US 12,129,127 B2
Dynamic processing of objects provided in elevated vehicles with evacuation systems and methods for receiving objects
Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US); Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US); John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US); and Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,893.
Application 18/384,893 is a continuation of application No. 17/953,982, filed on Sep. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,866,269.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,812, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174454 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 67/40 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/08 (2013.01) [B65G 37/005 (2013.01); B65G 67/40 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of evacuating a trailer of a tractor trailer, said method comprising:
moving a coupled end of a collection conveyor upward, said coupled end of the collection conveyor being coupled to an evacuation conveyor;
rotating a base end of the collection conveyor the evacuation conveyor configured and operable to change elevation in a substantially horizontal orientation in a first rotational direction with respect to the coupled end of the collection conveyor such that a first surface of the collection conveyor faces a plurality of objects to be removed from the trailer of the tractor trailer;
contacting the plurality of objects with the first surface of the collection conveyor; and
activating the first surface of the collection conveyor to move the plurality of objects along the collection conveyor toward the evacuation conveyor.