WO2003019425A1

WO2003019425A1 - Interim storage system for identified goods and method for transferring ordered goods

Info

Publication number: WO2003019425A1
Application number: PCT/AT2002/000249
Authority: WO
Inventors: Rudolf Hansl; Manfred Richter
Original assignee: Tgw Transportgeräte Gmbh & Co.Kg
Priority date: 2001-08-23
Filing date: 2002-08-19
Publication date: 2003-03-06

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system for dispatching ordered goods (4), involving a supplier and customers; in addition to at least one interim storage system (5) for the supplier and/or customer connected to the customer by means of a data transmission network. The interim storage system (5) comprises a pick-up station (26) for receiving a good (4) and a distribution system (27) for removing a good (4), in addition to a fully automated storage system (24). The goods dispatch system consists of several locally separated intermediate storage locations (5) delivering goods (4) via transport vehicles and which respectively comprise a control and data processing device (17) provided with a memory module (28), a power supply unit (29), a comparison module (30) and/or are connected to a monitoring device (66) with means of detection and/or monitoring (67), especially sensors for detecting operational parameters and/or movement processes. Each of the control and data processing devices (17) can be connected, by means of the data transmission network, to an input or an output device of the supplier and optionally to a communication device of the customer and/or at least one remote control center arranged separately from the interim storage system (5).

Description

Interim storage for identified goods and process for the transfer of ordered goods

The present invention relates to a goods shipping system, a method for passing on ordered goods from a goods provider to a goods recipient and a method for operating the goods shipping system, as in the preamble of claims 1, 25,

29 and 45 is described.

A conventional, widespread form of the distribution of goods is a goods dispatch system used by so-called mail order companies, in which a goods recipient or customer selects individual goods from a catalog, orders them from a mail order company and then delivers the ordered goods to his address. This process of ordering individual goods in writing is very time-consuming and time-consuming and the individual goods can only be handed over to the customer personally.

In order to counteract this trend of filling out order forms by hand, systems have been proposed in the past in which the recipient of the goods or the customer can access an order platform, in particular a database, from a goods provider online via a computer and by reading them out a description of the data stored in the database of the individual goods to be ordered can be requested, so that the database takes on the function of a catalog. Subsequently, the customer orders the desired goods directly from the goods provider via the internet on his computer. The ordered goods are delivered by the goods provider himself or by a supplier to the customer's address. A problem with the delivery of goods, according to the goods dispatch system described above, is that the goods recipient has to be present at the time of delivery in order to be able to receive the goods.

In order to avoid this disadvantage of the mandatory presence of the customer to hand over the goods, different systems have been proposed. From DE 199 58 683 AI a goods ordering and delivery system with a remote-controlled storage container for the temporary storage of objects, in particular food and other goods of everyday life, is known that a lockable access door, a remote data transmission connection for receiving or sending data, and a data processing device for processing received or sent data. An operating state in the storage container is by means of a remote data transmission connection remotely transmitted switching command changeable. This makes it possible to cool or heat a product stored in the interior of the storage container. The goods to be transferred are manually stored in the storage container by the supplier and handed over manually by the customer at the time of removal. Due to this imperative accessibility of the supplier and customer in the storage container, a limited size and thus only a reduced storage volume for the goods to be stored in it is possible and also the time required for storing and removing the goods is high, so that a through The ratio of the number of stored goods to the number of goods handed over is calculated to be very low and the use of such storage containers is only suitable for small consumers.

EP 0 590 646 B1 discloses a beverage terminal for the automatic dispensing of beverage crates, which has a separating device for a delivery terminal for the delivery of pallets loaded with beverage crates, a high rack, at least one high rack vehicle which serves to store the pallets in the high rack for separating the beverage crates, at least one sales warehouse, in which the individual beverage crates are stored, at least one beverage delivery point provided with a customer console, at least one customer conveyor for removing the crates from the sales warehouse and for transferring the crates to the beverage distribution point, an empties receiving point, one Contains empty goods and a palletizing device. A similar beverage terminal is also known from German utility model DE 94 03 105 Ul. A major disadvantage of these beverage terminals is above all that when beverage crates transported from a truck onto pallets are first depalletized and occasionally fed to a sales warehouse via a separating vehicle, so that on the one hand an additional depalletizing unit, which leads to an enlargement of the

Overall size of the beverage terminal and an increase in the playing time for the handling of the beverage crates leads, on the other hand, to the pallets stacked on top of each other on the high rack and for their introduction into the circuit, a further pallet delivery unit requiring a large storage space is required. Furthermore, no mutually defined assignment of the goods or the beverage crate and the goods recipient or customer is possible by means of the beverage terminal.

From WO 00/54229 AI a sales device is known which has only a first intermediate storage for the individual goods and a second intermediate storage for assembled shopping baskets. The first interim storage facility has an input device for filling the same with individual goods and via a picking device with which the goods ordered by the customer, for example via the Internet or by telephone, are put together to form shopping baskets. The compiled shopping baskets are then conveyed from the first interim storage facility to the second interim storage facility via a transport system arranged in a fixed location between the first and second interim storage facilities and are stored there for the customer. The second interim storage facility is designed as a high-bay warehouse and the shopping baskets that have already been put together are brought to an output lock at the customer's desired time of removal via automatic loading and unloading systems.

The object of the invention is therefore to provide a goods dispatch system and a procedure with which goods ordered from an intermediate store can be picked up regardless of the opening hours of the shop and low-maintenance, fully automatic operation in the intermediate store is to be achieved, as well as a continuous flow of information and goods within the goods dispatch system to accomplish.

This object of the invention is achieved by the features in the characterizing part of claim 1. It is advantageous here that the goods dispatch system comprises a number of temporarily separate intermediate stores to be supplied with already assembled goods via transport vehicles, for example trucks, which are optionally connected to one another and with the goods provider and the goods recipient in a data-transferable manner and each of the intermediate stores is an independent and fully automatically self-managing, forms a compact unit, which consists of already optimized systems that are not only inexpensive to manufacture, but also, and this is of greater importance for the invention, characterized by low maintenance and high availability in their operation. These systems with high functionality and small space requirements have proven their worth and are the only way to make the intermediate storage facility compact. Due to this compact design of the interim storage facility with a high volume utilization, a large number of goods can be stored in the interim storage facility, whereby the ordered or distinctive goods are issued under the highest security regulations and the goods can be quickly removed from the interim storage facility and the customer, preferably via the output station. By connecting the interim storage facility to a global data transmission network, in particular a communication network, it is above all possible to create a fully automatic interim storage facility that can be operated remotely, if necessary. This also shortens the order and waiting times for ordering or picking up the goods at the goods provider or at the intermediate storage. Furthermore, the shipping costs can be significantly reduced by reducing the number of distribution channels. In addition, there is 24-hour availability due to the storage of the goods in the interim storage facility and the customer can collect the goods outside of business hours.

Simple solutions for the rapid and reliable transmission of information, in particular data and commands, are described in claims 2 and 3.

The further developments according to claims 4 and 5 allow flexibility with regard to the adaptation of the storage system to differently shaped transfer and output stations and, through the combined arrangement of the transfer or output station, can furthermore take up the required space for the required systems and / or Functional units can be achieved.

A compact configuration of the storage system with a small number of individual mechanically acting structural units that have a high and reliable functionality is described in claim 6.

According to claim 7, the goods can be temporarily stored in the shelf compartment or from the shelf compartment on the supply or removal unit before they are stored or removed. This makes it possible to decouple the processing of the goods to be stored or removed from the shelf compartment from the possibly permanent supply or removal of goods and to avoid costly downtimes of the transport unit.

The embodiment variant according to claim 8 is also advantageous, since the at least one goods to be returned, which the customer delivers to the takeover station or the takeover or output station, independently of the movement sequences of the transport unit, conveys directly to a buffer storage path arranged separately from the conveying unit and in this as long as this is temporarily stored until the transport unit has stored or removed all of the goods to be dispensed by the goods provider or goods recipient at the transfer station and requested by the goods provider or goods recipient. Only then are the goods stowed in the buffer storage track successively removed from the transport unit and each transferred to a free parking space in the shelf compartment. In this way, a high throughput of goods to be stored or removed can be achieved and the waiting time for the goods provider or goods recipient for the delivery or delivery of the goods can be reduced.

The configurations according to claims 9 and 10 enable the shelves of the shelves which preferably extend over the entire useful length of the intermediate storage

Shelf compartments are an extremely flexible arrangement of the goods of different sizes and the created possibility of storing goods in several rows running one after the other creates a high volume utilization of the intermediate storage. It is thus possible, for example, for the goods to be placed in at least two rows running one behind the other, or for goods of particularly large dimensions to be stored. The adjustability of several shelves enables a variation of a compartment division between two stacked shelves, so that the compartment division is automatically adapted to the goods to be stored.

The configurations according to claims 11 to 14 are also advantageous, with highly flexible, fully automated and high-performance transport units being used, which are preferably designed to be adjustable in three spatial directions and which operate essentially maintenance-free and simple and quick handling of the goods within the storage system enable. In particular, according to claims 12 to 14, it is possible to position or remove goods that are stored in the second, rear row.

According to claim 15, a local network composed of the data transmission line with individual functional units connected to it, which is designed for the transmission of large amounts of data, is proposed, whereby a reliable and essentially maintenance-free operation of the interim storage facility with regard to data or signal transmission is possible.

The developments according to claims 16 and 17 have the advantage that an adaptation to different purposes is possible in a simple manner.

Advantageous further designs are characterized in claims 18 to 20. The registration or identification device enables a simple and user-guided sequence of communication between the intermediate storage, in particular the control and data processing device and the supplier or customer, after passing through an inquiry routine (input mask on a screen) the goods can be given or picked up. In addition, a clear assignment of the customer to a product is possible via the registration or identification device and the goods are exchanged at the highest security level.

The embodiment according to claim 21 is also advantageous, as a result of which payment can preferably be made electronically or by cash.

According to claim 22, a continuous data exchange or flow of information between the goods recipient and the goods provider and the intermediate storage is possible.

The embodiment according to claim 23 enables the formation of an intermediate storage which has a long service life and is weather-resistant and vandal-proof.

According to claim 24, a spatial dimension of the goods for controlling the distance or the shelf division between two stacked shelves of the rack system can be determined via measuring devices known from the prior art, measured values from the measuring device to the control and data processing device for calculation corresponding control signals are transmitted and the control device is acted upon by a control signal. This creates a flexible shelf warehouse.

The object of the invention is also achieved by the features reproduced in the characterizing part of claim 25. The surprising advantage is that signals and data flowing together in at least one central remote control center are monitored or controlled, preferably stored, processed and logged, if necessary, from a large number of interim storage facilities, and remote diagnosis can be carried out in the event of malfunctions or deviations of the actual state from the target state quick and efficient troubleshooting or measures that require a decision, which must be made by manual intervention in the program sequence of the storage system for troubleshooting, and / or remote maintenance, such as renewing the control program for the Storage system.

The compact design of the control or control device, as described in claim 26, is also advantageous. The further development according to claim 27 has proven to be advantageous since data exchange, for example the identification data and / or the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization identifier etc., can take place between the individual control and data processing devices of the plurality of intermediate stores, which means that within the Goods shipping system a highly flexible, dynamic goods distribution is possible.

According to claim 28, a large number of interim storage facilities can be connected to only one remote control center, as a result of which a high data transmission rate is achieved between each individual control and data processing device and the control or control device.

The object of the invention is achieved by the features and measures in the characterizing part of claim 29. The advantage of this is that an ordered item can be picked up by the recipient of the goods at any time, that is, regardless of opening hours, at an interim storage facility selected by him, thereby achieving a very high level of user acceptance. Of particular importance for the invention is that before the delivery of the assembled goods to the selected interim storage facility, the available parking spaces in the selected interim storage facility are determined and reserved, and the goods are only delivered after confirmation of the availability of free parking spaces, which results in repeated, costly Attempts to deliver at a busy intermediate storage can be avoided. It is also advantageous that the goods provider is informed of the actual removal of the goods by the goods recipient. Due to the largely automated process of the goods dispatch system, the costs for the delivery of the goods can be considerably reduced, whereby the goods dispatch system according to the invention is also attractive for small deliveries. Unauthorized removal of the goods by unauthorized goods providers or goods recipients is effectively avoided by the input request or authenticity check, such as entering the removal authorization code and / or access authorization indicator on the registration or identification device. It is particularly advantageous that the method according to the invention is suitable for all ordering methods known from the prior art, for example by post, fax, telephone, e-mail,

SMS or Internet can be used and a very high level of customer satisfaction can be achieved. Another advantage is that the transmission of the signals and control commands is carried out in digitized form, whereby transmission errors are avoided.

