Hanging pocket storage system for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving goods with interval buffer carousel

Abstract

A hanging pocket storage system is used for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving stored goods (3) with a control device (25), a plurality of roller adapters (61) and hanging pockets (5) that can be suspended or suspended from the roller adapters (61), a hanging pocket storage system (1) that works together with the plurality of hanging pockets (5) to store, pick and sort the stored goods (3). To improve the retrieval of stored goods from the hanging bag storage system in a predetermined or predetermined sequence, the hanging bag storage system has a level (9) and a network (49) with at least one or a plurality of closed track(s) (56), wherein the closed track(s) (56) is / are traversable endlessly by the hanging bags (5) or the roller adapters (61) with attached hanging bags (5), and has / have an entry (54) or the entry (54) and an exit (52) as well as a stopping point (50) or an imaginary stopping point (50).where, depending on the control device (25), one of the hanging pockets (5) can be stopped and / or made available for leaving the closed section(s) (56), and only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets (5) or only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets (5) and on the longitudinal dynamics controls of the roll adapters (61) of the other hanging pockets (5), all these other hanging pockets (5) in the respective closed section (56) can also be stopped.

Description

Field of the invention

[0001] The invention relates to a hanging pocket storage system for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving stored goods, to roller adapters, hanging pockets and hanging pocket storage interacting therein, and to methods according to the device. State of the art

[0002] In automated warehouses, production facilities and in the transport of goods, for example in mail order businesses, it is necessary to load goods into and unload them from containers as automatically as possible. The goods can be stored in these containers before being delivered and are then transported to the station where they are packaged for onward transport to the customer. Transport within the warehouse is usually carried out using overhead conveyors. The containers are usually made like fabric bags and are suspended from a rail system at the top with a type of wire hanger. A container of this type is known, for example, from WO 2014 / 012965 A1. Its side wall elements are controlled by a rod system so that the side wall elements, which are connected to one another via a connecting area, can be folded out.In the area of ​​a loading station, the containers are also transferred into a horizontal or inclined position.

[0003] Comparable material containers and associated overhead conveyor systems are known, for example, from DE 10 2004 018 569 A1, EP 2 130 968 A1 or EP 2 196 415 A. The transport pockets described therein are made of flexible materials in the form of a loop in which the material to be conveyed is held. For loading, these transport pockets are opened from above in order to be able to insert the material into the loop. Unloading takes place by either removing the material from the side of the loop or ejecting it, or, for example, according to EP 2 130 968 A1, by opening the loop downwards. Furthermore, DE 103 54 419 A1 discloses a material carrier which has a relatively rigid and flat plastic wall with a cutout for loading and unloading with material to be conveyed. Other material containers are made like hanging, flat plastic trays that are covered on one side with elastic materials, which clamps the material in place.

[0004] It is known to load such containers mechanically and unload them manually. The transport cycle is determined by the slowest process, which also depends on the quantity of transported goods. In particular, a large number of individual items can slow down loading and / or unloading. For example, the unloading and / or reassembly of disassembled transport containers can determine the maximum possible transport cycle. EP 2 686 258 B1 relates to an overhead conveyor system with a transport pocket for automatically unloading a loaded piece of goods and with an unloading station. The transport pocket has a horizontal base on which the piece of goods can be stored for transport purposes.The base interacts with a lifting device which is designed to raise the base of the transport bag loaded with at least one piece of cargo, when the transport bag is in an unloading position, in a vertical direction in such a way that the at least one piece of cargo can be pushed out centrally through an end face of a base body of the transport bag by means of a pushing device, wherein the pushing device has a slide which engages through another end face of the base body into an interior of the base body where the at least one piece of cargo is located when the base is raised. For unloading, the two opposite open end faces, the base which can be lifted in the vertical direction and the slide of the pushing device which extends through one of the end faces are therefore required.DE 20 2017 100 206 U1 discloses a material container for an overhead conveyor system for transporting material, which container is adjustable between an open position and a closed position. The material container has a base that is mechanically associated with an ejection device. By means of the ejection device, the base can be adjusted between a transport position, in which the material can be stored within the material container, and an ejection position, in which the material can be ejected from the material container.

[0005] DE 10 2018 105 795 A1 discloses a method for loading or unloading a material held on a flexible material of a material container by means of a station such as an unloading station and / or a loading station of an overhead conveyor system, as well as a material container, unloading station, and overhead conveyor system according to the method. The material container is brought closer to the station, where an attractive force is then exerted between the station and the material container to couple the flexible material of the material container. The thus coupled material container is tilted, and the material is ejected from the material container in a sliding motion.

[0006] DE 10 2018 128 417 A1 describes a method for transporting and sorting a sorting pocket suspended from a rolling adapter rolling on a rail network of a sorting system for transporting a piece of goods. The method comprises: providing the rail network of the sorting system, providing the rolling adapter of the sorting pocket rolling on the rail network, providing electrical drive energy for the rolling adapter, converting the provided electrical drive energy by means of the rolling adapter itself into kinetic energy for transporting the sorting pocket, and providing devices according to the method. The rolling adapters serve to suspend and move the sorting pockets.For this purpose, they each have a chassis with two coaxially rotating wheels, a suspension arranged between the wheels and carried by them, on which the sorting pocket is suspended, an electric drive for driving the wheels and a control device or partial control device for autonomously or at least semi-autonomously controlling the rolling adapter along a travel path selected from a plurality of travel paths.

[0007] Furthermore, it is known that industrial objects communicate with each other according to a network standard, which is also referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). For example, DE 10 2013 001 107 A1 describes a method for establishing a data connection between one or more gateways designed as fixed stations and at least one transport robot. The transport robots establish their data connection to the gateways in the driving environment of the extensive rail network solely via channels in the WLAN band not used by the WLAN standard. The data connection is established in channel 9 and / or channels 14 and / or 15. This should enable faster channel setup and faster, uninterrupted data exchange between the transport robots and the gateways arranged in the driving environment. However, it is not possible to reduce the overall radio power density in this way. Summary of the invention

[0008] Based on this prior art, the present invention is based on the object of enabling storage, retrieval, storage and sorting by means of autonomously moving hanging bags in a hanging bag warehouse with a minimal radio power density and / or minimal communication effort.

[0009] The task is in a hanging bag storage system for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving stored goods by a control device by means of which the storage, picking and sorting of the stored goods can be controlled and / or a sequence of the stored goods for retrieving the stored goods can be specified, a plurality of hanging bags that can be suspended or suspended from rolling adapters, wherein the rolling adapters or the hanging bags each have a traveling longitudinal and transverse dynamic control and a communication device and wherein at least one of the stored goods can be picked up and retrieved from the hanging bags, a hanging bag warehouse that cooperates with the plurality of hanging bags for storing, picking and sorting the stored goods,with: a level and a network on which the hanging bags can be moved autonomously or at least semi-autonomously by means of the respective longitudinal and lateral dynamic control and at least one block in which the hanging bags can be stored, stored without movement, and retrieved again for retrieval, wherein the hanging bag warehouse has at least one or a plurality of closed route(s), wherein the closed route(s) can be traveled endlessly by the hanging bags or the rolling adapters with attached hanging bags, has / have an access or the access and an exit as well as a stopping point or an imaginary stopping point,at which, depending on the control device, one of the hanging pockets can be stopped and / or made available for leaving the closed route(s), and only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets or only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets and the longitudinal dynamic controls of the rolling adapters of the other hanging pockets, all of these other hanging pockets in the respective closed route can also be stopped. The combination of the autonomously moving rolling adapters with the block results in particularly high flexibility, good picking times, and comparatively low energy consumption in a given sequence. Hanging pockets or stored goods that are not currently required do not have to be moved, which enables comparatively low energy consumption and / or wear. Radio traffic density can be further reduced. Traveling along the closed route does not require global communication,Stopping at the stopping point only requires global communication between the control unit and the corresponding hanging bag. This can be done in advance when a travel command is transmitted, preferably outside the block. This can further reduce radio traffic density in the block that can perform sorting of the hanging bags.

