Patent ID: 7909557

Claim:
An arrangement for filling and/or emptying receptacles filled and/or to be filled with articles, comprising: a tray bay element; a first reservoir that holds the receptacles, the first reservoir adapted to couple with, and uncouple from, the tray bay element; a device that alters the level of the receptacles; fence elements interconnecting the tray bay element and the device that alters the level of the receptacles, to enclose a work chamber; and a handling device for transporting the receptacles between the first reservoir and the device that alters the level of the receptacles, wherein the handling device is located in the work chamber between the device that alters the level of the receptacles and the first reservoir, wherein the first reservoir includes an inwardly directed side that faces towards the handling device and the tray bay element is adapted to open and close in order to provide access to the inwardly directed side of the first reservoir.