System having a carousel of buckets configured to induct inventory items into packaging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10301121
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15655318

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In one embodiment, a system has a carousel that has a guiderail that forms a loop that has a loading position and an unloading position. The carousel also has a plurality of buckets, each having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end includes at least one bottom wall that is moveable between (i) a transporting configuration where the at least one bottom wall substantially closes the lower end of the bucket and (ii) a discharge configuration where the at least one bottom wall is moved so as to define an opening in the lower end of the bucket. The buckets are supported by the guiderail such that the buckets can be driven from the loading position towards the unloading position in the transporting configuration. The buckets can be transitioned to the discharge configuration so as to unload inventory items at the unloading position into a packaging material.

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AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INCPO BOX 81226 SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aalund, Martin Peter Seattle, US 41 708
Alspaugh, David Seattle, US 8 27
Garrett, Samuel Gardner Seattle, US 28 571
Hoffman, Brian Seattle, US 45 1357
Raines,, Jr Paul Roy Seattle, US 9 267
Talda, Timothy Alan Seattle, US 40 158
Tilekar, Akshay Seattle, US 6 40
Tomasetta, Stephanie Seattle, US 6 37
Wyman, Eric Auburn, US 7 38
Xu, Toby Ge Seattle, US 13 148

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