Invention Application
- Patent Title: CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE ROBOT SINGULATORS AND BUFFERING CONVEYOR
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Application No.: US17941735Application Date: 2022-09-09
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Publication No.: US20230001569A1Publication Date: 2023-01-05
- Inventor: Varun Gandhi Mukesh Gandhi , Thomas Anthony Hillerich, JR. , Madhav Devidas Patil , Paul Receveur , Jonathan Dean Terrell
- Applicant: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Mt. Washington
- Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Mt. Washington
- Main IPC: B25J9/00
- IPC: B25J9/00 ; B25J9/16 ; B65G47/90 ; B25J13/08

Abstract:
A conveyor system includes a first robot singulator, a second robot singulator, and a picking area from which parcels of a bulk flow of parcels can be engaged and transferred by the first robot singulator or the second robot singulator. The conveyor system further includes a first place conveyor positioned downstream of the picking area and configured to receive parcels transferred by the first robot singulator. The conveyor system further includes a second place conveyor positioned downstream of the picking area and the first place conveyor, the second place conveyor configured to receive parcels transferred by the second robot singulator and to receive parcels from the first place conveyor. A buffering conveyor is positioned between the first place conveyor and the second place conveyor for regulating a rate at which parcels offloaded by the first place conveyor are transferred to the second place conveyor.
Public/Granted literature
- US12059803B2 Conveyor system with multiple robot singulators and buffering conveyor Public/Granted day:2024-08-13
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