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Process and device for manually commissioning individually packaged products with a flow shelf

  • US 8,666,536 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2009
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for manually commissioning individually packaged products, the process comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of containers with a plurality of the individually packaged products packed into the plurality of containers;

    providing a driven conveying section and an elevator;

    transporting the plurality of containers along the driven conveying section to the elevator;

    providing a plurality of channels receiving and guiding the containers, said plurality of channels being arranged in a plurality of levels to form a flow shelf, each of said levels including a plurality of said channels arranged in a horizontal direction, said each of said levels being arranged in a vertical direction, each of said plurality of channels having an inlet and an outlet;

    selectively moving the elevator with one of the plurality of containers to one of said plurality of levels;

    providing 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 channels;

    selectively moving the containers from the elevator to one of the level conveyor units;

    selectively conveying the containers from the elevator to said inlets of said channels in a respective said level on a respective level conveyor unit;

    moving the containers from the inlets of the channels to the outlets of the channels;

    providing a commissioning workplace at the outlets of the plurality of channels;

    providing an order container at the commissioning workplace;

    providing an order document indicating which desired products are to be in the order container;

    moving the desired products from the containers at the outlets of the channels, to the order container, by a commissioning person.

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