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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);
Darin Dickey, Owings Mills, MD (US);
William McConnell, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC, Mason, OH (US);
Abstract
A conversion assembly for transferring an item from a first tray to a second tray. The conversion assembly includes a paddle assembly, a first tine assembly comprising one or more tines coupled to a first rotating shaft, and a second tine assembly comprising one or more tines coupled to a second rotating shaft. The first tine assembly is configured to facilitate emptying the item from the first tray onto the paddle assembly and the second tine assembly is configured to facilitate moving the first tray to a second conveyor while the item remains on the paddle assembly. The first tine assembly alters an orientation of the second tray to a position to receive the item from the paddle assembly, and wherein the paddle assembly is configured to move the second tray and the item back onto a first conveyor.