Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article turn conveyor
- Patent Title (中): 文章转盘
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Application No.: US14102156Application Date: 2013-12-10
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Publication No.: US09205997B1Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Michael Roger Hogan , John Dewayne Prather , Lee Ward Ferguson
- 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: B65G43/08
- IPC: B65G43/08 ; B65G47/244

Abstract:
Aspects of a turn conveyor system are described. In one embodiment, the turn conveyor system includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor adjacent to the first conveyor, a lateral conveyor extending between the first conveyor and the second conveyor, and a turn arm. The turn arm may extend across the second conveyor and be coupled to the second conveyor at a position corresponding to an end of the lateral conveyor. In one embodiment, the turn arm includes an extension bar, a rolling bumper having an angular degree of freedom, and an extension down shaft. According to various aspects, the turn conveyor system may displace an article in a first direction with the first conveyor, laterally displace the article in a second direction onto the lateral conveyor, laterally convey the article toward the turn arm, and rotate the article from a first orientation to a second orientation using the turn arm.
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