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Fki Industries, Inc.'s, Fki Logistex Automation Division

Eric Wade Sweazy

Timothy W Kraus

A material handling system comprises a main conveyor, a branch conveyor, and a robotic line sorter. The robotic line sorter comprises a robotic arm and an end effector operable to engage an article. The robotic line sorter is operable to perform one or a combination of the functions of orienting, aligning, gapping, and/or moving an article from the main conveyor to the branch conveyor. The material handling system may further comprise a scanner configured to read and communicate information from an article to the robotic line sorter. The robotic line sorter may be configured to deliver an article to the branch conveyor in a predetermined order, until a predetermined condition is met, or based upon a predetermined characteristic.

Robotic sortation system

The present invention relates to sliding shoe sorters and methods of using those sorters. One or more pluralities of the shoes are interposed between the conveyors lateral edges and can be orderly advanced in lines. Controllers activate or deactivate the diverters which direct the sliding shoes toward one or more receivers, and the diversion of the shoes can result in the egressing of an item away from the conveyer. The receivers can be provided with rediverters to redirect the shoes toward the interposed sliding shoes. Items advanced by the conveyor may have a code placed about them, and after a code has been placed about the item to be sorted, a paradigm or paradigms responsive to the code can be created to orchestrate activation or deactivation of the diverters and/or the rediverters.

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Danville, KY, United States of America

Eric Wade Sweazy