Patent ID: 6817824
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for picking articles situated on retrieval pallets in a pallet rack, the apparatus comprising a vehicle capable of traveling along the picking front of the pallet rack and having a first lifting device with a height-adjustable picker carrying device for the picker and having a second lifting device with a height-adjustable pallet-carrying device for an order pallet, wherein the picker-carrying device and the pallet carrying device are positionable heightwise relative to the respective retrieval position independently of one another,wherein the travel of the vehicle and of the lifting devices to the respective retrieval positions and/or transfer positions is controllable by means of a control computer, wherein the height of the picker-carrying device at the respective retrieval position is controllable on the basis of the residual stock quantity of the articles on the retrieval pallet, and wherein the height of the pallet-carrying device at the respective retrieval position is controllable on the basis of the degree of charging of the order pallet to a height allowing substantially horizontal transfer of articles from the retrieval pallet to the order pallet.