公开(公告)号：US20240182242A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18530024

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: United States Postal Service

Inventor： Jason Force ,  Wayne R. Perry-Eaton

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G47/24 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: B65G1/0485 ,  B65G47/24 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06T7/0002 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/52 ,  B65G2201/0285 ,  B65G2203/0225 ,  B65G2203/0241 ,  B65G2203/041 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  G06T2207/30232 ,  G06T2207/30242

Abstract: An automated system for transferring articles from a container. An item transfer system includes a source tray assembly, a translatable and rotatable intermediate rotary assembly, and a translatable and rotatable output rotary assembly. The system is configured to transfer articles from the tray to processing equipment by an automated process including rotationally transferring the articles from the tray to the intermediate rotary assembly and rotationally transferring the articles from the intermediate rotary assembly to the output rotary assembly. The output rotary assembly can move to align with a shelf or other input of the processing equipment and a paddle assembly can slide the items from the output rotary assembly onto the shelf or other input of the processing equipment.