Patent ID: 11910974
Assignee: VIABOT INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A conveyor station, comprising,
a housing having an input end and an output end;
a conveyor belt having a receiving region proximate to the input end and an angled transport region leading toward a dispense region, the conveyor belt having a plurality of fins that extend out from a surface of the conveyor belt, the plurality of fins enable movement of debris collected at the receiving region toward the dispense region, wherein the dispense region is configured to push debris into a drop funnel of the housing, the drop funnel directs debris into a receptacle; and
a conveyor controller of the conveyor station is configured with a sensor for detecting presence of a sweeper, the sweeper includes a container that holds debris collected when the sweeper is connected to a robot;
wherein debris are configured to be emptied from said sweeper directly onto said receiving region of the conveyor belt;
wherein the housing includes wheels for movement of the housing to a location of operation;
wherein the sweeper includes a sweeper conveyor disposed at a base of the sweeper, the sweeper includes a sweeper door that is configured to open to enable the sweeper conveyor to move debris from the container inside the sweeper directly over the receiving region of the conveyor belt of the conveyor station, wherein a system is defined when said sweeper is interfaced with the conveyor station;
wherein the conveyor controller is configured to activate rollers of the conveyor belt in response to exchanging control data with a sweeper controller, such that the sweeper controller is configured to move the sweeper conveyor when the conveyor belt of the conveyor station is moving, such that debris in the container are moved out of the container and onto the receiving region of the conveyor belt.