公开(公告)号：US12093890B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17958329

申请日：2022-10-01

申请人： Jiawei Tian

发明人： Jiawei Tian

IPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  B65G67/08

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  B65G67/08

摘要： The present disclosure provides a system and method for smart auto-vending during a pandemic. The purpose is to increase efficiency in order fulfillment of prepacked and non-prepacked products in terms of speed, low cost, and sterilization. The system includes: a box station; dispensers/dispensing subsystems; sterilization stations with different sterilization methods; a packaging station with different packaging methods; a shipping station for smart shipping with automatic self-driving vehicles or drones; a main conveyor and sub-conveyors that move an order through the system. In addition, there may be one dispensing subsystem for weighing, bagging, and sterilizing non-prepackaged grocery products. The system's AI function is also used to optimize items stored in each dispenser/dispensing subsystem. All of these components and methods come together to form an integrated, streamlined, and optimized system and method for carrying out online order fulfillment efficiently.

公开(公告)号：US11772886B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US18057550

申请日：2022-11-21

申请人： Rocky Mountain Investor Holdings, Inc.

发明人： Marcus Dacar ,  Daniel R. Pattillo ,  Joshua Wyrick ,  Robert C. Dacar

IPC分类号： B65D88/54 ,  B65G67/08

CPC分类号： B65D88/54 ,  B65G67/08

摘要： A system for reloading a container with proppant. The system includes a transloader having a conveyer belt and a discharge device. The system includes a reloading system comprising a bulk material storage bin having a proppant receiving area, a funnel having an expandable loading tube, and a gate for controlling flow of the proppant from the funnel into the container. The system comprises a reloader comprising a loading bay having a load cell and the container disposed on the load cell.

公开(公告)号：US20220371836A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17771787

申请日：2020-07-22

申请人： TRAPO AG

发明人： Erik MÖLLMANN ,  Tobias NIEHAVES ,  Volker KUGEL ,  Stefan KURTENBACH ,  Jascha PARIS

IPC分类号： B65G67/08 ,  B65G67/20 ,  B65G67/24

摘要： A loading system for loading and unloading cargo compartments of trucks includes conveyors positioned parallel or substantially parallel to one another and such that standard pallets can be moved back and forth on the conveyors in a conveying direction, and an autonomous conveyor vehicle. The conveyors are positioned at a height above a floor such that the conveyor vehicle with vertically movable pallet fork assemblies can be positioned below the conveyors.

公开(公告)号：US11358805B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16775785

申请日：2020-01-29

申请人： Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.

发明人： Daniel Heim ,  Colton Hirman

IPC分类号： B65G67/12 ,  B65G47/18 ,  E01C23/12 ,  B65G47/74 ,  B65G47/44 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G67/08

摘要： Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible connector that is attached to the hopper weldment and configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and a flexible skirt that is folded over the flexible connector. The flexible skirt may include a plurality of flexible strips configured to form an enclosure between the flexible connector and the hopper weldment.

公开(公告)号：US20210347587A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US16868159

申请日：2020-05-06

申请人： Avraham Y. Levi

发明人： Avraham Y. Levi

IPC分类号： B65G67/08 ,  B65G67/20 ,  B65G21/12

摘要： In the method of the present invention, first and second motorized endless belt conveyor assemblies are provided, one for placement in a package distribution center and the other for placement in the box of a delivery truck or van. Personnel at the distribution center load the conveyor of the first conveyor assembly with packages in a predetermined order corresponding to stops on a route. Subsequently, a delivery driver will back his vehicle up to the first conveyor assembly and activate the motorized conveyors of the two conveyor assemblies such that products on the first conveyor assembly will be transferred onto the conveyor assembly located in the vehicle in the stated predetermined order.

公开(公告)号：US11111076B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US17068819

申请日：2020-10-12

申请人： Amazon Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Stephen T. Campbell ,  Robert M Whitten ,  Shilpi Gupta ,  Ibolya Horvath ,  Oksana Mikhailovna Kharchenko ,  Justina Lakinger ,  Ryan Clarke

IPC分类号： B65G1/06 ,  B65G67/08 ,  B65G67/24

摘要： With respect to a transfer facility configured to optimize package transfers therethrough, a container housing packages may be delivered to a first floor of the transfer facility. The packages may be transported to consolidation stations based on destinations associated therewith. In some examples, the packages may be bound for a single destination and thus transported to a single consolidation station. In some examples, the packages may be bound for multiple destinations and thus transported to a second floor of the transfer facility for sortation. A destination and mode of transportation associated with the package may be determined at an induction station on the second floor, as well as a consolidation station associated therewith. A drive unit may insert the package into a chute for transit down a slide to the consolidation station, where it may be placed into another container for shipment to the destination via the mode of transportation.

