Patent ID: 8721249
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A method for loading a pack storing device of an order-picking line with packs of one or a plurality of beverage articles, comprising: providing at least one group of packs; manually loading the pack storing device with at least one pack from the at least one group of packs by one or more operators, and preparing, by the order-picking line, a further group of packs automatically or partly automatically from packs stored in the pack storing device so that based on a picking order a sequence of packs is formed from packs stored in the pack storing device and the formed sequence of packs is one of arranged or palletized on the further group of packs; the pack storing device comprising at least one storage lane, the at least one storage lane being at least one of configured and arranged such that the at least one pack can at least one of be driven thereon and be further transported by the dead weight of the pack, to an intended or predetermined area of the at least one storage lane; the at least one storage lane of the pack storing device comprising at least one receiving element for receiving the at least one pack from the one or more operators, wherein the at least one receiving element comprises a lateral pack guiding means; and the pack storing device comprising a plurality of vertically superposed planes.