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US 2024/0190489 A1Published application
Produce packing cart
AssigneeFour Growers, Inc.
InventorJUSTIN MARCUS KETTERER
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Abstract
Embodiments related to a produce harvesting system including a robotic limb, a vacuum source, an end effector for picking produce are disclosed. Additionally, embodiments related to methods and systems for planning movement paths for the end effector and controlling operation of a produce packing cart are disclosed.
Claims17
A produce packing cart comprising:
- a plurality of shelves disposed at different vertical positions, wherein each shelf of the plurality of shelves is configured to support one or more containers disposed therein, and wherein each shelf includes a first opening on a first side of the plurality of shelves and a second opening on a second side of the plurality of shelves opposite from the first side;
- a first elevator associated with the first side of the plurality of shelves;
- a second elevator associated with the second side of the plurality of shelves;
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- one or more actuators configured to move a container disposed on one of the first and second elevators into an adjacent shelf of the plurality of shelves, and wherein moving the container into the adjacent shelf moves one of the one or more containers disposed in the adjacent shelf onto the other of the first and second elevators.
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A method of packing produce, the method comprising:
- moving a filled container disposed on a first elevator into an adjacent first shelf of a plurality of shelves, wherein moving the filled container into the first shelf moves a first unfilled container disposed in the first shelf onto a second elevator.
The method of 10, further comprising positioning the first elevator in a loading position to engage the filled container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.