CN216561833U - Sorting device, tipping robot and logistics sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a sorting device, a tipping bucket robot and a logistics sorting system, wherein the sorting device comprises a conveying assembly, a sorting assembly and a carrying robot, the conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines arranged at intervals, each first conveying line is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and the conveying direction of each first conveying line is directed to the outlet from the inlet; the sorting assembly is arranged between two adjacent first conveying lines and used for sorting the goods in the material boxes on the two adjacent first conveying lines respectively; the transfer robot can move to an inlet or an outlet to be in butt joint with the first conveying line, so that the material box needing goods sorting is placed in the transfer robot, and the material box after goods sorting is received. The application provides a sorting device can carry out automatic goods letter sorting to many first transfer chains simultaneously to improve goods letter sorting efficiency.

Description

Sorting device, tipping robot and logistics sorting system

The application is a divisional application of the utility model patent application with the name of 'sorting device and logistics sorting system' and filed in Chinese patent office with the application number of 202120673942.1 and the application date of 2021, 3 and 31.

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of storage logistics, in particular to a sorting device, a tipping robot and a logistics sorting system.

Background

Present logistics center is more and more high to the efficiency requirement of letter sorting in the logistics distribution link, and commodity circulation letter sorting system need guarantee to last efficient letter sorting work, improves the whole efficiency of leaving warehouse of goods, still need guarantee the rate of accuracy to the goods letter sorting simultaneously.

In the prior art, a logistics center is generally divided into a storage area and a sorting area, in a logistics distribution process, firstly, goods needing to be delivered from a warehouse are conveyed to the sorting area from the storage area, and sorting work is completed in the sorting area, the process is generally completed manually, and the sorted goods are manually packed or boxed.

However, the efficiency of the existing logistics sorting process is low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a sorting device and a logistics sorting system, which can improve the logistics sorting efficiency.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a sorting apparatus comprising a transport assembly, a picking assembly and a transfer robot.

The conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines arranged at intervals, each first conveying line is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and the conveying direction of each first conveying line is directed from the inlet to the outlet; the sorting assembly is arranged between two adjacent first conveying lines and used for sorting the goods in the material boxes on the two adjacent first conveying lines respectively; the transfer robot can move to an inlet or an outlet to be in butt joint with the first conveying line, so that the material box needing goods sorting is placed in the transfer robot, and the material box after goods sorting is received.

The application provides a sorting device can carry out automatic cargo sorting to many first transfer chain simultaneously to improve goods letter sorting efficiency, can guarantee simultaneously with the transfer robot of first transfer chain butt joint that sorting device lasts the operation, avoid appearing the condition that the material case blocked up.

As an optional implementation mode, the inlet and the outlet are arranged on the same side of the first conveying line, so that the material box can be placed and received by the carrying robot from the same side of the first conveying line, and the difficulty of path planning of the carrying robot is reduced.

As an alternative embodiment, the inlet and the outlet of adjacent first conveying lines are oriented in the same direction, so that the conveying direction of the material boxes containing the goods on the adjacent first conveying lines is ensured to be the same, and the picking assembly is convenient to pick the goods in the material boxes on the two first conveying lines.

As an alternative, the first conveyor line may be U-shaped or semi-circular and the material tank may be conveyed from one end of the first conveyor line to the other.

As an optional implementation manner, the first conveying line includes a first extension section, a second extension section, and a third extension section, an inlet of the first conveying line is located at a first end of the first extension section, an outlet of the first conveying line is located at a first end of the second extension section, a second end of the first extension section and a second end of the second extension section are respectively connected with two ends of the third extension section, and the material tank can enter the first conveying line from the first extension section, pass through the second extension section, and finally be sent out from the third extension section.

As an alternative embodiment, the first conveying line comprises at least one of a conveyor belt and a conveyor roller, and the material box can move under the driving of the conveyor belt or the conveyor roller.

As an alternative embodiment, each two first conveying lines correspond to at least one picking assembly, and each picking assembly can simultaneously pick two first conveying lines at the same time.

