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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rachel Donohoe, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
David Kyle Funnell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 69/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 69/0008 (2013.01); B65B 69/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A de-bagging system includes a robot system with a robotic arm, a cutting nest assembly having a compartment including a first side-wall, and a second side-wall, and configured to receive a bagged item, a bag gripper movable relative to the first side-wall and the second side-wall, and a cutting assembly having a cutting blade. The cutting blade is slidably mounted in vicinity of the compartment. The robot system is configured to pick up a bagged item, to deposit the bagged item into the compartment, and to pick up an unbagged item from the compartment.