US 12,378,078 B1
Container management system
William Scott Kalm, Seattle, WA (US); Seshachalamgupta Motamarri, Sammamish, WA (US); Bart Heerikhuizen, Harderwijk (NL); Vincent Kerstholt, Harderwijk (NL); Frank van Ommeren, Harderwijk (NL); and Ernst Bahlman, Harderwijk (NL)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,257.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0033 (2013.01); B25J 15/0066 (2013.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A container management system, comprising:
a robotic manipulator having an engagement area at a distal end; and
a container transport coupled with the engagement area of the robotic manipulator, the container transport rotatable relative to the robotic manipulator between first and second manipulation positions, the container transport comprising:
sidewalls defining a container receiving area;
rollers positioned within the container receiving area and configured to support a container positioned in the container receiving area, the container configured to receive one or more inventory items; and
a container manipulator configured to move the containers into and out of the container receiving area and retain the containers in the container receiving area.