Patent ID: 6971833
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A commissioning system for a plurality of articles, the system comprising: a plurality of article shafts arranged next to one another and one on top of another, each of said plurality of article shafts being sloped with respect to horizontal to have an upper and lower end, said each of said plurality of article shafts having a support for holding a plurality of the articles; a cart horizontally movable along said plurality of article shafts; an article loader mounted vertically movably on said cart, said loader having a support for holding a stack of the articles, the stack of articles having a longitudinal axis, vertical movements of said article loader on said cart and horizontal movements of said cart selectively arrange said article loader at each of said plurality of article shafts, said article loader including an ejector movable in a transverse direction to said longitudinal axis of the stack of articles and individually ejecting one of the articles from the stack of articles in said transverse direction into a selected one of said article shafts.