US 12,077,386 B2
Storage arrangement and picking system having improved loading and retrieval of loaded items and method for operating same
Christian Ahammer, Gunskirchen (AT); Christoph Haslehner, Prambachkirchen (AT); Johannes Schauer, St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz (AT); Harald Schroepf, Wels (AT); and Martin Rausch, Gmunden (AT)
Assigned to TGW Mechanics GmbH, Wels (AT)
Appl. No. 17/292,751
Filed by TGW Mechanics GmbH, Wels (AT)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AT2019/060392
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113249, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 51090/2018 (AT), filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0395015 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1378 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B66F 9/02 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage arrangement, comprising
a rack arrangement having a first storage rack and a second storage rack, each having storage places for loads, wherein the storage places are arranged in storage planes located one above the other, and having a rack aisle between the first storage rack and the second storage rack,
a storage buffer device having storage provisioning devices arranged in provisioning planes located one above the other and each configured for interim buffering of a load or multiple loads,
a retrieval buffer device having retrieval provisioning devices arranged in provisioning planes located one above the other and each configured for interim buffering of a load or multiple loads,
storage and retrieval devices, which are each movable on a horizontal travel plane in the rack aisle in front of the storage places, in front of the storage provisioning devices and in front of the retrieval provisioning devices, and each have a load receiving device and are configured for transporting the loads from the storage provisioning devices to the storage places and for transporting the loads from the storage places to the retrieval provisioning devices,
a storage vertical conveying device associated with the rack aisle, the storage vertical conveying device having one single storage vertical mast and multiple storage transport platforms movably arranged on the one single storage vertical mast, the multiple storage transport platforms being controllable independently of one another and each being movable in a storage movement area relative to the provisioning planes, a storage conveying system associated with the rack aisle and connected in terms of conveyance to the storage vertical conveying device, the storage conveyance system being configured for transporting loads to the storage vertical conveying device, wherein the storage transport platforms are configured for transporting the loads from the storage conveying system to the storage provisioning devices,
a retrieval vertical conveying device associated with the rack aisle, the retrieval vertical conveying device having one single retrieval vertical mast and multiple retrieval transport platforms movably arranged on the one single retrieval vertical mast, the multiple retrieval transport platforms being controllable independently of one another and each being movable in a retrieval movement area relative to the provisioning planes, a retrieval conveying system associated with the rack aisle and connected in terms of conveyance to the retrieval vertical conveying device, the retrieval vertical conveying device being configured for transporting loads away from the retrieval vertical conveying device, wherein the retrieval transport platforms are configured for transporting the loads from the retrieval provisioning devices to the retrieval conveying system, and
a control system configured for controlling the storage transport platforms and the retrieval transport platforms independently of one another.