Sorting system and method

• Main Authors: INGRAM TEDD ANDREW JOHN, ROBERT ROLF STADIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 03.09.2021
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a sorting system and method. In particular, the present invention relates to a storage and fetch system and a method of dispatching containers from the storage and fetch system. The storage system comprises a plurality of containers disposed in a stack (10) below a grillwork (22), the grillwork comprising a first set of guide rails and a second set of guide rails, the first and second sets of guide rails being disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. The storage system (1) comprises a plurality of load handling devices operable on the grillwork, the load handling devices (30) raising and storing the containers from and to the stack. A portion of the grillwork (22) extends through a series of conveyor belts (42). The load handling apparatus is capable of storing containers to predetermined locations on a conveyor belt, which may be packed in any random order, and may be packed in multiple locations at any time. 本发明涉及排序系统和方法。具体地，本发明涉及存储和提取系统以及从该存储和提取系统分派容器的方法。该存储系统包括多个容器，这些容器