The measure according to claim 30 is also advantageous since, when fully utilized, one Interim storage selected by the goods recipient, automatically by the control and data processing device of the selected interim storage facility or by the input or output device of the goods supplier, free parking spaces are determined in another intermediate storage location logistically convenient for the goods recipient and request the goods provider to place the goods in the specified one To deliver intermediate storage, whereby before the goods are delivered to the specified intermediate storage, the recipient of the goods must decide whether the goods should be delivered to the specified intermediate storage. If consent is given, the communication device of the goods recipient transmits a decision feedback signal to the control and data processing device of the selected interim storage facility and from there to the input or output device of the goods provider, and the at least one parking space is reserved for the goods. Subsequently, the goods provider can deliver the ordered goods to the specified interim storage facility and after the goods have been stored in the specified interim storage facility, a confirmation of receipt or readiness for delivery is transmitted to the communication device of the goods recipient. As a result, a multiplicity of the data-transmissively connected can be connected in a surprisingly simple manner

Interim storage facilities are optimally utilized, which leads to a reduction in shipping costs. If, on the other hand, the goods are still to be delivered to the selected interim storage facility, the goods provider will only deliver the ordered goods after receiving an availability notification from the selected interim storage facility to the selected interim storage facility.

A procedure according to claim 31 is also possible, the advantage which can be achieved thereby is that the recipient of the goods is known and there is no anonymous dispatch, which is particularly important for sensitive goods, for example chemicals or medications or the like is. Furthermore, there is the advantage that registered persons may also know bank details or the like, as a result of which very uncomplicated payment processing, for example by direct debit, can be carried out.

With a procedure according to claim 32, the advantage is achieved that the removal authorization code is forwarded simultaneously with the determination of the identification data for the ordered goods and thus only a one-time data transmission between the goods provider and the intermediate store has to be carried out. The generation of a withdrawal authorization code is particularly important for unregistered persons that they cannot be identified or identified by name and / or address and / or biometric physical characteristics and / or a signature. The withdrawal authorization code is an alphanumeric A physical person code, which is read from a memory module of the control and data processing device and made available for picking up the goods at the intermediate storage facility or is transmitted from the input or output device to the control and data processing device of the selected or specified intermediate storage facility. The withdrawal authorization code can, for example, be generated by a random generator.

An advantage of a procedure according to claim 33 is that the removal authorization code is generated by the temporary storage facility and thus the goods provider or the ordering platform does not have to generate this and is thus relieved.

By proceeding in accordance with claim 34, the advantage is achieved that an unauthorized removal of goods from the selected or specified intermediate storage is avoided, since the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization indicator is mandatory for the removal.

A procedure according to claim 35 is also possible. The advantage that can be achieved thereby is that damage to the goods due to an oversized dimension compared to the shelf compartment is avoided and, if appropriate, an adequately dimensioned shelf compartment of the intermediate storage is used for storage or, if necessary, the division of the compartments between the shelves can be automatically adapted to the dimensions of the goods, in particular their height.

In this case, a procedure according to claim 36 is also possible, whereby the advantage is achieved that the correct destination can be determined for goods which have been mistakenly delivered to an interim storage facility, and the goods can thereby reach their correct destination very quickly. The wrongly delivered goods are removed from the transfer station and incorrect storage of goods that are missing at another intermediate storage facility is avoided.

Data which are advantageously stored in the data carrier of the goods are explained in more detail in claim 37.

An embodiment according to claim 38 is also possible. The advantage that can be achieved here is that, particularly when the Internet is chosen as the communication device, very simple payment processing can be carried out or the goods are only received by the recipient of the goods after receipt of the or confirmation of availability is paid, whereby the recipient of the goods only pays for the goods when they are made available at the interim storage facility, thus avoiding the payment of items that are not available, for example.

By an embodiment according to claim 39, the advantage is achieved that the goods are paid for in cash when they are picked up and in this way an absolutely anonymous order and payment of goods can be carried out.

An advantage of a procedure according to claim 40 is that a slip can be issued at the interim storage facility, which contains both data relating to the goods, in particular

Article numbers, quantities and the like, as well as information about the shipping and for example the duration of storage at the interim storage facility.

By proceeding according to claim 41, the possibility of returning goods which are unsatisfactory for the goods recipient is advantageously created.

Claim 42 describes a very advantageous procedure for increasing security against unauthorized removal.

The measure according to claim 43 is also advantageous, since it can thereby be avoided that the goods provider or supplier and / or goods recipient has to carry out multiple deliveries of the goods to the interim storage facility, since the goods provider or supplier and / or goods recipient is exempt from tax - and data processing device of the selected intermediate storage receives a message announcing the number of available parking spaces or that all possible parking spaces and the buffer storage path for goods are already fully occupied. As soon as free storage capacities are available again, the goods provider or supplier and / or goods recipient, from whom a query signal was sent, is notified independently of the availability of storage capacities.

The measure according to claim 44 is advantageous since there is an automatic reversal to the account of the goods recipient, when returning an identifiable, ordered goods or a cash dispensing of the value of the goods. The object of the invention is also achieved by the measures set out in claim 45. The surprising advantage here is that operating parameters and / or movement sequences are monitored using only one remote control center, and if the actual state deviates from the target state centrally, short-term measures can be taken by this remote control center to counteract the inadmissible deviation and remedy the deviation. It is particularly advantageous that an entire goods dispatch system can be monitored by only one operator and the control and data processing device of each individual interim storage facility can be accessed from the remote control center, for example to change the control program of the storage system stored in the control and data processing device or movement sequences, for example, of the To influence the transport unit. For example, it is also advantageous that the control program or computer program of each control and data processing device of a large number of intermediate stores required for controlling the storage system can be centrally maintained - in the form of an update. The connection of the interim storage facility to the remote control center also has the advantage that reliable fault diagnosis can be made and troubleshooting can be initiated quickly.

The measure according to claim 46 enables the continuous logging of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences, as a result of which a rapid fault diagnosis is possible if the actual state deviates from the desired state of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences. Due to the ongoing monitoring of the logistics processes within the interim storage facility, deviations of the actual condition from the target condition can be logged over time, which enables further optimization of the interim storage facility and the monitoring device creates the possibility for remote maintenance and remote troubleshooting.

A further measure according to claim 47 proves to be advantageous, since an operating status and / or fault message is transmitted to the remote control center only when the actual status deviates from the target status operating parameters and / or movement sequences. The amount of data in the remote control center can therefore be kept within limits.

An advantage of the measures according to claims 48 and 49 is that impending faults, for example a failure of a drive system on the transport unit, etc., can be recognized sufficiently before a costly downtime of the storage system, and maintenance work can be carried out on the storage system at an early stage. Finally, however, the measure, as described in claim 50, is also advantageous because it provides the operating personnel with information on how to take this measure, in addition to the operating status and / or fault messages, so that error-free, unmistakable execution is achieved.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings.

Show it:

Figure 1 is a block diagram to illustrate a goods shipping system according to the invention with a goods recipient, goods provider and several decentralized intermediate storage, as well as a remote control center, with the flow of information and goods between the goods recipient and goods provider and the intermediate storage, in a highly simplified, schematic representation.

Figure 2 shows the intermediate storage according to the invention in plan view and in a highly simplified, schematic representation.

3 shows the intermediate storage in a view according to arrow 3 in FIG. 2 and in a highly simplified, schematic illustration;

4 shows a partial area of the exemplary transport unit with a load suspension means and shelf compartments arranged on both sides of the transport unit with goods arranged thereon, in a top view and in a highly simplified, schematic representation;

5 shows another embodiment variant of the intermediate storage with another embodiment variant of the storage system with a transport unit, in a top view and in a highly simplified, schematic representation;

6 shows the intermediate storage according to arrow VI in FIG. 5, with the side wall removed, in a side view and in a greatly simplified, schematic representation;

Fig. 6a, the intermediate storage according to arrow VI in Fig. 5 with a buffer memory removed side wall, in side view and a highly simplified, schematic representation;

7, 7a a basic flow diagram of the method according to the invention in a purely schematic and highly simplified representation.

As an introduction, it should be noted that in the differently described embodiments, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals or the same component names, and the disclosures contained in the entire description can be applied analogously to the same parts with the same reference numerals or the same component names. The location information selected in the description, e.g. above, below, laterally etc. refer to the figure described and illustrated immediately and are to be transferred to the new position in the event of a change of position. Furthermore, individual features or combinations of features from the different exemplary embodiments shown and described can also represent independent, inventive or inventive solutions.

1 shows a block diagram to illustrate a goods dispatch system 1, in which at least one goods recipient 2, at least one goods provider 3 and at least one supplier, possibly not employed by the goods provider 3, who is not shown, are involved in an exchange of goods , However, it is assumed that the supplier is formed by the goods provider 3. A goods 4 ordered by the goods recipient 2 or customer is delivered to the intermediate storage 5 by means of the goods provider 3 or the supplier by means of a transport vehicle, for example a truck, motor vehicle, etc., which is not shown any further. At least one communication device 6, such as, for example, a computer 7 or a mobile telephone 8 or a fax machine or possibly an electronically acting pen and an order form, is assigned to the goods recipient 2 or customer, each preferably via a communication module 9, at least for accessing at least one an order platform 10 from the goods provider 3 can be connected to a global data transmission network 11 WAN (Wide Area Network), preferably a public communication network, in particular the Internet (WWW), or preferably an intranet LAN (Local Area Network) operated by the goods provider 3. On this data transmission network 11 or communication network, the goods recipient 2 and the goods provider 3, as well as the at least one intermediate store 5, are connected to one another in a manner capable of communication via data transmission lines 12. The data transmission line 12 can be formed by the Internet, a telephone line, radio, cell phone radio, television cable, satellite, laser projector or infrared transmitter and / or a power line.

As exemplified in FIG. 1, via the global data transmission network 11 there are a number of intermediate storage facilities 5 via signaling and / or signal conditioning and / or signal amplifying transmission devices 13 known from the prior art, such as repeaters, gateways etc., in the manner of a Bus system connected to each other for data transmission. The goods recipient 2 can access via his computer 7 with internet access or his wap cell phone with internet access a virtual online shop appearing on the internet through the ordering platform 10 of the goods supplier 3 and at least one or more articles, for example sporting goods, groceries etc., order by confirming the ordering process. The goods provider 3 checks the availability of the individual articles and, if all articles are in stock, sends them via the data transmission network 11 or the data transmission line 12, e.g. an SMS or e-mail, to the goods recipient 2 a completeness signal. The ordering platform 10 also has an input or output device 14, in particular a computer, which can be connected to the data transmission network 11 via at least one communication module 15. The input or output device 14 of the ordering platform 10 is functionally connected to a merchandise management system, for which purpose the item (s) ordered or ordered by the recipient 2 is or are combined to form at least one item 4. Furthermore, the input or output device 14 has a database which the goods recipient 2 can access to read out the stored data about articles, identification data and a memory module where at least the customer data, such as the name, address and the order orders of the goods recipient 2, can be called up and a comparison module, where a comparison of the identification data transmitted from the intermediate store 5 to the input or output device 14 is carried out.

Such merchandise management systems can work manually or automatically and the goods 4 consisting of at least one article must be compiled accordingly. A delivery order can consist of only one product 4, which consists of at least one article or a large number of individual articles, or of a plurality of goods 4.

The goods 4 or goods 4 to be transferred or to be transferred to the intermediate storage facility 5 are or are preferably formed by a container made of cardboard or plastic and are delivered to the before the delivery or delivery of the completely assembled goods 4 or goods 4 Interim storage 5 freely selectable by the goods recipient 2 with at least a data carrier 16 arranged on the outer wall of the container. Thus, the goods 4 or 4 are clearly and unmistakably identified within the goods shipping system 1, from the delivery of the goods 4 by the goods provider 3 to the use of the goods 4 by the goods recipient 2. The container forming the goods 4, in particular a disposable container, for example a corrugated cardboard box made of cardboard, or a plastic container, is designed to be dimensionally stable or compressible.

