US 12,006,142 B2
Modular storage and order picking system
Rainer Buchmann, Grosswallstadt (DE)
Assigned to STOW ROBOTICS GMBH, Grosswallstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 16/770,309
Filed by Rainer Buchmann, Grosswallstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/083260
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/110461, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 129 120.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171285 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/08 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); E04B 1/343 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/026 (2013.01) [B65G 1/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/0407 (2013.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B65G 1/08 (2013.01); B65G 1/137 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 2207/30 (2013.01); E04B 1/34317 (2023.08)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular storage and order picking system, comprising:
a storage unit having a plurality of through-flow channels arranged perpendicular to the storage unit for receiving a plurality of storage containers for storing articles, wherein each through-flow channel is inclined relative to the horizontal and is configured to store multiple storage containers, one in front of the other, such that when a front-most storage container is removed from a through-flow channel, a second storage container in the through-flow channel automatically moves into the front most position,
an order picking unit arranged on one or both end faces of the storage unit and having one or more dispensing spaces for removing articles and one or more target spaces for collating articles relating to an order or partial order,
at least one conveyor unit arranged along the longitudinal axis of the storage unit for conveying storage containers between the storage unit and the order picking unit,
wherein the storage unit has a self-supporting frame structure, on which the order picking unit and the conveyor unit are mounted in a manner detachably connected to one another,
wherein the self-supporting frame structure is configured to have at least one of:
dimensions corresponding to internal dimensions of a standard 40-foot container; and
dimensions corresponding to maximum dimensions of a semi-trailer: and
wherein the storage unit, the order picking unit and the conveyor unit are functionally connected to one another by means of detachable mechanical and electrical plug-in connections.