CN215313983U - Mobile sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a mobile sorting system. This remove letter sorting system is including carrying piece, sorting device and spout subassembly. The sorting device comprises a mechanical arm arranged on the carriage and an end effector connected with the mechanical arm; the sliding chute assembly is arranged on one side of the carriage; carry the piece to install on the carriage, will wait to sort the express mail and transport to end effector in, arm drive end effector moves to wait to sort the express mail and transport to the spout subassembly in. This application supplies the piece through carrying promptly, and rethread arm and end effector are treated letter sorting express mail and are sorted, compare in prior art's sorting device, the arm and the end effector volume of this application are very little, consequently can be with removing letter sorting system installation on the carriage, follow the vehicle and remove, form portable letter sorting platform, can arrange in a flexible way portable letter sorting platform according to the letter sorting ability demand in different letter sorting places, and then can deal with the rush hour that the express mail increases suddenly, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express mail.

Description

Mobile sorting system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of logistics sorting, in particular to a mobile sorting system.

Background

In the logistics industry, express sorting is a very important link. In the sorting process, delivery is generally adopted for delivery, then an automatic sorting device is used for sorting a plurality of express items (namely goods), so that the express items are transported to positions matched with the sorting addresses of the express items, and then the goods are loaded and transported manually or by equipment. However, the sorting device and the sorting system composed of the conveying pieces in the prior art are installed in a fixed sorting field, so that the sorting system cannot be flexibly deployed, the sorting capacity of the sorting field is fixed, and the rapid piece suddenly increasing peak period cannot be met, so that the sorting efficiency of the rapid piece is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a remove letter sorting system to solve the problem that prior art's letter sorting system installs in fixed letter sorting place and can not dispose in a flexible way.

In one aspect, the present application provides a mobile sortation system for a carriage, the mobile sortation system comprising: the sorting device comprises at least one conveying piece, at least one sorting device and at least one sliding chute assembly;

the sorting device comprises a mechanical arm arranged on the carriage and an end effector connected with the mechanical arm; the sliding chute assembly is arranged on one side of the carriage;

the conveying piece is mounted on the carriage and used for conveying the express to be sorted into the end effector;

the mechanical arm is used for driving the end effector to move so as to transport the express to be sorted to the chute assembly.

In some possible implementations, the conveying element includes a plurality of conveyor belts and a plurality of direction-changing elements respectively located between every two adjacent conveyor belts, and the sorting device is located at a side of the direction-changing elements.

In some possible implementations, the redirection piece has a plurality of rotatable rollers.

In some possible implementations, the conveying element further includes a plurality of first buffer conveying elements, and the plurality of first buffer conveying elements respectively abut against the plurality of redirecting elements.

In some possible implementations, the conveying element further includes a plurality of second buffer conveyance elements, and the plurality of second buffer conveyance elements respectively abut against the plurality of first buffer conveyance elements.

In some possible implementations, the chute assembly includes a plurality of chutes that are rotatably coupled to the car.

In some possible implementation manners, the sliding groove includes a bearing plate and two side plates respectively connected to two sides of the bearing plate, and the bearing plate and/or the side plates are rotatably connected to the carriage.

In some possible implementations, the sliding groove includes a conveying member and two side plates respectively connected to the conveying member, and the side plates are rotatably connected to the car.

In some possible implementations, the end effector includes a base plate coupled to the robotic arm, and a shroud coupled to the base plate, the base plate and the shroud defining a receiving cavity having an opening.

In some possible implementations, the mobile sortation system further includes a sweep mounted on the carriage, the sweep being located above the conveyance.