[0010] In an alternative embodiment of the hanging bag storage system, the hanging bags stored in the block can be retrieved for retrieval by means of a retrieval command received via the communication device. This allows for centrally controlled retrieval of stored goods.

[0011] In a further embodiment, it is possible for the retrieval command to be sent from the control device to the communication device of the respective hanging bag via a link or a wireless link. In principle, the retrieval command can be sent via at least one link, in particular a radio link, but preferably also via multiple links, e.g., radio links. This can improve transmission reliability.

[0012] Furthermore, it is conceivable for the net, or at least the net block, to be horizontal or at least essentially horizontal. This allows for a space-saving hanging pocket storage system. Furthermore, a parking brake on the hanging pockets or roller adapters can be omitted, as rolling away due to gravity alone is impossible without a drive.

[0013] A further embodiment of the hanging bag storage system has at least a second level, each of which accommodates the hanging bags and thus the stored goods. The hanging bags with the stored goods can be made available at the respective level of the hanging bag storage system for upcoming retrieval. A conveyor system, vertical conveyor system, and / or ring conveyor system arranged between the levels transports the stored goods between the levels. This allows for optimal use of the vertically available installation space for the hanging bag storage system, thus creating as many storage locations and / or sorting capacities as possible within the available floor space.

[0014] A further alternative embodiment of the hanging pocket storage system is characterized in that the predeterminable or predetermined sequence of the stored goods for retrieval across the level and the at least second level can be and / or is produced by means of at least five elements of the hanging pocket storage system from the following group: - at least one of the blocks arranged in the level, at least one further of the blocks arranged in the at least one second level, - at least one transfer arrangement for producing and providing the hanging pockets for retrieval in a partial sequence of the transfer arrangement of the level, and / or which is arranged downstream of one of the blocks, - at least one second transfer arrangement arranged in the at least one second level for producing and providing the hanging pockets for retrieval in a partial sequence of the second transfer arrangement of the second level,and / or which is arranged downstream of at least one further block, - the conveyor system, vertical conveyor system, and / or ring conveyor system arranged between the levels and / or downstream of the transfer arrangements for transporting the stored goods between the levels, and / or wherein the sequence can be produced and / or assembled and / or brought together from the partial sequences of the provision devices by means of the conveyor system, vertical conveyor system, and / or ring conveyor system. It is conceivable that parts available for storage and / or sorting, in particular closed routes or endlessly accessible roundabouts, are equally present in the blocks and the transfer arrangements, in particular in different dimensions. For example, comparatively larger in the blocks and comparatively smaller in the transfer arrangements. The blocks and the transfer arrangements can be operated using the same strategy,This can reduce control effort. To optimize and / or adapt to a flow direction of the stored goods through the hanging pocket storage system, the rotary and / or endless sections of the blocks and transfer arrangements can be elongated and arranged in a longitudinal direction or at a 90-degree angle to each other.

[0015] Alternatively or additionally, the hanging pocket storage system can be designed so that the hanging pockets can be moved into at least one block by means of the on-board longitudinal and transverse dynamics control system, and can be stored, stored without movement, and retrieved again under the control of the control device. This eliminates the need for complex conveyor technology such as drag chains, carrier systems, and the like. The network and / or the block of the hanging pocket storage system is / are preferably passive, so that actuating elements on the network can also be omitted. Control processes can be carried out by the on-board transverse dynamics control system without the need for central control by the control device.

[0016] Finally, it is conceivable that the hanging pockets in at least one block could be put into a power-saving sleep state. This could further save energy. The sleep state can preferably be used when the device is idle during storage to save energy. The hanging pockets can be woken up again for retrieval or removal.

[0017] The object is further achieved in a hanging pocket storage system of a hanging pocket storage system or a previously described hanging pocket storage system in that the hanging pockets or rolling adapters with attached hanging pockets present in the block are designed to assume the states of the following group and have at least one of these in the hanging pocket storage system or the block: stored without movement by stopping, if a front hanging pocket blocks the network of the block, depending on the traveling longitudinal dynamics control, preferably only depending on the traveling longitudinal dynamics control; stored without movement and stopped at the stopping point or the imaginary stopping point depending on the non-moving control device and / or stopped there and made ready to leave the closed route; ready to receive the non-moving control device, preferably for traveling to the stopping point and / or a destination;addressed for a retrieval process depending on the non-moving control device; in motion to enter, preferably on the approach, into the closed route depending on the non-moving control device; in motion to leave the closed route, in particular on the exit; in motion to leave the stopping point or the imaginary stopping point, preferably on the exit, depending on the non-moving control device; energized by means of electrical energy;In motion, for continuous travel along the closed track after entering, only dependent on the accompanying longitudinal and lateral dynamics control. The global control device is not required for stopping and continuous travel on the closed track. This reduces radio traffic density, enabling suspended pocket storage with a very large number of suspended pockets, e.g., more than 10,000, in particular 500,000, in particular more than 1,000,000, and / or with a density of up to 20 suspended pockets per meter, in particular between 10 and 20, viewed in the direction of travel or X-direction, as well as good stackability. The suspended pocket storage system also provides the previously described advantages.

[0018] A preferred embodiment of the hanging bag storage system is designed such that the imaginary stopping point can be transmitted to the rolling adapter as the destination point of a travel instruction or can be transmitted to the rolling adapter by means of the control device as the destination point of a travel instruction and / or the stopping point is part of the network and can be controlled by means of the control device, wherein. It is therefore conceivable that the stopping point is only realized virtually or imaginarily by means of a control by means of the control device, in particular by hanging bags entering the block receiving the stopping point as their destination and approaching it autonomously. Alternatively, the stopping point can be part of the network, e.g. in the form of a device that issues the command to stop to a hanging bag or an approaching rolling adapter with a suspended hanging bag, in particular controlled by the control device. This can, for example,by a mechanical or data-based intervention that can be detected by the rolling adapter and converted into a stop.

[0019] In a further embodiment, it is possible for the closed route to comprise a storage lane, a shunting lane crossing this lane, another storage lane crossing this lane, and another storage lane. The closed route can simply be formed by intersecting tracks and can be driven along endlessly using the accompanying lateral dynamics control system.

[0020] The object is further achieved in a rolling adapter for a hanging pocket, which interacts with a previously described hanging pocket storage system, in that the longitudinal dynamics control of the rolling adapter has a distance control which controls a speed of the rolling adapter depending on an object lying in front of the rolling adapter and / or the front rolling adapter as seen in the direction of travel and / or regulates a distance to the other rolling adapter. The distance control allows the rolling adapter to stop without global communication, particularly when the closed section is blocked by stopping at the stopping point. In this case, it is possible to allow further hanging pockets to move into the closed section despite the stop. For this purpose, the entrance and exit can be arranged at a distance from one another.The exit can be as large as possible downstream from the approach, preferably as large as possible, and as small as possible upstream, preferably as small as possible. This allows the approach to remain clear despite the suspended lanes being blocked, allowing as many of the suspended lanes as possible to enter the closed section. This can keep a highway as free from congestion as possible for the purposes of inflow or outflow.

