Patent ID: 8707658
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A work station for order-picking and simultaneously packing articles onto a shipping support, comprising: at least one rack which is divided into at least one rack plane wherein the at least one rack plane comprises a plurality of rack positions in more than one horizontal row and more than one vertical column to define a rectangular array of rack positions for storing load supports, wherein the articles to be picked are stored in or on the load supports in the rack positions, at least one storage machine coupled to a first longitudinal side of the at least one rack, the storage machine being movable vertically and horizontally along the first longitudinal side for transporting the load supports between the rack positions of the rectangular array; at least one packing station for packing articles onto the shipping support; and at least one vertical lift unit between the at least one packing station and the at least one rack wherein the at least one vertical lift unit abuts a second longitudinal side of the at least one rack and is adapted to retrieve the load supports only from such rack positions which are located in a single vertical column directly adjacent to the at least one vertical lift unit.