Patent ID: 11884489
Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A method for retrieving bottles, the method comprising;
providing the picking device of claim 1;
determining, by the control device, a storage location of a selected bottle;
displacing, by the control device, the operating device to the determined storage location;
removing, by the control device, the selected bottle from the storage location, the removing the selected bottle comprising:
moving prongs of the gripping member parallel to the storage location of the selected bottle in a Y direction, at least in sections, in a space defined by the cross-section of the selected bottle and situated below a maximum cross-section in an X direction;
moving the prongs upwards in a Z direction and producing a frictional connection between the prongs and a bottom portion of the selected bottle;
moving, by only the frictional connection with the prongs, the selected bottle away from the storage location; and
transferring, by the operating device, the selected bottle to an unloading device.