The mobile sorting system provided by the application comprises at least one conveying piece, at least one sorting device and at least one sliding chute assembly. The sorting device comprises a mechanical arm arranged on the carriage and an end effector connected with the mechanical arm; the sliding chute assembly is arranged on one side of the carriage; carry the piece to install on the carriage, will wait to sort the express mail and transport to end effector in, arm drive end effector moves to wait to sort the express mail and transport to the spout subassembly in. This application supplies the piece through carrying promptly, rethread arm and end effector are treated letter sorting express mail and are sorted, compare in prior art's cross area sorting device, transport area sorting device or push arm formula sorting device, the arm and the end effector volume of this application are very little, consequently, can install the removal letter sorting system of this application on the carriage, follow the vehicle and remove, form portable letter sorting platform, thereby can arrange in a flexible way portable letter sorting platform according to the letter sorting ability demand in different letter sorting places, and then can deal with the peak period that the express mail increases suddenly, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express mail.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile sortation system as provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a sorting device and chute assembly of the mobile sorting system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a sorting device and chute assembly of a mobile sorting system according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the mobile sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a logic diagram of the operation of the mobile sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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 only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. 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.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The mobile sortation system of the present application may be applied in a car to form a movable sortation platform. This application supplies the piece through carrying promptly, rethread arm and end effector are treated letter sorting express mail and are sorted, compare in prior art's cross area sorting device, transport area sorting device or push arm formula sorting device, the arm and the end effector volume of this application are very little, consequently, can install the removal letter sorting system of this application on the carriage, follow the vehicle and remove, form portable letter sorting platform, thereby can arrange in a flexible way portable letter sorting platform according to the letter sorting ability demand in different letter sorting places, and then can deal with the peak period that the express mail increases suddenly, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express mail.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in an embodiment of the present application, a mobile sorting system is provided, which is applied to a carriage 100, and includes: the device comprises at least one conveying piece 1, at least one sorting device 2 and at least one chute assembly 3;

the sorting apparatus 2 includes a robot arm 21 mounted on the carriage 100, and an end effector 22 connected to the robot arm 21; the chute assembly 3 is mounted on one side of the carriage 100;

the conveying member 1 is arranged on the carriage 100 and is used for conveying the express to be sorted into the end effector 22;

the mechanical arm 21 is used for driving the end effector 22 to move so as to transport the express to be sorted into the chute assembly 3.

It should be noted that, this application supplies the piece through carrying 1, the express mail of waiting to sort is sorted through arm 21 and end effector 22, compare in prior art's cross area sorting device, transport belt sorting device or push arm formula sorting device, the arm 21 and the end effector 22 volume of this application are very little, consequently can install the removal letter sorting system of this application on carriage 100, follow the vehicle and remove, form portable letter sorting platform, thereby can arrange portable letter sorting platform according to the letter sorting ability demand in different letter sorting places in a flexible way, for example, letter sorting place, and then can deal with the peak period that the express mail increases suddenly, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express mail.

In addition, since the robot arm 21 and the end effector 22 of the present application are small in size, the floor area of the sorting apparatus 2 can be reduced, thereby improving the sorting flow direction (meaning the direction of sorting flow) per unit area. And because the cross belt sorting device, the conveying belt sorting device or the push arm type sorting device in the prior art have more modules and complex structures, the power supply and communication lines are also complex, the maintenance cost is high, and the mechanical arm 21 and the end effector 22 have simpler structures and can reduce the maintenance cost.

In addition, the civil engineering cost of the sorting field is high and the land is short, when the rent of the sorting field is due or the sorting field is expanded, the sorting system installed in the sorting field in the prior art needs to be moved and removed and needs to be debugged again, and the sorting system is complex and has huge expenditure. The mobile sorting system is arranged on the carriage 100 to form a movable sorting platform, and can be flexibly deployed to save cost.

In this embodiment, treat that the letter sorting express mail can be for giving birth to the bright piece, give birth to the bright piece and need accomplish the letter sorting in the short time, prior art's letter sorting system is installed in fixed letter sorting place, can't deal with the peak period that gives birth to the bright piece and increase suddenly, can lead to the biological death or rotten in giving birth to the bright piece, and this application will remove letter sorting system and install on carriage 100, follow the vehicle and remove, form portable letter sorting platform, carry out nimble deployment with portable letter sorting platform according to the letter sorting ability demand in different letter sorting places, for example the bright piece in a letter sorting place is in the peak period, then can arrange more portable letter sorting platform of quantity and deploy in this letter sorting place, thereby accomplish the letter sorting of giving birth to the bright piece in the short time, avoid the biological death or rotten in the bright piece.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the car 100 is a trailer car, and the car 100 may be connected by a tractor to form a complete vehicle. The carriage 100 comprises a carriage bottom plate 101, a support frame 102 connected with the carriage bottom plate 101 and two flying wing doors 103 connected with the support frame 102, when the two flying wing doors 103 are closed, the left side and the right side of the carriage 100 can be closed, and the front end and the rear end of the carriage 100 are open, so that the mobile sorting system can work conveniently. The conveying element 1, the sorting device 2 and the chute assembly 3 can be mounted on the vehicle bottom plate 101. When the vehicle moves to appointed letter sorting place, remove letter sorting system when beginning work, the tractor can with carriage 100 disconnection, two fly wing door 103 open, make carriage 100 open completely, delivery 1 and spout subassembly 3 all can extend to carriage 100 outside, equipment or the manual work in the appointed letter sorting place will wait to sort express mail and transport to delivery 1 on, delivery 1 transports letter sorting express mail to sorting device 2 in, sorting device 2 will wait to sort express mail and transport to spout subassembly 3 in, will wait to sort express mail through spout subassembly 3 and transport to the assigned position, accomplish the express mail letter sorting.