The goods 4, which can be stored or deposited in the intermediate store 5 and are ordered by the customer, are temporarily stored there until the customer can freely select them. As soon as the goods 4 completely assembled by the goods provider 3 arrive at the intermediate storage 5, a receipt or readiness confirmation is sent out by means of at least a temporary communication connection between a control and data processing device 17, which communicates with the goods provider 3 and / or goods recipient 2 is connected capable of data transmission, and the communication device 6 of the goods recipient 2 via the public data transmission network

11. From this point in time of sending the confirmation of receipt or provision upon receipt or provision of the delivered goods 4 in the intermediate store 5, the goods recipient 2 or customer is able to remove the intermediate goods 4 from the intermediate store 5 which is favorable for him in terms of infrastructure and can be predetermined pick. The control and data processing device 17 can be formed, for example, by a host computer or computer etc. with a control program for the storage system 1.

The delivery of the goods 4 from the goods provider 3 to the intermediate storage 5 and the collection of the goods 4 from the intermediate storage 5 by the goods recipient 2 or customers or goods providers 3 is indicated schematically by the dash-dotted lines. Of course, as can also be seen from this figure, the goods recipient 2 is able to retoum the goods 4 to the goods provider 3 by delivering the goods 4 to the intermediate storage 5 and delivering them to it, for which the control and data processing device 17 Goods provider 3 or the supplier requests to collect the goods 4 from the intermediate storage 5 and to transfer them to the goods provider 3. For this process, based on the

Control and data processing device 17 transmits a take-back request to the goods provider 3 via the global data transmission network 11 and the latter is asked to take back the goods 4 from the selected or specified intermediate storage 5.

The detailed structure of the intermediate storage 5 according to the invention and the individual Steps are dealt with in the following figures.

As can also be seen from FIG. 1, a remote control center 20 is connected to the data transmission network 11, in particular the communication network, via a further communication module 19 so that it can be remotely transmitted. Such a structure and such a function is described in more detail below. As not shown further, it is also possible for the at least one remote control center 20 and a number of intermediate stores 5 to be connected to one another via a local data transmission network 11 (LAN), and for the goods provider 3 and the goods recipient 2 to be connected via the global data transmission network 11 (WAN). with each other and with the local data transmission network 11

(LAN) can be connected for data transmission.

The goods shipping system 1 consists, for example, of several, for example ten, intermediate stores 5, which are connected with their communication modules 18 via the data transmission network 11, in particular the data lines 12, to a plurality of goods recipients 2 and a plurality of goods providers 3 and at least one remote control center 20 capable of data transmission or communication.

The arrangement of the interim storage facility 5 is to be seen in FIG. 1 only as an example and is to be understood in such a way that the decentralized interim storage facilities 5 are installed across a certain area, preferably in an exposed location, preferably at those locations a large number of visitors, such as city squares, train stations, bus stops etc., can be expected.

In the jointly described FIGS. 2 and 3, an intermediate store 5 for the goods shipping system 1 according to the invention (as shown in FIG. 1) is shown in different views. The intermediate store 5 is delimited by a self-contained, compact structural unit 21 or building-like box, which are supported on a foundation 23, preferably made of concrete, via side walls 22 oriented at right angles to one another. Of course, the intermediate storage 5 can also be formed by a standardized container. The side walls 22 are burglar-proof, in particular armored, and are formed from a weather-resistant and vandal-proof material, such as a concrete and metal construction or wooden support structure, or from glass fiber reinforced and fiber reinforced plastic, or stainless steel (NIRO). The size of the intermediate storage 5 can be designed as a function of the required volume utilization of a storage system 24 are and is a length of the intermediate store 5 approximately between 2 m and 30 m, in particular between 4 m and 15 m, for example 8 m, and a width of approximately between 2 m and 20 m, in particular between 2 m and 15 m, for example 4 m , and a height of approximately between 1 m and 14 m, in particular between 3 m and 10 m, for example 7 m. The individual side walls 22 of the intermediate store 5 are connected to one another via connecting elements known from the prior art, so that, in particular, a rapid construction and rapid installation of such an intermediate store 5 is possible. A ceiling element 25 limits the overall height of the intermediate storage 5 and completely encloses an interior of the intermediate storage 5.

According to this exemplary embodiment, a transfer station 26, the storage system 24 and the output station 27, the control and data processing device 17 are arranged within the interim storage facility 5, and the control and data processing device 17 is connected to the data transmission network 11 via the communication module 18. The control and data processing device 17 has at least one memory module 28 that can be called up

Storage of identification data to be described in more detail and / or access authorization indicators and / or a removal authorization code and / or operating parameters and / or movement sequences and / or process data etc. of the storage system 24, and a power supply unit 29 for internal energy supply and a comparison module 30 for comparing the Identification data and or access authorization indicator and or the removal authorization code and / or, if applicable, an actual state with a target state and / or process data. The storage module 28 is connected to a database for data transmission. The access authorization identifier and / or the removal authorization code can be defined by the control and data processing device 17 and / or the goods recipient 2 and / or the goods provider 3.

The spatially separate transfer and delivery stations 26, 27 are arranged in the interior of the intermediate store 5 directly on the side wall 22 and is an access or a delivery or removal of the goods 4 exclusively via one in the transfer or delivery station 26, 27 and in the side wall 22 provided opening possible. For this purpose, the transfer and output stations 26, 27 have a bay-like recess, through which a delivered goods 4 - according to arrow 31 - or a goods 4 returned by the customer - according to arrow 32a - on at least one conveyor device 33, in particular an endlessly rotating conveyor belt or to drop an endless transport chain etc. The transfer and output station 26, 27, each forming its own unit has, in addition to the conveyor device 33 arranged in a housing 34, at least one terminal 35. Via an input and display device 36 comprising the terminal 35, an identification check of the goods 4 and an authenticity check of the goods recipient 2 and / or goods provider 3 can be carried out, for example by entering and / or querying a PIN, querying biometric data, entering a removal authorization code, Insert one

EC card, insertion of a chip card etc. possible. The terminal 35 can also be designed as a dialogue terminal between the intermediate store 5 and the supplier and customer, which has a viewing screen in which a user guide is faded in to make operation easier for the user, in particular the goods recipient 2 or goods provider 3. The authenticity check of the goods recipient 2 or goods provider 3 can therefore be carried out by entering numerical and / or alphanumeric data or by reading data from a chip card, magnetic card, bar code, transponder chip or via biometric data or voice recognition.

A completely anonymous delivery or return of goods can therefore take place at any time, so that it is now also possible for the goods recipient 2 to pick up the goods 4 in the decentralized interim storage facility 5 at any time, regardless of the opening or closing times of the shop.

The data or features of the authentication check obtained therefrom are stored in the comparison module 30 with data stored in the memory module 28 or by access to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 or by access to the communication device 6, in particular PC 7 or cell phone 8 the control and data processing device 17 is compared and, if there is a match, a security gate, likewise not shown in this figure, is opened at the takeover or output station 26, 27, so that the supplier or the customer is able to deliver or return it - bring goods 4 into the interim storage facility 5. The supplier or customer is identified, for example, by means of biometric sensors, the access authorization being checked in the comparison module 30 and the lockable security gate only being opened after confirmation.

The input device 36 of the terminal 35 is, for example, a touch-sensitive laser imprint scanner, a keyboard with numerical and / or alphanumeric input means and / or a voice input module and an output device 36, for example, a screen, a voice output module. For checking the authenticity or for recording the access authorization identifier of the goods recipient 2 and goods provider 3 detection elements are arranged at the terminal 35, which are formed, for example, by biometric sensors or image-processing detection elements, a CCD camera, or a card reader, etc.

The storage system 24 has at least one feed unit 37 downstream of the transfer station 26 for the delivered or returned goods 4 and at least one removal unit 38 upstream of the delivery station 27 and the transport unit 39 arranged between the feed unit 37 and the removal unit 38, which in the present exemplary embodiment as Storage and retrieval unit 40 is formed, as well as at least one stationary storage rack 41. The feed and discharge units 37, 38 are formed, for example, by endlessly rotating belt conveyors, accumulation roller conveyors, branching roller conveyors or double belt belt systems etc. However, belt conveyors are expediently used, with which even small-sized goods 4 can be conveyed. The storage system 24 is preferably of symmetrical design and the transport unit 39 is delimited in a feed unit 37 and discharge unit 38 which are delimited between the mutually parallel and spaced apart feed unit 37

Alley 42 arranged so that a playing time for the storage and retrieval of the goods 4 in or out of a shelf compartment 43 of the shelf storage 41 can be minimized. The shelf compartment 43 has a large number of storage spaces for the goods 4 to be deposited.

Along this alley 42 on the foundation 23 and / or on the ceiling element 25 extending guideways 44, in particular travel rails, are preferably flange-shaped in the manner of an I-rail. Along these guideways 44, the storage and retrieval unit 40 is designed to be movable in the aisle direction - according to double arrow 45. In this exemplary embodiment, the storage and retrieval unit 40 has a preferably vertical mast 46 and a lifting carriage 47 which can be displaced in the direction of its longitudinal extent or height and which is guided on at least one guideway on the mast 46 with heights and / or lateral guiding elements (not shown) and also not further The drive device shown is essentially vertically adjustable along the guideway and is equipped with plateau-like load-carrying means 48 protruding beyond the guideway. With regard to the design of the storage and retrieval unit 40, the relevant, detailed

Disclosure made from DE 195 34 291 AI and DE 196 14 660 AI the subject of this disclosure.

A goods transfer device 49 for receiving or delivering the goods 4 from the feed unit 37 or to the removal unit 38 or another is also on the load-carrying means 48 Buffer storage path to be described in more detail or storage or retrieval of the goods 4 into or out of the shelf compartment 43. The goods transfer device 49 and its functional principle is shown in more detail in FIG. 4.

As can be seen from the synopsis of FIGS. 2 and 3, each is in the range of

The feed unit 37 and the removal unit 38 on both sides of the transport unit 39 each have a shelf storage 41, in the manner of a high rack, arranged in such a way that a plurality of vertically oriented shelf supports 50 and shelving compartments 43 spaced apart in horizontal planes therefrom, at least some of the shelving compartments 43 for one Adjustment movement an adjustment device 51, as this is schematically entered on a shelf storage 41, is assigned. A plurality of shelves 43 are preferably adjusted at the same time, in that they are preferably rigidly connected to one another. As a result, a vertical shelf compartment spacing between two stacking compartments 43 arranged one above the other is variable, a vertically dimensioned spacing 52 between two shelf compartments 43 being set by specifying at least one dimension defined in its storage position by a measuring device 53. The adjusting device 51 is preferably formed by pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical actuating elements from the prior art. For this purpose, the shelf supports 50 are expediently designed with guide tracks for the horizontally aligned shelf compartments 43. If a large number of goods 4 of low height are to be stored in a plurality of shelf shelves arranged one above the other, the possibility is provided that several are automatically delivered in the direction of the foundation 23 in an upper, free end region of the shelf storage 41. In this way, an optimal volume utilization rate can be achieved within the interim storage facility 5. The measuring device 53 and the adjusting devices 51 are connected to the control and data processing device 17 for data transmission.

At least the dimension of the goods 4 can be determined by measuring methods known from the prior art, such as ultrasound or infrared measurement or by means of triangulation sensors, and the measuring device 53 is preferably arranged in the transfer station 26 or in the inlet area of the feed unit 37. The measuring device 53 can furthermore also be formed by a weighing device, for example weighing cells, spring carriage, etc., as is not further shown, so that 4 shipping or transport costs are simultaneously determined depending on the weight of the goods 4 or goods and in the control and data processing device 17 or in the input and output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 so that they can be called up. If the individual goods 4 or more, the delivery collection of goods 4 by the goods recipient 2, the goods recipient 2 is asked before or at the time of outsourcing the goods 4 or goods 4, the costs for the goods 4 or goods 4 themselves and the shipping or transport costs via the Internet or to be paid on site at buffer store 5.

The goods 4 delivered by the truck are delivered one after the other, after a corresponding authenticity check by capturing at least one access authorization identifier of the supplier, at a delivery point at the transfer station 26, and are delivered via a registration located in the area of the transfer station 26 and / or the feed unit 37 - or identification device 54 by reading out at least those in the data carrier

16 containing, unique identification data, the individual goods 4 uniquely identified and stored in the intermediate storage 5 defined. Alignment means, which are not further shown and which bring the delivered goods 4 into a predetermined target position, are arranged between the take-over and / or output station 26 and the feed unit 37 and / or removal unit 38.

For this purpose, the registration or identification device 54 has the input and / or output device 36 already described and the at least one detection element.

