公开(公告)号：US11111076B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US17068819

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

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

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

Abstract: 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：US10800608B1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16429755

申请日：2019-06-03

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

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

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

Abstract: 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.