Notice n° EP0989948

Titre

MATERIEL DE DISTRIBUTION DE MARCHANDISES A LA PIECE

N° et date de publication de la demande

EP0989948 - 05/04/2000

Type de la demande

A1

N° et date de dépôt

EP98929138.0 - 16/06/1998

N° et date de priorité

EP97870090 - 19/06/1997

Famille de brevets

PT989948E ; AU7899898A ; EP0885816A1 ; ES2218834T3 ; US6421580B1 ; DE69822825T2 ; WO9858856A1 ; EP0989948A1 ; ATE263094T1

Abrégé

The invention is relating to a distributing equipment for piece goods comprising (a) an order device (1), (b) locations (3) where the available piece goods can be arranged in such a way that the same goods are contained at the same location (3), (c) transporting means including a robot (4) cooperating with said order device (1) for moving a specific piece good from the corresponding location (3) to a delivery window (6), (d) a distinctive mark (9) at each of said locations (3) which can be detected by a sensor (10) incorporated in the robot (4), the latter comprising a memory unit cooperating with said sensor (10) for storing the coordinates of said different marks (9), and control means for moving the robot (4) to a location (3) with a mark (9), identified by specific coordinates selected among the stored coordinates.