公开(公告)号：US12091246B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17289656

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Heinz Altwegg

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B07C5/10 ,  B65G17/20 ,  B65G17/48 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/61 ,  B65G47/64

CPC classification number: B65G1/0457 ,  B07C5/10 ,  B65G17/20 ,  B65G17/485 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/61 ,  B65G47/641 ,  B65G2203/0216 ,  B65G2203/0283 ,  B65G2203/044

Abstract: A storage device (1′) for storing transport units (3′) includes a number of transport units (3′), a number of storage lines (12a′-12g′) which are configured to store transport units (3′), a feeding line (11′) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111′) to the storage lines (12a′-12g′), a measuring device (15′) which is arranged on the feeding line (11′) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3′), and a controller (16′) which is connected to the measuring device (15′) and to the first switch pointes (111′) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a′-12g′) for storing the transport unit (3′) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3′) determined by the measuring device (15′).

公开(公告)号：US12077387B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17978535

申请日：2022-11-01

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Roberto Fenile

IPC: B65G17/06 ,  B65G17/20 ,  B65G47/61

CPC classification number: B65G17/06 ,  B65G17/20 ,  B65G47/61

Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying articles, which conveyor system includes a transport device for transporting articles along a predefined path. The transport device includes at least one running rail and at least one running carriage which is attachable to the running rail. The running carriage is configured to run in a conveying direction (F) along the running rail and to convey at least one article. The conveyor system furthermore includes a drivable carrier device which is arranged at least in regions along the running rail and is intended for carrying along the running carriage of the transport device. The carrier device includes at least one carrier element with a freely rotatable carrier roller, wherein the freely rotatable carrier roller can be brought into engagement (E) with the running carriage in order to carry along the running carriage along the running rail.

公开(公告)号：US20240279002A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18442692

申请日：2024-02-15

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Urs Hohl

IPC: B65G47/36 ,  B65G19/02

CPC classification number: B65G47/36 ,  B65G19/025

Abstract: A suspended conveyor includes a rail and a conveying means, which is movably mounted on the rail in a conveying direction and includes carriers, for releasable holding suspended transportation means. The suspended conveyor includes a special clearing arrangement for clearing at least a section of the rail of transport means. The clearing arrangement generally includes a clearing device, which is either movably arranged with a guide bearing along the rail section and includes a clearing element or is arranged in a fixed position. Furthermore, the clearing arrangement includes an actuating arrangement that is configured to move the clearing device from a standby state to a clearing state. In the clearing state, the clearing element is configured to release the transport means from the carriers in the rail section by a relative movement of the clearing device to the conveying means.

公开(公告)号：US20240109679A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18538608

申请日：2023-12-13

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Markus BRETZ

IPC: B65B43/54 ,  B65B5/04 ,  B65B25/20 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B43/26 ,  B65B61/04 ,  B65B61/06 ,  B65G67/20

CPC classification number: B65B43/54 ,  B65B5/045 ,  B65B25/20 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B43/26 ,  B65B61/04 ,  B65B61/06 ,  B65G67/20

Abstract: A device (6) for the insertion of flat good units (2, 3, 31) into a transport container (8, 81) includes an insertion module (63) for the insertion of flat good units (2, 3, 31) into a transport container (8, 81), a feed module (61) for feeding fat good units (2, 3, 31) to the insertion modulo (63), and a first identification module (65) for identifying flat good units (2, 3, 31). The feed module (61) includes a horizontal conveying device (613), by which flat good units can be conveyed along a conveying path. The identification module (65) is configured to determine the identity of a flat good unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240002161A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18215451

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Markus BRETZ ,  Martin Ruge ,  Roberto Fenile

IPC: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/26

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/26

Abstract: A conveyor system for conveyed goods, in particular for parcel pieces and packages, is disclosed. The conveyor system includes at least one conveyor device, which includes at least one cluster module and at least one control unit connected to the conveyor device. The conveyor system has a superordinate control system which is connected to the at least one control unit in terms of control technology, so that an adjustment of the position of a conveyed good and/or spacing between adjacent conveyed goods occurs on the basis of control commands from the control system.

