公开(公告)号：US11465181B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US17204637

申请日：2021-03-17

申请人： United States Postal Service

发明人： Scott R. Bombaugh

IPC分类号： B07C3/00 ,  B07C3/10 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B07C3/14

摘要： Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and sequencing articles in a processing facility are disclosed. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter in stop group order. The second sorter can then sort the items into output bins in delivery sequence order.

公开(公告)号：US11344918B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16872895

申请日：2020-05-12

申请人： United States Postal Service

发明人： Scott R. Bombaugh

IPC分类号： B07C3/02 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B07C3/14

摘要： Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and sequencing articles in a processing facility are disclosed. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter in stop group order. The second sorter sorts items for each stop group into separate lanes. Each lane can then be sorted into output bins in delivery sequence order.

公开(公告)号：US20220153547A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17587445

申请日：2022-01-28

申请人： Tritek Technologies, Inc.

发明人： James Malatesta

IPC分类号： B65H7/20 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H3/12 ,  B65H3/52 ,  B65H5/02 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H7/04 ,  B65G15/20 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V20/64 ,  B07C1/04 ,  B65H3/04 ,  B65H7/14 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B07C1/10 ,  B65H5/06

摘要： A mail processing system utilizes a conveyor to shingle or de-shingle mailpieces as they move through the processing system and utilizes belts to move the mailpieces. A first shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece to overlap with a second mailpiece to create shingled mailpieces. A second shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece away from a second mailpiece to de-shingle them to create singulated mailpieces. A camera takes images of the mailpieces in the conveyor and image analysis software is used to determine dimensional aspects of the mailpieces that are used to control the belt speeds to move mailpieces with respect to each other. A mail processing system may include a mail processing station that scans addresses, applies postage and/or weighs the mailpieces. Mail may be de-shingled prior to being weighed and then re-shingled for subsequent processing, or mail may be shingled prior to passing through a scale if weighing is not necessary.

公开(公告)号：US11279557B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16917555

申请日：2020-06-30

申请人： Symbotic, LLC

发明人： Robert Sullivan ,  Michael Cyrulik ,  Stephen C. Toebes

IPC分类号： B07C1/02 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G05D1/02

摘要： A storage and retrieval system including a storage structure having storage shelves, each storage shelf having slats for supporting stored items where the slats are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, an autonomous transport vehicle including at least one sensor configured to sense each of the slats and output a signal indicating when a slat is sensed, and a controller for verifying a location of the autonomous transport vehicle within the storage structure based on at least the output signal.

公开(公告)号：US11192143B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16804438

申请日：2020-02-28

申请人： SOLYSTIC

发明人： Didier Tresse ,  François Madar ,  Bertrand Latombe

IPC分类号： B07C1/02

摘要： A method of sorting articles by means of a sorting system comprising N sorting machines (M1, MN) operating in parallel, in which method the articles are divided into N groups (G1, GN) of articles to be processed in parallel on the N sorting machines, at least one of the N groups of articles is subdivided into sub-groups of articles (G1.1, G1.N-1), and, if it is detected that one of the N machines is being rested, then the method comprises the steps of: feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the sub-groups of articles from said subdivided group of articles and sorting these sub-groups of articles in parallel on the N−1 other sorting machines; and feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the N−1 other groups of articles and sorting these N−1 groups of articles in parallel on said N−1 other sorting machines.

公开(公告)号：US10322438B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15713979

申请日：2017-09-25

申请人： Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC

发明人： Christopher M. Engel ,  David Huff ,  Christopher Clinton Arnold ,  Justin Leib ,  Ralf Buerkle

IPC分类号： B65G1/00 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B07C3/00 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G47/96 ,  B65G17/34 ,  B65H1/02

摘要： A material handling system reduces or eliminates human interaction with articles sorted and deposited into an order container to maintain validation and integrity of the order. Validated articles are inducted onto a sortation conveyor that selectively dispenses or deposits each article at a destination into a container. A shuttle vehicle moves along a first side of row of such containers to replace an empty container in place of any container that holds a completed order and moves the latter onto a transport conveyor.

