Patent ID: 11873168
Assignee: THREDUP INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer program instructions for determining an orientation of a hanger on a rail of a garment conveyor, the computer program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
move the hanger along the rail by the garment conveyor past a pivotable detection arm coupled to the rail;
monitor, with a control unit, a pivot state of the pivotable detection arm;
receive, at the control unit, a signal indicating a sensed deflection of the pivotable detection arm when the pivot state of the pivotable detection arm changes; and
responsive to sensing a change in the pivot state of the pivotable detection arm and using the control unit, output a signal indicating that the orientation of the hanger on the rail is in an incorrect orientation.