In other embodiments, the chute assembly 3 may not be connected to the car 100, and the chute assembly 3 does not follow the movement of the vehicle, but is disposed in the sorting yard.

In some embodiments, the number of sorting devices 2 is multiple in order to improve sorting efficiency. A transport 1, a spout subassembly 3 and predetermined quantity sorting device 2 of this application constitute a letter sorting line, and the predetermined quantity of sorting device 2 is decided according to the size in carriage 100, and for example the predetermined quantity can be three, then a transport 1, a spout subassembly 3 and three sorting device 2 constitute a letter sorting line. In addition, two sorting lines can be provided according to the size of the carriage 100 to further improve the sorting efficiency.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the conveying element 1 includes a plurality of conveyor belts 11 and a plurality of direction-changing elements 12 respectively located between every two adjacent conveyor belts 11, and the sorting device 2 is located at the side of the direction-changing elements 12. That is, both the conveyor belt 11 and the redirected part 12 can transport the express items to be sorted, and the transport direction of the redirected part 12 can be changed, so that the transport direction of the redirected part 12 is consistent with the transport direction of the conveyor belt 11, or is inclined, or is vertical, so that when the express items to be sorted are positioned on the redirected part 12, the express items to be sorted can be transported to the end effector 22 of the sorting device 2 through the redirected part 12, so as to facilitate the sorting of the express items to be sorted.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1, a plurality of conveyor belts 11 and a plurality of direction-changing members 12 are arranged in a straight line. The number of sorting devices 2 is the same as the number of redirecting elements 12, one sorting device 2 for each redirecting element 12. The chute assembly 3 has a plurality of sorting flow directions, each sorting flow direction corresponding to a sorting address and each sorting device 2 corresponding to a portion of the sorting flow direction. When waiting to sort the express mail and being located appointed redirecting, appointed redirecting will wait to sort the express mail and transport to appointed sorting device in, appointed sorting device will wait to sort the express mail and transport to the position that corresponds appointed letter sorting flow direction on the spout subassembly 3. The designated sorting flow direction is a sorting flow direction matched with the sorting address of the express to be sorted in the plurality of sorting flow directions, the designated sorting device is a sorting device 2 matched with the designated sorting flow direction in the plurality of sorting devices 2, and the designated redirection piece is a redirection piece 12 matched with the designated sorting device in the plurality of redirection pieces 12.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the redirecting element 12 has a plurality of rotatable rollers 121, that is, the redirecting element 12 may be a swing wheel mechanism, and the express items to be sorted are transported to the sorting device 2 by rotating the plurality of rollers 121 by a preset angle. The roller 121 can rotate around the central line of the roller 121 to adjust the transmission direction, for example, the roller 121 can adjust the transmission direction to be perpendicular to the transmission direction of the conveyor belt 11 to transport the to-be-sorted express items to the sorting device 2, or the roller 121 can adjust the transmission direction to be parallel to the transmission direction of the conveyor belt 11 to transport the to-be-sorted express items to the next conveyor belt 11, so that the to-be-sorted express items can be accurately transported to the designated sorting device to improve the sorting efficiency.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the conveying element 1 further includes a plurality of first buffer conveying elements 13, and the plurality of first buffer conveying elements 13 are respectively abutted to the plurality of direction-changing elements 12. The quantity that is first buffer memory transmission piece 13 is the same with the quantity that changes to piece 12 promptly, every changes to a first buffer memory transmission piece 13 of 12 butt of piece, change to piece 12 and will wait to sort express mail transportation to first buffer memory transmission piece 13 earlier, first buffer memory transmission piece 13 will wait to sort express mail transportation to sorting device 2 again, thereby it is more waiting to sort express mail quantity, when sorting device 2 handles not to come, can wait to sort express mail transportation to first buffer memory transmission piece 13 on keeping in earlier, sorting device 2 has handled one and waits to sort after the express mail, first buffer memory transmission piece 13 transports one again and waits to sort express mail to sorting device 2, thereby improve letter sorting efficiency.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the conveying element 1 further includes a plurality of second buffer transmission elements 14, and the plurality of second buffer transmission elements 14 are respectively abutted to the plurality of first buffer transmission elements 13. That is, the number of the second buffer transmission pieces 14 is the same as that of the first buffer transmission pieces 13, each second buffer transmission piece 14 abuts against one first buffer transmission piece 13, the direction change piece 12 transports the to-be-sorted express pieces to the first buffer transmission pieces 13, the first buffer transmission pieces 13 transport the to-be-sorted express pieces to the second buffer transmission pieces 14, the second buffer transmission pieces 14 transport the to-be-sorted express pieces to the sorting device 2, so that when the to-be-sorted express pieces are large in number and the sorting device 2 cannot process the to-be-sorted express pieces, the to-be-sorted express pieces can be transported to the first buffer transmission pieces 13 and the second buffer transmission pieces 14 for temporary storage, the temporary storage number of the to-be-sorted express pieces is further increased, and the sorting efficiency is further improved.

