting and picking sides, wherein in at least one or more sections of the transport channel is configured so that the at least one individual item is movable out of the transport channel by way of one of the slotting and picking sides,
• wherein the operating device is separate and distinct from the plurality of storage locations.