UNLOADING STATION FOR AUTOMATICALLY SEPARATING A BUNDLE FROM LOADING EQUIPMENT

摘要

The invention relates to an unloading station (10; 100; 120; 150) and to a method for automatically separating a bundle (20) stored on loading equipment (16), in particular a shelf board (18) having a perimeter edge (50) comprising substantially a constant height (HR), from the loading equipment (16), wherein the unloading station comprises an infeed conveyor (12) and an endless recirculating separating conveyor (14), wherein the infeed conveyor (12) conveys the loading equipment (16) in the longitudinal direction downstream (32) toward the separating conveyor (14), wherein a conveying plane (54) of the infeed conveyor (12) makes an acute angle (α) with a conveying plane (52) of the separating conveyor (14), wherein the infeed conveyor (12) in particular declines in the direction of the horizontally oriented separating conveyor (14), and wherein the separating conveyor (14) is disposed relative to the infeed conveyor (12) such that the edge (50) of the loading equipment (16) can be conveyed underneath the separating conveyor, so that a front end of the separating conveyor (14) facing the infeed conveyor (12) contacts the bundle (20) when the loading equipment (16) is conveyed below the separating conveyor (18) and lifts the bundle (20) out of the loading equipment (16) onto the separating conveyor (14), thus separating the same from the loading equipment (16).