[0021] In one embodiment of the rolling adapter, the longitudinal dynamics control of the rolling adapter sets the speed to zero if the front rolling adapter has a speed of zero and the actual distance between the rolling adapter and the front rolling adapter falls below a predeterminable or predetermined minimum distance. The measurement required for this can preferably be performed without or with a comparatively low radio power, so that the hanging bags stop on the closed path without the need for any or only a minimal amount of radio power.

[0022] Furthermore, in one embodiment, it is provided that the rolling adapter has at least one of the following states and / or is set up, designed and / or programmed to assume the states and / or these states can be selectively assumed by the rolling adapter: automatic stopping or slowing down of the journey if the front rolling adapter blocks the network; storing a driving instruction for and / or endless travel along a predetermined or predeterminable closed route; stopping at a predeterminable or predefined stopping point of the closed route or stopping at the stopping point depending on the control; leaving the closed route,Preferably, starting from the stopping point in the direction of a predeterminable or predetermined destination point, depending on the control system, or crossing one of the shunting roads and / or turning into one of the expressways to leave the closed route; entering the closed route depending on the control system. Thus, after being programmed once with a driving instruction to enter the closed route, the rolling adapter can travel autonomously without further connection to the control system or driving instruction until the control system addresses the rolling adapter with a new driving instruction to retrieve the goods. In this case, autonomous travel can be achieved using the on-board longitudinal and lateral dynamics control system. It is particularly preferable for the sorting and storage of the hanging bag to take place in several stages.particularly in the blocks and the transfer arrangements downstream of them. Preferably across several levels together with the vertical conveyor. The vertical conveyor transports the roller adapter together with the hanging pocket and the stored goods contained therein. Two or more sorting elements, in particular endless sections, can be connected one behind the other and simultaneously in parallel. For example, it is conceivable to address two or more of the stored goods in parallel from two blocks or from two or more of the closed sections from one block and to relocate them to a further endless section of a transfer arrangement downstream of both. This can also be done in parallel on several of the levels if necessary. This allows the sequence to be generated on the level or, in the case of several levels, a multitude of partial sequences.These can then be combined into the desired sequence of stored goods using the downstream vertical conveyor. The respective transfer arrangement, just like the blocks, features several sorting elements, particularly parallel sorting elements, especially closed sections. This allows for parallel storage, retrieval, and sorting of the hanging pockets and thus the stored goods contained therein. This allows for high performance of the hanging pocket storage system.

[0023] The task is also in methods for controlling a hanging bag warehouse or for controlling a previously described hanging bag warehouse by: moving the rolling adapter into the closed track; transmitting a continuous travel instruction to the rolling adapter stating that the closed track is to be traveled continuously; traveling continuously along the closed track; transmitting a retrieval travel instruction to a retrieval destination to the rolling adapter for retrieval; leaving the closed track and moving to the retrieval destination in accordance with the travel instruction for retrieval of the rolling adapter. The endless track can thus be traveled autonomously without further contact to the control device. For this purpose, only a maximum of two contacts to the control device are required: one instruction to move into the endless track and circle there, and another instruction to leave it again.It is conceivable that only locations are specified, and the hanging pockets or rolling adapters autonomously navigate to these locations, particularly with knowledge of the network, especially the block, and knowledge or a pre-stored routine for circling there. The method can be carried out, in particular, at and / or using the hanging pocket storage system described above. This results in the advantages described above.

[0024] One embodiment of the method is characterized by interrupting the continuous travel if the front rolling adapter is in front of the rolling adapter and has a speed of zero; and resuming the continuous travel if the front rolling adapter again has a speed greater than zero. This can be done using the longitudinal dynamics control system that is traveling along with the vehicle, thus without placing a load on the central control system.

[0025] In a further alternative embodiment of the method, scheduling the rolling adapter for retrieval, transmitting an intermediate travel instruction to the scheduled rolling adapter with the stopping point as the destination, moving the rolling adapter to the stopping point, and stopping the rolling adapter at the stopping point are conceivable. In this case, the intermediate travel instruction from the control device can stop all hanging pockets located in the closed route. Wear and tear and power consumption can be reduced until one of the hanging pockets actually needs to leave the closed route. This applies in particular to the hanging pocket located at the stopping point and / or already scheduled for the next retrieval.

[0026] In a further alternative, the method can be implemented by scheduling the rolling adapter for a retrieval, transmitting a retrieval travel instruction to a retrieval destination after transmitting an intermediate travel instruction to the scheduled rolling adapter, leaving the stopping point, and then leaving the closed route, while approaching the retrieval destination according to the retrieval travel instruction. The retrieval travel instruction can, in particular, be issued with a time delay, whereby the suspended pocket addressed by the control device via the intermediate travel instruction can already move up to the stopping point in preparation. The stopping point is preferably located close to the exit so that the retrieval destination can be reached more quickly.Particularly preferably, the closed section can have a U-shaped design and be used as a first-in, first-out buffer, with the entrance and exit preferably being located at an open end of the U-shaped design. This creates a maximum length of path between the entrance and exit, thus providing maximum capacity for buffering the suspended pockets.

[0027] A further embodiment of the method can be carried out with transmission of the intermediate travel instruction to any rolling adapter traveling on the closed route if no scheduling for retrieval is currently carried out, and / or transmission of the intermediate travel instruction to the stopping point as the destination and / or transmission of the continuous travel instruction to any rolling adapter if the rolling adapter is scheduled for retrieval, and / or continuous travel on the closed route with any rolling adapter in accordance with the continuous travel instruction; direct departure from the stopping point by any rolling adapter.

[0028] Finally, the process can be repeated for a large number of retrievals, transmitting the intermediate travel instruction to any rolling adapter traveling along the closed route or to the rolling adapter scheduled for retrieval, and transmitting the continuous travel instruction to all remaining rolling adapters traveling along the closed route. This ensures that the rolling adapters stop even if none of the hanging pockets is currently scheduled and is waiting at the stopping point for the final retrieval. In this case, any rolling adapter or hanging pocket is sent to the stopping point and stopped there, with all subsequent hanging pockets automatically also stopping.

[0029] Further advantages emerge from the subclaims and the following description of a preferred embodiment. Short description of the characters

[0030] The invention is explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment illustrated in the figures. They show: Fig. 1 a schematic three-dimensional view obliquely from the side front and top of a hanging pocket storage system having a hanging pocket storage; Fig. 2 a schematic side view of a hanging pocket for the Fig. 1 hanging pocket storage shown; Fig. 3 a schematic side view of several of the Fig. 2 hanging pockets shown on a rail network; Fig. 4 a schematic view of a level of a hanging pocket storage system to illustrate a retrieval with a reversal of a direction of movement; Fig. 5 a schematic view of the level of the hanging bag storage to illustrate a retrieval with a circuit of a storage line; Fig. 6 a schematic view of the level of the hanging pocket storage to illustrate a retrieval with a circuit / swing; and Fig. 7 a schematic representation to illustrate a method for controlling a hanging pocket warehouse with an endlessly accessible closed track. Detailed description of preferred embodiments

[0031] The invention will now be explained in more detail by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments are only examples and are not intended to limit the inventive concept to a specific arrangement. Before describing the invention in detail, it should be pointed out that it is not limited to the specific components of the device or the specific method steps, since these components and methods can vary. The terms used herein are intended to describe particular embodiments only and are not used in a limiting sense. Furthermore, when the singular or indefinite article is used in the description or claims, this also refers to the plural of these elements, unless the overall context clearly indicates otherwise.

