Patent ID: 9499349
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A method for picking of articles from source loading aids by an order picker into destination loading aids at an order-picking station comprising: (a) conveying the source and destination loading aids via a first conveyor system to the order-picking station; (b) providing the source and destination loading aids at the order-picking station for picking the articles in a picking operation; (c) after the picking operation, discharging the source and destination loading aids from the order-picking station via a second conveyor system; (d) providing one common picking conveyor at the first conveyor system passing through a working area for the order picker; (e) coordinating conveying movements of the source and destination loading aids by a control device so that the source and destination loading aids required for processing a picking order are brought together before the picking operation in the order-picking station onto the one common picking conveyor of the first conveyor system and in such a manner that the source and destination loading aids are arranged next to one another in a conveying direction of the one common picking conveyor; (f) presenting the source and destination loading aids next to one another in the conveying direction as a picking group to the order picker on the one common picking conveyor.