Patent ID: 8596952

Claim:
A method for positioning loading aids prior to a transfer of the loading aids into a shelf compartment on storage spaces disposed one after another using a transport device, the transport device having a support plate, at least one telescopic arm arranged on the support plate and equipped with a first stop device, a second stop device and a third stop device, the first and second stop devices arranged behind one another in a transfer direction, the third stop device being disposed between the first and second stop devices, a conveying device arranged on the support plate and having ends facing away from each other and for moving a first and a second loading aid between the ends, a separating device arranged between the ends of the conveying device and having a retaining element being adjustable into a separating position between the first and second loading aids that abut one after another in the transfer direction in order to separate the first and second loading aids, wherein the method comprises steps of: positioning the first and second loading aids one after another against the first stop device of the transport device in the transfer direction via the conveying device in such a manner that the first and second loading aids abut one after another in the transfer direction, afterwards adjusting the retaining element of the separating device in a movement path between the first and second loading aids that abut one after another in the transfer direction, afterwards positioning the first loading aid in the transfer direction against the retaining element of the separating device and positioning the second loading aid in the transfer direction against the second stop device in the transfer direction via the conveying device, thereby defining a spacing gap between the first and second loading aids, and afterwards adjusting the third stop device in the spacing gap between the first and second loading aids situated on the conveying device.