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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2021
Dematic Gmbh, Heusenstamm, DE;
Max Winkler, Graz, AT;
Dematic GmbH, Heusenstamm, DE;
Abstract
A goods-storage and order-fulfillment system having a rack store consisting of stackable rack units forming a multi-level shelving rack, with each shelf configured to store a plurality of articles, and including an automated depositing and retrieving machine that has its own travel drive and is automatically controlled and contactlessly guided for depositing trays or articles into and/or retrieving the same from the shelving racks. The system includes an automated transport unit for receiving articles from or transferring articles to the depositing and retrieving machine to transport an individual article unloaded from the tray to a picking station or to transfer an individual article to the tray or to the machine, the transport unit being floor-bound and having its own travel drive and being automatically controlled and contactlessly guided. The system includes at least one picking station supplied with individual articles by the transport unit for at least partial order fulfillment.