20110130869 | Sorting Installation and Method for Sorting - A sorting installation comprising a sorting area for sorting articles from source containers into target containers by a sorting person in a sorting area, a plurality of source container revolving conveyer devices adjacent to the sorting area, each of which being provided such that it supplies a plurality of source containers along a source container conveying circuit in a source container conveying circuit to the sorting person in the sorting area in a repeated and revolving manner until a predetermined number of articles are sorted from the respective source container into the respective target container, wherein the conveying circuit plane of the source container conveying circuit of the respective source container revolving conveyer device extends vertically and crosses the sorting area, a source container conveyer installation for automatically conveying source containers from an article storage to the source container revolving conveyer devices and for automatically conveying back source containers from the source container revolving conveyer devices to the article storage, and a target container conveyer system for supplying and removing target containers to and from the sorting area, wherein the target container conveyer system comprises a target container transport path which extends along the sorting area and adjacent to as well as at the front end side in front of the source container conveying circuits. | 06-02-2011 |