Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air pressure assisted conveyance system
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Application No.: US15377240Application Date: 2016-12-13
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Publication No.: US10202243B1Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Gregory Karl Lisso , Steven Klehr , Sean Maylone , Laura Rubin , Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy , Samuel Christopher Uhlman , Scott Douglas King
- 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: Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; B65G43/08 ; B65G47/96 ; B65G17/34 ; B65G13/02 ; B65G51/03
Abstract:
Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.
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