Patent ID: 8948909
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An article loading system for loading and carrying out articles of plurality into and out of one of a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers having identification information which corresponds to the containers, the article loading system comprising: a holding shelf which temporarily holds the containers that are carried in; container placement units each including: (i) a carry-in portion at which the container is received, (ii) a loading portion at which an article gathered by a worker in a corresponding picking area is loaded, and (iii) a carry-out portion at which the container loaded with the article is carried out, which are connected by a conveyor; a transporting unit configured to transport an arbitrary one of the containers between the holding shelf and the carry-in portion or the carry-out portion of an arbitrary one of the container placement units; a reporting unit provided in each of the container placement units and configured to report individual loading information which is information regarding articles to be loaded into the container and is linked to the identification information; and a control unit configured and programmed to control the transporting unit so that the container having the identification information linked to the individual loading information reported by the reporting unit is transported to a corresponding one of the container placement units; wherein the container placement units are disposed along the holding shelf which temporarily holds the containers.