As an alternative embodiment, the picking assemblies are multiple, and the multiple picking assemblies are distributed at intervals along the extending direction of the first conveying line, so that the cargo sorting efficiency can be improved.

As an alternative embodiment, the picking assembly comprises at least one robot arm having a fixed end mounted between the two first conveyor lines and a free end mounted with a gripping mechanism to grip the goods in the material boxes on the first conveyor lines to remove the goods to be picked from the material boxes on the first conveyor lines.

As an alternative embodiment, the working radius of the mechanical arm is larger than half of the distance between two adjacent first conveying lines, so that the working range of the mechanical arm can cover the first conveying lines on two sides of the mechanical arm at the same time.

As an optional implementation manner, the free end of the mechanical arm is further provided with a cargo identification unit for identifying the cargo, so that the cargo to be picked can be identified, and the accuracy of cargo picking is ensured.

As an optional implementation mode, the sorting assembly further comprises a manual sorting table, the manual sorting table and the mechanical arms are arranged on different sides of the first conveying line, and goods in the material box are sorted in multiple different modes so as to guarantee the working reliability of the sorting device.

As an optional implementation manner, the sorting device provided by the present application may further include a goods receiving device, which is disposed at one side of the first conveying line and receives goods taken out from the material box by the picking assembly, so as to pack or sort the goods according to an order.

As an optional implementation manner, the goods receiving device includes a second conveying line, a delivery end of the second conveying line is in butt joint with the goods packing workbench, and the picking assembly can place the goods which are taken out from the material box and need to be directly delivered out of the warehouse on the second conveying line and output the goods onto the goods packing workbench.

As an optional implementation manner, the cargo receiving device may further include a third conveying line and a skip robot, a delivery end of the third conveying line is in butt joint with the skip robot, the picking assembly may place the cargo taken out of the material box and needing to be directly delivered out of the warehouse on the second conveying line and output the cargo onto the skip robot, and the skip robot may transport the cargo into the sorting box.

As an alternative embodiment, one side of the picking assembly is provided with a first waiting position, at which the tipping robot can wait and receive goods.

As an optional implementation manner, the outlet of the first conveying line is provided with a second waiting position, and the carrying robot can receive the material boxes after goods are sorted at the waiting position, so that the material boxes are prevented from being blocked.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a logistics sorting system, which includes the above sorting apparatus.

The sorting device comprises a conveying assembly, a sorting assembly and a carrying robot, wherein the conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines arranged at intervals, each first conveying line is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and the conveying direction of each first conveying line is directed to the outlet from the inlet; the sorting assembly is arranged between two adjacent first conveying lines and used for sorting the goods in the material boxes on the two adjacent first conveying lines respectively; the transfer robot can move to an inlet or an outlet to be in butt joint with the first conveying line, so that the material box needing goods sorting is placed in the transfer robot, and the material box after goods sorting is received. The application provides a sorting device can carry out automatic goods letter sorting to many first transfer chains simultaneously to improve goods letter sorting efficiency.

In addition to the technical problems solved by the embodiments of the present application, the technical features constituting the technical solutions, and the advantages brought by the technical features of the technical solutions, other technical problems solved by the sorting device and the logistics sorting system provided by the present application, other technical features included in the technical solutions, and advantages brought by the technical features will be further described in detail in the detailed description of the embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is another schematic structural diagram of a first conveying line in the sorting device provided by the embodiment of the application;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the first conveying line in the sorting device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a transfer robot in a sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

10-a first conveyor line; 101-an inlet; 102-an outlet; 11-a first extension; 12-a second extension; 13-a third extension;

20-a mechanical arm; 21-a manual sorting table;

30-a handling robot;

40-a second conveyor line; 41-a third conveyor line; 42-tipping bucket robot;

50-material box.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

First, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. And can be adjusted as needed by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications.

