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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Jessica L. Solana, Bentonville, AR (US);
Mustafa A. Harcar, Centerton, AR (US);
Craig J. Stevens, Bentonville, AR (US);
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for sorting products using conveyors having multiple inputs and multiple outputs include first product conveyors vertically stacked relative to one another, second product conveyors vertically stacked relative to one another, and transfer conveyors connecting the first and second product conveyors. The transfer conveyors permit products travelling on the first product conveyors to be transferred from the first product conveyors onto the second product conveyors by way of the products being first transferred from the first product conveyors onto the transfer conveyors and then from the transfer conveyors onto the second product conveyors.