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Patent No.:

US 11643769 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2021

Robotic laundry sorting devices, systems, and methods of use

Applicant:

Monotony.ai, Inc., Newton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US);

Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);

Samuel Duffley, Cambridge, MA (US);

Samuel M. Felton, Belmont, MA (US);

Wilson J. Mefford, Somerville, MA (US);

Elliot Sinclair Pennington, Lexington, MA (US);

Ross O. Schlaikjer, Somerville, MA (US);

Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);

Marissa A. Bennett, Waltham, MA (US);

Gabriella McLellan, Brighton, MA (US);

Assignee:

MONOTONY.AI, INC., Allston, MA (US);

Attorney:

Myers Bigel, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Ronnie M Mancho

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); D06F 93/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 93/00 (2013.01); B07C 5/36 (2013.01); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/045 (2013.01); B25J 15/0206 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B25J 21/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); B07C 2501/0063 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39469 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40532 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously sorting dirty laundry articles into batched loads for washing are described. For example, an autonomous sorting device includes an enclosed channel including a plurality of sequential work volumes and a stationary floor extending between an inlet end and an outlet end of the channel, a plurality of arms disposed in series along the enclosed channel for rotating, tilting, extending, and retracting a terminal gripper of each arm into an associated work volume for grabbing at least one of a plurality of deformable dirty laundry articles and passing the at least one deformable laundry article to an adjacent work volume for grasping and hoisting by an adjacent arm. The device includes an inlet orifice for receiving the dirty laundry articles into the enclosed channel and an outlet orifice adjacent the outlet end through which each separated deformable article exits the enclosed channel into sorting bins.

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