Second, it should be noted that in the description of the present application, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "inside", "outside", and the like are based on the direction or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that a device or member must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being fixed or detachable or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; there may be communication between the interiors of the two members. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those skilled in the art as the case may be.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Present logistics center is more and more high to the efficiency requirement of letter sorting in the logistics distribution link, and logistics sorting system need guarantee to last efficient letter sorting work, improves the whole efficiency of leaving warehouse of goods, still need guarantee the rate of accuracy to the goods letter sorting simultaneously. The logistics center is generally divided into a storage area and a sorting area, in the logistics distribution process, goods needing to be delivered from the storage area are firstly conveyed to the sorting area from the storage area, the sorting work is completed in the sorting area, the process is generally completed manually, and the sorted goods are manually packaged or boxed. Therefore, the efficiency of the existing logistics sorting process is low, and the accuracy rate of goods sorting is low.

The utility model provides a sorting device and a logistics sorting system, which can improve the logistics sorting efficiency. For the application scenario of the embodiment of the application, the sorting device and the logistics sorting system provided in the embodiment of the application can be applied to different fields such as warehouse-out of stock products in manufacturing factories, warehouse-out of stock products in retail industries, and express warehouse-out sorting of e-commerce logistics, and products or goods related to transportation and sorting can be industrial parts, electronic accessories or products, medicines, clothing accessories, food, books, and the like.

Example one

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the embodiment provides a sorting apparatus, which includes a conveying assembly, a picking assembly and a transfer robot 30, wherein the conveying assembly is used for conveying goods or material boxes 50 containing goods, the picking assembly can sort the goods, the sorted goods can be packed out of a warehouse, or a plurality of goods form an order to be packed, and the transfer robot 30 is used for carrying the material boxes 50.

Specifically, the conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines 10 arranged at intervals, each first conveying line 10 is provided with an inlet 101 and an outlet 102, the conveying direction of each first conveying line 10 is directed to the outlet 102 through the inlet 101, the material boxes 50 are placed in the inlet 101 of each first conveying line 10 and can be sent out through the outlet 102 of each first conveying line 10, the sorting assembly can be arranged between two adjacent first conveying lines 10, the goods in the material boxes 50 on the two adjacent first conveying lines 10 can be respectively sorted, the carrying robot 30 can move to the inlet 101 or the outlet 102 of each first conveying line 10 and automatically butt with the first conveying lines 10, so that the material boxes 50 needing goods sorting are placed in the inlet 101, and the material boxes 50 after goods sorting are received in the outlet 102.

It should be noted that, the sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment can sort the goods of a plurality of first conveying lines 10 at the same time, the transfer robot 30 may be multiple, the working position of the picking assembly may be set in a certain conveying section between the inlet 101 and the outlet 102 of the first conveying line 10, because the intervals of the material boxes 50 conveyed on different conveying lines and the time when the material boxes 50 reach the conveying section where the picking assembly is located may be different, the conveying gap of the picking assembly in the material box 50 of one of the first conveying lines 10 can sort the goods of the material box 50 on the other first conveying line 10, thereby improving the goods sorting efficiency, and meanwhile, the transfer robot 30 docked with the first conveying line 10 can ensure that the sorting apparatus operates continuously, thereby avoiding the situation that the material boxes 50 are jammed.

The specific structure of the first conveyor line 10 and the picking module, and the manner of cooperation of the two, will be described in detail below.

As an optional implementation manner, the inlet 101 and the outlet 102 of the first conveying line 10 may be disposed on the same side of the first conveying line 10, that is, after the material tank 50 is placed on the first conveying line 10 from one side of the first conveying line 10, the material tank may be output from the same side of the first conveying assembly through the conveying section corresponding to the picking assembly, and the distance between the inlet 101 and the outlet 102 of the first conveying line 10 is smaller than the extension length of the first conveying line 10, so that the material tank 50 may be placed and received by the transfer robot 30 from the same side of the first conveying line 10, the operation of taking and placing the material tank 50 by the transfer robot 30 is facilitated, and the difficulty of path planning of the transfer robot 30 is reduced.

In addition, since the transfer robot 30 usually needs to take out the goods from the storage area and transport the material boxes 50 with the goods to the conveying assemblies, the outlet 102 and the inlet 101 of the first conveying line 10 face to the same side, that is, face to the side where the storage area is located, so that the moving stroke of the transfer robot 30 between the storage area and the conveying assemblies can be reduced, and the logistics distribution efficiency can be improved.

