US 8,739,958 B2 · Shipping bay or shelf in a commissioning unit

Abstract

A shipping bay arrangement (1), preferably in an order-picking installation, for accepting and delivering containers (2), with ramps (3) which are arranged next to one another and one above the other, the outlets (A) of which can be reached manually by an operator and on the filling side of which, feeding and filling devices are arranged, wherein the ramps arranged next to one another respectively form a rack level (I, II, III, IV, V) of the shipping rack. A container feeding section (4) leads to a lift (5) of the shipping rack. The lift (5) transports a fed container (2) to a selected rack level, wherein a dedicated rail-guided level conveyor device (6) is provided at each rack level, and receives the fed container (2). The level conveyor device (6) can be made to move transversely in relation to the inlets (E) of the ramps (3) for transporting the fed container (2) to a selected ramp, and for filling the selected ramp with the fed container. A buffer section (7) may be provided at each rack level, and downstream of the lift. At the exit of the buffer section, the level serving device (6) of each rack level can be positioned for taking over a fed container.

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Dependent claims

A shipping bay arrangement, with a small overall height, and can be reached by a human operator by hand at an outlet, for receiving and releasing a plurality of containers, the shipping bay arrangement comprising:

a plurality of ramps arranged next to each other and one on top of another, wherein said ramps being arranged next to each other form one of a plurality of bay levels of a shipping bay, said ramps being sloped and said ramps including lateral roller strips, wherein separating webs are arranged between adjacent said ramps of one bay level, one of said ramps being reserved for rejected containers, each of said ramps having an inlet and an outlet, said outlets being arranged to be reached by a human operator by hand from the ground without any means;
a separate, rail-guided level conveyor unit arranged at each of said plurality of bay levels, each said conveyor unit being displaceable at right angles to said inlets of respective said ramps, said each conveyor unit transporting the fed container to a selected said ramp and filling said selected ramp with the fed container;
an elevator selectively conveying a container into one of said conveyor units of said plurality of bay levels;
and
a container feed section feeding the plurality of containers to said elevator.

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A shipping bay arrangement conveying a plurality of containers, the shipping bay arrangement comprising:

a plurality of ramps receiving and guiding the containers, said plurality of ramps being arranged in a plurality of levels relative to a ground level, each of said levels including a plurality of said ramps arranged in a horizontal direction, said each of said levels being arranged in a vertical direction, each of said plurality of ramps having an inlet and an outlet to define a lowest group of outlets and a highest group of outlets of the shipping bay arrangement, said lowest group of outlets and said highest group of outlets being within a human reach range relative to said ground level, wherein said containers in said ramps are graspable via a human operator;
a plurality of level conveyor units, each of said level conveyor units being arranged at a different one of said plurality of levels of said ramps, each of said plurality of level conveyor units being mounted for movement such that each of said level conveyor units is movable along one of said plurality of levels in a first horizontal direction and in a second horizontal direction, said first horizontal direction being opposite said second horizontal direction, said each level conveyor unit receiving the containers at a receiving end and selectively conveying the containers to said inlets of said ramps in a respective said level;
an elevator arranged at said receiving ends of said plurality of level conveyor units, said elevator selectively transferring the containers to said plurality of level conveyor units;
and
a feed section conveying the containers to the elevator.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Shipping bay or shelf in a commissioning unit

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Shipping bay or shelf in a commissioning unit

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Abstract

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