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

Claim 10:
11. An automated sortation method comprising:
diverting a package group, comprising at least one package of a plurality of packages, into one smart bin of a plurality of smart bins according to a sort criteria;
accumulating one or more of the plurality of packages in at least the one smart bin;
transferring the one or more of the plurality of packages as a package group comprising the one or more of the plurality of packages from the one smart bin onto a collector conveyor by releasing the package group onto the collector conveyor from the at least one smart bin into a respective defined zone on the collector conveyor; and
moving the released package group of the at least one smart bin within respective defined zone on the collector conveyor and onto a cleated conveyor for further processing as the package group of the at least one smart bins from which it was released.