US 11,685,601 B2
Storage and pickup apparatus with batch express delivery storage and reserved express delivery pickup functions, and storage and pickup method
Changlin Chen, Zhejiang (CN); Zhonghua Chai, Zhejiang (CN); and Lei Shen, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to HANGZHOU DONGCHENG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 16/757,259
Filed by HANGZHOU DONGCHENG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/109111
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043219, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201810977613.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0094760 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G05B 19/416 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01)
CPC B65G 1/1371 (2013.01) [G05B 19/416 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45054 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage and pickup apparatus with batch express delivery storage and reserved express delivery pickup functions, comprising:
a case with a polygonal cross section,
an express delivery conveying device,
a plurality of rows of storage racks distributed around the express delivery conveying device, a plurality of storage units and a plurality of temporary storage units being arranged on the storage rack, and
a controller electrically connected with the express delivery conveying device,
a storage and pickup port arranged on the case, the storage and pickup port comprising a cabinet door, the cabinet door being electrically connected with the controller and being capable of being opened or closed to open or close the storage and pickup port under the control of the controller,
wherein the express delivery conveying device is controlled by the controller and moving back and forth between the storage and pickup port and the storage units to realize warehousing-in and warehousing-out operations of express deliveries,
the apparatus further comprising:
a plurality of temporary storage cabinet doors each corresponding to the temporary storage units respectively arranged on the case,
the temporary storage cabinet doors are electrically connected with the controller and are capable of being opened or closed under the control of the controller for temporary storage or pickup of express deliveries, and
under the control of the controller, the express delivery conveying device is capable of:
conveying express deliveries in the temporary storage units to the storage units, and
conveying express deliveries in the storage units to the temporary storage units.