[0032] Fig. 1 shows a schematic three-dimensional view from the side front and top of a hanging pocket storage system 2 with a hanging pocket storage 1.

[0033] Depending on the application, the hanging pocket storage unit 1 can have exactly one level, in particular at least one level or preferably at least two levels 9, 13. A total of four levels are shown here, with a first level 9 and a second level 13 being provided with reference numerals by way of example. More or fewer levels are conceivable, e.g., 10 levels or more arranged vertically one above the other.

[0034] Each of the levels 9, 13 of the hanging pocket storage 1 has a transfer buffer 7, 11, of which only a first transfer buffer 7 and a second transfer buffer 11 are provided with reference numerals.

[0035] The hanging pocket storage system 1 serves for receiving, storing, sorting, and / or retrieving stored goods 3, optionally as a pure storage or sorting device. The transfer buffers 7, 11 are preferably arranged vertically one above the other, as symbolized by a line 27. However, it is also conceivable to arrange at least two of the transfer buffers 7, 11 one above the other and / or to arrange them at an angle to a vertical spatial direction along the line 27.

[0036] A ring conveyor system 23, preferably a plurality of such, also runs along the imaginary line 27 along which the transfer buffers 7, 11 are arranged. The transfer buffers 7, 11 are arranged adjacent to the ring conveyor system 23 in such a way that the stored goods 3 can be transferred from them into the ring conveyor system 23 and / or stored from there into the levels 9, 13 or the transfer buffers 7, 11 of the levels 9, 13.

[0037] In one embodiment, the stored goods 3 are transferred directly to the ring conveyor system 23. Preferably, the stored goods 3 are transferred to the ring conveyor system 23 while located in a hanging pocket 5 of the hanging pocket storage system 2. Particularly preferably, the entire hanging pocket 5 is driven autonomously, in particular by means of a traveling electric drive, controlled, and / or moved before provision, during provision, and / or transfer of the hanging pocket 5. The movement is preferably carried out by means of electric drives, in particular without drag chains and / or carriers. For this purpose, the hanging pocket storage system 1 is designed, for example, at least partially or entirely, without drag chains and / or carriers, preferably at least within levels 9, 13.

[0038] For this purpose, the suspended pocket storage system 1 comprises a network 49, e.g., a rail network with connecting sections and branches such as crossings and / or switches. This is preferably a grid with straight rails connected to each other by crossings and / or switches. For example, with rectangular meshes.

[0039] In order to store the stored goods 3 in the hanging bag warehouse, the latter has a transfer point 53, via which the individual stored goods are transferred into individual hanging bags 5. Preferably, only one of the stored goods 3 is transferred per hanging bag 5. However, several are also conceivable, provided they fit in the corresponding hanging bag 5. In the transfer point, the stored goods 3 can optionally be buffered and transferred directly into the hanging bags 5, which for this purpose head for the transfer point 53 and then preferably travel autonomously to a storage location in the hanging bag warehouse 1.

[0040] At an unloading station 55 of the hanging bag storage system 1, the stored goods 3 are removed from the ring conveyor system 23 and are available there, preferably in a predetermined or predeterminable sequence 15. It is conceivable for a column of hanging bags 5 to move from the ring conveyor system 23 into the unloading station 55 in the desired sequence 15, or to be transferred from the ring conveyor system 23 to the unloading station, unloaded there, and then return for further loading. The unloading station 55 can be located inside or outside one of the levels 9, 13, preferably on a lowest level.

[0041] Alternatively, however, it is also conceivable that the hanging pockets 5 are conveyed by means of the ring conveyor system 23 and unloaded at the unloading station 55 in the desired order and immediately transported back empty to the hanging pocket storage 1 by means of the ring conveyor system 23, i.e. without the respective hanging pockets 5 remaining in the unloading station or being available there, e.g. to continue driving or being transported further to the transfer point 53 after unloading.

[0042] Particularly preferably, the hanging pockets 5 are designed so that they travel autonomously through the network 49. Hanging pocket warehouses 1 with autonomously moving hanging pockets 5 are known and are described, for example, in DE10 2018 128 417 A1, so a more detailed description is omitted here. Preferably, a control device 25 of the hanging pocket storage system 2 is provided for monitoring and controlling the hanging pocket warehouse 1, in particular for specifying the desired sequence 15 and controlling the ring conveyor system 23, which control device exchanges information with the functional units of the hanging pocket warehouse 1.

[0043] Fig. 2 shows a schematic side view of such a hanging pocket 5 for the Fig. 1 hanging pocket storage shown 1.

[0044] Fig. 3 a three-dimensional view of several of the Fig. 2 shown hanging pockets 5, suspended in the net 49, which is designed as a rail network, for example.

[0045] For this purpose, they have wheels 57 and are driven by a drive energy, merely indicated by reference numeral 59, and a drive using this energy. The hanging pockets 5 can be designed in two parts and comprise a rolling adapter 61 and a pocket material suspended or detachable therefrom, in particular a non-destructively detachable material, in particular a flexible and / or foldable material, in which a stored item 3 can be accommodated. Fig. 3, a possible direction of movement of the hanging pockets 5 in the network 49 is indicated by a double arrow 51. The hanging pockets 5, in particular their rolling adapters 61, are configured, programmed, and / or designed for autonomous or semi-autonomous travel on the network 49. For this purpose, these pockets, in particular the rolling adapters 61, can have their own drive, preferably an electric drive, and each have their own longitudinal and lateral dynamics control. The hanging pocket storage system 2 thus has the rolling adapters 61 and the hanging pockets 5 suspended or suspensable therefrom. For the sake of simplicity, the term "hanging pocket" or "rolling adapter" can be used alone in this application to describe travel states, whereby this can also simultaneously refer to the moving combination or unit of a rolling adapter 61 with the hanging pocket 5 suspended therefrom.

[0046] By means of the longitudinal control, at least two driving states from the following group can preferably be set: stopping and driving forward. Preferably from the group: reversing, stopping and driving forward. Particular preference is given to setting different speeds and / or transient driving states, in particular in combination with a longitudinal acceleration control / regulation. In a particular embodiment, the longitudinal dynamics control can have an electric motor as its own drive and can set at least one driving state from the group: “driving forward, reversing, stopping, accelerated forward, accelerated reversing, braked forward, braked reversing”. The lateral dynamics control can in particular have electrically controllable steering elements and can set at least one driving state from the group: driving straight ahead, turning left, turning right.

[0047] Preferably, the network 49 can be designed passively, i.e., without any control elements. Control element-free can be understood as meaning that the network 49 does not have any active control elements that influence the transverse dynamics of the rolling adapters 61 or the hanging pockets 5, on which wheels or contact surfaces can rest transversely to the direction of travel to effect a network-adjustable change of direction, as is known, for example, from conventional adjustable switches.

[0048] Particularly preferably, the net 49 is constructed horizontally or essentially horizontally. Essentially horizontal here means that the rolling adapters 61 traveling on it do not roll away automatically due to gravity when stationary, thus they can preferably be constructed without a parking brake. In this case, the drive or drive energy 59 is / are gravity-free, and thus not gravity-induced. Furthermore, the drive can be designed as an electric drive, whereby the longitudinal dynamics control or the drive can be drag-chain-free, gravity-free, and / or driver-free.

[0049] In Fig. Figure 2 shows the hanging pocket 5 with the stored goods 3 held therein. The stored goods 3 are located within a U-shaped suspended material, particularly a flexible material. Loading and unloading can occur, in particular, from above or from the side.

