MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072011 A) filed by Opex Corporation, Moorestown, U.S.A., on July 29, for 'material handling method and apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Valinsky, Joseph; Rehrig, Michael; Landi, William; and Davis, Zachary.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to a plurality of sort bins. After the items are sorted into the sort bins the sort bins may be automatically emptied into separate containers. Alternatively, the sort bins may be discharged from the apparatus to be processed at a remote destination. The apparatus may include a plurality of delivery vehicles for delivering items to the sort bins. The apparatus may further include a plurality of retrieval vehicles for retrieving the sort bins after all the items for a grouping are sorted to the bin. The retrieval vehicles may be configured to move the retrieved bins to one or more discharge stations where the items in the sort bins may be emptied into separate containers such as boxes for shipping the items."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/016532.
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