Apparatus and method for resorting piece goods assortments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9327904-B2
Application number	US-201113327287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2011
Priority date	Apr 24, 2008
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A method for resorting piece goods assortments and in particular packaging unit assortments, includes the steps of supplying a first type of piece goods to a redistribution unit; supplying a second type of piece goods, which is different from the first type, to the redistribution unit; and picking up individual piece goods or groups of piece goods using a pick-up element of the redistribution unit, wherein the pick-up element picks up both piece goods of the first type and also piece goods of the second type and deposits these piece goods in such a way that a piece goods assortment consisting of piece goods of the first type and piece goods of the second type is formed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for resorting piece goods assortments and in particular packaging unit assortments, comprising:
a first type of piece goods;
and a second type of piece goods, which is different from the first type, comprising the steps of;
loading piece goods assortments onto a supply device;
transporting the piece goods assortment from the supply device to a downstream redistribution unit and further to at least one discharge unit;
picking up individual piece goods or groups of piece goods using a pick-up element of the redistribution unit, wherein the redistribution unit forms from a layer of individual piece goods a row of piece goods arranged one behind the other;
wherein the pick-up element is guided along rails in a Y direction, and picks up both piece goods of the first type and also piece goods of the second type and deposits these piece goods in such a way that a piece goods assortment consisting of piece goods of the first type and piece goods of the second type is formed, wherein at least some of the piece goods are moved in at least two directions (X, Y), which both extend in a plane of movement of the piece goods and which are independent from one another, while picked up by the pick-up element, wherein the piece goods assortments are redistributed onto at least two discharge units arranged next to one another in parallel rows running alongside one another.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual piece goods are transported one behind the other in one row on said at least one discharge unit.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the piece goods are transported in the same transport direction (T) from a supply device and said discharge units.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one type of piece goods is supplied to a second redistribution unit by a first discharge unit.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pick-up element also moves in a third direction (Z), which is perpendicular to the plane of movement of the piece goods.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pick-up element also rotates about an axis which is perpendicular to the plane of movement of the piece goods.

7. The method according to claim 1 , including the step of singling out individual piece goods by creating distances between the individual piece goods.

8. A method for resorting piece goods assortments and in particular packaging unit assortments, comprising the steps:
supplying a first type of piece goods to a redistribution unit;
supplying a second type of piece goods, which is different from the first type, to the redistribution unit;
picking up individual piece goods or groups of piece goods using a pick-up element of the redistribution unit, wherein the redistribution unit forms from a layer of individual piece goods a row of piece goods arranged one behind the other;
wherein the pick-up element is guided along rails in a Y direction, and picks up both piece goods of the first type and also piece goods of the second type and deposits these piece goods in such a way that a piece goods assortment consisting of piece goods of the first type and piece goods of the second type is formed, wherein at least some of the piece goods are moved in at least two directions (X, Y), which both extend in a plane of movement of the piece goods and which are independent from one another, while picked up by the pick-up element, and
wherein the redistributed piece goods are transported in at least two parallel rows running alongside one another.

Assignees

• Eschlbeck Richard
• Huber Wolfgang
• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Eschlbeck Richard
• Huber Wolfgang

Classifications

• B65G1/1378 Primary

  the orders being assembled on fixed commissioning areas remote from the storage areas · CPC title

• B65G47/682

  from a single conveyor lane consisting of one conveyor or several adjacent conveyors · CPC title

• B65G47/31

  by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series · CPC title

• B65G47/086 Primary

  cubiform articles · CPC title