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US 7,882,933 B2Granted
Process and central belt automatic unit for filling an order container in a commissioning system
AssigneeKnabb Logistik Automation GmbH
InventorKarl Freudelsperger
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Abstract
A method and a central-belt machine are provided for filling an order container. The central-belt machine includes two central belt provided with articles along a virtual window of an order, and the articles being discharged to the order container at a filling point at the front longitudinal end (V) of the central belt. The two central belts (1, 2) of the central-belt machine, are arranged vertically one above the other, to fill the order container (3), for an order, by at least one interposed vertical conveyor (4) at a single filling point (P) of the lower central belt (2).
Claims21
A process for filling an order container, the process comprising the steps of:
- providing an order container;
- providing at least two central belts, said two central belts comprising an upper central belt and a lower central belt;
- providing a vertical conveyor comprising a plurality of trays arranged in a vertical direction, said vertical conveyor being arranged between said two central belts, each of said trays comprising a first vertical guide rail, a second vertical guide rail, a first displaceable adjustable tilting wall, a second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, a first stationary side wall and a second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall being located opposite said second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall being located at a spaced location from said second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall having a first lower horizontal guide rail, said second stationary side wall having a second lower horizontal guide rail, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall and said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall being located between said first stationary side wall and said second stationary side wall, said first vertical guide rail being arranged adjacent to a lateral area of said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said second vertical guide rail being arranged adjacent to a lateral area of said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall being located opposite said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall being movable along said first lower horizontal guide rail, said second lower horizontal guide rail and said first vertical guide rail such that said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall moves from a closed position to an open position, said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall being movable along said first lower horizontal guide, said second lower horizontal guide rail and said second vertical guide rail from said closed position to said open position, wherein said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall and said second adjustable tilting wall are adjustable in height, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall engaging said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall in said closed position;
- arranging said central belts vertically one on top of another;
- providing goods on said upper central belt;
- transferring said goods on said upper central belt by opening and closing said trays such that said goods are transferred through each of said trays in a downward vertical direction;
- and
- filling said order container with said transferred goods for a commissioning order.
5 more elements
A central belt automatic unit for filling an order container, the automatic unit comprising:
- two central belts comprising an upper central belt and a lower central belt, said two central belts being arranged vertically one on top of another and having a single filling point at a front longitudinal end of said lower central belt;
- and a vertical conveyor with stationary trays, which can be opened downwardly, and which
- said vertical conveyor feeds commissioning goods from said upper central belt downwardly in a vertical direction directly to said filling point or transfers said commissioning goods from said upper central belt downwardly in said vertical direction to said lower central belt by cycled opening and closing of said trays, said vertical conveyor being connected at said front longitudinal end of said upper central belt, each of said trays comprising a first vertical guide rail, a second vertical guide rail, a first displaceable adjustable tilting wall, a second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, a first stationary side wall and a second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall being located opposite said second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall being located at a spaced location from said second stationary side wall, said first stationary side wall having a first lower horizontal guide rail, said second stationary side wall having a second lower horizontal guide rail, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall and said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall being located between said first stationary side wall and said second stationary side wall, said first vertical guide rail being arranged adjacent to a lateral area of said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said second vertical guide rail being arranged adjacent to a lateral area of said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall being located opposite said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall being movable along said first lower horizontal guide rail, said second lower horizontal guide rail and said first vertical guide rail such that said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall moves from a closed position to an open position, said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall being movable along said first lower horizontal guide, said second lower horizontal guide rail and said second vertical guide rail from said closed position to said open position, wherein said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall and said second adjustable tilting wall are adjustable in height, said first displaceable adjustable tilting wall engaging said second displaceable adjustable tilting wall in said closed position.
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