Patent ID: 6843632
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An out-processing facility for piece items, comprising: a storage area having a plurality of storage passages for items that are to be out-processed, wherein said storage passages extend parallel to one another in said storage area, and wherein each of said storage passages comprises a roller conveyor having rollers or cylinders, wherein the rollers or cylinders of a given storage passage are rotatable via a common drive means; a loading area disposed at a first end of said storage passages and including means for in-loading items into said storage passages; and an out-processing area disposed at a second end of said storage passages and including removal apparatus for a computer-controlled transfer of individual items out of said storage passages onto conveyor devices disposed downstream thereof, wherein each storage passage is provided with its own one of said removal apparatus that is actuatable independently of the rest of said removal apparatus, wherein each of said removal apparatus comprises a horizontal conveyor, and wherein said horizontal conveyors associated with a plurality of said storage passages are drivable via a common drive shaft as soon as an item is to be removed out of one of such storage passages via a pertaining removal apparatus.