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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph Romano, Arlington, VA (US);
John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
Christopher Buck, Stow, MA (US);
Andrew Ewart, Stratham, NH (US);
Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An order fulfillment system is disclosed in which objects to be collected into orders are provided in output totes. The system includes a primary sortation system that includes a loop conveyance system that moves objects around a closed loop that includes a plurality of primary sortation exits, each of which leads to a location inside the closed loop, and a secondary sortation system that includes a plurality of secondary conveyances, each of which receives an object at one of the plurality of primary sortation exits, and conveys the object to one of a plurality of totes, the plurality of totes being within the closed loop of the primary sortation system.