Alternatively, the inlet 101 and the outlet 102 of the adjacent first conveying lines 10 may be oriented in the same direction, that is, the extending directions of the first conveying lines 10 on both sides of the picking assembly may be the same, so as to ensure that the conveying directions of the material boxes 50 filled with the materials on the adjacent first conveying lines 10 are the same, but the picking assembly may correspond to different conveying sections of the two first conveying lines 10, so as to facilitate the picking assembly to pick the materials in the material boxes 50 on the two first conveying lines 10.

Of course, different extension directions of different conveyor sections of the first conveyor line 10 may be provided, and the extension shape of the first conveyor line 10 may have a variety of different design manners, and different configurations of the first conveyor line 10 may be selected according to the actual application scenario of the sorting apparatus and the site space conditions, which will be described below by way of specific examples.

As a first alternative, the first conveyor line 10 may have a U-shape, and the two ends of the U-shape of the first conveyor line 10 correspond to the inlet 101 and the outlet 102, respectively, while the opening of the U-shape may face the storage area.

Wherein, the first conveying line 10 may include a first extension section 11, a second extension section 12 and a third extension section 13, the inlet 101 of the first conveying line 10 is located at a first end of the first extension section 11, the outlet 102 of the first conveying line 10 is located at a first end of the second extension section 12, the first extension section 11 and the second extension section 12 are parallel to each other, and a second end of the first extension section 11 and a second end of the second extension section 12 are respectively connected with two ends of the third extension section 13, and the material tank 50 may enter the first conveying line 10 from the first extension section 11, pass through the third extension section 13, and finally be discharged from the second extension section 12, in this embodiment, the moving directions of the material tank 50 on the first extension section 11 and the second extension section 12 are opposite.

Alternatively, the picking assembly may be arranged inside the U-shaped opening, i.e. on both sides of the picking assembly the first and second extensions 11 and 12, respectively, of the first conveyor line 10, while being opposite the third extension 13, so that the goods can be picked simultaneously from several conveyor segments of one first conveyor line 10.

Alternatively, the picking assembly may be disposed between the first extension 11 and the second extension 12 of the adjacent first conveying lines 10, so that the picking assembly can pick the goods in the material box 50 passing through the first extension 11 of one first conveying line 10 and pick the goods in the material box 50 passing through the second extension 12 of the other first conveying line 10.

As a second alternative, the first conveyor line 10 may be semi-circular, the material tanks 50 may be conveyed from one end of the first conveyor line 10 to the other end, and the picking assemblies may be positioned opposite any arcuate segment on the semi-circular.

As a third alternative, as shown in fig. 2, the first conveying line 10 may be W-shaped, so that the first conveying line 10 may be divided into four extension sections connected together in sequence, so that different extension sections may respectively have sorting positions for sorting the picking assemblies, or a plurality of extension sections share one sorting position, thereby ensuring the efficiency of goods sorting.

Fig. 3 is another schematic arrangement diagram of the first conveying line in the sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application, please continue to refer to fig. 1 and fig. 3, it should be noted that, when the picking assembly picks the goods of the two first conveying lines 10, the two first conveying lines 10 may be arranged side by side or opposite to each other, and specifically, when a storage area is arranged on one side of the conveying assembly, the two first conveying lines 10 can be arranged in parallel, the outlet 102 and the inlet 101 face the storage area on one side at the same time, and the picking assembly can be arranged at one end of the first conveying line 10, which is far away from the outlet 102 and the inlet 101, so that the picked goods can be packed and taken out of the storage area on one side, when the storage areas are arranged on both sides of the conveying assembly, the two first conveying lines 10 can be arranged oppositely, so that goods discharged from the storage areas on both sides can be conveniently received respectively.

In addition, the structure of the different first conveying lines 10 may be only one, or multiple structures may be combined, and may be specifically selected according to an actual application scenario, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment, and the first conveying lines 10 with different shapes and structures may extend horizontally along a plane, or have a certain slope at different conveying sections, so as to cooperate with different picking modes of picking assemblies, and the angle of the first conveying line 10 with respect to the horizontal direction is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the application.

