Patent ID: 11890755
Assignee: IUNU, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  Y | IPC A  B  G

Claim 9:
10. A transfer station apparatus configured to transfer a robotic carrier between track segments, comprising:
a transfer station base plate, oriented horizontally;
a rotating table comprised of a flat disk having a fixed radius, the flat disk situated parallel to and under the transfer station base plate, the rotating table coupled via an axle positioned through a vertical hole in the transfer station base plate to a switch motor;
a table track segment having a length of a diameter of the rotating table, the table track segment situated under the rotating table and passing through the center of the rotating table;
a first track segment coupler underneath the transfer station base plate situated radially out from the rotating table and placed with one end at the radius of the transfer station base plate, as to connecting a first track segment to the table track segment;
a second track segment coupler underneath the transfer station base plate situated radially out from the rotating table and placed with one end at the radius of the transfer station base plate, as to connecting a second track segment to the table track segment, the second track segment not being parallel to the first track segment; and
wall guards placed underneath the base plate at a perimeter of the transfer station, with a height sufficient to stop the robotic carrier on the track from falling off of the one end, wherein the wall guards have gaps sufficiently wide to allow the robotic carrier to pass from the first track segment to the second track segment.