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公开(公告)号：US11939156B1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-26
申请号：US16984754
申请日：2020-08-04
发明人： William Scott Kalm , Kevin Senh Ly
IPC分类号： B65G1/02 , B25J9/16 , B25J15/00 , B65D90/00 , B65G1/04 , B65G1/06 , B65G1/137 , B66F9/06 , G05B19/418
CPC分类号： B65G1/02 , B25J9/1679 , B25J15/0019 , B65D90/0073 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/065 , B65G1/137 , B66F9/063 , G05B19/41895
摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for flexible container pods for use with robotic systems. In one embodiment, an example flexible container pod may include a center plate having a plurality of apertures, a first member coupled to an upper end of the center plate, a second member coupled to the upper end of the center plate, and a base coupled to the center plate. The flexible container pod may include a first net extending from the first member to the base, a second net extending from the second member to the base, a first shelf member coupled to the first net, and a second shelf member coupled to the second net. A container can be removably positioned on the first shelf member and the second shelf member.
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公开(公告)号：US11584593B1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-21
申请号：US16831431
申请日：2020-03-26
发明人： Jon Stuart Battles , William Scott Kalm , Kent Belden Meiswinkel , Kevin Senh Ly , Dinesh Mahadevan , Peter A. Grant , Bob Samac
摘要： A loading system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a rotary hub that supports one or more chambers. In a first orientation of the rotary hub, one of the chambers may be in a first position aligned for item receipt (e.g., through an open top of the chamber by feeding from a conveyor belt or other feeding system). The rotary hub can rotate to a second orientation in which the chamber is in a second position aligned for item discharge (e.g., through an open end of the chamber and into a receiving zone of a packaging machine or other system).
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公开(公告)号：US10815082B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15797562
申请日：2017-10-30
发明人： William Scott Kalm , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Dinesh Mahadevan , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
摘要： In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segment spaced below the first conveyor segment, a first vertical lift disposed at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift disposed at a second end of the module. The first and second lifts each transfer inventory carriers between the first and second conveyor segments. The first conveyor segment, the second conveyor segment, the first vertical lift, and the second vertical lift together define a conveying loop in a vertical plane, and the storage module translates inventory carriers around the conveying loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. An inventory item can be retrieved from, or stowed in, the desired one of the inventory carriers at the one of the first and second module ends.
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公开(公告)号：US12026663B1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-02
申请号：US17472183
申请日：2021-09-10
发明人： William Scott Kalm
IPC分类号： B65G1/137 , B65G1/04 , G06Q10/087
CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 , B65G1/045 , B65G1/137
摘要： An item delivery system can include a carrier positioned on a rail. The rail can be positioned in a delivery vehicle, for example. The carrier can include rigid or semi-rigid sidewall and dividers to form item slots. The item slots can receive one or more items. The carrier can be positioned on the rail and moved around the rail by an advancement device. The advancement device can engage with a portion of the carrier to move the carrier. The carrier can be moved to a position for removal of items from the carrier. The removal position may correspond to an area accessible from an operator area of the delivery vehicle, for example.
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公开(公告)号：US11885882B1
公开(公告)日：2024-01-30
申请号：US17104944
申请日：2020-11-25
发明人： William Scott Kalm
IPC分类号： B25J9/16 , G01S17/48 , G01B11/02 , G06Q10/087
CPC分类号： G01S17/48 , B25J9/1679 , B25J9/1697 , G01B11/026 , G05B2219/31028 , G05B2219/31081 , G06Q10/087
摘要： An inventory management system includes an inventory holder and sensors. The sensors measure distances to locations on the inventory holder. The measurements are used to determine pitch, roll, and yaw of the inventory holder. The pitch, roll, and yaw are used to determine a location of an inventory cubicle in the inventory holder.
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公开(公告)号：US11111084B1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-07
申请号：US16703735
申请日：2019-12-04
发明人： William Scott Kalm , Kevin Senh Ly
摘要： A dispensing system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a tray holder sized for releasably receiving a tray. A rotational actuator may operate to pivot the tray holder between a first position aligned for receipt in the tray holder of a tray in a recumbent orientation and a second position in which the tray is arranged in an upended orientation. When the tray is in the upended orientation, an opening system may engage a door on an end of the tray to move the door from a closed state in which items contained in the tray are prevented from falling out of the tray and to an open state in which the items are allowed to fall out of the tray.
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公开(公告)号：US11820604B1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-21
申请号：US16835205
申请日：2020-03-30
发明人： William Scott Kalm , Kushal Patel
CPC分类号： B65G39/18 , B26D7/018 , B26D7/32 , B65B31/06 , B65G9/002 , B65H29/58 , B65H35/0086 , B65G2203/0233 , B65G2203/042
摘要： A packaging sizer can receive and segment packaging into two or more segments. The packaging sizer can receive the packaging on a conveyance surface and convey the packaging to a position for segmenting. A segmenting assembly can segment the packaging to form two or more segments. The resulting segments can be directed in different directions for different purposes. For example, one or more of the segments can be removed from the packaging sizer and one or more segments can be moved to a position for manipulation by a packaging manipulator.
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公开(公告)号：US11806560B1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-07
申请号：US15967979
申请日：2018-05-01
IPC分类号： A62C3/00
CPC分类号： A62C3/002
摘要： In one embodiment, an inventory storage system has at least one storage module and a fire suppression system. The storage module has upper and lower conveyor segments that are configured to move storage containers along a longitudinal direction, and first and second connecting conveyor segments that are disposed at the first and second module ends, respectively. Each connecting segment connects the upper and lower conveyor segments to one another such that the upper and lower conveyor segments and the first and second connecting conveyor segments together define a movement path having a closed shape. The storage module defines a gap between storage containers supported by the upper and lower conveyor segments. The fire suppression system has at least one spray nozzle that is laterally adjacent to the gap and that is configured to spray a liquid extinguishant into the gap and onto storage containers supported by the lower conveyor segment.
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公开(公告)号：US11535450B1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-27
申请号：US16703755
申请日：2019-12-04
发明人： William Scott Kalm , Kevin Senh Ly
IPC分类号： B65G1/12 , B65G47/38 , B65G47/252 , B65G1/137 , B65G1/08
摘要： An insertion system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a chassis. A bottom conveying surface, a first side conveying surface, and a second side conveying surface may be fastened to the chassis respectively along the chassis's bottom face, first lateral face, and second lateral face. A chamber may be bounded by the conveying surfaces and by a rear wall defined at least in part by the front face of the chassis. A linear actuator coupled with the chassis may move the chassis from a home position and toward an extended position to advance the bottom conveying surface, the first side conveying surface, and the second side conveying surface along with the rear wall of the chamber to decrease a size of the chamber and advance contents of the chamber in a depth direction toward a receiving zone.
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公开(公告)号：US11235186B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
申请号：US17169773
申请日：2021-02-08
发明人： William Scott Kalm
摘要： Techniques and safety devices are described for extinguishing fires within an inventory management system. A plurality of fire extinguishing devices for a plurality of containers in an inventory management system is monitored. Upon determining that a fire condition is occurring within the inventory management system, a positional information data store is queried to determine a current position of a first container within the inventory management system. Two or more containers within the inventory management system that are in close proximity to the first container are identified and one or more wireless signals are transmitted to two or more fire extinguishing devices of the plurality of fire extinguishing devices that are contained within the two or more containers, to activate the two or more first extinguishing devices. The plurality of containers is scanned using an infrared scanning device to determine whether all fire conditions within the inventory management system are extinguished.
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