Station for preparing orders comprising at least one shaft for vertically accumulating and sequentially dispensing containers
US8996157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/127
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is proposed a unit including a station for preparing orders, controlled by a control system. The station has a first circuit that includes a first outward conveyor, which receives containers for storing products, and an accumulator for accumulating a predetermined quantity of storage containers received on the first outward conveyor. The accumulator includes: at least one first shaft comprising superposed mobile positions that can each receive and downwardly move at least one storage container, the at least one first shaft vertically accumulating and sequentially dispensing storage containers previously placed in the positions; and at least one first elevator moving vertically along the at least one first chute up to each of the locations of the at least one first chute.
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