公开(公告)号：US20230382582A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18203985

申请日：2023-05-31

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Markus BRETZ

IPC: B65B43/54 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B5/04 ,  B65B25/20 ,  B65B61/04 ,  B65B43/26

CPC classification number: B65B43/54 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65B5/045 ,  B65B25/20 ,  B65B61/04 ,  B65B43/26

Abstract: A device (6) for inserting goods units (3) into a transport container (8, 81) includes a module (61) for conveying a bundle (1) having a carrier strand (11, 11′) on which a plurality of packaging units (2, 2′, 2″, 2′″) are arranged one behind the other in a row; a module (62) for separating packaging elements (2, 2′, 2″, 2′″) from a supplied bundle (1); and a module (63) for inserting packaging units (2, 2′, 2″, 2′″) separated from the bundle (1) into a transport container (8, 81).

公开(公告)号：US20230150773A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17920617

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Andreas DURTSCHI

IPC: B65G47/49 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G47/64 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B07C5/10 ,  B07C5/36

CPC classification number: B65G47/493 ,  B65G1/0457 ,  B65G47/644 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B07C5/10 ,  B07C5/36

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a transport apparatus with a storage apparatus and to a corresponding transport apparatus with a storage apparatus. The method includes the following steps, providing the transport apparatus (1) with the storage apparatus (2) for storing transport units (3), including a plurality of transport units (3), a plurality of storage conveyors (4), and a feeding conveyor (5) to the storage conveyors. Furthermore, the transport apparatus includes an optical sensor (7) arranged at the feeding conveyor (5) and an evaluation electronics (8) connected to the optical sensor. The method also includes determining measurement data with the optical sensor (7) from a transport unit (3) moving past the optical sensor (7), and processing the measurement data obtained from the optical sensor (7) with the evaluation electronics (8) in order to determine the spatial extent in at least one dimension of the transport unit (3) moving past; and selecting a storage conveyor (4) for storing the transport unit (3) moving past on the basis of the determined spatial extent of the transport unit (3) moving past.

公开(公告)号：US20210395017A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17378314

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Erwin STAUBER

IPC: B65G17/48 ,  B65G17/20 ,  B65G47/61

Abstract: A conveying unit (10) for the suspended transport of transport elements (40) in a conveyor system, in particular a rail-guided (86) conveyor system or a conveyor-chain system, includes a support hook (21) attached to a conveying element (20), in particular a carriage or a conveyor-chain link, a transport element (40), and a suspension hook (41) attached to the transport element, wherein the suspension hook is mounted in a suspended manner in the support hook. The support hook is configured such that the suspension hook can take up two stable positions (61, 62) in the support hook. The suspension hook (41) in a first stable position (61) has been turned through an angle with respect to the suspension hook in a second stable position (62).

公开(公告)号：US11148884B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US16426769

申请日：2019-05-30

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Sergio Sigrist

IPC: B65G1/137

Abstract: A method for operating an order-picking system (100) is described, comprising: providing goods gathered in batches in a batch buffer (1), batch-wise sorting of the goods in a matrix sorter (2), the goods in the order-picking system (100) being conveyed by a multiplicity of transport units which have in each case a receiving unit for receiving the goods and the transport units in the matrix sorter (2) are conveyed at least in sections by a matrix conveyor (22), wherein a control unit (7′) dynamically controls the conveying speed of the matrix conveyor (22) in such a manner that the conveying speed is dependent on at least one parameter of the conveyed transport units and/or goods.

公开(公告)号：US11046531B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US15773482

申请日：2016-11-23

Applicant: FERAG AG

Inventor： Martin Keller ,  Erich Kälin

IPC: B65G47/61 ,  B65G19/02 ,  B65G9/00 ,  B65B25/20

Abstract: A transport bag for the hanging transportation of goods by a transport device extending in a transport direction, the transport bag having a rear wall oriented in a transverse direction to the transport direction and a front wall oriented in a transverse direction to the transport direction, which are moveably connected to one another at an upper bag end and a lower bag end in such a way that the front wall can move relative to the rear wall between a filling position in which same is at a first distance to the rear wall, and an empty position in which same is at a second distance to the rear wall, which second distance is smaller than the first distance, and which transport bag can be connected in a hanging manner to the transport device by a connection means attached at the top on the rear wall.