# US 5,706,928 A · Picking system

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- Number: US 5,706,928 A
- Document ID: US5706928A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/604,861
- Filed: 1996-02-22
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-03-15
- Assignees: P.E.E.M. Forderanlagen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
- Inventors: Helmut Neukam
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706928A

## CPC

- B65B 61/202: {for attaching articles to the outside of a container (B65B61/205 takes precedence)}
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

Device which is part of a picking system, including a conveyor for carrying containers, a device for automatically labelling the containers, and a device for removing the labels from the containers. In order to allow a straightforward inspection of the contents of a container, the containers feature on their outside a holder, which is open on its top side, designed to hold waybills. The device for labelling the containers comprises a printer arranged above the conveyor, and the device for removing the labels comprises a suction nozzle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Device which is part of a picking system, including a conveyor (2) for containers (1), a device for automatically labelling the containers (1), and a device for removing the labels from the containers (1), characterized in that the containers (1) feature on their outside a holder (5), which is open on its top side, designed to hold waybills (8), and that the device for labelling the containers (1) comprises a printer (3) arranged above the conveyor (2), and that the device for removing the labels comprises a suction nozzle (7).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the holder (5) designed to hold the waybill (8) is arranged in the area of the upper rim of the container (1).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the printer (3) features a vertically adjustable delivery chute (4) and that the suction nozzle (7) is vertically adjustable as well.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the suction nozzle (7) precedes the printer (3) in the conveying path (6) of the containers (1).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the containers (1) feature a permanent coding and that the printer (3) is controlled by a data processing device which is connected to a code reader, arranged in front of the printer (3), for reading the code from each container (1).