Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-level conveyor system that reorients objects into a sequential orientation
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Application No.: US15587757Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US10053299B1Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu , Jon Stuart Battles , Emily Dunne , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Timothy Alan Talda , Akshay Rajendra Tilekar , Jacqueline Underberg
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: B65G47/30
- IPC: B65G47/30 ; B65G13/02 ; B65G13/04

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a conveyor system reorients objects from a side-by-side orientation to a sequential orientation. The system has an upper conveyor level and a subsequent conveyor level disposed below the upper level. The upper level has an upper conveyor segment that has an upstream end, a downstream end opposite the upstream end along a flow direction, a pair of lateral sides, a top side, and a bottom side. The upper conveyor segment defines an conveying surface that is between the pair of lateral sides and that carries objects aligned therewith along the flow direction. The upper conveyor segment also defines a discharge opening that is between the conveying surface and one of the lateral sides. The discharge opening extends through the upper conveyor segment along a vertical direction so as to discharge objects onto the subsequent conveyor level that are aligned with the discharge opening.
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