In the sorting device of the embodiment, the specific transmission manner of the first conveying line 10 to the material box 50 may adopt one manner or a combination of manners.

Alternatively, the first conveying line 10 may include at least one of a conveyor belt and a conveyor roller, and the material tank 50 may be moved by the conveyor belt or the conveyor roller.

When the transport mode who adopts the conveyer belt, the conveyer belt can carry the setting by stage according to the different setting modes of carrying the section of first transfer chain 10, and every carries the section all can set up one section conveyer belt, and end to end between conveyer belt and the conveyer belt, and every conveyer belt all can be driven by independent drive unit, and material case 50 places the back on the conveyer belt, can rely on the frictional force on material case 50 bottom and conveyer belt surface and remove under the drive of conveyer belt.

When the transport mode who adopts the transfer roller, the transfer roller can be a plurality of, a plurality of transfer rollers set up along the extending direction interval of first transfer chain 10 in proper order, the direction of transfer of material case 50 is perpendicular with the axial of transfer roller, and a plurality of transfer rollers can include drive roll and driven voller, drive roll and driven voller interval in turn set up, the drive roll independently rotates under drive unit's drive, the driven voller can revolute the axle passive rotation, when material case 50 contacts with the drive roll, can remove under the drive of drive roll, and rely on and remove inertia and pass through the driven voller, simultaneously when material case 50 contacts with the driven voller, can have less resistance that gos forward, make the removal process of material case 50 have better smoothness nature.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the conveying assembly may adopt one conveying manner or a combination of a plurality of conveying manners, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited to this.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of transfer robot among the sorting device that this application embodiment provided, can be provided with the multilayer palette that sets up along the direction of height interval on transfer robot 30's the base, and material case 50 can all be placed to every layer palette to transfer robot 30 can transport a plurality of material cases 50 simultaneously, improves transfer robot 30's work efficiency.

As an alternative, every two first conveying lines 10 correspond to at least one picking assembly, and each picking assembly can simultaneously carry out picking operation on two first conveying lines 10, so that space utilization rate is improved.

Optionally, the picking assemblies may be multiple, and the multiple picking assemblies are distributed at intervals along the extending direction of the first conveying line 10, so that the efficiency of cargo sorting can be improved, and different picking assemblies can accept different work tasks, so that the conveying assemblies can continuously and efficiently operate, and congestion of the material tank 50 on the first conveying line 10 is avoided.

The manner of cooperation of the picking module with the first conveyor line 10 and the specific structure of the picking module will be described below.

As an alternative embodiment, the picking assembly may include at least one robot arm 20, the robot arm 20 having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end may be installed between the two first conveying lines 10, and the free end has multiple degrees of freedom with respect to the fixed end, so that requirements of different application scenarios may be met.

Wherein the free end may be equipped with a gripping mechanism to grip the goods in the material tank 50 on the first conveyor line 10, so that the goods to be picked are taken out of the material tank 50 on the first conveyor line 10. Illustratively, the gripping mechanism may be a clamp which can be opened and closed, or a sucker, and the gripping mechanism may be detachably mounted at the free end of the mechanical arm 20, so that the specific structure of the gripping mechanism can be selected according to the type of goods to be sorted.

Optionally, the working radius of the mechanical arm 20 is greater than half of the distance between two adjacent first conveying lines 10, so that the working range of the mechanical arm 20 can cover the first conveying lines 10 on two sides of the mechanical arm simultaneously, and the free end of the mechanical arm 20 can respectively grab the goods on the two first conveying lines 10 in the moving process.

In addition, the free end of the mechanical arm 20 can be provided with a goods identification unit for identifying goods, so that the goods to be picked can be identified, the accuracy of goods picking is ensured, the mechanical arm 20 can place the goods into different subsequent delivery processes according to the information identified by the goods identification unit, and meanwhile, the goods which need to be delivered out of the warehouse can be classified.