公开(公告)号：US09840390B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US15357869

申请日：2016-11-21

申请人： United States Postal Service

发明人： Dongliang Yang ,  James E. Goodbar, III

IPC分类号： B65H29/26 ,  B65H31/08 ,  B65H31/06 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H29/46 ,  B65H31/24 ,  B07C5/00 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B65H39/075 ,  B65H39/115 ,  B07C3/02 ,  F16F7/00

CPC分类号： B65H29/26 ,  B07C1/025 ,  B07C3/02 ,  B07C5/00 ,  B65H29/46 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/06 ,  B65H31/08 ,  B65H31/24 ,  B65H39/075 ,  B65H39/115 ,  B65H2301/42146 ,  B65H2301/422548 ,  B65H2403/60 ,  B65H2405/221 ,  B65H2405/3312 ,  B65H2701/1916 ,  F16F7/00

摘要： Systems, devices and methods for receiving an item in a receptacle are disclosed. Features are disclosed for receiving and guiding an item in a receiving space of a receptacle so as to attenuate or remove the impact force of the item on the receptacle. Some embodiments of the disclosure include a bumper having an impact surface which absorbs most or all of the impact force of the item and thereby mitigates or removes the imposition of cyclic impact loads on the receptacle from repeated receipt of items. The bumper may be structurally and/or functionally de-coupled or otherwise physically separated from the receptacle such that an advantageous division of labor is created between absorbing the impact and receiving the item. This disclosure may be useful, for example, in modern industrial operations where a high volume of items are received daily, such as in mail sorting and handling operations.

公开(公告)号：US09782802B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-10

申请号：US14438298

申请日：2013-10-24

申请人： SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

发明人： Peter Berdelle-Hilge ,  Bertram Wanner

IPC分类号： B65H1/30 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H15/02 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H7/00

CPC分类号： B07C1/025 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H1/30 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H15/02 ,  B65H2301/4222 ,  B65H2301/422542 ,  B65H2701/1916

摘要： An automated flat mail items handling device includes a rotating apparatus, which rotates the stack during operation from a starting orientation, in which the mail items lie flat, one on top of the other, to a processing orientation, in which the mail items are arranged substantially standing next to each other. The device also includes a holder, which retains the stack while the stack is being rotated, and a transport support, which supports the stack in the processing orientation and by way of which the stack can be moved in a conveying direction. In order to be able to process more mail items per unit of time in the device and by way of the method, the transport support is separate from the rotating apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US09662681B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14390889

申请日：2014-07-10

申请人： Solystic

发明人： Francois Madar ,  Arnaud Caron

IPC分类号： B65B69/00 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B65H1/30 ,  B65H1/02

CPC分类号： B07C1/025 ,  B65H1/025 ,  B65H1/30 ,  B65H2301/42254 ,  B65H2701/1916 ,  B65H2801/78

摘要： Postal sorting equipment comprises a sorting machine with an unstacking member (5) and a feed magazine (7). The equipment further comprises storage trays (4) for storing mailpieces (3) and for bringing them into the feed magazine. The magazine has a deck with a first deck portion (22) that is superposed above a second deck portion (23). Each tray (4) has a bottom (26) provided with a groove that is open to the front and to the top of the tray. The first deck portion and the groove of each tray are designed to fit together so that when a tray filled with mailpieces in a stack and on edge is standing on the second deck portion, the first deck portion comes to fit into the groove in the tray under the stack of mailpieces, thereby enabling the mailpieces to be unloaded automatically from the tray.

公开(公告)号：US09044783B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13797731

申请日：2013-03-12

申请人： United States Postal Service

发明人： John W. Brown ,  Edward F. Houston ,  Juan A. Roman ,  Leung M. Shiu ,  Riley H. Mayhall ,  William P. McConnell ,  Matthew G. Good ,  Robert E. Hume ,  Darin Dickey

IPC分类号： B65G59/02 ,  B07C1/00 ,  B07C1/02 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H1/26 ,  B65H1/30

CPC分类号： B07C1/04 ,  B07C1/00 ,  B07C1/025 ,  B65H1/025 ,  B65H1/263 ,  B65H1/30 ,  B65H3/00 ,  B65H2301/422542 ,  B65H2301/422544 ,  B65H2405/212 ,  B65H2701/1916

摘要： Embodiments of a system and method for unloading articles from a container of items for use in an automatic stack feeder are disclosed. The automatic stack feeder may comprise a belt, a moveable lower paddle, and a moveable upper paddle, wherein the lower paddle is configured to partially extend through a belt of the automatic stack feeder. The movement of the belt, the lower paddle, and the upper paddle are coordinated such that there is no need to interrupt the operation of the automatic stack feeder to unload the container.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于从用于自动堆叠进料器的物品的容器中卸载物品的系统和方法的实施例。 自动堆叠进料器可以包括带，可移动的下桨和可移动的上桨，其中所述下桨构造成部分地延伸穿过所述自动堆叠进料器的带。 皮带，下桨和上桨的运动协调，使得不需要中断自动堆叠进料器的操作来卸载容器。