Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Korber Supply Chain Logistics Gmbh

Oliver Schitthelm

Michele Vitalini

Christoph Hofmann

Juergen Braun

Jürgen Braun

An apparatus for classifying items in a logistic process including an item manipulating device that includes a plurality of conveying elements for moving items, a vision system configured to produce visual information of at least one item of the items that performs a movement caused by conveying elements of the plurality of conveying elements, and a control system configured to receive the visual information and to perform a classification of the at least one item dependent on the visual information into one more classes.

Classifying items

A transport chute is suitable for use as a store for articles that are able to be laid one on top of another, in particular packages and items of luggage. The chute contains a chute portion which has an inclined chute surface with a dropping direction along the chute surface. The chute portion is interrupted by an interruption such that the chute surface is subdivided into at least an upper chute surface and lower chute surface. The interruption is configured to make it easier to form at least two layers of articles lying one on top of another below the interruption. The lower chute surface has a driver, which is drivable and actuable counter to the dropping direction, for transporting the articles, the articles of the bottommost layer being able to rest at least in part on the driver in order to be transported.

Transport chute having drive means

A conveyor chute is suitable for use as a store for goods, such as packages and pieces of luggage. The conveyor chute has at least one sliding section with an inclined sliding surface with a direction of fall along the sliding surface as well as a sliding width. The sliding section has a width adjusting mechanism which allows the goods to be distributed across at least part of the sliding width and which thus allows the conveyor chute to be used in an improved manner for storing the goods.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Oliver Schitthelm