US 12,492,077 B2
System and method for variable size container handling
Oussama Rawas, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,721.
Prior Publication US 2025/0026572 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. B65G 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 15/14 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least two conveyors disposed at a specified distance apart and movable toward each other to reduce the specified distance or away from each other to increase the specified distance,
wherein the at least two conveyors are operable to move a container that is contiguously disposable between the at least two conveyors along a first direction when the at least two conveyors are operated in the first direction and along a second direction that is opposite to the first direction when the at least two conveyors are operated in the second direction; and
at least two further conveyors disposed at the specified distance apart and movable toward each other to reduce the specified distance or away from each other to increase the specified distance,
wherein a further conveyor of the at least two further conveyors is rotatable in a rotary direction relative to an axis that is perpendicular to the at least two further conveyors.