[0050] Insofar as the terms X-direction, Y-direction and Z-direction are used in this application, this can be understood as a Cartesian coordinate system traveling with the hanging pockets 5 or rolling adapters 61, in particular their drive, wherein the X-direction can characterize a direction of travel, the Y-direction a direction transverse to the direction of travel and, in the case of a planar travel movement, horizontal, and the Z-direction a vertical direction or vertical axis of the rolling adapter 61 or the hanging pocket 5 that is perpendicular to the other axes.

[0051] The hanging pocket 5 has, as in Fig. 2, in addition to the drive (not shown in detail) and a corresponding control system, the transmitter and receiver comprises a first transceiver device 205 and a second transceiver device 207. These can be designed either individually or as an integrated component, preferably having at least different radio frequencies and / or transmission protocols.

[0052] Via this, the hanging pocket 5 can receive or transmit messages via two communication channels with other hanging pockets 5 and / or the control device 25. The messages can thus be transmitted wirelessly to or from these. This can be done either via one of the transceiver devices 205 or 207, e.g., depending on a location within the hanging pocket warehouse 1 and / or a current task of the respective hanging pocket 5, such as storing, transporting, retrieving, storing, buffering, and / or sorting the stored goods 3.

[0053] Furthermore, it is conceivable to use one of the transceiver devices 205, 207 of the hanging pockets 5 additionally for driving dynamics control, distance control and / or collision avoidance.

[0054] The collision avoidance can be switched off as soon as the hanging pockets 5 travel through non-critical areas of the hanging pocket warehouse 1, for example the closed route 56 described below.

[0055] Fig. Figure 4 shows a schematic view of a level of a hanging pocket storage system, e.g., level 9 of the previously described hanging pocket storage system 1. Level 9 is only partially shown, whereby the dimensions and number of individual elements of level 9 described here can be varied depending on the requirements of the hanging pocket storage system 1. Likewise, the number of levels themselves can be varied.

[0056] Unless explicitly stated, reference is also made to the following figures. Level 9, which is only partially shown, has the network 49 with a plurality of rails. The network 49 has, for example, rectangular meshes formed by the rails and crossings, wherein corresponding four-way switches can be provided at mesh nodes. The wheels 57 of the hanging pockets 5 can roll on the rails of the network 9. Movement of the hanging pockets 1 can occur autonomously or at least semi-autonomously. For this purpose, each of the hanging pockets 5 can have its own drive acting on the wheels 57 and a corresponding control system.

[0057] The network 49 can, in principle, be traversed in any direction by the suspended pockets 5. Preferably, the switches are designed to be passive, and the suspended pockets 5 interact with the switches through appropriate steering devices (not shown in detail) to effect desired changes of direction. Movements of the suspended pockets 5 are shown in bold dashed lines in the figure.

[0058] Preferably, however, the network 49 is used and traveled by the hanging pockets 5 – regardless of the previously described free travel and usage options – according to predefined or predeterminable rules. For this purpose, directions, speeds, and preferably types of use can be specified for certain sections of the network 5. In the present case, the network 49 can have at least one storage line 62 for storing the hanging pockets 5. In the storage lines 62, one or more of the hanging pockets 5 can be stored in a row 60, symbolized, for example, by a curved bracket. For this purpose, they remain at rest, preferably in a power-saving idle state, parked one behind the other in the row 60 of the corresponding storage lines 62.

[0059] For retrieval, all of the hanging pockets 5 that need to be moved can be woken up and moved again accordingly.

[0060] In this exemplary embodiment, storage lines 62 are arranged parallel to each other throughout level 9 and are shown horizontally and as solid lines in the figure. The rules and arrangement offer the advantage that material flows during storage and retrieval can be standardized and thus faster, simpler, and free of resource conflicts on network 49.

[0061] The hanging pockets 5 are symbolized in the figure by rectangles. The storage aisles 62 of the hanging pocket warehouse 1 have a cross-over length compared to other areas of the hanging pocket warehouse 1, in particular expressways and / or marshalling roads, in particular a length that is at least 1.5 times longer, preferably at least 3 times longer, in particular at least 10 times longer, e.g., between 3 and 25 meters, preferably approximately 20 times longer. The cross-over length can be, for example, between 3 and 20 meters, preferably approximately 15 meters. The length of the storage aisles 62 can be made dependent on the use or optimization of the hanging pocket warehouse 1, e.g., shorter for rapid access and short dwell times of the stored goods 3 and longer for comparatively low handling frequencies.

[0062] The hanging bag warehouse 1 also has shunting lines 66, preferably at least one shunting line 66. The shunting lines 66 are arranged at an angle to the storage lines 62, preferably orthogonally thereto. In the figure, the shunting lines 66 are shown vertically and also in solid lines. Preferably, at least one of the storage lines 62 opens into at least one of the shunting lines 66 at the angle, preferably orthogonally. In contrast to the storage lines 62, stopping for storage purposes is not permitted on the shunting lines 66. A reversal of the direction of movement is optionally possible. In the present case, the storage lines 62, which are combined in blocks 76, open into two of the shunting lines 66 at least on one side, preferably on both sides and at the angle, in particular orthogonally. The blocks 76 each have a plurality of storage lines 62 arranged parallel to one another. In this case 5 each. The number can vary, e.g.between 2 and 30, preferably between 5 and 20, in particular approximately 15. The number can also be adapted to a task of the hanging bag storage 1.

[0063] It is optionally conceivable that the blocks 76 are surrounded by a ring of shunting roads 66. However, expressways 72 are provided at an upper and / or lower end of the respective blocks 76 and parallel to the storage roads 62, preferably directly adjacent to each other.

[0064] In order to achieve a good and rapid outflow of the stored goods 3 or hanging bags 5, a comparatively high speed may be driven on the expressways 72 and, in particular, continuous travel is provided, i.e., stopping without reason is not intended or should be avoided. Reasons for stopping can therefore preferably be limited to collision avoidance. Particularly preferably, the expressways 72 can generally have a directional movement of the hanging bags 5. Furthermore, it is optionally possible for the expressways 72 to be arranged parallel to one another at a certain distance, with the blocks 76 arranged in between. It is conceivable that expressways 72 arranged parallel to one another have opposite specifications for the direction of movement, i.e., at least one pair of expressways 72 arranged parallel to one another is provided with opposite specifications for the direction of movement.Furthermore, the expressways 72 can be arranged at an angle to one another, preferably intersecting at the angle, e.g., arranged orthogonally to one another. In this case, the expressways 72 can be arranged in a grid pattern and preferably with alternating directions of travel. In this way, ring roads surrounding at least one or more of the blocks 76 can be formed, allowing particularly fast, one-way travel. The alternating directions are indicated in the figure by arrows 78, and the expressways 72 are indicated by dashed lines.

[0065] It can be seen in the figure that, particularly preferably, the storage roads 62 are crossed at least on one side by one of the shunting roads 66, and one of the expressways 72 arranged at an angle to the storage roads 62 runs parallel to the respective shunting road 66. As shown in the figure, it is possible for one of the shunting roads 66 to be arranged parallel to each of the expressways 72 on both sides, with one of the blocks 76 adjacent to each of them, with a plurality of connections and junctions connecting one of the shunting roads 66 to the respective expressway 72 and, in turn, to the storage roads 62 of the respective blocks 76. A grid-like arrangement of at least two, preferably three rails of the network 49 running parallel to one another is thus formed, which, at a distance of the storage roads 62 from the hanging pockets 5, has switches or points that can be navigated at least partially or autonomously.Intersections and limits the trestles 76 orthogonally to the alignment of the storage roads 62 or connects them to the remaining network 49 of the hanging pocket storage 1. The arrangement is divided by the traffic regulations into the shunting roads 66 and the expressways 72, whereby a physical structure can have identical parts of switches and rail sections in order to enable a cost-effective and easily assembled structure.

