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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen T. Campbell, Waban, MA (US);
Robert M Whitten, Billerica, MA (US);
Shilpi Gupta, Somerville, MA (US);
Ibolya Horvath, Pembroke, NH (US);
Oksana Mikhailovna Kharchenko, Cambridge, MA (US);
Justina Lakinger, Charlestown, MA (US);
Ryan Clarke, Haverhill, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
With respect to a transfer facility configured to optimize package transfers therethrough, a container housing packages may be delivered to a first floor of the transfer facility. The packages may be transported to consolidation stations based on destinations associated therewith. In some examples, the packages may be bound for a single destination and thus transported to a single consolidation station. In some examples, the packages may be bound for multiple destinations and thus transported to a second floor of the transfer facility for sortation. A destination and mode of transportation associated with the package may be determined at an induction station on the second floor, as well as a consolidation station associated therewith. A drive unit may insert the package into a chute for transit down a slide to the consolidation station, where it may be placed into another container for shipment to the destination via the mode of transportation.