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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B65H 67/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B25J 19/04 (2013.01); B65G 47/907 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65H 67/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end-of-arm tool and corresponding system and method for automated de-palletization of a stack of totes include resilient guide arms that extend outwardly in a cascading relationship, with the lower guide arm extending farther than higher arms. The cascading relationship of the guide arms enables totes in a stack to be engaged and aligned sequentially from lowest to highest.