Method and device for conveying piece goods from a stack or pile

US10035657B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Hartmann · Weisendorf, DE
• Wolfram Grafe · Elmenhorst, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2207/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for conveying piece goods from a stack, using a finger unit with two flexible flank elements which extend jointly from one end of the finger unit, wherein the two flexible flank elements are in each case flexibly connected to one another by way of a multiplicity of webs such that the finger unit is adjustable from a curved position into a straightened position and back, wherein the finger unit is pressed against the stack in a gripping direction such that one flank element is impressed by one item of piece goods, wherein the finger unit is adjusted from a straightened position into a curved position and, in the process, the finger unit grips the item of piece goods, and wherein the gripped item of piece goods is moved by the finger unit from the stack in a transport direction perpendicular to the gripping direction.