Patent ID: 11858743
Assignee: TGW LOGISTICS GROUP GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A picking station (2) for picking of items, wherein the picking station (2) is connected to a source container distribution system (3) and a target container distribution system (4), the picking station (2) comprising:
a delivery device (32) for providing of a source container (5) at a single retrieval position (33),
a delivery device (34) for providing of a target container (27) at a single loading position (35),
a sorting buffer (36) configured to provide target containers (27) sorted into a sequence, having
a plurality of buffer positions (39) ahead of the single loading position (35) and arranged one behind the other in a delivery direction on a first conveyor device (37),
a plurality of sorting positions (42) arranged one behind the other in a return direction on a second conveyor device (40), and
third conveyor devices (43) connecting the sorting positions (42) with the buffer positions (39) in terms of conveying,
wherein the first conveyor device (37) and the second conveyor device (40) are connected to one another by a fourth conveyor device (48) in order to convey the target containers (27) from the sorting buffer (36) to the loading position (35), and to convey them away from the loading position (35) to the sorting buffer (36), for processing of different order lines for at least one order,
wherein the first conveyor device (37) has at least one conveyor unit (44) for transport of the target containers (27), and the second conveyor device (40) has at least one conveyor unit (45) for transport of the target containers (27),
wherein conveyor units (46, 47) for transport of the target containers (27) are assigned to the buffer positions (39) and to the sorting positions (42), and
wherein the delivery device (34) is configured with the single loading position (35) on the fourth conveyor device (48), and

a control unit (26) configured to selectively control the conveyor units (44, 45, 46, 47) so that the target containers (27) in the sorting buffer (36) are sorted into a sequence that is determined as a function of the sequence in which the source containers (5) are provided at the retrieval position (33), and so that a source container (5) and a target container (27) for an order arrive at the retrieval position (33) and loading position (35) approximately simultaneously.