[0066] In the following, possible uses of this grid-like arrangement of storage avenues 62, shunting lanes 66, and expressways 72 are explained in more detail using the example of a relocation with the aid of the figure. One of the stored goods 3 in the hanging pocket warehouse 1 is scheduled for relocation, e.g., retrieval, preferably initially to the unloading station 55. The hanging pocket 5 with the scheduled stored goods 3 is shown in dotted lines in the figure, although the stored goods 3 itself contained in the hanging pocket 5 is not visible. The scheduled stored goods 3 can be identical at one or more locations in the hanging pocket warehouse 1, and a selection can be made based on a criterion before scheduling.

[0067] As can be seen in the figure, the hanging pockets 5 shown in dotted lines are removed, which is symbolized by a dashed and bold arrow 74.

[0068] Before this can take place, however, the item 3 shown in dotted lines is first scheduled for retrieval. This can be done using the control device 25.

[0069] In order to free up a retrieval path 70 along which the scheduled storage goods 3 can leave row 60, further storage goods 3 are relocated to a shunting line 66, 68 of the hanging bag warehouse 1, shown in solid lines. The shunting line 66 is arranged orthogonally to the storage line 62 and intersects it at a four-way switch at one end of the storage line 62. As soon as the retrieval path 70 is free, the relocation or retrieval of the scheduled storage goods 3 can take place along it, which is symbolized in the figure by the bold and dashed arrow 74. The scheduled storage goods can then optionally be temporarily stored or, if necessary, travel directly to or be conveyed to the unloading station 55, preferably entering the ring conveyor system 23 and being conveyed to the unloading station by means of this.

[0070] As in Fig. 4, a reversal of the direction of movement of the remaining storage goods 3 of row 60 takes place in order to clear the retrieval path 70 and then the remaining storage goods 3 are moved back into row 60. In this case, three of the storage goods 3 are moved, preferably in a convoy, out of row 60 into storage line 62. After the relocation of the planned storage goods 3, the three of the storage goods 3 of row 60 are moved back into storage line 62 in the opposite direction. This process with the reversal of the direction of movement is shown in Fig. 4 is symbolized by a dashed and bold arrow 80. The sequence of the three storage goods 3 is maintained. The shunting roads 66 can be used in a consistent direction, thus achieving smoother traffic flow.

[0071] Fig. Figure 5 shows a variant for clearing the retrieval path 70 and relocating the planned storage goods 3 thereon, wherein the other storage goods 3 are circumnavigated around the storage line 62 of the hanging bag warehouse 1 while maintaining the direction of movement. The relocation of the other storage goods 3 of the row 60 is carried out after circumnavigating the storage line 62 in the same direction of movement. This allows the sequence of the other storage goods 3 to be reversed. By means of the arrow 80, Fig. 5 symbolizes the circumnavigation of the storage line. It can be seen that the entire block 76 with a plurality of storage lines 62, in which the planned storage goods 3 are located, is circumnavigated. This takes place on a total of four of the shunting lines 66, which are arranged to intersect and surround the block 76. In this exemplary embodiment, at least one of the blocks 76, preferably each of the blocks 76, is surrounded by a ring of shunting lines, i.e. the shunting line 66 and at least one further shunting line 68, preferably four of the shunting lines arranged orthogonally to one another.

[0072] Fig. Figure 6 shows another possibility for clearing the retrieval path 70 and relocating the planned storage goods 3 along it. For this purpose, the other storage goods 3 are moved in a circular motion, symbolized by arrow 80, or alternatively in a pendulum motion, indicated by a double arrow 88. In contrast, the entire block 76 is not circumnavigated, but rather a further storage line 64 is used, as indicated by the dashed and bold arrow 80 in Fig. 6. This can preferably be done in a neighboring Lagerstraße 62, as shown in Fig. 6 or in any other of the storage lines 62 of the corresponding block 76. When using the additional storage line 64, the shunting lines 66, 68 are used over a particularly short section. This allows a comparatively large number of these processes to run in parallel and further shortens sorting and / or access times. As soon as the planned storage goods 3 have arrived at one end of the storage line 62, the retrieval path 70 is free and it can be relocated, in particular retrieved, by crossing the shunting line 66 and via the expressway(s) 72, which in Fig. 6 is symbolized by the dashed and bold arrow 74.

[0073] Preferably, the hanging pockets 5 or the stored goods 3 are rotated by 180 degrees for each retrieval. Preferably with an adjacent one of the storage lines 62. The stored goods 3 are therefore swapped between the storage lines 62, preferably between the two adjacent storage lines 62, whereby a sequence of the stored goods 3 is reversed or mirrored in each case and the retrieval takes place in the process. This simplifies inventory management because, although the contents of the respective storage lines 62 are mirrored, they remain unchanged in their entirety except for the scheduled storage goods. The arrangement of the individual stored goods 3 within the storage lines 62 is also irrelevant. The scheduled storage goods 3 can be moved out autonomously and independently of the non-scheduled storage goods 3. It is also irrelevant which of the storage lines 62 also participates in the rotation.It is only important that the planned one of the storage goods 3 is addressed and that the storage line 62 with this planned one of the storage goods 3 as well as any other, in particular directly adjacent, one of the storage lines 62 participates in at least half, preferably exactly half, of the rotation.

[0074] It is evident that half a rotation is sufficient for each of the storage goods 3 thus moved along the two storage lines 62 to pass exactly once past one of the shunting lines 66, 68, which are arranged on both sides of the front ends of the storage lines 62. At this moment, the planned storage goods 3 leave the circular movement, in particular onto the corresponding one of the shunting lines 66, 68 or by crossing directly onto the adjacent or parallel expressway 72. In this application, circular movement or rotation can also be understood as a movement on a closed track that deviates from a pure circular shape.

[0075] The shunting roads 66 can be used in a constant direction and are comparatively lightly congested due to the roundabout, which allows for more fluid traffic overall.

[0076] A preferred design of the network 49 is discussed in more detail below. This can be constructed essentially horizontally, i.e., can do without any downhill sections. The suspended pockets can be driven, in particular, without gravity, preferably electrically. Furthermore, the network 49 can be constructed without a driver and / or without a drag chain. Branching paths can have multi-way intersections at junctions, in particular four-way intersections. In this application, intersections can be understood as purely passive branches of the network 49, wherein the intersections and / or the entire network, particularly preferably at least block 76, can be constructed without actuating elements. In particular, the branched paths of the intersections can be selectively navigated from the suspended pockets 5 by means of the traveling longitudinal and / or lateral dynamics controls.As can be seen in the figure, the expressways 72 are directly connected to the marshalling roads 66, 68 by means of a plurality of cross-connections 38. The cross-connections 38 can preferably be provided for each storage road 62, 64, 82, and they can also directly connect the respective expressways 72, particularly adjacent to the front end of the respective block 76, crossing the marshalling roads 66, 68.

