Patent ID: 8172071

Claim:
A system for packing articles onto a shipping carrier, the articles having an arbitrary orientation relative to a conveyor and being transported within an order-picking system downstream on the conveyor towards a packing station, which comprises a packing robot for automatically loading the shipping carrier, wherein each of the articles is to be put down onto the shipping carrier with one of its faces, the one of the faces can be predetermined arbitrarily, the system comprising: a rotating station having a rotation area, which is substantially arranged in a plane of the conveyor for receiving an article from the conveyor, and is rotatable from a receiving position about an axis, perpendicular to the plane of the conveyor, to a plurality of delivery positions; and a tilting station comprising a tilt area, wherein the tilt area in a receiving position is substantially orientated parallel with respect to the plane of the conveyor, and in a tilting position is substantially orientated perpendicular to the plane of the conveyor; wherein the tilt area comprises a stopper at a downstream located end against which articles abut, which are handed over from the conveyor to the tilting station, and which is suitable to support the handed-over article in the tilting position; wherein the packing robot comprises a grab device; and wherein at least the stopper comprises at least one recess such that the grab device, if the tilt area is in the tilting position, can reach beneath the handed-over article for taking over same by lifting the grab device.