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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rajeev Dwivedi, Sammamish, WA (US);

Parth Kamlesh Champaneri, Lynnwood, WA (US);

Nikhil Madan Yardi, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 65/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); B65G 2814/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for container dumpers having controlled unloading. In one embodiment, an example container unloading system may include a container support mechanism configured to secure a container, where the container has items inside, and a first conveyor configured to rotate from a first position to a second position. The first conveyor may be disposed in a vertical orientation adjacent to a sidewall of the container in the first position, and the first conveyor may be disposed in a non-vertical orientation adjacent to the sidewall of the container in the second position. The system may include a controller configured to cause the container support mechanism to rotate the container from a vertical orientation to a rotated orientation, and cause the first conveyor to be actuated, such that the items are conveyed out of the container by the first conveyor.


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