IP Library Granted Patent US 11,589,675
Granted Patent B2
US 11,589,675 · App. 17/269,393 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Article storage and retrieval apparatus

Inventor: Ying Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
A47B43/04
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Patent No.
US 11,589,675
App. No.
17/269,393
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article storage and retrieval apparatus includes a main frame; an accommodating assembly, having an article storage state and a folded state, the accommodating assembly including a closed frame rotatably arranged on the main frame and an openable door, and the closed frame being configured to enclose an article storing space between the accommodating assembly and the main frame in the article storing state; a first locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the main frame and allow opening of the article storage and retrieval apparatus after unlocking; and a second locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the openable door and allow the accommodating assembly to switch from the folded state to the article storage state after unlocking.

Claims (48)

1. An article storage and retrieval apparatus, comprising:

a main frame;

an accommodating assembly, having an article storage state and a folded state, the accommodating assembly comprising a closed frame rotatably arranged on the main frame and an openable door, and the closed frame being configured to enclose an article storing space between the accommodating assembly and the main frame in the article storing state;

a first locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the main frame, and allow opening of the article storage and retrieval apparatus after unlocking; and

a second locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the openable door, and allow the accommodating assembly to switch from the folded state to the article storage state after unlocking,

wherein the second locking assembly comprises an elastic part configured to deform under an action of an external force to realize locking and unlocking of the second locking assembly.

2. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking protection part arranged on the main frame and configured to restrict the second locking assembly from being unlocked when the article storage and retrieval apparatus is in a closed state.

3. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the locking protection part comprises a limiting part, the limiting part being arranged in the main frame to prevent the elastic part from changing so as to prevent the second locking assembly from being unlocked when the article storage and retrieval apparatus is in a closed state.

4. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the locking protection part further comprises a guide part arranged opposite to the limiting part, and

the closed frame is embedded between the guide part and the limiting part when the first locking assembly is in a locked state.

5. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

guide portions are arranged at free ends of the limiting part and the guide part, and

an opening expanding outwards is formed between the guide portions.

6. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second locking assembly is in a locked state during the open or retraction of the closed frame and the openable door relative to the main frame.

7. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second locking assembly further comprises:

a pin shaft, slidably arranged in a mounting hole in the closed frame;

a platen, fixed on the closed frame, the elastic part comprising a spring and located between the platen and a first end of the pin shaft; and

a pin hole, arranged on the openable door;

a second end of the pin shaft is configured to extend out to enter a pin hole to realize locking in a free state; and

the second end of the pin shaft is configured to retract to be removed from the pin hole to realize unlocking under the action of the external force.

8. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

a guide portion is arranged at the second end of the pin shaft or at an open end of the pin hole, and

the guide portion is configured to guide the second end of the pin shaft into the pin hole.

9. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein an axis of the pin shaft is vertical to a rotating plane of the closed frame relative to the openable door.

10. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first locking assembly is arranged at an open end, relative to the main frame, of the closed frame and is configured to unlock after identity authentication information of a user is verified successfully.

11. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first locking assembly comprises: a lock groove and one of a lock hook, a lock rod, and a lock tongue; the lock groove being arranged on one of the main frame and the closed frame, and the one of the lock hook, the lock rod, and the lock tongue being arranged on the other of the main frame and the closed frame and matched with the lock groove; or

the first locking assembly comprises: a lock catch arranged on one of the main frame and the closed frame and one of a lock hook and a lock rod arranged on the other of the main frame and the closed frame and matched with the lock catch.

12. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a restricted part arranged between the openable door and the closed frame or the main frame, and configured to limit a folding angle of the openable door when the accommodating assembly is in the article storage state.

13. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a locking protection part, configured to restrict the second locking assembly from being unlocked when the article storage and retrieval apparatus is in a closed state, the locking protection part, as the restricted part, being configured to restrict the second locking assembly from entering a locked state when the accommodating assembly is in the article storage state.

14. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the closed frame and the openable door have frame-shaped structures, and

when the article storage and retrieval apparatus is in an unfolded state, the closed frame is configured to be folded in an area formed by the openable door and is matched with an inner side wall of the openable door in a circumferential direction.

15. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodating assembly further comprises:

a flexible covering layer, arranged between the closed frame and the openable door; and

a supporting frame, arranged along a circumferential direction of the covering layer, the supporting frame being close to the closed frame and the openable door when the accommodating assembly is in the folded state.

16. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the openable door comprises:

two groups of connecting rods, first ends of the two groups of connecting rods being rotatably connected to two sides of the main frame respectively;

a supporting plate, a first end of the supporting plate being rotatably connected to the main frame and being located at a bottom of the connecting rods when the openable door is unfolded; and

a door plate, a left side, and a right side of an upper end of the door plate being rotatably connected to second ends of the two groups of connecting rods respectively, a lower end of the door plate being rotatably connected to a second end of the supporting plate,

there are two parallelogram connecting rod mechanisms formed by each group of connecting rods, the supporting plate, the door plate, and the main frame on two sides of the door plate, and

the supporting plate and the door plate are coplanar when the article storage and retrieval apparatus is in a closed state.

17. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein a notch is formed at least at one end of the door plate close to the supporting plate and one end of the supporting plate close to the door plate, and serves as a handle when the openable door is opened or closed.

18. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the closed frame and the openable door are rotatably connected to one of a bottom end, a left end, and a right end of the main frame.

19. The article storage and retrieval apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the article storage and retrieval apparatus is an express box.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055832 FRAME 0108. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057293/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: BEJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055832/0108 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2021
From: CHEN, YING
To: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 055319/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810989350.3 · Aug 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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