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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. 08, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph McGrath, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/38 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 47/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/38 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 47/94 (2013.01); B65G 2201/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inventory-handling system can receive inventory containers filled with inventory items. The inventory containers can be received between guides and advanced through the inventory-handling system. The guides can be curved to rotate the inventory containers being advanced through the inventory-handling system. The inventory containers can be rotated from an upright orientation to an inverted orientation for emptying the inventory items.