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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
David Bruce McCalib, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Brian C. Smith, Luxembourg, LU;
Kirkwood Hines, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An example system includes a first tote handling assembly having a wiper bar, a first plurality of actuators connected to and moveable with the first wiper bar, and a first tab associated with a first actuator of the first plurality of actuators. The system may also includes a second tote handling assembly disposed substantially adjacent and substantially parallel to the first tote handling assembly. The second tote handling assembly includes a second wiper bar, a second plurality of actuators connected to and moveable with the second wiper bar, and a second tab associated with a second actuator of the second plurality of actuators. In such a system, movement of the first wiper bar in a first direction along a transverse axis of the first tote handling assembly, while the first tab is engaged with a tote disposed on the first tote handling assembly, transfers the tote from the first tote handling assembly to the second tote handling assembly.