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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Nextshift Robotics, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Toebes, Sunderland, MA (US);
Mary Ellen Sparrow, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Jasci Robotics, LLC., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated guided vehicle includes a frame forming a payload area, a vacuum case transfer mechanism having one or more degrees of freedom and configured to vacuum-couple with a case, and a friction case transfer mechanism that is configured to grip the case and at least cooperate with the vacuum case transfer mechanism to effect transfer of the case to the payload area.