The goods identification unit can be visual sensor, photoelectric sensor, specifically can be through discerning the appearance of goods or the sign that sets up on the goods to judge corresponding flow of leaving warehouse, this embodiment does not do the specific theory of operation of goods identification unit and redundantly.

It should be noted that the robot arm 20 may be an articulated multi-free-end robot, and the degree of freedom of the free end relative to the fixed end may be four degrees of freedom, five degrees of freedom, six degrees of freedom, etc., which is not specifically limited in this embodiment, but the plurality of degrees of freedom of the robot arm 20 may be rotational degrees of freedom, translational degrees of freedom, or a combination of rotational degrees of freedom and translational degrees of freedom.

As an optional embodiment, the picking assembly may further include a manual sorting table 21, and the manual sorting table 21 and the mechanical arm 20 may be disposed on different sides of the first conveying line 10, so as to sort the goods in the material box 50 in a plurality of different manners, so as to ensure the reliability of the operation of the sorting apparatus.

It should be noted that whether the goods are sorted by the robot arm 20 or the manual sorting table 21 may be determined according to the kind and the attribute of the goods in the material tank 50, or the goods sorting task may be distributed according to the work efficiency of the robot arm 20 and the manual sorting table 21. Of course, in the application scenario of the actual sorting operation, the above two allocation strategies for the sorting tasks may be used simultaneously to improve the work efficiency of the sorting apparatus.

Because the goods sorts the back, packs the goods out of the warehouse according to the letter sorting result needs, the sorting device that this application provided can also include goods receiving arrangement.

As an alternative embodiment, the goods receiving device may be disposed at one side of the first conveying line 10 and receive the goods taken out of the material tank 50 by the picking assembly, so as to pack or sort the goods according to the order.

Specifically, the goods receiving device comprises a second conveying line 40, at least part of conveying sections of the second conveying line 40 are located in the working range of the picking assembly, the goods discharging end of the second conveying line 40 is in butt joint with the goods packing workbench, and the picking assembly can place goods which are taken out of the material box 50 and need to be directly discharged from a warehouse on the second conveying line 40 and output the goods to the goods packing workbench.

In addition, the goods receiving device may further include a third conveying line 41 and a skip robot 42, a delivery end of the third conveying line 41 is butted against the skip robot 42, the picking assembly may place the goods taken out of the material box 50 and requiring direct delivery onto the second conveying line 40 and output onto the skip robot 42, and the skip robot 42 may transfer the goods into the sorting box.

Illustratively, with Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) as the statistical Unit, if the shipment order contains only one SKU, the goods may be directly transported to the packing station by the second transport line 40 for packing, and if the shipment order contains multiple SKUs, the goods may be transported to the skip robot 42 by the third transport line 41 and transported to the sorting box by the skip robot 42, and after the order is completed, the goods may be packed uniformly.

Tipping robot 42 can include the body and set up the receiver at the body top, thereby the receiver can pour the goods in the receiver for the body upset, and tipping robot 42 can receive the goods in one side of conveyor components, moves to corresponding categorised box position thereafter, turns into the goods in the categorised box.

It should be noted that the second conveyor line 40 and the first conveyor line 10 may have opposite conveying directions so as to facilitate the arrangement of the packing and unloading area and the area where the storage boxes are located, and the second conveyor line 40 and the third conveyor line 41 may have a structure similar to that of the first conveyor line 10, and will not be described in detail herein.

In addition, when actually performing a picking task, the skip robot 42 may need to transport a plurality of goods at a time according to the order requirement, and the plurality of goods need to be picked and taken out from different material boxes 50, so a first waiting position may be provided at one side of the picking assembly, and the skip robot 42 may pick all the goods whose corresponding delivery orders are completed by the first waiting picking assembly without interfering with other goods picking and transporting tasks, thereby improving the overall logistics efficiency.

As an alternative embodiment, the outlet 102 of the first conveying line 10 is provided with a second waiting position, and the transfer robot 30 can receive the sorted goods in the second waiting position, so as to avoid congestion of the goods containers 50.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, both the transfer robot 30 and the dump robot 42 may be trackless robots, and may perform delivery tasks according to the same scheduling and path planning of the control center, and the present application does not specifically limit the specific moving mode, scheduling mode, and path planning method of the transfer robot 30 and the dump robot 42.

