US 11,897,701 B2
Automated packing system
Calem Harris, Tampa, FL (US); Sebastian Mora, Davenport, FL (US); Grant Tucker, Orlando, FL (US); Arun Kumar Ranganathan Jagannathan, Shrewsbury, MA (US); Carl Skantze, Tampa, FL (US); Arnold Tsoka, Orlando, FL (US); and Mario Faulkner, Wesley Chapel, FL (US)
Assigned to Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,269.
Application 17/810,269 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/661,702, filed on May 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0348202 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/46 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/44 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/46 (2013.01) [B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 35/24 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01); B65G 47/44 (2013.01); B65G 47/8823 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an item-consolidation area that receives one or more items;
a carton-receiving area that receives a carton;
a structure that holds the item-consolidation area vertically higher than the carton-receiving area;
a passage between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area, the passage allowing the one or more items to pass from the item-consolidation area to the carton in the carton-receiving area, the system including one or more door members pivoting to close the passage and pivoting to open the passage; and
an actuation mechanism that controls movement of the one or more items between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area, the actuation mechanism including a support member that provides vertical support to the one or more door members via one or more contact points coupled with the support member when the one or more door members are in a closed position, the support member translating horizontally, the one or more contact points contacting varying points of the one or more door members at varying angles of the one or more door members as the support member translates horizontally.