Patent ID: 11868840
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 26:
27. A method of distributing a plurality of dissimilar objects, said method comprising:
providing an air-permeable conveyor section that travels around at least one vacuum roller, the at least one vacuum roller being provided at a free end of the air-permeable conveyor section and including openings through which a vacuum pressure is applied to a plurality of dissimilar objects at the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section;
providing monitoring data regarding actions of the plurality of dissimilar objects as the plurality of dissimilar objects are dropped from the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section; and
controlling any of a rotational speed of the at least one vacuum roller and the vacuum pressure within the at least one vacuum roller responsive to the monitoring data for providing that the plurality of dissimilar objects each travel a selected distance around the at least one vacuum roller before falling from the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section.