AUTOMATIC ORDER PICKING SYSTEM AND METHOD IN RETAIL FACILITY
First Claim
1. An order picking system responsive to customers'"'"' orders for picking ordered goods, comprising:
- a storage system for storing containers arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground, the containers including source containers with goods stored in the storage system and reception containers to be filled with the ordered goods,at least one mobile picking unit movable in a horizontal direction along an upper level of the storage system, the picking unit being configured for taking ordered goods from the source containers arranged at the upper level and placing the ordered goods into the reception containers for delivery to the customers, andat least one transportation unit movable along a lower level of the storage system arranged lower than the upper level, the transportation unit being configured for taking the containers from levels of the storage system lower than the upper level, and delivering the containers to the upper level.
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Abstract
An order picking system includes a storage system for storing containers arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground, the containers including source containers with goods stored in the storage system and reception containers to be filled with the ordered goods. At least one mobile picking unit may be moved in a horizontal direction along an upper level of the storage system, the picking unit is configured for taking ordered goods from the source containers arranged at the upper level and placing the ordered goods into the reception containers for delivery to the customers. At least one transportation unit may be moved along a lower level of the storage system arranged lower than the upper level. The transportation unit is configured for taking the containers from levels of the storage system lower than the upper level, and delivering the containers to the upper level.
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15 Claims
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1. An order picking system responsive to customers'"'"' orders for picking ordered goods, comprising:
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a storage system for storing containers arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground, the containers including source containers with goods stored in the storage system and reception containers to be filled with the ordered goods, at least one mobile picking unit movable in a horizontal direction along an upper level of the storage system, the picking unit being configured for taking ordered goods from the source containers arranged at the upper level and placing the ordered goods into the reception containers for delivery to the customers, and at least one transportation unit movable along a lower level of the storage system arranged lower than the upper level, the transportation unit being configured for taking the containers from levels of the storage system lower than the upper level, and delivering the containers to the upper level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of picking ordered goods in a storage system for storing containers arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground, using at least one mobile picking unit movable in a horizontal direction along an upper level of the storage system and at least one transportation unit movable along a lower level of the storage system arranged lower than the upper level, the method comprising the steps of:
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controlling the transportation unit to take a first container from a level below the upper level and carry the first container to the upper level, and controlling the picking unit to pick up an ordered article from the first container delivered by the transportation unit to the upper level, and place the article into a second container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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