Of course, the registration or identification device 54 can also be located outside the

Terminals 35 are arranged. The terminal 35, in particular the delivery station 27, is equipped with a payment unit, which is not shown, however, for cashless payment of the ordered goods 4. For this purpose, a rechargeable chip card or an EC card etc. is inserted into a card reader, after which the amount of money for the automatically or after entering a personal identification number (PIN) on an existing keyboard

Goods 4 are debited from the account. Otherwise, it is also possible for the payment unit to have a cash withdrawal or cash withdrawal for paying for the goods 4 directly at the intermediate store 5. Of course, all payment units known from the prior art can be used for cashless payment or have a cash withdrawal or cash insertion.

The goods 4 deposited in the transfer station 26 on the conveying device 33 are, after identifying them and / or, if necessary, determining their dimensions and / or determining their weight, being fed to the feed unit 37 arranged downstream of the conveying device 33, preferably clocked. The conveyor device 33 and the feed unit 37 each have at least one independent drive, which is connected to the control and data processing device 17 for controlling or loading the goods 4 with a regulated feed movement. This makes it possible to deliver the goods 4 from the transfer station 26 to the feed unit 37 after predetermined cycles or after predetermined time intervals. A is preferred in the end region of the feed unit 37

Transfer device 55 for transferring the goods 4 from the feed unit 37 to at least one buffer storage track 56, as shown in dash-dotted lines. The buffer storage track 56 is, for example, oval and is arranged between the feed unit 37 and the removal unit 38 in a level below the bottom shelf compartment 43. The goods 4 deposited on the buffer storage web 56 are supplied by the

Transport unit 39 is gripped and stored in an unoccupied shelf compartment 43 predetermined by the control and data processing device 17. Such a buffer storage web 56 is already known from the prior art and can be formed, for example, by a roller conveyor, belt conveyor, etc. The take-over and delivery station 26, 27 immediately downstream and upstream of the inlet area of the feed unit 37 is at least one safety device, e.g. X-ray device, scanning device, screening device, etc., are provided in order to detect, for example, dangerous goods, such as an explosive device, etc., whereupon an immediate output is triggered after the goods 4 containing the dangerous goods have been detected.

The drive motors, in particular synchronous motors, asynchronous motors, stepping motors, servomotors of the feed and discharge unit 37, 38 each forming a structural unit, as well as the conveyor devices 33 of the transfer and discharge station 26, 27, preferably have a reversible direction of rotation, so that a feed movement of the goods 4 is changeable. This is necessary if, for example, the output station 27 is to function as a takeover station 26, at least for the goods recipient 2 or customer, and a goods 4 to be returned to the goods provider 3 are to be made available in the intermediate store 5 for collection. By reversing the feed directions of the conveyor device 33 and the removal unit 38, the goods 4 can also be stored in any free shelf compartment 43 by means of the transport unit 39.

Such an arrangement of the buffer storage web 56 in the space already present between the supply and discharge units 37, 38 enables, on the one hand, an increase in the throughput of the number per unit of time of the goods 4 to be introduced or dispensed into the intermediate store 5, because despite a short overall length of the supply and discharge unit 37, 38, a higher number of goods 4 can be accommodated and, on the other hand, the transport unit 39 does not have to move at its maximum travel speed in order to store the delivered goods 4 in the rack compartments 43.

The present example of the interim storage facility 5 enables the reception of the

Goods 4 at the takeover station 26 and the delivery of an individual goods 4 via the delivery station 27 which is set up or arranged spatially separately from the takeover station 26. The delivery of at least one goods 4 takes place by actuating the terminal 35 by the customer at least having the removal authorization code and the access authorization identifier - Chen enters, and in accordance with this input, in the control and data processing device 17 or in its comparison module 30, the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization indicator with one from the goods provider 3 and / or goods recipient 2 via the data transmission network 11 to the control and data processing device 17 transferred withdrawal authorization code and / or access authorization identifier compared, and checked and on the basis of this the goods 4 assigned to the withdrawal authorization code and / or access authorization identifier. After checking the correspondence, the transport unit 39 is activated to output the identified goods 4 and, via these, the defined goods 4 or the goods 44 are removed from the shelf compartment 43 or the shelf compartments 43 and the removal unit 38 for the removal of the goods 4 or Goods 4 handed over to the output station 27. The goods 4 or goods are moved with a feed movement - according to arrow 32b - and the delivery station 27 is kept ready for at least a short time. If the goods 4 are not removed from the dispensing station 27 within a certain period of time, this is in turn automatically drawn in and stored in the intermediate storage 5.

The goods 4 delivered by the goods provider 3 or supplier and brought into the intermediate storage 5 via the transfer station 26 and / or the goods 4 again brought in by the goods recipient 2 or customer via the output station 27 into the intermediate storage 5 are made according to the chaotic storage principle, where the control and data processing device 17 of the interim storage facility 5 determines the respectively favorable parking spaces, in which the shelving storage facility 41 is stored in a defined manner. The chaotic storage principle can also be used to continuously monitor and check which and how many parking spaces can still be occupied by goods 4, at least in shelves. For example, at least one storage space in the shelf compartment 43 can also be reserved for a goods 4 provided with a priority. The goods provider 3 can provide this information with respect to the maximum free parking spaces can be notified by remote transmission, eg SMS, e-mail.

Of course, it is also possible for the supply and / or removal unit 37, 38 itself to form a buffer section for a plurality of goods 4 that have been delivered or returned. Furthermore, it is possible that at least one of the rack storage 41 is designed as a temperature chamber in which a predetermined temperature is set in a controlled manner, or as a cold storage, in particular for temperatures between + 7 ° C. and -20 ° C., for example −18 ° C. The interior of the intermediate store 5 is preferably air-conditioned and, for this purpose, the side walls 22 and the ceiling element 25 have a corresponding heat-insulating and / or noise-insulating one

Insulation on.

As can also be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the intermediate store 5 comprises the control and data processing device 17 and a monitoring device 66 connected to it. In the intermediate store 5, during the operation of the storage system 24, the

Detection and / or monitoring means 67, in particular sensors, having monitoring device 66, detects operating parameters and / or movement sequences and, via data transmission lines, as indicated schematically in dashed lines, within the intermediate store 5 as feedback signals to those capable of data transmission with the detection and / or monitoring means 67 connected control and data processing device 17 forwarded. The operating parameter of the storage system 24 can be formed, for example, by the vibration of the transport unit 39 during the process along the guideways 44 or an oscillation amplitude of the mast 46 in the aisle direction - according to the double arrow 45. The movement sequences monitored or recorded are goods manipulation processes, such as, for example, the transfer of at least one product 4 from the load handling device 48 to the storage space of the shelf compartment 43 or from the storage space of the storage compartment 43 to the load handling device 48 or from the feed unit 37 to the load handling device 48 or from the load handling device 48 to the removal unit 38 or from the buffer storage track 56 to the load handling device 48 or from the load handling device 48 to the buffer storage track 56 etc.

The detection and / or monitoring means 67 connected to the control and data processing device 17 via the data transmission lines are formed, for example, by a CCD (charge coupled device) camera or light barriers, proximity sensors, laser scanners etc. An actual state of the operating parameters and / or motion sequences is continued continuously compared with a predetermined target state, such as the maximum vibration or the transfer of the goods 4 from the transport unit 39 to the shelf compartment 43, and is in the event of an impermissible deviation, such as when the maximum permissible vibration or jamming of the goods 4 is exceeded the transfer from the transport unit 39 to the shelf compartment 43, the actual state from the desired state, a signal to a control or control device 68 (as shown in FIG. 1) of the remote control center 20 located away from the intermediate storage 5 in question and transmitted as an operating state or fault message displayed or output on an input and / or output device 69 (as entered in FIG. 1). In the simplest case, the input and / or output device 69 is formed by a computer with a screen. The Leitbzw. Control device 68 also has a data storage module for the operating status and / or fault messages, as well as a target / actual status comparison module and the communication module 19. On the other hand, the control or control device 68 can be connected to the communication module 19 for data transmission.

The detection and / or monitoring means 67 are expediently arranged in the storage system 24 such that an entire working area of the storage system 24 delimited by the side walls 22 can be monitored and these are expediently located directly on the transport unit 39 in the head and / or foot area of the mast 46 and / or on the load-carrying means 48 on the front edges adjacent to the rack bearings 41 arranged on both sides of the transport unit 39 and / or in a transition region between the load-carrying means 48 and each rack bearing 41 or the load-carrying means 48 and the feed or removal unit 37, 38 or the load-carrying means 48 and the buffer memory path 56 are arranged. The CCD cameras are expediently designed to be pivotable into different positions and, above all, can be pivoted into that position in which an observation area can be shown enlarged in the remote control center 20 via the output device 69.

If there is an impermissible deviation of the actual state of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences from the predetermined target state, for example when goods 4 are transferred from the load-carrying means 48 to the shelf compartment 43, such as jamming of the

Goods 4, this deviation is detected by the detection and / or monitoring means 67 assigned to the goods transfer device 49 and / or the rack storage 41 and via the data transmission lines of the local network to the control and data processing device 17 and via the communication modules 18, 19 the control or control device 68 is transmitted and displayed as the operating status and / or fault message or output, whereupon control commands are sent via an operator 70 from the control or control device 68 of the remote control center 20 to the control and data processing device 17 of the relevant interim storage facility 5, which intervene in the control program or in the program sequence of the storage system 24 is preferably to control the transport unit 39 such that the impermissible deviation is eliminated.

As a result, the automatic operation of the transport unit 39 can be interrupted and manual control of the transport unit 39 from the remote control center 20 can be carried out by means of the control commands for remotely controllable troubleshooting. The fault can be controlled manually, for example by removing the im

Shelf 43 jammed goods 4, can be remotely remedied.

For this purpose, the operator 70 in the remote control center 20 receives from the at least one monitoring means 67, in particular the CCD camera, during the activation of the transport unit 39 with process data, such as reduced travel speed, acceleration, or during the manual activation of the transport unit 39 with correction movements , Continuous image information, the goods transfer device 49 being subjected to corrective movements when the goods 4 are jammed between the load-carrying means 48 and the shelf storage 41.

For this purpose, the two telescopic push arms 59 are moved apart in the first step in the aisle direction - according to double arrow 45 -, in the second step the telescopic push arms 59 transversely to the aisle direction - according to double arrow 45 - preferably fully extended, for example in the direction of the shelf compartment 43, in the third step on that of the load suspension device 48 away from the side of the goods 4 facing away, the pair of entrainment members 62 mounted on the telescopic push arms 59 so as to be pivotable in the direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the telescopic push arms 59 and in a position overlapping in the feed direction with the goods 4, in the next step the two telescopic push arms 59 in the aisle direction - accordingly Double arrow 45 - moved towards one another, the goods 4 being simultaneously aligned with respect to the telescopic extension arms 59, and in the last step the goods 4 moved onto the load-carrying means 48 or to a parking space in the rack storage 41. After the goods 4 have been returned to their target state (target position), this is delivered and stored at the parking space in the rack storage 41 specified by the control and data processing device 17. It is also possible to forward image and / or sound and / or video signals from the monitoring device 66 to the remote control center 20. As further schematically entered in FIG. 2, the intermediate storage 5 comprises at least one auxiliary tool management station 81 accessible from the transport unit 39, in which auxiliary tools 82, such as pliers grippers, vacuum grippers etc., are stationed, and in the event of a deviation of the actual state from the target state, the transport unit 39 the auxiliary tool management station 81 moves to and removes an auxiliary tool 82 in order to use it, for example, to remove the jammed goods 4 and subsequently to properly place the removed goods 4 at their predetermined parking space. The auxiliary tool 82 is removed during the removal from the auxiliary tool management station 81 via the goods transfer device 49 and positioned on the load suspension device 48 and at the same time is coupled to the energy-carrying lines required for the energy supply of the auxiliary tool 82, for example compressed air lines, hydraulic lines, power supply lines, data transmission lines etc., so that the auxiliary tool 82, coupled to the load handling device 48, forms an independently working fault rectification unit. For the coupling of the auxiliary tool 82 to the transport unit 39, in particular the load suspension means 48, these each have complementary electrical and mechanical interfaces and positioning means.

On the other hand, there is also the possibility that the auxiliary tool 82 is formed by a self-propelled internal data transmission line which is connected to the control and data processing device 17 of the intermediate store 5 and which transmits control commands for corrective movements, and if the actual state deviates from the target state, the mobile one Auxiliary tool 82 is controlled remotely independently of the transport unit 39 by the control or control device 68 of the remote control center 20 in order to reset the desired state (for example the desired position of the goods 4).

