An order-picking system for order-picking articles stored in a storage rack into conveying pockets includes a storage rack areas arranged in rack rows and/or rack levels for storing the articles, an overhead conveyor system for transporting conveying pockets, and an order-picking area in accordance with the ware-to-person principle, where a number of articles specified by a control computer can be order-picked into conveying pockets at the order-picking area. The storage rack is modular and in the form of independent individual racks. A transport robot is autonomous or controlled by the control computer and constructed to pass beneath an individual rack and/or a transport trolley and transport the individual rack and/or the transport trolley to the order-picking area an article stored in the individual rack and/or an article order-picked from the storage rack into the transport trolley in advance is to be order-picked into a conveyor pocket at the order-picking area.

An order-picking system for order-picking articles stored in a storage rack into conveying pockets includes a storage rack areas arranged in rack rows and/or rack levels for storing the articles, an overhead conveyor system for transporting conveying pockets, and an order-picking area in accordance with the ware-to-person principle, where a number of articles specified by a control computer can be order-picked into conveying pockets at the order-picking area. The storage rack is modular and in the form of independent individual racks. A transport robot is autonomous or controlled by the control computer and constructed to pass beneath an individual rack and/or a transport trolley and transport the individual rack and/or the transport trolley to the order-picking area an article stored in the individual rack and/or an article order-picked from the storage rack into the transport trolley in advance is to be order-picked into a conveyor pocket at the order-picking area.

The present invention relates to a beverage cooler that is spring biased in order to easily load, leverage, remove, and restock beverages for cooling. The spring biased beverage cooler includes an inner storage case within a compartment that is cooled by an evaporator. For access to the storage case, the top of the cooler includes sliding partitions. The storage case includes biased shelving that is separated by dividers that form storage sections within the storage case that receive beverage containers. The biased shelving includes a biased member to push shelves of the biased shelving toward the user for easy loading and removal of leveraged beverages on the shelving.

The present invention relates to a beverage cooler that is spring biased in order to easily load, leverage, remove, and restock beverages for cooling. The spring biased beverage cooler includes an inner storage case within a compartment that is cooled by an evaporator. For access to the storage case, the top of the cooler includes sliding partitions. The storage case includes biased shelving that is separated by dividers that form storage sections within the storage case that receive beverage containers. The biased shelving includes a biased member to push shelves of the biased shelving toward the user for easy loading and removal of leveraged beverages on the shelving.

Disclosed are container apparatuses that have variable volume capacity, which are useful, for example, as pack-off containers in operations involving manufactured articles. The container apparatuses can have vertically translatable bottom members to adjust volume capacity, and the bottom members can also be rotatable to facilitate the presentation of manufactured articles for removal. The vertically translatable bottom members can be suspended flexible sheet materials, portions of which can be raised or lowered to re-contour the shape of and adjust the volume capacity of the container apparatuses.

A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices comprises a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged, wherein the feeding unit comprises a moving device that is configured to move the products into the cutting region, and wherein the moving device comprises a transporting member that is configured to apply a pressure onto an upper product side while the product is fed into the cutting region.

A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices comprises a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged, wherein the feeding unit comprises a moving device that is configured to move the products into the cutting region, and wherein the moving device comprises a transporting member that is configured to apply a pressure onto an upper product side while the product is fed into the cutting region.

A sprung display case for dispensing products, particularly heavy products such as beverage multipacks. The case comprises a vertical chamber that is open at an upper end (and is sized and shaped such that a plurality of the products can be vertically stacked within the chamber; a horizontal platform that is mounted to be vertically slidable within the chamber, the platform having at least one air hole formed therethrough; a single resiliently compressible member mounted in the chamber between a lower side of the platform and an upper side of a base of the chamber to bias the platform towards the upper end of the chamber; and a tether fixed at a first end to the platform and at a second end to the base of the chamber to prevent the platform moving out of the upper end of the chamber.

A sprung display case for dispensing products, particularly heavy products such as beverage multipacks. The case comprises a vertical chamber that is open at an upper end (and is sized and shaped such that a plurality of the products can be vertically stacked within the chamber; a horizontal platform that is mounted to be vertically slidable within the chamber, the platform having at least one air hole formed therethrough; a single resiliently compressible member mounted in the chamber between a lower side of the platform and an upper side of a base of the chamber to bias the platform towards the upper end of the chamber; and a tether fixed at a first end to the platform and at a second end to the base of the chamber to prevent the platform moving out of the upper end of the chamber.

A storage and dispensing system is provided for efficiently loading, supporting, and dispensing one or more items. The system includes a housing defining an interior space for storing the items, a lift platform assembly disposed within the housing and configured to move vertically to support and elevate the items, and a loading mechanism operatively connected to the lift platform assembly. The loading mechanism facilitates placement or loading of the items onto the lift platform assembly and interacts with the lift platform to transition it between a lowered position for loading and a raised position for dispensing. The system allows for selective dispensing of items while maintaining organized storage and ease of access.