System and method for filling, removing and transporting containers
First Claim
1. A method for filling, removing, and transporting a receiving container for sorted items, a number of which are filled along a sorting path with sorted items at individual destination points, the sorting items being of the same type, and alter filling are transported away from the destination points by way of a transport facility, comprising the steps of:
- placing an empty receiving container on an upper surface of a holder;
inserting the empty receiving container and the holder on a guide beneath a destination point;
withdrawing the receiving container and the holder at least once for filling with sorted items so that the receiving container is removed from beneath the destination point during filling, a withdrawing direction being crosswise with respect to a sorting path direction and opposite to an insertion direction;
reinserting the container and holder after the filling so that the container is positioned beneath the destination point;
raising the container from the holder in response to a control command, the raising being performed by a lift;
withdrawing the holder in an opposite direction to an insertion direction;
lowering the receiving container via the lift onto the transport facility situated beneath the destination point;
transporting the receiving container away from the destination point via the transport facility; and
moving the lift into an idle position.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically transporting receiving containers for sorted products. The containers are filled with the sorted products along a sorting stretch at individual, similar target stations, and automatically transported by means of a transport device after being filled. A full receiving container for sorted products is thus lowered, after a transport command has been triggered, by means of a transport device beneath a target station. The container is then placed on the transport device, if the device is not already occupied by a receiving container. The receiving container is then transported away from the target station by means of the transport device.
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3 Claims
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1. A method for filling, removing, and transporting a receiving container for sorted items, a number of which are filled along a sorting path with sorted items at individual destination points, the sorting items being of the same type, and alter filling are transported away from the destination points by way of a transport facility, comprising the steps of:
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placing an empty receiving container on an upper surface of a holder; inserting the empty receiving container and the holder on a guide beneath a destination point; withdrawing the receiving container and the holder at least once for filling with sorted items so that the receiving container is removed from beneath the destination point during filling, a withdrawing direction being crosswise with respect to a sorting path direction and opposite to an insertion direction; reinserting the container and holder after the filling so that the container is positioned beneath the destination point; raising the container from the holder in response to a control command, the raising being performed by a lift; withdrawing the holder in an opposite direction to an insertion direction; lowering the receiving container via the lift onto the transport facility situated beneath the destination point; transporting the receiving container away from the destination point via the transport facility; and moving the lift into an idle position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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