Method of, and consignment magazine and vehicle for, delivering consignments

US10248926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Schneebeck · Cologne, DE
• Boris Trendafilov · Sankt Augustin, DE
• Sandra Drees · Rübhausen, DE
• Heike Bischoff · Cologne, DE
• Antje Huber · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/12
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of delivering consignments, in which, in a distribution center, different consignment chambers of a consignment magazine are loaded with different consignments, in which, during the operation of the consignment magazine being loaded, different consignment chambers are moved one after the other into a receiving position for receiving at least one consignment and then into a storage position for the interim storage of the consignments received, in which the assignment of the loaded consignment chambers to the consignments received in each case in the consignment chambers is documented, in which the consignment magazine loaded with consignments is transferred to a vehicle for delivering the consignments, and in which the consignment chambers loaded with consignments are moved one after the other into a discharging position so that the consignment assigned the respective consignment chamber is discharged for delivery purposes.