Picking system
US11034518B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2203/044
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A picking system includes: a multi-column sorting device that sorts articles based on an order, and discharges each of the articles into one of a plurality of columns of compartments; a plurality of storage devices that receive the articles discharged from the respective corresponding compartments until article groups that are each a set of the articles for each order have been collected, and temporarily store the articles; and a transport device that receives and unloads the article discharged from each of the storage devices with an accommodating container located at a standby position, and loads an empty accommodating container to the standby position.
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