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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Karl Lisso, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven Klehr, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Sean Maylone, Seattle, WA (US);
Laura Rubin, Seattle, WA (US);
Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Samuel Christopher Uhlman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott Douglas King, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.