Patent ID: 8989892
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for the defined intermediate storage of produced articles of different size and of the same type and for the simultaneous composition of consignments of said articles, said apparatus comprising: a) a delivery path for conveying the produced products continuously into a region of stacking robots, b) a plurality of transport vehicles for transporting stacking pallet trolleys, c) a plurality of storage locations for the stacking pallet trolleys, d) one or several stacking robots for filling order-picking pallets, e) a plurality of induction lines for power supply and control of the transport vehicles, and f) transport vehicles designed to be able to travel under a stacking pallet trolley, wherein an upper surface of the transport vehicle has a removable coupling that is removably connectable to the trolley by a counterpart on said trolley, g) (1) wherein the transport vehicles have a non-contact distance sensor, and a storage battery for bridging a power supply; and  (2) wherein the stacking pallet trolleys have a bearing surface which is slightly inclined toward a floor surface and said bearing surface has one or more stacking supports at the lowest point, or  (3) both g)(1) and g)(2).