Picking system

• US 5,706,928 A
• Filed: 02/22/1996
• Issued: 01/13/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: P.E.E.M. Forderanlagen Gesellschaft M.B.H.
• Original Assignee: P. E. E. M. Forderanlagen GmbH
• Inventors: Neukam, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Valenza, Joseph E.
• Application Number:
  US08/604,861
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 198/349, 198/350, 198/355, 270/58.01
• US Class Current: 198/349
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 61/202 for attaching articles to the outside of a container B65B61/205 takes precedence

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

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).

2. 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).

3. 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.

4. 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).

5. 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).