[0077] As in Fig. 6, at least block 76 of the network 49 of the hanging pocket storage system 1 can particularly preferably have a plurality of storage lines 62 arranged parallel to one another. These can be passively designed, i.e., conveyor-free, drag-chain-free, and / or carrier-free. On the plurality of storage lines 62 of block 76, the hanging pockets 5 present there optionally have at least one state from the following group: - Mounted without movement by stopping if a front hanging pocket 5 blocks the net 49 of the block 76 depending, preferably only depending, on the accompanying longitudinal dynamic control, - stored and stopped without movement at the stopping point 50 or the imaginary stopping point 50 depending on the non-moving control device 25 and / or stopped there and prepared to leave the closed route 56, - ready to receive the non-moving control device 25, in particular for driving to the stopping point and / or a new destination, - addressed for a retrieval process depending on the non-moving control device 25, - in motion to enter, in particular on the access road 54, into the closed route 56 depending on the non-moving control device 25, - in motion to leave the closed route 56, in particular in motion towards or over exit 52, - in motion to leave the stopping point 50 or the imaginary stopping point 50 depending on the non-moving control device 25, in particular on or via the exit 52, - powered by electrical energy, - in motion for the endless driving on the closed route 56 after entry only depending on the longitudinal and lateral dynamics control system.

[0078] Transverse to the parallel storage lanes 62, one of the shunting lanes 66 can be arranged on one side, preferably on both sides, with each of the storage lanes 62 merging into at least one of the storage lanes 62 via one or, in the case of both sides, via two of the preferably passive intersections. A freeway 72 is arranged parallel to each of the shunting lanes 66, with a plurality of connections being provided between the respective shunting lanes 66 and freeways 72, preferably one per storage lane 62. As a result, driving maneuvers of the hanging pockets 5 from the following group can preferably be controlled using their own longitudinal and lateral dynamics control: Coming from Lagerstraße 62, turn into Rangierstraße 66, Coming from Lagerstraße 62, cross Rangierstraße 66 and then turn into Schnellstraße 72, Coming from Rangierstraße 66, turn into Lagerstraße 62, Coming from expressway 72, turn towards Lagerstraße 62, cross Rangierstraße 66 and then enter Lagerstraße 62." By repeating these maneuvers, the endless driving on the closed route 56 can be realized.

[0079] In a further preferred embodiment, it is conceivable that the hanging pockets 5 can optionally assume the following states and / or driving states that can be controlled by means of their own longitudinal and transverse dynamics control: - automatic stopping or slowing down of the journey if a front hanging bag 5 blocks the net 49, - storing a driving instruction for and / or endless driving along a predetermined closed route 56, wherein the closed route 56 can preferably comprise the storage road 62, the shunting road 66 crossing it, the further storage road 64 crossing it and the further storage road 68, - Stopping at a predeterminable or predetermined stopping point 58 of the closed route 56, in particular by means of the control 25 or only depending on the control 25, - Leaving the closed route 56, preferably starting from the stopping point 58 in the direction of a predeterminable or predetermined destination, in particular by means of the control 25, in particular by crossing one of the shunting roads 66, 68 and / or turning into one of the expressways 72, - Entry into the closed section 56, in particular predetermined by means of the control device 25 and / or only depending on the control device 25.

[0080] The driving conditions can be controlled by means of the traveling longitudinal and lateral dynamics control and / or the vehicle's own drive, whereby driving instructions can be sent and / or transmitted to the hanging pockets 5 by means of the non-moving control device 25.

[0081] It is preferably conceivable to provide a closed section 56 similarly designed to the closed section 56 in a transfer arrangement 10 upstream of the conveyor, in particular of the ring conveyor system 23. In particular, to thereby supply a sorted inflow to the downstream transfer buffer 7, 11 in a manner analogous to that described above. A single hanging pocket 5 can thus be moved from a closed section 56 of one of the blocks 76 into another closed section of one of the transfer arrangements 10, from there into one of the transfer buffers 7, 11, and from there finally into the conveyor, in particular a vertical conveyor, in particular the ring conveyor system 23, and in the process sorted into the desired sequence 15. One advantage is that the respective hanging pocket 5 can be brought to a standstill in between and stored there, and in particular can be put into a power-saving mode.This can preferably be done autonomously using the rolling adapter 61 itself, on which the hanging pocket 5 is suspended. Multi-stage sorting or several sorting stages can be performed, whereby control effort and radio power density can be minimized.

[0082] Fig. Figure 7 shows a method for operating a previously described hanging pocket storage system 1 with steps that can be executed selectively and / or in parallel by the rolling adapter 61. In a first step 90, the rolling adapter 61 can be given an entry instruction 42 by means of the control device 25. Based on this instruction, the rolling adapter 61 can move the hanging pocket 5 into the closed path 56.

[0083] In a second step 92, the rolling adapter 61 can be given a continuous travel instruction 44 by means of the control device 25. Based on this instruction, the rolling adapter 61 with the hanging pocket 5 can travel continuously along the closed path 56 in a circle, preferably in a predetermined or predeterminable direction that is the same for all hanging pockets 5.

[0084] In a third step 94, the rolling adapter 61 can be issued an intermediate travel instruction 46 by the control device 25. Based on this instruction, the rolling adapter 61 can travel with the hanging pocket 5 to a stopping point 58 on the closed route 56 and stop there. Traffic on the closed route 56 thus automatically comes to a standstill and can optionally be placed in a power-saving standby state.

[0085] In a fourth step 96, the rolling adapter 61 can be issued a retrieval travel instruction 48 by means of the control device 25. Based on this instruction, the rolling adapter 61 with the hanging pocket 5 can leave the closed path 56 again, preferably the stopping point of the closed path 56 in the direction of the transfer arrangement 10.

[0086] In a fifth step 98, the rolling adapter 61 can adapt a driving speed to a preceding hanging pocket 5 by means of a traveling distance control 40 of the traveling longitudinal and lateral dynamics control, in particular, stop it if it has come to a standstill. This allows the second step 92 to be interrupted, preferably gradually for all hanging pockets 5 in the closed section 56, whereby this step, or the continuous travel, can be automatically continued as soon as the preceding hanging pocket 5 continues its journey.

[0087] It can be seen that the fifth step requires no communication with the control device at all, but is performed by all suspended pockets 5 located in the closed route 56, with the exception of the suspended pocket 5 that is currently executing the intermediate travel instruction or the retrieval travel instruction. This allows communication overhead and / or radio power density to be reduced to a minimum. In particular, the distance control can be carried out optically or implemented as an optical distance control. This also allows the radio power density to be reduced.

[0088] It is to be understood that this description is susceptible to various modifications, changes and adaptations which come within the range of equivalents to the appended claims. List of reference symbols 1 hanging bag storage 3 Storage goods 5 hanging pockets 7 first transfer buffer 9 first level 10 Handover order 11 second transfer buffer 13 second level 15 Order 17 row 19 storage space 21 Order criterion 23 Ring conveyor system 25 Control device 27 Line 49 network 51 Double arrow 53 Transfer point 55 unloading station 57 wheels 59 Drive energy 61 rolling adapter 38 Cross connection 40 Distance control 42 Entry instructions 44 Continuous driving instruction 46 Intermediate driving instructions 48 Removal driving instructions 50 stopping point 52 Exit 54 Access 56 closed route 58 stopping point 60 row 62 Lagerstraße 64 further Lagerstraße 66 Rangierstraße 68 additional shunting road 70 swap path 72 Expressway 74,78,80 Arrow 76 Block 88 Double arrow 90 Step 1 92 2nd step 94 Step 3 96 Step 4 98 Step 5 QUOTES CONTAINED IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Claims

