Patent ID: 8801358
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A process for commissioning articles in the form of single articles and/or packing units, the process comprising the steps of: conveying articles wherein the conveyed articles are packed and shipped on targeted load carriers according to commissioning orders; arranging and/or stacking the conveyed articles to be commissioned in at least one commissioning station on conveyed, transportable auxiliary load carriers, which are each provided for a commissioning order or a part of a commissioning order, in the loading pattern of the targeted load carrier; conveying the auxiliary load carrier together with the quantity of articles from layers and/or stack(s) to a loading station, in which the quantity of articles is automatically reloaded as a unit on a positioned targeted load carrier that is kept ready; conveying, in the loading station, the auxiliary load carrier on a feeding conveying means; gripping the auxiliary load carrier, together with a picked-up quantity of articles from below on an underside at a reloading site and transferring and positioning the auxiliary load carrier, together with a picked-up quantity of articles into a suspended position in a defined direction of transfer; raising a bottom of a provided targeted load carrier; and transferring the quantity of articles onto the targeted load carrier by means of lateral shifting of a bottom of the suspended auxiliary load carrier in the direction of transfer and moving the quantity of articles together with the targeted load carrier, while separating the quantity of articles from the auxiliary load carrier, downwards into a releasing position and feeding the quantity of articles to the shipping area on a releasing conveying means.