US Patent Issued to Daifuku on June 30 for "Picking system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,427, issued on June 30, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Picking system" was invented by Yuichi Ueda (Hinocho, Japan), Masaya Miyamoto (Tokyo), Masashige Iwata (Hinocho, Japan) and Kazunari Kimura (Hinocho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A picking system is realized that can efficiently perform operations from collection to delivery of articles in a limited space. A picking system (1) includes: a multi-row sorting device (2) configured to sort the article into one of the plurality of rows of exits (21) and discharge the sorted article; a container supporting device (3) capable of supporting an accommodating con...