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AssigneeBerkshire Grey, Inc.
InventorsThomas Wagner, Matthew T. Mason, Christopher Geyer, John Richard Amend, Jr., Kyle Maroney, Joseph Romano, Victoria Hinchey, Jeffrey Kittredge, Andrew Gauthier, Lakshman Kumar, Prasanna Velagapudi
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A distribution system is disclosed for use with an induction system with an object processing system. The distribution system provides distribution of dissimilar objects into one of a plurality of receiving units. The distribution system includes an urging system for urging an object on a conveyor from the conveyor to a chute that includes at least one actuatable door for selectively dropping the object through the at least one actuable door, said chute leading to a first receiving station with a second receiving station being positioned below the at least one actuable door.
A distribution system for providing dissimilar objects into one of a plurality of receiving stations, said distribution system comprising an urging system for urging an object on conveyor from the conveyor to a chute that includes at least one actuatable door for selectively dropping the object through the at least one actuable door, said chute leading to a first receiving station with a second receiving station being positioned below the at least one actuable door, wherein the urging system includes an air intake system that provides a negative air flow to urge the object from the conveyor to the chute.
A distribution system in an induction system for use with an object processing system, said distribution system for providing dissimilar objects into one of a plurality of receiving units, said distribution system comprising an urging system for urging an object from an input conveyor to one of a first chute and a second chute positioned on opposite sides of the input conveyor, the first chute leading to a first receiving station, the second chute leading to a second receiving station, wherein at least one of the first chute and the second chute includes two actuatable doors that are selectively opened to drop the object onto a third receiving station positioned below the two actuatable doors,
A method of distributing objects, comprising:
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