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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Qingnan Zhou, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Tazume, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RAKUTEN GROUP, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/08 (2006.01); B65G 65/10 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 65/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a first holder and a second holder are positioned at a pair of midway positions, a belt is arranged between the first holder and the second holder breadthways across a work area, and a package is positioned between the belt and a selected one delivery section. The first holder and the second holder come closer to each other when approaching a pair of final positions from the pair of midway positions. The belt is retracted by a retractor into the first holder and the second holder to pull the package in the direction of the selected one delivery section.