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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jon Stuart Battles, North Bend, WA (US);
Emily Dunne, Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Gardner Garrett, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Alan Talda, Seattle, WA (US);
Akshay Rajendra Tilekar, Seattle, WA (US);
Jacqueline Underberg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a conveyor system has a conveyor segment and a knock-down device. The conveyor segment has an upstream end, and a downstream end opposite the upstream end. The conveyor segment defines a conveying surface that carries objects along a flow direction that extends from the upstream end to the downstream end. The knock-down device has a knock-down body that is spaced entirely from the conveying surface along a vertical direction by at least a clearance height. The knock-down body has an upstream body end, a downstream body end offset from the upstream body end with respect to the flow direction, and a ramped surface that extends between the upstream body end and the downstream body end. The ramped surface is ramped away from the conveying surface as the ramped surface extends along the flow direction, and knocks down objects that are stacked on top of one another.