US 12,258,226 B2
Stacking device and stacking method
Robert Hiesch, Augsburg (DE)
Assigned to AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH, Friedber (DE)
Filed by AUTEFA Solutions Germany GmbH, Friedberg (DE)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,302.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2022 102 911.3 (DE), filed on May 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382663 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 57/24 (2006.01); B65G 57/03 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 57/24 (2013.01) [B65G 57/03 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/025 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0305 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacking device for goods in a form of layers of goods, the stacking device comprising:
a loading station configured to feed layers of goods and/or to remove layers of goods;
a stacking station configured for an arrangement of a stack of containers, which comprises at least one mobile stack carrier and box-shaped inverted containers that are stacked on the stack carrier, are open at a bottom and are configured to be stacked on top of one another;
a handling device arranged between the stacking station and the loading station, wherein the handling device is configured to handle an inverted container, which is open at the bottom, and to move the inverted container together with a layer of goods accommodated therein from the stacking station to the loading station and/or from the loading station to the stacking station; and
a stack transporter configured for controlled movement and configured to alternatingly arrange at the stacking station a filled stack of containers comprised of inverted containers with respective layers of goods accommodated therein and a buffering stack of containers comprised of empty inverted containers, wherein:
the stack transporter comprises at least two stack receivers, which are arranged next to one another and can be positioned in an alternating manner at the stacking station;
one of at least two stack receivers is intended for a filled stack of containers and another of the at least two stack receivers is intended for a buffering stack of containers; and
the stack transporter and the stack receivers are moveable at right angles to a movement direction of the handling device.