US 11,932,491 B2
Transfer station configured to handle cargo and cargo receptacle sorting method
Josef A. Haid, Gockhausen (CH)
Assigned to Pick8Ship Technology AG, Wallisellen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/056,834
Filed by PICK8SHIP TECHNOLOGY AG, Dübendorf (CH)
PCT Filed May 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063271
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/224282, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 00634/18 (CH), filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179352 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 65/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a transfer station configured to handle cargo receptacles and an electronic cargo tracking system, wherein the transfer station comprises:
i. a transfer device comprising
a. at least one holder component configured to hold and release the cargo receptacles,
b. at least one platform configured to support the cargo receptacles,
c. at least one transfer device frame extending in a vertical direction, in which the at least one platform is mounted in a vertically displaceable manner, the transfer device frame comprising at least one lifting drive component configured to vertically displace the at least one platform,
ii. a base member on which the transfer device frame is mounted, and
iii. an electronic circuit configured to control an operation of at least one component of the transfer station, wherein the electronic circuit comprises an electronic communications interface configured to send and receive transfer station operation information to and from the electronic cargo tracking system, wherein an electronic circuit of the electronic cargo tracking system comprises at least one sensor or detector configured to detect position, size, and status information of the cargo receptacle and to detect identification number logic that includes information on the cargo item, cargo size, and capacity of the cargo receptacle cart.