In addition, the conveying member 1 can also be provided with a third buffer conveying member and/or a fourth buffer conveying member according to actual conditions, and the application is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the area outside the carriage 100 near the first conveyor belt 11 of the plurality of conveyor belts 11 may be a loading area, in which the express items to be sorted may be transported onto the conveyor belts 11 by loading equipment or manually. The area outside the carriage 100, which is close to the last conveyor belt 11 of the plurality of conveyor belts 11, may be a return area, and when the temporary storage quantity of the to-be-sorted express items on the first buffer transport item 13 and the second buffer transport item 14 is full, or when the sorting address of the to-be-sorted express item does not correspond to the plurality of sorting flow directions of the chute assembly 3, the to-be-sorted express item may be transported to the return area by the transport item 1, and the to-be-sorted express item may be transported to the return area or other mobile sorting systems by a return device or manually.

In this embodiment, the conveyor belt 11, the first buffer transmission member 13 and the second buffer transmission member 14 may be a belt conveyor, a roller 121 conveyor or a chain conveyor, as long as the mechanism can transport goods, and the application is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the chute assembly 3 includes a plurality of chutes 31, and the plurality of chutes 31 are rotatably connected to the car 100. I.e. the plurality of sorting flow directions of the chute assembly 3, refers to a plurality of chutes 31, one sorting flow direction for each chute 31. The chute 31 is rotatably connected with the carriage 100, when the mobile sorting system is transported along with a vehicle, the chute 31 can be rotated towards the carriage 100, so that the chute 31 is positioned in the carriage 100, the vehicle can be conveniently moved, when the mobile sorting system is operated, the chute 31 can be rotated towards the outside of the carriage 100, the chute 31 is extended to the outside of the carriage 100 for sorting express items, and therefore the applicability of the chute assembly 3 is improved.

In this embodiment, the sliding chute 31 and the car 100 (i.e., the car bottom plate 101) may be connected by a hinge to realize the rotational connection between the sliding chute 31 and the car 100, or of course, a rotating shaft may be provided on the car 100, and the sliding chute 31 is connected to the rotating shaft to realize the rotational connection between the sliding chute 31 and the car 100, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the chutes 31 are arranged in a row and are all rotatably connected to the carriage 100, and the movement range of the mechanical arm 21 of each sorting device 2 covers a part of the chutes 31. The specific number of chutes 31 is set according to the number of sorting devices 2 and the size of the carriage 100, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the chutes 31 are disposed in the sorting field, and the chutes 31 may be disposed in two rows corresponding to each sorting device 2, that is, the two rows of chutes 31 are respectively located at two sides of one sorting device 2, so as to increase the sorting flow direction. In addition, referring to fig. 3, according to the area of the sorting field and the movement range of the mechanical arm 21, the plurality of chutes 31 may be arranged in four rows corresponding to each sorting device 2, that is, the four rows of chutes 31 are respectively located at two sides of one sorting device 2, and each side has two rows of chutes 31, so as to further increase the sorting flow direction.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the sliding slot 31 includes a bearing plate 311 and two side plates 312 respectively connected to two sides of the bearing plate 311, and the bearing plate 311 and/or the side plates 312 are rotatably connected to the car 100. The loading board 311 and the two side boards 312 can define a sliding channel, and the to-be-sorted express items can slide down to a designated position through the sliding channel, so that the structure is simple, and the express item sorting can be realized.

