Operating device for an order-picking apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016200513-A1
Application number	US-201514593760-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 9, 2015
Priority date	Jan 9, 2015
Publication date	Jul 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An operating device for an order-picking apparatus, the operating device having a delivery table with two opposite slotting and picking sides and two longitudinal sides. A transport channel for accommodating picked items extends between the slotting and picking sides along a first horizontal direction. Two clamping jaws define a lateral delimitation of the transport channel. A pusher device having a drive for moving a section of the pusher device along the first horizontal direction has a driver coupled with the drive, so the driver is movable into and out of the transport channel. The driver is also movable in the transport channel along the first horizontal direction so that the picked items are movable out of the transport channel by way of a slotting and picking side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An operating device for an order-picking apparatus having storage locations disposed opposite one another, comprising:
a delivery table having two opposite slotting and picking sides and two longitudinal sides, wherein a transport channel configured to accommodate at least one individual item extends between the slotting and picking sides along a first horizontal direction; two elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the elongated clamping jaws having planar clamping surfaces that face one another, the surfaces defining a lateral delimitation of the transport channel in at least one or more sections, wherein the elongated clamping jaws are coupled with a first drive unit and are configured to be movable jointly along the first horizontal direction, and wherein the elongated clamping jaws are coupled with a second drive unit and configured to be movable along a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction, in one of a direction toward one another and away from one another, so that at least one individual item is configured to be holdable between the clamping surfaces and movable along the first horizontal direction; and at least one pusher device comprising a first drive for moving a section of the pusher device along the first horizontal direction, wherein the pusher device has a first driver coupled with the drive, the first driver configured to be movable at least partially into the transport channel and removable from the transport channel, and wherein the first driver is configured to be movable in the transport channel, along the first horizontal direction, so that the at least one individual item is movable out of the transport channel by one of the slotting and picking sides in at least one or more sections of the transport channel.

2 . The operating device of claim 1 , the delivery table further comprising a recess that extends along the first horizontal direction, from which the first driver is configured to be at least partially movable into the transport channel, wherein the first driver is further configured to be movable along the first horizontal direction.

3 . The operating device of claim 2 , further comprising a second pusher device having a second drive and a second driver, wherein the first and second drivers are configured to be separately movable at least partially from the recess into the transport channel, wherein the first and second drivers are configured to be movable in the transport channel along the first horizontal direction.

4 . The operating device of claim 1 , the first driver comprising a first projection configured to be movable beyond the slotting and picking side.

5 . The operating device of claim 3 , the second driver comprising a second projection configured to be movable beyond the slotting and picking side.

6 . The operating device of claim 1 , the first pusher device comprising a first guide device comprising:
a first guide that extends along the first horizontal direction, the first driver configured to be movable along the first guide through the transport channel; and a first section that extends away from the delivery table at least in one end region, the first section configured so that the first driver is movable out of the transport channel.

7 . The operating device of claim 3 , the second pusher device comprising a second guide device comprising:
a second guide that extends along the first horizontal direction, the second driver configured to be movable along the second guide through the transport channel; and a second section that extends away from the delivery table at least in one end region, the second section configured so that the second driver is movable out of the transport channel.

8 . The operating device of claim 1 , wherein the first drive unit and the second drive unit are disposed in a U-shaped drive component spanning the transport channel, the U-shaped drive component configured to be guidable on or underneath the longitudinal sides of the delivery table.

9 . The operating device of claim 1 , the delivery table further comprising a coating having low adhesion friction in one or more sections of the delivery table.

10 . The operating device of claim 1 , the clamping jaws further comprising a resilient material in one or more sections of the clamping jaws.

11 . The operating device of claim 1 , the clamping jaws further comprising clamping surfaces with a coating having great adhesion friction in one or more sections of the clamping jaws.

12 . An order-picking apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of storage locations disposed opposite one another; and an operating device, the operating device comprising:
a delivery table having two opposite slotting and picking sides and two longitudinal sides, wherein a transport channel for accommodating at least one individual item extends between the slotting and picking sides along a first horizontal direction;
a plurality of clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the clamping jaws each having planar clamping surfaces, the clamping surfaces of one clamping jaw configured to face the clamping surfaces of at least one other clamping jaw, the surfaces defining a lateral delimitation of the transport channel in at least one or more sections, wherein the clamping jaws are coupled with a first drive unit and are configured to be movable jointly along the first horizontal direction, and wherein the clamping jaws are coupled with a second drive unit and configured to be movable along a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction, wherein the clamping surfaces are configured to hold and move at least one individual item in the first horizontal direction; and
at least one pusher device comprising a first drive for moving a section of the pusher device along the first horizontal direction, wherein the pusher device has a first driver coupled with the drive, the first driver configured to be movable at least partially into the transport channel and at least partially out of the transport channel, and wherein the first driver is configured to be movable along the first horizontal direction in the transport channel, wherein in at least one or more sections of the transport channel one of the slotting and picking sides is configured to move at least one individual item out of the transport channel.

13 . The order-picking apparatus of claim 12 , the delivery table further comprising a recess that extends along the first horizontal direction, from which the first driver is configured to be at least partially movable into the transport channel, wherein the first driver is further configured to be movable along the first horizontal direction.

14 . The order-picking apparatus of claim 12 , the operating device further comprising a second pusher device having a second drive and a second driver, wherein the first and second drivers are configured to be separately movable at least partially from the recess into the transport channel, wherein the first and second drivers are configured to be movable in the transport channel along the first horizontal direction.

15 . The order-picking apparatus of claim 14 , the first and second drivers each comprising a projection configured to be movable beyond the slotting and picking side.

16 . The order-picking apparatus of claim 14 , each pusher device comprising a guide device, the guide device comprising:
a guide that extends along the first horizontal direction, wherein one of the first and second drivers is configured to be movable along th

Assignees

• Carefusion Germany 326 Gmbh

Inventors

• Hellenbrand Christoph
• Gross Dietmar

Classifications

• B65G1/06 Primary

  with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level (B65G1/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65G1/0407

  using stacker cranes (constructional features of stacker cranes B66F9/06) · CPC title

• B65G1/0435

  with pulling or pushing means on either stacking crane or stacking area · CPC title

• B65G1/1376

  the orders being assembled on a commissioning conveyor · CPC title

• B65G1/0414

  provided with satellite cars adapted to travel in storage racks · CPC title