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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Körber Supply Chain Llc, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Inventors:
James M. Pippin, Keller, TX (US);
Homer L. Dickerson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Körber Supply Chain LLC, DFW Airport, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65B 35/44 (2006.01); B65B 39/06 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 43/54 (2006.01); B65B 43/60 (2006.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/067 (2013.01); B07C 3/08 (2013.01); B65B 35/44 (2013.01); B65B 39/06 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 43/54 (2013.01); B65B 43/60 (2013.01); B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B65B 57/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parcel sack management system and related process. The parcel sack management system includes a gathering conveyor configured to receive a parcel group at an intake and transport the parcel group to a sack filling station. The system includes a plurality of fill chutes that are transported along a circulating track, each fill chute configured to hold a sack. The parcel sack management system is configured to transfer parcels in the parcel group into a first sack via a first fill chute when the first fill chute is at the sack filling station.