In addition, when the mobile sorting system works, the included angle between the bearing plate 311 and the ground can be 45 degrees to 75 degrees, so that the express items to be sorted can slide downwards conveniently. The width of the carrying plate 311 can be 0.5m-0.8m, and the length can be more than 1.5m, so that the chute 31 can accommodate most sizes of express items to be sorted, and the volume of the chute 31 is too large. Of course, the width and length of the carrier plate 311 can also be other values, and the application is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the chute 31 includes a conveying member 311 'and two side plates 312 respectively connected to the conveying member 311', and the side plates 312 are rotatably connected to the car 100. Namely, the conveying piece 311 'and the two side plates 312 can define a sliding-down channel, the express items to be sorted can slide down to a designated position through the sliding-down channel, and the conveying piece 311' can accelerate the sliding-down speed of the express items to be sorted, so that the sorting efficiency is further improved.

In addition, when the mobile sorting system works, the conveying member 311 'has a transmission function, so that the included angle between the conveying member 311' and the ground can be 0-75 degrees, and the chute 31 is convenient to install. The width of the conveyor 311' may be between 0.5m and 0.8m and the length may be greater than 1.5m, so that the chute 31 can accommodate most sizes of the items to be sorted and the chute 31 is oversized. Of course, the width and length of the conveying member 311' may have other values, and the application is not limited thereto. The conveying member 311' may be a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor, and any mechanism capable of conveying goods may be used, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2-4, end effector 22 includes a base 221 coupled to robotic arm 21, and an enclosure 222 coupled to base 221, base 221 and enclosure 222 defining a receiving cavity having an opening. The end effector 22 is formed by combining the bottom plate 221 and the enclosing plate 222 into a box-shaped structure, and the accommodating cavity is used for accommodating the express to be sorted, so that compared with a suction cup or a clamping mechanism in the prior art, the end effector can be applied to various types of goods, such as envelopes or boxes, and the like, and the applicability of the sorting device 2 is improved.

In addition, referring to fig. 4, the mechanical arm 21 drives the end effector 22 to move to the upper side of the designated chute, and then the end effector 22 is rotated to make the opening face downward, so that the express to be sorted drops onto the designated chute under the action of gravity, and the designated chute is one chute 31 matched with the sorting address of the express to be sorted in the plurality of chutes 31, so as to complete sorting of the express to be sorted.

Before the end effector 22 is rotated, the mechanical arm 21 drives the end effector 22 to move towards a direction close to the designated chute, and the distance between the end effector 22 and the designated chute is shortened, so that the impact on the falling of the to-be-sorted express is reduced, and the to-be-sorted express is prevented from being damaged. At this moment, when waiting to sort the express mail and dropping to appointed spout on, if wait to sort the express mail volume great, then end effector 22 can block and wait to sort the express mail, can't let and wait to sort the express mail gliding, consequently, after waiting to sort the express mail and dropping to appointed spout, arm 21 drive end effector 22 is to keeping away from the direction motion of appointed spout to let and wait to sort the smooth gliding of express mail.

In addition, after the express to be sorted falls onto the designated chute under the action of gravity, the mechanical arm 21 drives the end effector 22 to rotate, so that the opening faces upwards, and the end effector 22 can accommodate the next express to be sorted.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the mobile sorting system further includes a code scanning unit 4 mounted on the carriage 100, and the code scanning unit 4 is located above the conveying unit 1. Sweep a yard 4 and be used for treating the waybill bar code on the express mail of letter sorting and scan discernment to acquire the letter sorting address of waiting to sort the express mail, thereby be convenient for will wait to sort the express mail and transport to with letter sorting address assorted spout 31 on, and then improve letter sorting efficiency.