As a result, unmanned or unmanned operation is possible not only during the operation of the intermediate store 5, but also when faults in the operating parameters and / or movement sequences in the intermediate store 5 are to be remedied. Furthermore, the advantage can be achieved that repair signals for maintenance diagnoses are transmitted to the remote control center 20 and prompt the operator 70 to carry out corresponding maintenance or repair work on the storage system 24. With this diagnostic function, impending malfunctions can be remedied beforehand and the availability of the intermediate store 5 is thereby greatly increased. It is also possible to optimize the control programs or the program sequences for the movement sequences calculated therefrom, for example the transport unit 39, from the remote control center 20. The data transmission lines within the interim storage facility 5 form a network in which the registration or identification device 56, the feed and discharge unit 37, 38, the transport unit 39, the takeover and output station 26, 27, the detection and / or monitoring means 67 etc. each form a bus subscriber, summarized. This local network is via the communication module 18 with the parent

Data transmission network 11 connected for data transmission and a communication link can be established via the communication modules 18, 19 for data exchange between the control and data processing device 17 and the control or control device 68. It is thus possible to log any operations or procedural steps carried out within the intermediate store 5, as well as between the goods recipient 2 and goods provider 3 and the intermediate store 5, as will be shown later, via the output device 69 in the external remote control center 20. A protocol can be created or created electronically or physically. However, maintenance plans for the maintenance of the storage system 24 can now also be drawn up using the created log. Thus on the one hand an increase in the availability of the intermediate store 5 is achieved and on the other hand the process reliability of the handling of the goods 4 can be increased. Of course, the preferably fixed remote control center 20, in particular the control or control device 68, can also be mobile in the form of a portable computer.

FIG. 4 shows a partial area of the transport unit 39 with the load-carrying means 48, which can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and a partial area of the shelf storage 41 with the shelf compartments 43 lying in the same horizontal plane in a top view and a highly simplified, schematic illustration. The goods transfer device 49 arranged on the load-carrying means 48 has at least two telescoping telescopic push arms 59 which are arranged in parallel and synchronously adjustable with one another and each have three guide rails which are guided one inside the other, the load-carrying means 48 being in a transfer position, as shown in FIG. 4 laterally protruding, extended guide rails are designed as a gripper element 60 for the goods 4 to be gripped positioned between them. The telescopic push arms 59 are designed to be adjustable by means of a drive device, not shown, such as a pneumatic, hydraulic or electrical drive, synchronously in the lane direction - according to double arrow 45 - parallel and / or transverse direction - as indicated by double arrows. As a result, the goods transfer device 49 with the telescopic push arms 59 forms a type of tong gripper. Due to the telescopic design of the goods transfer device 49 can in the shelf 43 at least two goods 4 are placed or removed one behind the other, the goods 4 being stored in the front storage space in the shelf compartment 43 closer to the transport unit 39, with an earlier pick-up time which can be specified by the customer and which is preferably stored in the control and data processing device 17 becomes. As can also be seen from this FIG., Each of the shelf compartments 43 of the shelf storage 41 has a flat shelf 61, as a result of which small and / or large-sized goods 4, as shown schematically in FIG. 4, can be deposited. Therefore, the goods 4 are in a shelf 43 in several rows one behind the other and side by side.

The telescopic push arms 59 embrace or reach behind the at least partially rectangular goods 4 and, due to the retracting movement of the extended telescopic push arms 59, for example push the goods 4 stored in the shelf compartment 43 of a first level from the shelf compartment 43 onto the load-carrying means 48, whereupon the transport unit 39, if necessary , moves to a different position along the carriageway 44 and, if necessary, the load suspension means 48 is adjusted vertically at the same time and the goods 4 which are now in the area of the load suspension means 48 by moving the telescopic push arms 59 into another, in to the previous shelf compartment 43 in a higher or lower level shelf 43 is stored.

As is not apparent from this figure, in the same way, for example at least one product 4 located on the supply or discharge unit 37, 38 or in the buffer storage path 56 is removed from the goods transfer device 49 and into one below or above the buffer storage path 56 located level horizontally aligned shelf 43 stored. The telescopic push arms 59 are each provided with at least one entrainment member 62 which can be pivoted into a receiving area between the telescopic push arms 59 to position the goods 4 relative to the goods transfer device 49.

5 and 6, which are described jointly, now show a different arrangement of the spatially separate take-over and output station 26, 27 and a take-over or output station 63 composed of these two stations and designed as a structural unit in different views. This transfer or output station 63 is followed by at least one conveyor unit 64, which can be controlled by a motor in such a way that a product 4 is conveyed to or transported from the transport unit 39. Of course, the interim storage facility 5 can have several takeover and issuing states. tions 26, 27 and several such units are assigned. The intermediate storage 5 in turn comprises the takeover station 26 for receiving the goods 4 delivered by the goods supplier 3 or supplier and at least one output station 27 for the removal of the goods 4 by a customer or supplier and at least one combined takeover or output station 63 for the Receiving and removal of the goods 4 by the supplier and / or customer, a computer-controlled storage system 24 with the transport unit 39 for handling the goods 4 to be stored or removed or rearranged, a control and data processing device 17 as shown in broken lines, and at least one communication module 18.

According to this exemplary embodiment, the structural unit 21 is formed by a standardized container, on which the transfer and / or output stations 26, 27; 63 are installed or arranged. As described in detail in the figures above, the terminals 35 in turn have the input and output device 36 and / or the registration or identification device 54 for the goods provider 3 and goods recipient 2 and the goods 4, and the payment unit, however, such as this is not shown further on. At least one conveyor unit 64, which is preferably formed by a belt conveyor and has a drive motor, extends between the transfer station 26 and the output station 27. The goods 4 delivered by the supplier and / or returned and / or issued by the customer can be transported simultaneously on this conveyor unit 64. The feed direction is changed in a controlled manner in order to enable a corresponding storage and / or delivery of the goods 4. The goods 4 were shifted in cycles on the conveyor unit 64 with respect to the transport unit 39. The transport unit 39 preferably only moves to a predeterminable removal or transfer position. The goods 4 or goods 4 can be positioned and transported clocked.

As not shown in this figure, it is also possible that at least one feed unit, starting from the transfer station 26 in the direction of the delivery station 27 opposite it, and at least one removal unit in a horizontal plane running above the feed unit from the delivery station 27 in the direction the transfer station 26 opposite this extends over an entire length of the intermediate storage 5. This tier-like structure of the feed and discharge units enables the flow of goods of the goods 4 to be fed and discharged to be decoupled via the transfer station 26 and output station 27. Therefore, goods 4 can be Tanks 5 are brought in and picked up because the flow of goods is separated. Of course, at least one incline-adjustable conveyor track part, which extends or is to be conveyed between conveyor units, in particular floor conveyors with drivable conveying means, for example conveyor belt, and the transfer and output station 26, 27, can be temporarily stored in different levels of the conveyor units, so that several intermediate storage or buffer sections for the goods 4 is formed by the conveyor units.

The transport unit 39 is formed, for example, by a walking beam storage and retrieval device 65 which has at least two vertically aligned masts 46 spaced apart from one another and at least one lifting carriage 47 which can be moved in the direction of its longitudinal extent or height and which has height, not shown, and / or lateral guiding elements on at least one guideway on the masts 46 and can be adjusted essentially vertically along the guideway via a drive device (not shown further) and which is equipped with a plateau-like load-carrying means 48. The goods transfer device 49 for receiving or delivering the goods 4 from the conveying unit 64 or storing or retrieving the goods 4 into or out of the rack compartment 43 of the two rack stores 41 is arranged on the load handling device 48. The shelves 43 or flat shelves 61 preferably extend over the entire length of the intermediate storage 5 and are supported on the foundation 23 by shelf supports 50. As already described in FIGS. 2 and 3, a plurality of shelves 61 can preferably be adjusted at the same time in relation to one another in the vertical direction in order to vary the compartment division via at least one adjustment device 51, not shown. The structure and the mode of operation of the goods transfer device 49 and the structure of the rack storage 41 have been described in detail above. The load handling device 48 is positioned horizontally on the lifting carriage 47 in the aisle direction.

Double arrow 45 - adjustable. As can be seen from this embodiment, at least one product 4 can be introduced and output at the same time and at least one product 4 from the intermediate store 5. Thus, several suppliers and customers can bring or collect goods 4 at the different take-over and output stations 26, 27 and take-over or output station 63 at the same time.

As shown in dash-dotted lines in FIG. 5, lockable access doors can be provided for the access of an operator or specialist personnel of the interim storage facility 5. 6a shows the intermediate bearing 5 with the side wall 22 removed, according to FIGS. 5 and 6, in a view and in a highly simplified, schematic representation. The intermediate storage 5 comprises the transfer station 26, two transfer or output stations 63, which are arranged separately from one another, the computer-controlled storage system 24 as well as the control and data processing device 17, which cannot be seen from this figure, and the communication module

18. Across from the takeover station 26 is one of the takeover or output stations 63, a goods transfer station 72, in particular a vertical conveyor with a vertical conveyor - according to double arrow 73 between the conveying device 33 of this takeover or output station 63 and at least one buffer storage conveyor 71 - Adjustable, horizontally extending conveyor 74 is arranged. The buffer storage path 71 and the conveyor device 74 can be formed, for example, by a roller conveyor or belt conveyor, etc., and a feed direction for the goods 4 is reversible. In order to further improve the compact design of the intermediate storage 5, the buffer storage path 71 and the conveyor unit 64 are arranged one above the other. According to this embodiment, the buffer storage path 71 is arranged above the conveyor unit 64 which extends between the transfer station 26 and the transfer or output station 63 and the buffer storage path 71 extends over a total length 75 of a maximum working area between the transfer station 26 and that opposite it Transfer or output station 63 - according to double arrow 76 - movable goods transfer device 49.

The buffer storage path 71 and the conveyor unit 64 are arranged directly one above the other, at a vertical distance from one another, determined by a maximum volume of the goods 4 to be stored, and are provided by the goods recipient 2 at the transfer station 26 and / or the transfer or output station 63 returned goods 4 are transported from the conveying device 33 to the vertical conveyor and are pushed from the conveying device 33 of the transfer or output station 63 or the conveying unit 64 onto the immediately adjacent conveying device 74 of the vertical conveyor and subsequently upwards from a lower one, the conveying unit 64 and the conveying devices 33 receiving the first level to the higher, further level receiving the buffer storage path 71 and pushed by the conveying device 74 onto the buffer storage path 71, where these returned goods 4 temporarily remain until the transport unit 39 all has processed goods 4 delivered by the goods provider 3 or to be delivered to the goods recipient or supplier 2, 3, whereupon the goods 4 temporarily stored in the buffer storage path 71 successively at free parking spaces in the Shelf compartments 43 up to the freely selectable pick-up time of the goods recipient or supplier 2; 3 are stored or kept.

On the other hand, according to this embodiment, the goods 4 delivered by the goods provider 3 at the takeover or output station 63 are conveyed by the conveyor device 33 to the

When the goods 4 were handed over in alignment with the conveying device 33 and the conveying device 64, the conveying device 74 of the vertical conveyor was pushed on and pushed off by the latter to the horizontally running conveying unit 64, from which the goods 4 were again picked up by the transport unit 39 and to any free parking space in one the shelf compartment 43 is stored according to the chaotic storage principle. In order to decouple the flow of goods from the delivered goods 4 from the transfer station 26 and the transfer or output station 63 opposite this, it is provided that the conveyor unit 64 is arranged as two separate horizontal conveyors, e.g. Train roller conveyors, belt conveyors, etc.

Of course, the buffer storage path 71 can not only be used for the returned goods 4 by the goods recipient 2, but also for a short time as a storage or retrieval buffer for the goods recipient and / or provider 2; 3 delivered goods 4.

As not shown further, the buffer storage path 71 and the conveyor unit 64 can also be arranged side by side and / or the buffer storage path 71 can be fanned out into a plurality of branches running side by side and / or one above the other, so that a separation of the storage and / or retrieval and / or returning goods 4 is reached.

