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Patent No.:

US 11123771 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2019

Automated modular system for sorting items

Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

William Scott Kalm, Seattle, WA (US);

Joshua David Landry, Auburn, WA (US);

Brian Stuart Hoffman, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter A. Grant, Seattle, WA (US);

Dinesh Mahadevan, Everett, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:

BakerHostetler

Primary Examiner:

Patrick H Mackey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/18 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 33/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); B65G 65/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/082 (2013.01); B65G 1/0414 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 21/18 (2013.01); B65G 33/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/1492 (2013.01); B65G 65/42 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B65G 2207/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sortation system uses short conveyors or transporter units on a lift to move products or packages to totes in a storage rack. The lift may be a carousel. Automated components remove the totes from the rack and place them on outfeed conveyors. The system to remove the totes can include a transfer vehicle. The sortation system may be modular.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kalm, William. (2021). Automated modular system for sorting items (U.S. Patent No. 11123771). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11123771

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