公开(公告)号：US20230023364A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17786791

申请日：2020-12-10

申请人： Daifuku Co., Ltd.

发明人： Fumiaki Tatemi ,  Masaya Miyamoto ,  Wataru Kiyokawa ,  Kazunari Kimura ,  Masashige Iwata ,  Yuichi Ueda

IPC分类号： B65G1/02 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G15/08

摘要： A picking system includes a multi-tier sorting device having ports in a plurality of tiers at different levels in a top-bottom direction, and sorts and discharges each of articles to one of the ports in the plurality of tiers; a plurality of first transport devices respectively corresponding to the ports in the plurality of tiers; and a second transport device configured to receive the articles from the first transport device and transport the articles. The second transport device has a second transport surface movable upward and downward, and, in a state where the second transport surface is located at a height corresponding to a terminal end portion of the first transport surface of one of the plurality of first transport devices, the second transport device receives the articles discharged from the terminal end portion of the first transport surface and transports the articles, with use of the second transport surface.