[1] Hanging bag storage system for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving goods (3), characterized by : - a control device (25) by means of which the storage, picking and sorting of the stored goods (3) can be controlled and / or a sequence (15) of the stored goods (3) for retrieval of the stored goods (3) can be specified, - a plurality of rolling adapters (61) and hanging pockets (5) which can be suspended or are suspended from the rolling adapters (61), wherein the rolling adapters (61) or the hanging pockets (5) each have a traveling longitudinal and transverse dynamics control and a communication device, and wherein at least one of the stored goods (3) can be received in the hanging pockets (5) and retrieved again, - a hanging bag warehouse (1) which interacts with the plurality of hanging bags (5) for storing, picking and sorting the stored goods (3), with: - one level (9) and - a network (49) on which the hanging pockets (5) can be moved autonomously or at least semi-autonomously by means of the respective longitudinal and transverse dynamics control, can be stored, stored without movement or without movement and in a power-saving idle state, and can be retrieved again for retrieval, wherein the hanging pocket storage (5) has at least one or a plurality of closed route(s) (56), wherein the closed route(s) (56) can be traveled endlessly by the hanging pockets (5) or the rolling adapters (61) with attached hanging pockets (5), has / have an access (54) or the access (54) and an exit (52) as well as a stopping point (50) or an imaginary stopping point (50),at which, depending on the control device (25), one of the hanging pockets (5) can be stopped and / or made available for leaving the closed route(s) (56), and only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets (5) or only depending on the state of one of the hanging pockets (5) and on the respective traveling longitudinal dynamic controls of the rolling adapters (61) of the further hanging pockets (5), all of these further hanging pockets (5) in the respective closed route (56) can also be stopped. [2] Hanging pocket storage according to claim 1, characterized by that the hanging pockets (5) or rolling adapters (61) with attached hanging pockets (5) present in the block (76) are designed to assume the states of the following group and have at least one of them in the closed section (56): - Motion-free storage by stopping if a front hanging pocket (5) blocks the net (49) of the block (76) depending on the moving longitudinal dynamic control, - stored and stopped without movement at the stopping point (50) or the imaginary stopping point (50) depending on the non-moving control device (25) and / or stopped there and prepared to leave the closed route (56), - ready to receive the non-moving control device (25), - addressed for a retrieval process depending on the non-moving control device (25), - in motion to enter the closed section (56) in response to an entry instruction (42) of the non-moving control device (25), - in motion to leave the closed route (56) - in motion to leave the stopping point (50) or the imaginary stopping point (50) depending on the non-moving control device (25), - powered by electrical energy, - in motion for the endless driving of the closed track after entering only depending on the longitudinal and lateral dynamics control system. [3] Hanging pocket storage according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by that the imaginary stopping point (50) can be transmitted to the rolling adapter (61) as the destination point of an intermediate travel instruction (46) or can be transmitted to the rolling adapter (61) by means of the control device (25) as the destination point of the intermediate travel instruction (46) and / or the stopping point (50) is part of the network (49) and can be controlled by means of the control device (25), and / or wherein the hanging pockets (5) in the closed route have a preferred direction of travel, wherein the exit (52) is as far as possible downstream of the access (54), preferably a maximum distance, and upstream is as far as possible from the access (54), preferably a minimum distance. [4] Hanging pocket storage according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by that the closed route (56) has a storage road (62), a shunting road (66) crossing this, another storage road (64) crossing this and another storage road (68). [5] Roll adapter (61) for a hanging bag (5), which cooperates with a hanging bag storage (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4 and at least one front roll adapter (61) of the hanging bag storage (1), characterized byin that the longitudinal dynamics control of the rolling adapter (61) has a distance control which controls a speed of the rolling adapter (61) depending on an object lying in front of the rolling adapter (61) and / or the front rolling adapter (61) as seen in the direction of travel and / or regulates a distance to the front rolling adapter (61), and / or controls the speed to zero if the front rolling adapter (61) has a speed of zero and an actual distance of the rolling adapter (61) to the front rolling adapter (61) falls below a predeterminable or predetermined minimum distance. [6] Roll adapter (61) according to claim 5, characterized by that the rolling adapter (61) has at least one of the following states and / or these can be selectively assumed by the rolling adapter (61): - automatic stopping or slowing down of the travel if the front roller adapter (61) blocks the net (49), - storing an endless driving instruction (44) for one and / or endless driving along the predetermined or predeterminable closed route (56), - stopping at a predeterminable or predetermined stopping point (58) of the closed route (56) or stopping at the stopping point (58) depending on the control (25), - leaving the closed route (56), preferably starting from the stopping point (58) in the direction of a predeterminable or predetermined destination point depending on the control (25) or crossing one of the shunting roads (66, 68) and / or turning into one of the expressways (72) to leave the closed route (56), - Entry into the closed section (56) depending on the control device (25). [7] Method for controlling a hanging bag storage (1) or for controlling a hanging bag storage (1) with a rolling adapter (61) according to one of claims 5 or 6, characterized by : - Autonomous retraction of the rolling adapter (61) into the closed section (56) by means of the accompanying longitudinal and lateral dynamics control, - transmitting an endless driving instruction (44) to the rolling adapter (61) stating that the closed route (56) is to be driven endlessly, - autonomous endless driving of the closed track (56) by means of the accompanying longitudinal and lateral dynamics control, - transmitting a retrieval travel instruction (48) to a retrieval destination to the rolling adapter (61) for retrieval, - Leaving the closed route (56) and moving to the retrieval destination according to the retrieval driving instruction (48) for retrieving the rolling adapter (61) by means of the traveling longitudinal and lateral dynamics control. [8] Method according to claim 7, characterized by : - Interruption of the endless travel if the front rolling adapter (61) is in front of the rolling adapter (61) and has a speed of zero, - Resume the endless travel if the front roller adapter (61) again has a speed greater than zero, and / or - Planning the rolling adapter (61) for retrieval, - transmitting an intermediate travel instruction (46) to the planned rolling adapter (61) with the stopping point (50) as the destination, - Moving the rolling adapter (61) to the holding point (50), - Stopping the rolling adapter (61) at the stopping point (50) and / or thereby interrupting the endless travel. [9] Method according to one of claims 7 or 8, characterized by : - Planning the rolling adapter (61) for retrieval, - transmitting the retrieval travel instruction (48) to a retrieval destination after transmitting the intermediate travel instruction (46) to the scheduled rolling adapter (61), - Leaving the stopping point (50) and then leaving the closed route (56) by means of the accompanying longitudinal and lateral dynamics control and thereby - Controlling the retrieval destination according to the retrieval driving instruction (48) by means of the traveling longitudinal and lateral dynamics control. [10] Method according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized by : - transmitting the intermediate travel instruction (46) with the stopping point (50) as the destination to any rolling adapter (61) traveling along the closed route (56) if no planning for retrieval has been / is currently carried out for any of the hanging pockets (5) located in the closed route and / or for the goods (5) stored in the hanging pockets (5) and / or - stopping any rolling adapter (61) traveling along the closed route (56) at the stopping point (50) and / or - transmitting the continuous travel instruction (44) to any rolling adapter (61) if or as soon as one of the rolling adapters (61) is / is scheduled for retrieval and / or - Leaving the stopping point (50) by any rolling adapter (61) and / or - repeated endless travel of the closed track (56) with any rolling adapter (61) according to the endless travel instruction (44) by means of the accompanying longitudinal and lateral dynamics control and / or - Repeating the procedure for a large number of outsourcings, - repeating the process in parallel or serially for a plurality of sorting stages, in particular serially in a block (76) and a transfer arrangement (10) connected downstream thereof, - transmitting the intermediate travel instruction (46) to any rolling adapter (61) traveling along the closed route (56) or to the rolling adapter (61) scheduled for retrieval, - Transmitting the continuous travel instruction (44) to all other rolling adapters (61) traveling on the closed route (56).

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