Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Singulating system for parcels
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Application No.: US16590812Application Date: 2019-10-02
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Publication No.: US11192145B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Gregory Robert Sturm , Jonathan Dean Terrell , Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jr. , Michael Alan McCue , David W. Caldwell, II , Derek Robert Sturm
- Applicant: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Mount Washington
- Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Mount Washington
- Agency: Stites & Harbison, PLLC
- Agent David W. Nagle, Jr.
- Main IPC: B65G39/18
- IPC: B65G39/18 ; B07C5/342 ; B07C5/34 ; B07C5/36

Abstract:
A singulating system for parcels comprises: an inner wall; a first section comprised of a series of driven rollers, which are skewed relative to a longitudinal direction of travel, so that the parcels are conveyed not only in the longitudinal direction of travel, but also toward the inner wall; a second section for receiving the parcels from the first section, and then identifying and moving parcels in a side-by-side arrangement and/or parcels with an irregular shape; and a third section for receiving the parcels from the second section. In some embodiments, the singulating system also includes a visioning subsystem, including a camera for acquiring image data of the parcels as the parcels move toward or into the second section, and a computer to receive and analyze the image data from the camera to identify parcels in a side-by-side arrangement and/or parcels with an irregular shape.
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