Patent ID: 11969759
Assignee: AEGIS SORTATION, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. An automated sortation system comprising:
a collector conveyor;
a cleated conveyor; and
a plurality of smart bins each configured to
receive at least one package of a plurality of packages into a cavity including a gate, and
transfer onto the collector conveyor a package group comprising one or more of the received plurality of packages,

wherein
when the one or more of the received plurality of packages is to be transferred out of the cavity of corresponding one or more of the plurality of smart bins, the gate of the respective one or more of the plurality of smart bins is moved to an open position and the respective package group is released onto a collector conveyor each of the respective one or more of the plurality of smart bins into a respective defined zone on the collector conveyor, and
the collector conveyor conveys the released package group of each of the one or more plurality smart bins within respective defined zone on the conveyor belt to the cleated conveyor for further processing as the package group of the respective one of the plurality smart bins from which it was transferred.