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US 2024/0165672 A1Published application
Material Handling Apparatus with Item Scanning Station
AssigneeOpex Corporation
InventorsJoseph Lakawicz, Stuart Ligo, Monty McVaugh, Scott Ferguson
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for delivering items to a plurality of storage locations. The items are fed into the apparatus at an input station having a scanning station. The scanning station evaluates one or more characteristics of each item. The items are then loaded onto a delivery mechanism that delivers the items to storage locations. Once at the appropriate storage location, the delivery mechanism discharges the item to the storage location and returns to receive another item to be delivered.
Claims10
A material handling apparatus, comprising:
- a delivery mechanism configured to receive items and to transport the items to a plurality of locations;
- a scanning station, comprising:
- a housing having one or more conductive walls;
- and
- an RFID scanner having
- an emitter for emitting a radio frequency signal toward one or more walls of the housing and toward the items as they are transferred to the delivery mechanism, and
- a receiver for receiving signals emitted from the emitter;
- and
- a central controller operable to receive information from the scanning station regarding an identification for each item and determining the location to which each of the items is to be delivered, wherein the delivery mechanism is configured to deliver each item to the location determined for each item.
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