Patent ID: 9429930
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B65G,G05B

Claim Text:
1. An order-picking station for manual picking of articles from storage containers for said articles into at least one order container in accordance with a picking order, which picking order includes a plurality of different article types, comprising: a rack having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side arranged oppositely to the first longitudinal rack side; a plurality of channels comprising a plurality of channels and at least one discharging channel, wherein each of the feeding channels comprises a transfer end and a provision end; a supply device arranged for transporting the storage containers when containing said articles from a warehouse to the transfer ends of the feeding channels, and for transferring the storage containers after articles have been removed therefrom to the transfer ends, wherein each of the transfer ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are transferable in an automated manner by the supply device; a material-flow control device, wherein the material-flow control device is configured to control a material flow of the storage containers within the channels exclusively unidirectionally, wherein the storage containers in the feeding channels are moved oppositely to the storage containers in the discharging channels; an order-picking region in which a picking person manually picks the articles from the storage containers at the provision ends of respective feeding channels and manually puts the articles into the at least one order container; and a transfer region in which the storage containers are transferred between the supply device and the channels, and vice versa; wherein each of the discharging channels comprises a receipt end and a delivery end, wherein each of the delivery ends is arranged and configured to receive the storage containers by the supply device in an automated manner; wherein the plurality of channels are arranged in the rack and extend in a transverse direction substantially in parallel to each other between the first and second longitudinal sides of the rack; wherein the order-picking region is arranged along the first longitudinal rack side; wherein the transfer region is arranged along the second longitudinal rack side; wherein each of the plurality of feeding channels has assigned at least one of the discharging channels in terms of the material flow; wherein the provision ends and the delivery ends of the channels, which are assigned to each other, in a longitudinal direction are either spatially arranged directly adjacent, or are connected, to each other via at least one push-away location such that the storage containers can be pushed, or conveyed, in the longitudinal direction without lifting by the picking person, from the provision ends to the receipt end of the respectively assigned at least one discharging channel; and wherein the order-picking region includes an order container support for the at least one order container spaced apart from the at least one push-away location, for supporting the at least one order container while articles are removed from the storage containers and placed in the at least one order container.