US 12,409,964 B2
Article bundling device, picking system and method for stacking articles and securing the stack of articles with a band
Raffaele Destro, Brugherio (IT)
Assigned to TGW Logistics GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
Appl. No. 17/624,911
Filed by TGW Logistics GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AT2020/060273
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/011978, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. A 50660/2019 (AT), filed on Jul. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281627 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 57/00 (2006.01); B65B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/04 (2013.01) [B65G 57/00 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A picking system comprising:
(a) a storage region;
(b) a first article bundling device for stacking articles and securing the stack of articles with a band;
(c) a supply conveying system arranged between the storage region and the first article bundling device, and configured to transport articles to the first article bundling device using loading aids; and
(d) a packing machine;
wherein the first article bundling device comprises:
a banding support which defines a support plane and on which the articles are stackable,
an automatic banding machine with a band guide, with which the band is guided around the stack of articles to form a secured stack of articles and which defines a band guiding plane which intersects with the support plane,
a first conveying system for transporting the articles to the banding machine, arranged upstream of the banding machine in a first conveying direction, and comprising a conveying device for discharging the articles onto the banding support, wherein the conveying device defines a discharging plane arranged with an end located downstream in the first conveying direction spaced in vertical direction apart from the banding support and above the banding support, and
a second conveying system for transporting the secured stack of articles away from the banding machine, arranged downstream of the banding machine in a second conveying direction,
wherein the first conveying direction of the articles on the first conveying system is identical with the second conveying direction of the secured stack of articles on the second conveying system;
wherein the packing machine is configured for packing the secured stack of articles into a shipping package,
wherein the packing machine is connected with the first article bundling device via a shipping conveying system, the shipping conveying system being adjoined to the second conveying system of the first article bundling device, and
wherein the secured stack of articles is transported from the first article bundling device to the packing machine by means of the shipping conveying system.