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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/23 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/23 (2013.01); B65G 47/904 (2013.01); B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B65G 2201/025 (2013.01); B65G 2207/14 (2013.01); B65G 2811/0663 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0311 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for unloading tote contents is provided. The apparatus includes an arm assembly, a door assembly connected to the arm assembly, and first and second drivers configured to rotate the arm assembly and the door assembly about first and second axes, respectively. The arm assembly is configured to pick up a tote from a first conveyor belt. The door assembly is configured to secure at least one item within the tote and provide a ramp for unloading the at least one item from the tote onto a second conveyor belt.