7 shows a basic flow diagram of the method according to the invention in conjunction with FIGS. 1 to 6a in a purely schematic and highly simplified representation. In a step 101, the goods 4 are ordered by the goods recipient 2, the order having to contain information about the order number, type of goods 4, the number of pieces and the intermediate storage 5 selected by the goods recipient 2. This order is advantageously sent by the communication device 6, for example via the internet-capable computer 7 or via the mobile telephone 8, to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3. However, it is also possible to use any other order method known from the prior art, such as an order by order form, by fax or by e-mail. Of particular importance is the information about the selected temporary storage facility 5, so that it is ensured at which destination location the ordered goods 4 should be delivered. If the goods 4 are ordered via the Internet, for example, it is advisable to provide an order mask with selection fields in which all available intermediate storage facilities 5 are listed. In the case of a written order, this can be done, for example, by ticking the desired intermediate storage 5. The order form is recorded electronically, for example, with a scanner connected to the input or output device 14.

In a step 102, at least distinctive identification data are determined by the goods provider 3 for the ordered goods 4. This identification data partly contains the information about the order, such as the order number and / or if necessary

Address of the goods recipient 2 and the destination of the temporary storage 5 selected by the goods recipient 2, or the like. Numerical or alphabetic characters or an alphanumeric code can be used as identification data. However, the identification data can also contain data relating to the ordered goods 4, for example article numbers and / or quantities and / or the maximum storage period (food), if appropriate also information about the goods recipient 2 if the goods recipient 3 etc. is known. The identification data is called up in the database of the goods supplier 3, which includes the input or output device 14, for the goods provider 3 itself and / or in the database comprising the control and data processing device 17, at least of the selected or a defined or each individual intermediate store 5 deposited in cash. Of course, the control and data processing devices 17 of the interim storage facilities 5 are suitable for data exchange or transfer with one another, such as the identification data and / or the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization identifier.

In step 103, the at least one ordered article is put together and packaged in a container to form a product 4, the product 4 being provided with the data carrier 16 which contains at least the identification data and / or removal authorization codes. This data carrier 16 is expediently attached to the container 4 of the goods 4 at a location which is easily accessible but is protected against mechanical damage. For example, the data carrier 16 for the identification data and / or the at least one removal authorization code can have a plurality of data fields in the form of a one-dimensional and / or two-dimensional barcode, which is attached, for example, to the packaging of the goods 4 by a cover film. The data is designed in graphic form. Of course, the data carrier 16 can also be a foil-like transponder and / or Magnetic stripes or an electronic chip are formed. It is advantageous that the barcode can be produced very inexpensively and that the data is not available in a freely accessible form, as is the case, for example, with labeling in plain text.

Of course, further data, such as, for example, the type and quantity of the goods 4 to be delivered or information about the goods recipient 2 or any codes required for the transport of the goods 4 from the goods provider 3 to the intermediate store 5, can be stored on the data carrier 16. Goods 4 are to be understood as a jointly packaged number of individual articles which are to be sent to the goods recipient 2.

Optionally, as shown in broken lines in a step 104, the goods provider 3 can carry out a query in the goods management system as to whether the ordered goods 4 are actually available and deliverable. If it now turns out that the ordered goods 4 are not available, the goods recipient 3 can inform the goods recipient 2 of this. This notification takes place in accordance with step 105, preferably via the same communication medium through which the order was placed. For example, this message can be sent by the communication module 15 of the ordering platform 10 in the form of an e-mail or a message for the mobile phone 8, for example a short message (SMS). However, if the consignee 2 is a registered person, it is also possible to process this rejection in writing or by telephone (verbally).

In step 107, the identification data are forwarded from the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 to the control and data processing device 17 of the selected or, if appropriate, defined intermediate storage 5. This takes place via the global data transmission network 11, in particular the data transmission line 12 between the

Input or output device 14 and the intermediate store 5 as well as the communication modules 15, 18 and serve as preliminary information for later identification of the goods 4 to be delivered by the intermediate store 5. As not further illustrated, the one (s) created in step 102 can also be created in step 107 Withdrawal authorization code for the goods 4 and / or access authorization indicator for the goods recipient 2 from the input or output device 14 of the

Goods provider 3 can be forwarded to the communication device 6 of the goods recipient 2 and / or to the intermediate storage 5.

In a query 108, simultaneously with the forwarding of the identification data to the selected intermediate storage 5 - according to step 107 - or subsequently, the goods Provider 3 determines the free parking spaces in the selected temporary storage 5 for the at least one ordered goods 4 and a reservation of the at least one parking space required on the shelf compartment 43 or the buffer storage track 56 for the at least one ordered goods 4; 71 etc. carried out, for which the goods provider 3 transmits a query signal for the free parking spaces to the control and data processing device 17, whereupon the

Control and data processing device 17, in particular from comparison module 30, a comparison of the number of free parking spaces and the number of reserved parking spaces already announced to control and data processing device 17 for goods 4 still to be delivered with the number of required parking spaces for the at least one at Goods provider 3 put together goods 4 is performed, whereupon the goods provider 3 is sent a signal for a delivery release message from the control and data processing device 17 via the data transmission line 12 and communication modules 18, 15 to the input or output device 14 of the goods provider 3 if there are sufficient parking spaces the number of required parking spaces for which at least one item 4 is reserved.

In order to determine the number of required parking spaces and to be able to make the reservation, the volume of the container of the goods 4 must be announced to the control and data processing device 17. This can be done in such a way that the volume of the containers is graduated and, for example, four different categories of containers with different volumes are defined, and these categories are stored in the input or output device 14 and / or control and data processing device 17. When compiling the goods 4, the goods provider 3 determines the required category of the container in which the individual articles are accommodated on the basis of the volume of the individual articles and stores the category of the container in the identification data. If, for example, the goods provider 3 selects category one, which corresponds to a container with a certain volume, width 300 mm, height 300 mm and length 400 mm, the query signal for determining the free parking spaces simultaneously becomes the selected category and the number of these Goods shipment associated goods 4 transmitted to the control and data processing device 17 and retrieved the data stored for this category with respect to the volume, the required parking spaces are calculated and the comparison is carried out by the comparison module 30, as described above. Therefore, the identification data also contains the number of goods 4 belonging to this consignment. The identification data are stored in a table in a database comprising the control and data processing device 17 and in succession processed according to the order of their receipt or storage FIFO (First In First Out). Priority goods 4 are ranked in order.

According to step 109, if there is no parking space in the selected interim storage facility 5 free parking spaces in another interim storage facility 5 are determined and the goods provider 3 and / or the goods recipient 2 are informed of this. If 5 free parking spaces have been determined in the other temporary storage facility, a signal for an availability notification of free parking spaces in the fixed temporary storage facility 5 is sent from its control and data processing device 17 to the input or output device 14 of the goods provider 3 and / or the communication device 6 of the goods recipient 2 transmitted.

In query 110, the goods recipient 2, after receiving a signal for a decision message on his communication device 6, has to decide whether his goods 4 are sent to the selected temporary store 5 or to one of the control and data processing device 17 of the selected temporary store 5 or the The input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 has to be supplied with a fixed intermediate storage 5, for which purpose it transmits a decision feedback signal to the control and data processing device 17 of the selected intermediate storage 5 or to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3.

If the goods 4 are to be delivered to the selected temporary storage facility 5, the decision feedback signal is transmitted from the control and data processing device 17 of the selected temporary storage facility 5 to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3. As soon as parking spaces for the goods 4 in question are released in the selected intermediate storage 5, the goods provider 3 is sent a signal for a delivery release message which is output at the input or output device 14, whereupon the goods 4 ordered by the goods provider 3 according to a step 111 the selected interim storage facility 5 is delivered. Of course, all delivery methods known from the prior art, such as, for example, the postal and / or rail route or courier or delivery services, can be used for this purpose.

If the goods 4 are to be delivered to the other specified intermediate storage 5, which is preferably close to the selected intermediate storage 5, the decision feedback signal is sent from the control and data processing device 17 of the selected intermediate storage 5 to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 - in accordance with step 112 - transmitted, after which the identification data is transmitted to the control and data processing device 17 of the defined intermediate store 5 and the free parking spaces are reserved for the at least one item 4. Before the goods provider 3 delivers the goods 4 - according to step 111 - he receives a signal for a delivery release message from the control and data processing device 17 of the defined intermediate store 5. Furthermore, in

Step 112 notifies the consignee 2 that his goods 4 have been delivered to the destination of the specified intermediate storage 5. In this case, the identification data contain the specified intermediate storage 5.

In a step 113, the goods 4 are transferred to a drop point at the transfer station 26; 63 delivered and transported to the registration or identification device 54 in the intermediate storage 5.

In step 114, the unmistakable identification data stored on the data carrier 16 are read out by the registration or identification device 54 of the selected or fixed intermediate storage 5 and compared in a query 115 with identification data previously received from the ordering platform 10. If the identification data and / or, if applicable, an access authorization identifier match, the goods 4 are stored in the shelf compartment 43 of the selected or fixed intermediate storage 5, the goods 4 being fed to the transport unit 39 for this purpose, taken over by the latter and subsequently placed in the shelf compartment 43 , This can be done according to the chaotic storage principle, that is, after the identification data have been matched to the identified identification data released for the control and data processing device 17, which are transmitted by the goods provider 3 to the control and data processing device 17 and in the latter before the goods 4 are delivered were stored, the delivered goods 4 can be stored in any free parking space in the shelf compartment 43.

If the read identification data does not match the identification data previously received from the ordering platform 10 and released for the selected or defined intermediate storage 5, the goods 4 from the intermediate storage 5 are rejected in step 116 and sent to the delivery point of the transfer station 26; 63 transported back and at the same time, if necessary, a data exchange between the control and data processing device 17 of the selected or defined intermediate store 5 and the input or output device 14 or the ordering platform 10 of the goods supplier 3 is carried out and identification data associated with this item 4 is displayed or output on the input and output device 36 of the intermediate store 5. For example, goods 4 may have been delivered to an incorrect intermediate store 5 and, after reading the identification data at the registration or identification device 54, the correct destination of the selected or defined intermediate store 5 for the goods 4 may be determined automatically and entered at the input and output device 36 are output. In this way, any goods 4 to be delivered by the goods supplier 3, the identification data of which have already been transmitted to one of the intermediate storage facilities 5, can now be clearly and error-free identified at each intermediate storage facility 5 and incorrect delivery of goods 4 can thus be prevented.

After the ordered goods 4 have been stored in the selected or defined intermediate storage 5, in step 11 the sending and / or confirmation of receipt and, if appropriate, a removal authorization code for the goods 4 is sent out at least once by the control and data processing device 17 via the communication module 18 of the Interim storage facility 5 to the communication device 6 of the goods recipient 2. This transmission can be carried out, for example, via an e-mail or a short message (SMS) to the mobile phone 8 of the goods recipient 2. If the goods 4 are not picked up by the goods recipient 2 within a predeterminable period of time, for example 14 days, from a predeterminable point in time, for example after seven days, at certain time intervals, for example every two days, acknowledgments of receipt or provision are sent again to the goods recipient 2. If the goods 4 have not been picked up by the end of the period, the goods recipient 2 will deliver them to the goods recipient 2 at a charge. The address of the goods recipient 2 in turn is obtained from the goods provider 3 by reading out the identification data at the selected or specified temporary storage facility 5. The removal authorization code for the goods 4 and / or the access authorization indicator for the goods recipient 2 is optionally obtained by the control and data processing device 17 before sending out the receipt - or confirmation of availability to the goods recipient 2 generated. The predeterminable, maximum period for the storage of the goods 4 in the intermediate storage 5 in question is also stored in the identification data and can be called up.

In step 119, the goods 4 are picked up at the selected or fixed intermediate storage 5 by the goods recipient 2, the latter initially entering at least the removal authorization code in step 118 and then the removal authorization code. Goods code 4 assigned to the delivery station 27; 63 of the interim storage facility 5 is issued. In addition to entering the withdrawal authorization code, an authenticity check of an authorized user, supplier or customer, may also be required in step 118 by querying an access authorization identifier, this access authorization identifier, for example from data from a chip, ATM or credit card and / or a transponder and / or a secret code specified by the goods provider 3 and / or defined by the goods recipient 2 and / or a secret code specified by the control and data processing device 17 and / or by a fingerprint and / or an iris and / or face shape and / or speech recognition Like., Can be fixed.

It is also possible to transmit the access authorization identifier only when the goods recipient 2 is on site at the decentralized temporary store 5, via the communication device 6 or the mobile phone 8 of the goods recipient 2 from the intermediate store 5 or from the goods provider 3. Various query routines can be run through to determine the actual presence on site of the goods recipient 2 or his communication device 6.

In a final step 120, the goods provider 3 can output the goods 4 at the output station 27; 63 will be notified. During the delivery of goods, a signal is transmitted via the communication modules 15, 18 to the input or output device 14 of the goods supplier 3 and is informed that the goods 4 have been delivered to the goods recipient 2.

