公开(公告)号：US09387982B1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-12

申请号：US14854165

申请日：2015-09-15

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Edward Corey, Jr. ,  Douglas Wayne Kegley, Jr. ,  John Saltzman ,  Carolyn Elizabeth Sinnott ,  David Arthur Ogle, II

IPC: B65D88/56 ,  B65D88/54 ,  B65G11/20 ,  B65G37/00

CPC classification number: B65D88/56 ,  B65G11/203 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G2201/02

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an apparatus that dampens or reduces the impact of an item as it is discharged from a device, such as a conveyer belt. An apparatus may comprise, for example, a basket assembly that receives items as they are discharged from a chute, a conveyer belt, or other device. The basket assembly may comprise a netting material that catches or receives items as they are displaced, dampens or reduces the impact of the items, and allows the items to slide to a bottom of a receptacle. A height of the basket assembly may be adjusted by an actuator as the receptacle is filled with items. In addition, the basket assembly may be rotated as the receptacle is filled.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于在物品从诸如输送带的装置排放时抑制或减少物品的冲击的装置的各种实施例。 装置可以包括例如篮子组件，当篮子从滑槽，输送带或其他装置排出时，其接收物品。 篮子组件可以包括网状材料，其在移动时捕获或接收物品，抑制或减少物品的冲击，并允许物品滑动到容器的底部。 当容器被填充物品时，可以通过致动器来调节篮子组件的高度。 此外，当容器被填充时，筐组件可以旋转。