Global Patent Index - EP 4341184 A1

EP 4341184 A1 20240327 - STACKING APPARATUS AND STACKING METHOD

Title (en)

STACKING APPARATUS AND STACKING METHOD

Title (de)

STAPELEINRICHTUNG UND STAPELVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF D'EMPILAGE ET PROCÉDÉ D'EMPILAGE

Publication

EP 4341184 A1 20240327 (DE)

Application

EP 22729641 A 20220519

Priority

  • DE 202021102751 U 20210519
  • EP 2022063543 W 20220519

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022243420A1] The invention relates to a stacking apparatus (7) and a stacking method for products (2) in the form of product layers (3), in which method the stacking apparatus (7) loads each of the product layers (3) in a box-like and stackable slip-on container (4), which is open at the bottom, and stores the product layer with this container in a container stack (5), and/or said stacking apparatus removes product layers (3) in slip-on containers (4) from a container stack (5) and unloads the individual product layer (3) from the slip-on container (4). The stacking apparatus (7) comprises a handling apparatus (28) having a multi-axially movable handling device (29) for the slip-on containers (4) and, if applicable, the product layer (3) accommodated in each of them, wherein the handling device (29) is designed to handle the slip-on containers (4), which are open at the bottom, and wherein the product layers (3) in the container stack (5) are located on a container base (43) of a lower slip-on container (4) and are surrounded laterally and at the top by an upper slip-on container (4) positioned above said lower slip-on container. The stacking apparatus (7) has a row arrangement (22) of a plurality of stacking places (23, 24), wherein the handling apparatus (28) comprises a movable support (36) which moves the handling device (29) along a first, facing side of the row arrangement (22).

IPC 8 full level

B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 57/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65G 57/005 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65G 1/0407 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 202021102751 U1 20220825; EP 4341184 A1 20240327; WO 2022243420 A1 20221124

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 202021102751 U 20210519; EP 2022063543 W 20220519; EP 22729641 A 20220519