公开(公告)号：US10988069B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16406979

申请日：2019-05-08

申请人： Ford Global Technologies, LLC

发明人： John Vincent

IPC分类号： B60P1/52 ,  B65G13/02 ,  B65G67/24 ,  B65G47/46 ,  B65G67/08

摘要： Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure generally pertain to vehicle inventory management systems. In one exemplary embodiment, a bed of rollers includes a first section located in an enclosed cargo area of a delivery vehicle and a second section located in an alcove that is accessible from outside the delivery vehicle. Various items for delivery are placed upon the bed of rollers in the enclosed cargo area. The rollers, which are coupled to servomotors, can be rotated in various directions under control of a computer. The computer activates the rollers for moving items around inside the delivery vehicle. Upon reaching a delivery destination, an item can be moved into the alcove for pickup by a person outside the delivery vehicle. The alcove is configured to allow access to the item by the person outside the delivery vehicle, but prevents access to other items located in the enclosed cargo area.

公开(公告)号：US20210094771A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US17038197

申请日：2020-09-30

申请人： Oceaneering International, Inc.

发明人： David Wesley Weaver

IPC分类号： B65G67/08 ,  B64F1/32

摘要： Cargo may be optimally placed within a cargo hold using a cargo mover comprising a flexible conveyor belt extending from a ground location to a cargo hold, data defining a dimensional map of available space existing within the cargo hold for placement of cargo, a conveyor controller operatively in communication with the flexible conveyer belt and comprising packing software, and a smart loader comprising a predetermined set of scanning sensors operative to scan the cargo hold and a processor operatively in communication with the predetermined set of sensors and the conveyor controller. An interior of the cargo hold is scanned to create a dimensional map of the cargo hold and cargo placed onto the flexible conveyor belt where certain of each piece is cargo's physical dimensions are scanned. The processor compares the scanned cargo hold data set with the cargo's physical dimensions as well as with an order in which that piece of cargo will arrive at the smart loader to determine the placement of each piece of cargo. As each piece of cargo is placed into cargo hold, the smart loader continues to scan and update the dimensional map of the cargo hold to determine where each subsequent piece of cargo will be placed in the cargo hold.

公开(公告)号：US20210000081A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US16919901

申请日：2020-07-02

申请人： Birds Up, LLC

发明人： Clint Schwitters ,  Torry Johnson

IPC分类号： A01K45/00 ,  B65G17/06 ,  B65G17/18 ,  B65G17/42 ,  B65G41/00 ,  B65G23/06 ,  B65G23/00 ,  B65G67/08

摘要： An apparatus for loading live turkeys from a barn floor to cages on a transport trailer. A continuous motorized drive chain moves attached, solid sheets that are loaded with turkeys from the barn floor into the cage, and then back to the loading position. The drive chain is looped around first and second sprockets. Each rectangular sheet is rotationally connected at two of its corners to the drive chain forming a fixed end and a loose end. When the drive chain rounds the barn end, the loose end of the sheet slides upwards on a guide flap to keep the top of the sheet facing up. The sheets are driven forward to the cages, round the end at the cage end, pulled backwards from the cages toward the barn end, and then driven forward again, all without stopping the motion of the drive chain.

公开(公告)号：US10787325B1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-29

申请号：US16541678

申请日：2019-08-15

申请人： Siemens Logistics LLC

发明人： James M. Pippin

IPC分类号： B65G67/08 ,  B65G57/03 ,  B65G67/20 ,  G05B15/02

摘要： Parcel loaders and methods. A parcel loader includes a control system and a conveyor under the control of the control system that is configured to receive a plurality of parcels to be loaded into a container. The parcel loader includes a vertically-adjustable positioning conveyor under the control of the control system and configured to receive the plurality of parcels from the conveyor. The parcel loader includes a plurality of finger conveyors under the control of the control system and configured to place the plurality of parcels in a parcel stack in the container. The finger conveyors can independently extend and retract from the positioning conveyor. The parcel loader can also include upper or lower stack constraints.