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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Körber Supply Chain Llc, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Rajeev Dwivedi, Plano, TX (US);
Körber Supply Chain LLC, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Abstract
A system () for distributing a stream of articles () at a fix pitch (P) includes a belt assembly () with belt segments () carrying a stream of articles (), a sensor assembly () with sensors (), a control system () interfacing with the belt assembly () and the sensor assembly (), wherein the sensor assembly () provides measurements of initial positions of each article of the stream of articles () and transmits the measurements to the control system (), wherein the control system () utilizes the measurements to determine deficits of the initial positions to final positions for each article based on a predefined pitch value (P), and wherein the control system () controls a speed of the plurality of belt segments () to provide the final positions for each article according to the predefined pitch value (P).