Patent ID: 6059508
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A commissioning installation for supplying elongate items automatically under computer control from a storage region to a packaging station in accordance with commissioning orders and without using commissioning containers,wherein the storage region comprises a plurality of storage units through which the items may move to an ejector end, at least one respective storage unit being designated for each type of item to be commissioned, the items being adjacently arranged in stacks aligned in the longitudinal direction of each storage unit,wherein at least one of the storage units includes a single item ejector and, for items with a high throughput rate, at least one other storage unit includes a multiple item ejector, said item ejectors being arranged on at least one longitudinal side of at least one collecting conveyor having an item conveying direction and onto which the item ejectors directly eject the items so that the items come to lie transversely to the item conveying direction of the collecting conveyor, said commissioning installation further comprising sorting means for receiving said items from said at least one collection conveyor and providing the items individually and longitudinally to a conveying system, said conveyor system including branching means for allocating said items to a plurality of separate supply conveyors disposed parallel to each other, a plurality of branching conveyors disposed transversely with respect to said supply conveyors for conveying said items to respective packaging sites in said packaging station and transfer means for transferring said items from said supply conveyors to said branching conveyors.