The method according to the invention can forward goods 4, if they are ordered, for example, via the Internet, completely anonymously to goods recipient 2 via the intermediate store 5. In contrast, however, it is also possible to only allow registered persons, i.e. persons from whom names and / or addresses and / or access authorization indicators, such as biometric physical characteristics, speech recognition patterns, are known as goods recipients 2, provided that safety-critical goods 4, such as, for example Medicines or chemicals are being shipped, or for some other reason.

Furthermore, it is possible that before the goods 4 are stored in the shelf compartment 43, at least one spatial dimension of the goods 4, in particular their height, or the category of the goods 4 is determined by reading out the identification data, on the one hand to achieve a good use of space in the intermediate storage 5, on the other hand to avoid damage to the goods 4 by attempting to store them in a shelf compartment 43 which is too small.

Furthermore, it is expedient to arrange the monitoring device 66 within the interim storage facility 5, which monitors and / or logs the logistics processes, that is to say the storage and retrieval or the re-sorting of the goods 4. The monitoring device 66 can be formed, for example by a camera, with a control and / or storage device.

However, it is expedient to compile the identification data and / or the withdrawal authorization code from graphic data and / or numbers and / or letters and, if necessary for security reasons or to prevent misuse, obtain positive identification of an access authorization identifier, as has already been described above.

There are several options for paying for goods 4:

On the one hand, the goods 4, if ordered via the communication device 6, can also be paid for via the same, on the other hand, the goods 4 after sending the

Acknowledgment of receipt or readiness for provision to the communication device 6 can be paid by the latter and, for a third party, the possibility can also be created for picking up from the intermediate storage facility 5 before the actual delivery of the goods 4 at the output station 27; To be paid in cash or by means of an ATM or credit card at the payment unit of Interim Storage 5. It is possible if the goods 4 on the Internet or on the

Mobile phone 8 is ordered and paid for, as soon as a receipt of payment is received by the goods provider 3 or the order platform 10, a release signal for the delivery of the goods 4 is forwarded to the control and data processing device 17 of the intermediate store 5, without this release signal, that is, without booking the receipt of payment by the order platform 10 or the goods provider 3, the return of the goods 4 at the intermediate storage 5 is suppressed. When paying for the goods 4 at the payment unit of the intermediate store 5, this release signal can be omitted, since the payment for the goods 4 is ensured in any case.

Furthermore, it is possible with the aid of the identification data stored on the data carrier 16 and / or a removal authorization code, an accompanying slip for the dispatch of the To produce goods 4 by the control and data processing device 17 of the intermediate store 5. This accompanying slip can, for example, be designed as a delivery note, but it is also possible to use this accompanying slip to log the delivery route and / or the delivery time and / or other logistical processes through which the goods 4 went.

In conclusion, it should also be pointed out that the transport units 39 are merely exemplary in character and, much more, there is also the possibility that they are controlled by a rail-independent, driverless transport system, the inductive conductor loops arranged in the foundation 23 and by means of the control and data processing device 17 is formed. This driverless transport system can be moved within the alley 42 or conveyor unit 64 and the goods 4 can be picked up or delivered by the feed unit 37 or to the removal unit 38 or is a storage or removal of the goods 4 into or from the shelf compartment 43 of the Shelf warehouse 41 possible. This version is not shown any further. The compact design of the intermediate store 5 can also be designed as a mobile structural unit 21, in that at least one undercarriage is arranged on an underside of the intermediate store 5. On the other hand, the entire assembly 21 can now also be used, for example, via a freight train, e.g. Truck, or easily transported by public transport to the site or for transfer to another site. Of course, the shelf storage 41 can also be formed by a paternoster shelf.

For the sake of order, it should finally be pointed out that, for a better understanding of the construction of the interim storage facility, these or their components have been partially shown to scale and / or enlarged and / or reduced.

The object on which the independent inventive solutions are based can be found in the description.

Above all, the individual in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6; 6a; 7, 7a form the subject of independent solutions according to the invention. The relevant tasks and solutions according to the invention can be found in the detailed descriptions of these figures. Set of reference symbols

Goods shipping system 36 input and output device goods recipient 37 feed unit goods provider 38 removal unit goods 39 transport unit intermediate storage 40 storage and retrieval device communication device 41 shelf storage computer 42 alley cell phone 43 shelf compartment communication module (customer) 44 guideway ordering platform 45 double arrow data transmission network 46 mast data transmission line 47 lifting carriage transmission device 48 load handling device input or output device 49 goods transfer device communication module (supplier) 50 shelf stand data carrier 51 adjusting device control and data processing device 52 distance device 53 measuring device communication module (intermediate 54 registration or identification warehouse) device communication module (remote control 55 conversion device central) remote control center 56 buffer storage path 57 module 58 side wall 59 telescopic push arm foundation 60 gripper element storage system ceiling element 61 shelf

62 Take-over device Take-over station 63 Take-over or delivery station, delivery station 64 Conveyor unit, storage module 65 Walking beam stacker crane, power supply unit, comparison module 66 Monitoring device

67 Detection and / or monitoring means a arrow 68 Control or control device b arrow 69 Input and / or output device conveyor device housing 70 Operator terminal 71 buffer memory track

72 goods transfer station

73 double arrow

74 conveyor

75 total length

76 double arrow

81 Auxiliary tool management station

82 auxiliary tool

101 step 102 step

103 step

104 step

105 step 106

107 step

108 query

109 step

110 query

111 step

112 step

113 step

114 Step 115 Query

116 step

117 step

118 step 119 step

120 step

Claims

Patent claims

1. Goods shipping system (1) for goods (4) provided with a data carrier (16) with at least one goods provider (3) or supplier and at least one goods recipient (2) or customer and at least one with the goods recipient (2) or Customers via a data transmission network (11) connected interim storage facility (5) for a goods provider (3) or supplier and / or goods recipient (2) or customer, the interim storage facility (5) being a transfer station (26) for receiving the goods ( 4) and an output station (27) for the removal of the goods (4), a computer-controlled, fully automated storage system (24) with a transport unit (39) for handling the goods to be stored or removed or rearranged (4), characterized that the goods shipping system (1) has a number of locally separated, via transport vehicles, for example trucks, with goods (4) already assembled in a container, intermediate stores (5) to be supplied, each A control and data processing device (17) with a memory module (28) for the retrievable storage of at least identification data, as well as data and commands from the storage system (24), a power supply unit (29) for supplying energy to the intermediate storage facility (5), and a comparison module (30) Comparison of at least one of the transfer and / or output stations (26; 27; 63) assigned registration or identification device (54) identified identification data of the goods (4) with identities released for the control and data processing device (17)

Identification data, and that each of the control and data processing devices (17) via the data transmission network (11) with an input or output device (14) of the at least one goods provider (3) or supplier and optionally with a communication device (6) Goods recipient (2) or customer is connectable.

2. Goods shipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the central input or output device (14), in particular a computer, a memory module and a database in which data about articles, customer data are stored, includes.

3. Goods shipping system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a

Communication device (6) of the goods recipient (2), the input or output device (14) of the goods provider (3) and the control and data processing devices (17) of the intermediate store (5) each comprise a communication module (9, 15, 18) or is connected to it and that the communication module (9, 15, 18) is connected by a telephone Conclusion, modem, radio connection, cell phone receiver, cell phone transmitter, television cable connection or infrared transmitter and / or is formed by a connection to a data-transmitting power network.

4. Goods shipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer and output station (26, 27) are each arranged separately from one another in or directly on or within the intermediate storage (5).

5. Goods shipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer or output station (63) combined form a single structural unit.

6. Goods shipping system according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that the storage system (24) at least one of the transfer station (26) downstream feed unit (37) for the delivered goods (4) and at least one of the output station (27) upstream removal unit (38) and the transport unit (39) arranged between the feed unit (37) and discharge unit (38), in particular a rack operating device (40), walking beam rack operating device (65), and at least one stationary rack storage unit (41) and optionally a buffer storage path (56) ,

7. Goods shipping system according to claim 6, characterized in that the feed unit (37) and / or removal unit (38) comprises a buffer section for a plurality of goods delivered or to be delivered or returned by the goods recipient (2) (4).

8. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the takeover station (26) and / or a takeover or output station (63) is followed by at least one conveyor unit (64) and at least one buffer storage path (71), wherein the conveyor unit (64) and the buffer storage path (71) are arranged next to one another and / or one above the other and that between a conveyor device (33) of the transfer station (26) and / or transfer or output station (63) and the conveyor unit (64 ) and the buffer storage track (71) a goods transfer station (72) for the returned goods (4) in particular is arranged.

9. Goods shipping system according to claim 6, characterized in that the shelf storage (41) has a plurality of vertically oriented shelf supports (50) and between them in horizontal len levels spaced from each other has shelves (43), of which at least some of the shelves (43) is assigned an adjustment device (51) for a vertical adjustment movement.

10. Goods shipping system according to claim 9, characterized in that the shelves (43) have a plateau-like shelf (62) which extends over an entire main dimension, in particular length, of the intermediate storage (5).

11. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the transport unit (39), in particular the stacker crane or walking beam stacker crane (40; 65), at least one preferably vertical mast (46) and one in the direction of it Has longitudinal extension or height movable lifting carriage (47) which is guided with height and / or lateral guiding elements on at least one guideway on or to the mast (46) or masts (46) and can be adjusted essentially vertically along the guideway via a drive device and which is equipped with a plateau-like load-receiving means (48) projecting over the guideway and that the transport unit (39) is a goods transfer device (49) for receiving or delivering the goods (4) from the feed unit (37) or to the removal unit ( 38) or buffer storage path (56) or storage or retrieval of the goods (4) in or out of the rack compartment (43).

12. Goods shipping system according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the

Goods transfer device (49) has at least two telescopic push arms (59) arranged parallel to one another and extendable synchronously in the direction of the shelf compartment (43) with at least two guide rails guided one inside the other.

13. Goods shipping system according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the telescopic push arms (59) are coupled to at least one drive device and these are designed to be synchronously adjustable relative to each other and / or in the direction of the rack compartment (43) and in that the the goods transfer device (49) comprising telescopic push arms (59) is designed in the manner of a forceps gripper.

14. Goods shipping system according to claim 11, characterized in that the goods transfer device (49) is formed by an independent with at least one travel drive for the transport carriage which can be driven by the lifting carriage (47).

15. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the transport unit (39), the feed unit (37) and removal unit (38), the rack storage (41) with the adjusting device (51), the transfer and output station ( 25, 26; 63), the terminals (35) with the registration or identification device (54) and a payment unit, a measuring device (53) each form an independent structural unit for themselves and that they preferably use a data-transmitting network, for example an intranet, with the control and data processing device (17) for the transmission or processing of identification data of the goods (4), access authorization indicators of the goods provider (3) and / or goods recipient (2), process data, operating parameters and control commands of the transport unit (39) within of the interim storage facility (5) are connected to one another and the network is connected to the data transmission network (11).

16. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 6 to 15, characterized in that the shelf storage (41) is designed as a temperature chamber or cold storage, in particular for temperatures between + 7 ° C and - 20 ° C, for example - 18 ° C.

17. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 6 to 15, characterized in that an interior of the intermediate storage (5) is air-conditioned.

18. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the takeover and / or output station (26; 27; 63) is an open security gate, at least one terminal (35) with at least one input and output device (36) for the dialogue between the intermediate storage facility (5) and the goods provider (3) or goods recipient (2), at least one registration or identification device (54) for identification and / or registration of the goods provider (3) and goods recipient (2) or the

Read and / or register and / or identify the goods (4) and has at least one conveyor device (33).

19. Goods shipping system according to claim 18, characterized in that the registration or identification device (54) an input device (36), for example a touch-sensitive laser imprint scanner, a keyboard with numeric and / or alphanumeric input means and / or a voice input module, and one Output device (36), for example a screen, a voice output module, and at least one detection element for the identification of the goods (4) and the detection of the access authorization identifier of the goods recipient (2) and goods provider (3), for example biometric sensors or image-processing detection element, and the identification data and a removal authorization code of the goods (2).

20. Goods shipping system according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the registration or identification device (54) by a bar code reader and / or a transceiver and / or the CCD camera and or a microphone and / or a sound output device and / or a Card reader, is formed.

21. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 15 to 18, characterized in that at least the terminal (35) of the dispensing station (27; 63) has a payment unit, preferably for cashless payment of the goods (4), which with the tax and data processing device (17) is connected for data transmission.

