Goods holder having two signal-producing means
AssigneeInventory Systems GmbH
InventorGeorg Hachmann
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Abstract
A goods holder, on which a plurality of goods can be arranged one behind the other in a movable manner, in such a way that a front good of a row of goods arranged one behind the other can be moved in the direction of a front end of the goods holder and can be removed from the goods holder at said front end. The goods holder having at least one displaceably supported signal-producing means, which can be displaced as a result of a movement of a frontmost good in the direction of the front end and triggers the production of a removal signal in the event of a displacement in order to indicate a removal of the good from the good holder. Two displaceably supported signal-producing means are provided on the goods holder.
Claims14
A goods holder for holding a plurality of goods arranged one behind the other in a movable manner, in such a way that a frontmost good of a row of goods arranged one behind the other at the goods holder can be moved in the direction of a front end of the goods holder and can be removed from the goods holder at said front end,
- wherein the goods holder has two signal-producing means, each being configured to be displaced as a result of a movement of the frontmost good in the direction of the front end and to trigger the production of a removal signal in the event of a displacement of the signal-producing means in order to indicate a removal of the frontmost good from the goods holder,
- wherein the two displaceable signal-producing means are configured to be displaced in succession in the event of a movement of the frontmost good in the direction of the front end, so that at least two removal signals are produced as a result, and
- wherein the goods holder comprises an electronic evaluation unit configured to evaluate the direction in which the frontmost good has been moved based on the at least two removal signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.