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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Philipp J. Hortig, Rockford, MI (US);
Matthew A. Steenwyk, Grandville, MI (US);
Aaron J. Hayden, Alto, MI (US);
Raffaele Destro, Brugherio, IT;
Beat Losenegger, Muri, CH;
Philipp J. Hortig, Rockford, MI (US);
Matthew A. Steenwyk, Grandville, MI (US);
Aaron J. Hayden, Alto, MI (US);
Raffaele Destro, Brugherio, IT;
Beat Losenegger, Muri, CH;
Dematic Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A goods-to-person picking station and method of picking goods from a product container and placing the goods in at least one order container includes a product container-handling mechanism and at least one order container-handling mechanism juxtaposed with the product container-handling mechanism. The product container-handling mechanism supplies a product container to a pick area. The at least one order container-handling mechanism supplies at least one order container to the pick area. In this manner, an operator can pick goods from a product container at the pick area and place the goods selectively to the at least one order container at the pick area. The product container-handling mechanism includes a product container elevator assembly and a product container extractor assembly. The elevator assembly elevates a product container from the feed area to the pick area. The extractor assembly transfers a product container from the pick area. The elevator assembly and the extractor assembly may be operated from a common drive assembly.