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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);
Eurosort, Inc., Owings Mills, MD (US);
Jared Smith, Rosedale, MD (US);
Darius Scott, Baltimore, MD (US);
Erik Brewer, Taneytown, MD (US);
Jeff Zerr, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC, Mason, OH (US);
Eurosort, Inc., Owings Mills, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a load assist module for transferring articles onto a downstream conveyor. The load assist module may include a roller conveyor having one or more rollers that together define a conveyor plane, such that the one or more rollers may be actuatable to convey the article along the conveyor plane in a direction of a downstream conveyor. The load assist module may further include a pusher assembly positioned adjacent the conveyor plane. The pusher assembly may include a track-guided vertical popup with a base and a pop-up. The pop-up may be actuatable such that the pop-up extends through the conveyor plane to contact the article. The pusher assembly may drive the track-guided vertical popup toward the direction of the downstream conveyor such that the track-guided vertical popup pushes the article.