Automated handling unit and procedure for boxed items

Automated handling procedure for boxed items (3) comprising:

• placing on a storage surface (2) boxed items (3) aligned in rows (6) along a respective predominant development direction (6a) in dimensionally decreasing order, for each said row (6), towards a first edge (20) of said storage surface (2);
• unitarily translating along said predominant development direction (6a) on a handling surface (40) of a frame (4) facing said first edge (20) a group of said boxed items (3) consisting of at least a portion of a said row (6);
• and wherein
• during said translation, an entire said row (6) is translated along said predominant development direction (6a) so that said residual row (6) on said storage surface (2) is adjacent to said first edge (20);
• and by further comprising:
• moving said frame (4) close to a sorting surface (8) so that said handling surface (40) is aligned with said sorting surface (8);
• taking at least one said end boxed item (3) of said group from said handling surface (40) onto said sorting surface (8);
• returning said handling surface (40) close to said storage surface (2);
• repositioning any of the residual said boxed items (3) of said group onto said storage surface (2) at a said row (6), and
• sending to delivery said at least one boxed item (3) on said sorting surface (8).