US 12,280,949 B2
Storage and sorting method and apparatus, control device and storage medium
Mengfan Lu, Beijing (CN); Xiaodong Yang, Beijing (CN); Shuandong Cui, Beijing (CN); Bin Zhao, Beijing (CN); and Jinyu Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING JINGDONG ZHENSHI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/627,408
Filed by BEIJING JINGDONG ZHENSHI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/080825
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/012696, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910671259.1 (CN), filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258973 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/31 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/0485 (2013.01) [B07C 3/008 (2013.01); B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 47/902 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storing and sorting apparatus, comprising:
a conveying device configured to convey articles;
a shaft; and
at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device is located over the conveying device, is nested on the shaft and is configured to:
be driven to rotate about the shaft;
obtain and store the articles conveyed on the conveying device in a storage phase; and
release the stored articles to the conveying device in a sorting phase.