22. Goods shipping system according to claim 1, characterized in that in the storage module (28), in particular in a database, a removal authorization code sent at least via the goods (3) by the goods provider (3) before the goods (4) are stored in the intermediate storage (5). 4) and / or an access authorization indicator is stored and can be called up via the goods provider (3) and / or the goods recipient (2).

23. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 22, characterized in that the intermediate storage (5) is designed in the form of a housing-like box, for example a container, within which the storage system (24) and the at least one transfer and / or the output station (26; 27; 63) and the control and data processing device (17) and optionally the communication module (18) are arranged, and that the box is made of a weather-resistant and vandal-proof material, such as preferably

Metal structure, is formed.

24. Goods shipping system according to one of claims 1 to 23, characterized in that the transfer station (26; 63) has the measuring device (53) for determining at least one spatial dimension or a weight of the goods (4), with the

Control and data processing device (17) is connected for data transmission.

25. Goods shipping system (1) for goods (4) provided with a data carrier (16) with at least one goods provider (3) or supplier and at least one goods recipient (2) or customer and at least one intermediate storage (5) for a goods provider (3) or suppliers and / or goods recipients (2) or customers, the intermediate store (5) having a transfer station (26; 63) for receiving the goods (4) and an output station (27; 63) for removing the Goods (4), a computer-controlled, fully automatic storage system (24) with a transport unit (39) for handling the goods to be stored or removed or rearranged (4), in particular according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 24, characterized in that the intermediate storage (5) the control and data processing device (17) and a connected to this monitoring device (66) with detection and / or monitoring means (67), in particular sensors for detecting operating parameters and / or movement sequences and that the control and Data processing device (17) with the transport unit (39) and via at least signals for operating status and / or fault messages and control commands for corrective movements on the transport Unit (39) transmitting data transmission network (11) can be connected to a control or control device (68) of at least one remote control center (20) arranged separately from the intermediate storage facility (5).

26. Goods shipping system according to claim 25, characterized in that the Leitbzw. Control device (68), an input device (69), for example a joystick, a keyboard, a touchscreen, for the remote control of correction movements on the transport unit (39) to cancel an existing impermissible deviation, an output device (69), for example a screen, log printer, for the output or display of the operating status and / or fault message, and if necessary a reporting system, for example sound and / or image reproduction device, a data storage module for the operating status and / or fault messages, a target / actual state comparison module and, if applicable, a communication module (19 ) includes.

27. Goods shipping system according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of intermediate stores (5) and at least one remote control center (20) and that the control and data processing devices (17) of the intermediate stores (5) with each other and via the at least one Data transmission network (11) with which at least one remote control center (20) is connected.

28. Goods shipping system according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of intermediate stores (5) and at least one remote control center (20) and that each control and data processing device (17) of the intermediate stores (5) each via the at least one data transmission network (11) with the at least one transmission line central (20) is connected.

29. Procedure for passing on ordered goods (4) from a goods provider

(3) to a goods recipient (2) with intermediate storage in an intermediate storage (5), comprising the following steps:

Order of the goods (4) by the goods recipient (2), the order including information about, if applicable, the order number, the address of the goods recipient (2), the type of goods (4), the number of items, and the intermediate storage selected by the goods recipient (2) (5) includes;

Definition of distinctive identification data for the ordered goods (4) by the goods provider (3);

Compilation and packaging of the goods (4) by the goods provider (3);

Forwarding of the identification data via a data transmission network (11) from an input or output device (14) from the goods provider (3) to the control and data processing device (17) of the selected intermediate store (5);

Determination of free parking spaces in the selected interim storage facility (5) for the goods (4) by sending an inquiry signal to a control and data processing device (17) of the selected interim storage facility (5) and reservation of at least one parking space for the goods (4);

Creating a data carrier (16) containing at least the identification data and attaching it to the goods (4);

Delivery of the assembled goods (4) by means of a transport vehicle, for example a truck, to the intermediate storage (5) selected by the goods recipient (2);

Delivery of the goods (4) to a transfer station (26) of the selected intermediate storage (5); Reading out the unmistakable identification data via a registration or identification device (54) of the interim storage facility (5); Comparing the read identification data with identification data previously transmitted from the goods provider (3) to the selected intermediate storage (5):

If the identification data match: computer-controlled storage of the goods (4) at a free parking space defined by the control and data processing device (17) in a shelf compartment (43) of the intermediate storage (5), the goods (4) being a fully automated transport unit (39 ) supplied, taken over by it and then placed in the shelf compartment (43);

If the identification data do not match: return the goods (2) from the

Transfer station (26) and establishing a connection between the input or output device (14) of the goods supplier (3) and the control and data processing device (17) of the selected intermediate store (5), transmission of the identification data assigned to this goods (4) to the tax and data processing device (17) and output of the identification data of this product (4) at an input and output device (36) of the intermediate store (5);

Sending a removal authorization code from the control and data processing device (17) or input and output device (14) to the goods recipient (2) before or after the goods (4) are stored in the selected intermediate store (5) to the goods recipient (2);

Sending an acknowledgment of receipt or readiness for supply after the goods (4) have been stored in the selected temporary store (5) to the goods recipient (2) and / or goods provider (3);

Input of at least the removal authorization code on the input and output device (36) by the goods recipient (2);

Output of the goods (4) assigned to this removal authorization code at an output station (27) of the interim storage facility (5) and sending out a notification that the goods (4) have been issued to the goods provider (3).

30. The method according to claim 29, characterized in that in the absence of abseil the goods provider (3) from the control and data processing device (17) of the a selected message (5) is sent to the input or output device (14) and that the control and data processing device (17) of the selected intermediate storage (5)) or the input or output device (14) of the goods provider ( 3) free parking spaces in another interim storage facility (5) are determined, whereupon the goods recipient (2) is sent a decision message and subsequently sent by the

Goods recipient (2) a decision feedback signal to the control and data processing device (17) and from this to the input or output device (14) of the goods provider (3) is transmitted, according to the decision made, if necessary, the at least one parking space in the specified intermediate storage ( 5) Reserved, then the goods (4) from the goods provider (3) only after receipt of an availability message sent to the goods provider (3) in the selected temporary storage (5) if there are free parking spaces in the selected temporary storage (5) or already upon receipt of the Decision feedback signal and the availability notification of free parking spaces in the specified interim storage facility (5) is delivered to the specified interim storage facility (5).

31. The method according to claim 29 or 30, characterized in that only at the goods provider (3) registered people, ie people whose name and / or address and / or biometric body characteristics, such as a fingerprint and / or an iris shape and / or a Face shape and / or a typeface and / or a speech recognition pattern are known as goods recipients (2) or suppliers.

32. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 31, characterized in that the removal authorization code and / or an access authorization indicator for the goods recipient (2) simultaneously with the determination of the identification data for the ordered goods (4) by the goods provider (3) and with the identification data is forwarded to the selected or specified temporary storage facility (5).

33. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 32, characterized in that the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization indicator is generated by the intermediate store (5) before the receipt or readiness confirmation is sent out.

34. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 33, characterized in that the goods (4) stored in the shelf compartment (43) are positioned by entering the removal authorization code and / or the access authorization identifier from the transport unit (39). removed and fed to the output station (27; 63).

35. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 34, characterized in that prior to the storage of the goods (4) in the shelf compartment (43) the access authorization identifier and / or at least one spatial dimension, in particular a height, and / or a

Weight of the goods (4) is determined.

36. The method according to claim 29, characterized in that in the event of a mismatch of the identification data containing the information about a destination of the intermediate storage (5) selected by the goods recipient (2), a connection to the goods provider (3) is established via the communication module (18) and the destination of the selected or defined intermediate storage (5) for the goods (4) is called up at this location and this destination is then displayed or output on the input and output device (36) of the intermediate storage (5).

37. The method according to claim 29, characterized in that the identification data and / or a removal authorization code and / or data relating to the goods (4), such as, for example, article numbers and quantities, are stored in a readable manner on the data carrier (16) on the goods (4).

38. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 37, characterized in that the goods (4) are paid for when ordering or after sending the receipt or readiness for delivery by means of the communication device (6) of the goods recipient (2).

39. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 38, characterized in that the goods (4) when picked up at the selected intermediate storage (5), but before the actual delivery at the output station (27), in cash or by means of an ATM or credit card at one Payment parts of the interim storage facility (5) is paid.

40. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 39, characterized in that the (the) on the data carrier (16) stored identification data and / or removal authorization code and / or data relating to the goods (4) at the registration or identification device (54 ) read out and an accompanying note for the dispatch of the goods (4) from the selected or specified intermediate storage (5), in particular from the tax and data Processing device (17) is generated.

41. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 40, characterized in that when the goods (4) are returned from the goods recipient (2) to the goods provider (3), the goods (4) at the transfer station (26; 63) of the intermediate store ( 5) is delivered by the goods recipient (2) and temporarily stored in one of the shelf compartments (43) until it is returned to the goods provider (3), with a return request being sent to the goods provider (3) by the control and data processing device (17).

42. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 41, characterized in that when picking up the goods (4) at the selected or fixed intermediate storage (5) the goods recipient (2) enters the removal authorization code at the registration or identification device (54) and additionally has to provide or enter an access authorization identifier for the unique identification of the goods recipient (2) and / or goods provider (3) or is recorded via the input device (36).

43. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 42, characterized in that the control and data processing device (17) monitors and controls the flow of goods within the intermediate storage (5) and / or that when all the parking spaces in the shelves (43) are occupied. of the at least one shelf warehouse (41) and further buffer sections, in particular

Supply and discharge units (37, 38), or the buffer storage track (56; 71) for the goods to be delivered and / or returned and / or returned (4), the goods provider (3) and / or, if applicable, the goods recipient (2) is notified before delivery of at least one goods (4) to be brought into this interim storage facility (5).

44. The method according to any one of claims 29 to 43, characterized in that the goods recipient (2) after returning at least one ordered goods (4), the amount of money is refunded.

45. Method for operating a goods shipping system (1), in which the goods recipient (2) or customer places an order with the goods provider (3) or supplier and the ordered goods (4) are compiled by the goods provider (3) and at least an interim storage facility (5) with a computer-controlled, fully automated storage system (24) is stored, characterized in that in the interim storage facility (5) during the operation of the storage system (24) by means of detection and / or monitoring means (67) meters, such as vibrations during the movement of a transport unit (39), and / or movement sequences, such as the handling of goods to be stored or removed from a shelf compartment (43) (4), and as feedback signals one with the detection - and / or monitoring means (67) are connected to the control and data processing device (17) capable of data transmission, whereupon an actual state of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences with a predetermined target state, such as the maximum vibration or transfer of the goods (4) from the Transport unit (39) to the shelf compartment (43), is compared and at least in the event of an impermissible deviation, such as when the maximum permissible vibration or jamming of the goods (4) during the transfer from the transport unit

(39) to the shelf compartment (43), the actual state from the target state transmits a signal to a control or control device (68) of at least one remote control center (20) arranged separately from the intermediate store (5) and displayed or displayed as an operating state and / or fault message ., whereupon control commands for the control of the transport unit (39) with process data, such as travel speed, acceleration of the transport unit (39), and / or corrective movements via an operator (70) from the control or control device (68) of the remote control center (20) from which are transmitted to the control and data processing device (17).

46. The method according to claim 45, characterized in that continuously records the operating parameters and / or movement sequences, optionally buffered in the control and data processing device (17) and transmitted to the control or control device (68) of the remote control center (20) ongoing comparison of target and actual status of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences is carried out and recorded or logged there.

47. The method according to claim 45, characterized in that a running target

Actual state comparison of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences carried out in the control and data processing device (17) and that in the event of an impermissible deviation of the continuously detected actual state from the desired state of the operating parameters and / or movement sequences, the signal from the control and data processing device (17) is generated and transmitted to the control or control device (68) of the remote control center (20) and output as an operating status and / or fault message.

48. The method according to any one of claims 45 to 47, characterized in that Maintenance plans or maintenance intervals for the storage system (24) are automatically created from the recorded operating parameters and / or movement sequences.

49. The method according to any one of claims 45 to 48, characterized in that when the actual state deviates from the desired state, the operator (70) is asked to initiate maintenance or repair of the storage system (24).

50. The method according to any one of claims 45 to 49, characterized in that the operating status and / or fault messages from the data storage module of the control or control device (68) or a storage module (28) of the control and data processing device (17) measure information in Sound and / or image information is assigned and output via the output device (69).