公开(公告)号：US20230365349A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US17745300

申请日：2022-05-16

申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

发明人： Jack Magliocco ,  Jason Bigler ,  Kevin Behr

IPC分类号： B65G47/88

CPC分类号： B65G47/883 ,  B65G2201/0229

摘要： Examples provide a hangar stop for diverting items having a hangar hook away from dividers on a sloped surface of a sorting machine as the hooked items move through a channel defined by one or more of the dividers. The hangar stop includes a diameter greater than the diameter of a hook on the hooked items preventing the hook from catching on the hangar stop. The hangar stop substantially covers a leading edge of a divider on which the hangar stop is attached preventing a hook from catching on any uncovered portion of the leading edge. The hangar stop is removably attached to the divider via one or more fasteners. When a hook comes into contact with the hangar stop, the hook slides off the hangar stop and proceeds through the channel to the end of the sloped surface unimpeded.