Patent ID: 9150382
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Apparatus including a conveyor configured to move one or more items toward a receiving hopper, the receiving hopper configured to receive the items into a stack thereof; a sensor configured to determine a level of the stack; a controller coupled to the conveyor and configured to maintain a drop distance between the conveyor and the level of the stack within a desirable range that includes at least a minimum distance between the level of the stack and the level of the conveyer; wherein the controller is configured to adjust a speed of the conveyor when the drop distance between the conveyor and the level of the stack is not within the desirable range; the receiving hopper is configured to feed items out of the hopper from off of a bottom of the stack; the controller is configured to perform at least one of the following as item are feed into and out of the hopper: