US 12,134,525 B2
Systems and methods for assisting in object grasping from containers in object processing systems
Bretton Anderson, Westford, MA (US); and John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,611.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,732, filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363490 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/22 (2006.01); B65G 13/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/22 (2013.01) [B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 13/00 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container jostling system for jostling objects within a container, comprising:
a conveyor that includes a plurality of rollers that are mutually spaced from one another;
at least one container contact element that is movable vertically between at least two rollers of the conveyor and movable horizontally in a direction that is substantially parallel with the at least two rollers; and
at least one hard stop disposed along a side of the conveyor,
wherein the at least one container contact element lifts and laterally shifts a container containing objects moving on the conveyor such that the container impacts the at least one hard stop, and wherein the impact of the container against the at least one hard stop causes the objects within the container to shift therein.