公开(公告)号：US10301121B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15655318

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Brian Hoffman ,  Martin Peter Aalund ,  David Alspaugh ,  Samuel Gardner Garrett ,  Paul Roy Raines, Jr. ,  Timothy Alan Talda ,  Akshay Tilekar ,  Stephanie Tomasetta ,  Eric Wyman ,  Toby Ge Xu

IPC: B65G17/16 ,  B65G47/46 ,  B65G21/22 ,  B65G15/00 ,  B65D27/00 ,  B07C1/06 ,  B07C5/36

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system has a carousel that has a guiderail that forms a loop that has a loading position and an unloading position. The carousel also has a plurality of buckets, each having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end includes at least one bottom wall that is moveable between (i) a transporting configuration where the at least one bottom wall substantially closes the lower end of the bucket and (ii) a discharge configuration where the at least one bottom wall is moved so as to define an opening in the lower end of the bucket. The buckets are supported by the guiderail such that the buckets can be driven from the loading position towards the unloading position in the transporting configuration. The buckets can be transitioned to the discharge configuration so as to unload inventory items at the unloading position into a packaging material.

公开(公告)号：US10296870B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US15653313

申请日：2017-07-18

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Brian Hoffman ,  Martin Peter Aalund ,  David Alspaugh ,  Samuel Gardner Garrett ,  Paul Roy Raines, Jr. ,  Timothy Alan Talda ,  Akshay Tilekar ,  Stephanie Tomasetta ,  Eric Wyman ,  Toby Ge Xu

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  B65D81/05

Abstract: A packaging system employs a cartridge having moveable walls such that the cartridge discharges or inducts one or more items into a cavity of a package, such as a film that is sealed into a pouch or mailer. A bottom wall of the cartridge is retracted relative to an end panel of the cartridge during the induction process.