The embodiment provides a sorting device and a logistics sorting system, wherein the sorting device comprises a conveying assembly, a sorting assembly and a carrying robot, the conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines arranged at intervals, each first conveying line is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and the conveying direction of each first conveying line is directed from the inlet to the outlet; the sorting assembly is arranged between two adjacent first conveying lines and used for sorting the goods in the material boxes on the two adjacent first conveying lines respectively; the transfer robot can move to an inlet or an outlet to be in butt joint with the first conveying line, so that the material box needing goods sorting is placed in the transfer robot, and the material box after goods sorting is received. The application provides a sorting device can carry out automatic goods letter sorting to many first transfer chains simultaneously to improve goods letter sorting efficiency.

Example two

The embodiment provides a logistics sorting system, which comprises the sorting device in the first embodiment, a shelf and a control center.

Wherein, transfer robot and tipping bucket robot can distribute the task according to control center's unified scheduling and route planning, transfer robot can be to the public region between goods shelves and the sorting device, and accomplish the task of getting and sending of workbin, and workbin transfer robot can directly dock with the sorting device, the material case that will be equipped with the goods directly transports to the sorting device, accept the material case that conveys from the sorting device simultaneously, and enter next job task, sorting device can continuously carry out goods letter sorting task, and sorting device's specific structure and workflow and embodiment are unanimous in one, no longer describe here, this embodiment provides a commodity circulation letter sorting system can improve the efficiency of letter sorting out of the warehouse.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the utility model has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (17)

1. A sorting device, comprising:

the conveying assembly comprises at least two first conveying lines arranged at intervals, each first conveying line is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and the conveying direction of each first conveying line is directed to the outlet from the inlet;

a picking assembly for sorting the goods in the material boxes on either of the two first conveyor lines;

a transfer robot movable to the entrance or the exit to interface with the first transfer line.

2. A sorter as in claim 1 wherein the inlet and the outlet are disposed on the same side of the first conveyor line.

3. A sorter as in claim 2 wherein the inlet and the outlet of adjacent first conveyor lines are oriented the same.

4. A sorter as in claim 2 wherein the first conveyor line is U-shaped or semi-circular.

5. A sorter as in claim 4 wherein the first conveyor line includes a first extension, a second extension, and a third extension, the inlet being located at a first end of the first extension, the outlet being located at a first end of the second extension, the second end of the first extension and the second end of the second extension being connected to respective ends of the third extension.

6. Sorting device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterised in that the first transport line comprises at least one of a conveyor belt, a transport roller.

7. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterised in that there is at least one picking assembly per two first conveyor lines.

8. A sorter as in claim 7 wherein the picking assemblies are plural, the picking assemblies being spaced apart along the direction of extension of the first conveyor line.

9. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterised in that the picking assembly comprises at least one robot arm having a fixed end mounted between two of the first conveyor lines and a free end mounted with a gripping mechanism for gripping the goods in the material boxes on the first conveyor lines.

10. A sorter as in claim 9 wherein the working radius of the robotic arm is greater than half of the spacing between adjacent ones of the first conveyor lines.

11. A sorting device according to claim 9, characterised in that the free end is further provided with a goods identification unit for identifying the goods.

12. A sorter as in claim 9 wherein the picking assembly further includes a manual sorting station disposed on a different side of the first conveyor line than the robotic arm.

13. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised by further comprising a goods receiving device arranged to one side of the first conveyor line and receiving goods taken out of the bin by the picking assembly.

14. A sorter as in claim 13 wherein the goods receiving device includes a second conveyor line, the delivery end of the second conveyor line interfacing with the goods bagging station.

15. A sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the outlet is provided with a second waiting position at which the transfer robot can receive the material bin after sorting of the goods.

16. The utility model provides a tipping robot, its characterized in that includes the body and sets up the receiver at body top, the receiver is used for holding the goods, the receiver can for the body upset, with will goods in the receiver are poured.

17. A logistics sorting system comprising a sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

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