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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Raashid Mohammed, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Majid Abdul, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric C. Flagel, Everett, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe a decline station for moving items between two structures at different heights. In one embodiment, the decline station includes a receiving ramp which receives an item from the first, upper structure. The receiving ramp is aligned with a pivot ramp so that items can be transferred from the receiving ramp onto the pivot ramp. The pivot ramp includes at least two positions: a receiving position where the pivot ramp is coplanar with the receiving ramp and a discharge position where the pivot ramp is aligned with another, lower ramp in the station—e.g., another pivot ramp or a discharge ramp. The item is transferred between ramps until it is eventually discharged onto a second, lower structure.