公开(公告)号：US10202243B1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15377240

申请日：2016-12-13

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Karl Lisso ,  Steven Klehr ,  Sean Maylone ,  Laura Rubin ,  Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy ,  Samuel Christopher Uhlman ,  Scott Douglas King

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/96 ,  B65G17/34 ,  B65G13/02 ,  B65G51/03

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.