Patent ID: 8271126

Claim:
A configuration for handling stored objects and for dividing at least one object to be processed and that is stored in a storage container from objects that are to remain in storage in the storage container, comprising: a first removal device and a second removal device; a switch configured for selectively feeding the storage container into said first removal device or into said second removal device; and a control device connected to said switch, said control device being configured to activate said switch depending on a number of objects to be processed or depending on a differential value between a total number of objects in the storage container and the number of objects to be processed and to allow the storage container to be fed by said switch into said first removal device or said second removal device; said first removal device being configured to separate the object or objects to be processed from the objects to remain in storage inside the storage container and to remove the object or objects to be processed directly from the storage container, while the objects to remain in storage remain in the storage container during the removal operation; and said second removal device being configured to remove all of the objects from the storage container and to separate the object or objects to be processed from the objects to remain in storage outside of and separated from the storage container.