Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parcel and article sorting system and method with destination container removal
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Application No.: US17340139Application Date: 2021-06-07
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Publication No.: US11586187B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Michael C. Futch , James M. Serstad
- Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agent Parthiban A Mathavan
- Main IPC: G05B19/418
- IPC: G05B19/418 ; B07C3/00 ; B07C3/02 ; B07C3/10 ; B07C3/18 ; B65G1/137 ; B65G1/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; B66F9/06

Abstract:
System includes an article supply location that includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container, and one or more removal devices that transport the container to a location of further processing. System further includes a control system configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container, deposit the article in the destination container, and transport the destination container to a location for further processing by manipulation of the removal device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210291233A1 PARCEL AND ARTICLE SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH DESTINATION CONTAINER REMOVAL Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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