In this embodiment, the code scanning member 4 can be mounted on the supporting frame 102 and corresponds to the upper member region. The code scanning piece 4 can comprise a camera (such as a CCD camera or a CMOS camera) and a processor (such as a single chip microcomputer) connected with the camera, the camera shoots the waybill bar code on the express to be sorted, the image is sent to the processor, and the processor analyzes and reads the waybill bar code to obtain the sorting address of the express to be sorted.

In some embodiments, the conveying element 1, the sorting device 2 and the code scanning element 4 are all electrically connected to a central processor, and the conveying element 1, the sorting device 2 and the code scanning element 4 are controlled by the central processor.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the following describes the operation of the mobile sorting system of the present application:

the central processing unit sends a delivery instruction to control the conveyor belt 11 to start transporting the express to be sorted, when the express to be sorted passes below the code scanning piece 4, the code scanning piece 4 scans and identifies the note bar code on the express to be sorted so as to obtain a sorting address of the express to be sorted, and sends the sorting address to the central processing unit;

if the sorting address is not matched with the chutes 31 of the sorting line where the conveyor belt 11 is located, the central processing unit controls the conveying piece 1 to convey the to-be-sorted express item to the return flow area;

if the sorting address is matched with one sliding chute 31 of the sorting line where the conveyor belt 11 is located, the central processing unit controls the conveyor belt 11 and/or the direction-changing piece 12 to transport the express to be sorted to the appointed direction-changing piece, and at the moment, if the first cache transmission piece 13 and the second cache transmission piece 14 corresponding to the appointed direction-changing piece are temporarily stored fully, the central processing unit controls the conveying piece 1 to transport the express to be sorted to the return area; if the first cache transmission piece 13 and the second cache transmission piece 14 corresponding to the appointed redirection piece are not full of temporary storage, the central processing unit controls the appointed redirection piece to transport the express to be sorted to the first cache transmission piece 13 or the second cache transmission piece 14;

the central processing unit controls the first cache transmission piece 13 and the second cache transmission piece 14 to transport the to-be-sorted express items to the end effector 22 of the designated sorting device, then controls the mechanical arm 21 of the sorting device 2 to drive the end effector 22 to move to the position above the designated chute (namely the chute 31 matched with the sorting address of the to-be-sorted express items), and rotates the end effector 22 to enable the opening to face downwards, so that the to-be-sorted express items drop to the designated chute under the action of gravity (the central processing unit can execute a motion planning algorithm to calculate a motion path of the end effector 22 moving to the position above the designated chute, the mechanical arm 21 feeds self position information back to the central processing unit in the motion process, and the central processing unit judges whether the to-be-sorted express items are put in according to the position information).

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In a specific implementation, each component or structure may be implemented as an independent entity, or may be combined arbitrarily and implemented as one or several entities, and the specific implementation of each component or structure may refer to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The mobile sorting system provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the present invention are explained in the present document by applying specific examples, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A mobile sortation system for a vehicle cabin, comprising: the sorting device comprises at least one conveying piece, at least one sorting device and at least one sliding chute assembly;

the sorting device comprises a mechanical arm arranged on the carriage and an end effector connected with the mechanical arm; the sliding chute assembly is arranged on one side of the carriage;

the conveying piece is mounted on the carriage and used for conveying the express to be sorted into the end effector;

the mechanical arm is used for driving the end effector to move so as to transport the express to be sorted to the chute assembly.

2. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conveyor member includes a plurality of conveyor belts and a plurality of direction changing members respectively positioned between each adjacent two of said conveyor belts, said sorting apparatus being positioned laterally of said direction changing members.

3. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said redirection member has a plurality of rotatable rollers.

4. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said transport further includes a plurality of first buffer transports, said plurality of first buffer transports abutting said plurality of diverters, respectively.

5. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said transport further includes a plurality of second buffer transports that respectively abut said plurality of first buffer transports.

6. The mobile sortation system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said chute assembly includes a plurality of chutes that are rotatably coupled to said cars.

7. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said chute includes a carrying floor and two side panels connected to either side of said carrying floor, said carrying floor and/or said side panels being pivotally connected to said carriage.

8. The mobile sortation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said chute includes a conveyor and two side plates respectively connected to said conveyor, said side plates being pivotally connected to said carriage.

9. The mobile sortation system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said end effector includes a base plate coupled to said robotic arm, and a shroud coupled to said base plate, said base plate and said shroud defining a receiving chamber having an opening.

10. The mobile sortation system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a jogger mounted on said carriage, said jogger being located above said transport.

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