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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866483 | Apparatus for discriminating sheet material The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the kind of a sheet material, comprising: a substrate having a recessed portion; a press member situated so that a sheet material can be deflected using the recessed portion; a support member that is def... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7510085 | Apparatus for discriminating sheet material The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the kind of a sheet material, comprising: a substrate having a recessed portion; a press member situated so that a sheet material can be deflected using the recessed portion; a support member that is def... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7354401 | Ultrasound sex determination for sorting of avian hatchlings A method for making a sex determination in avian hatchlings involves the following activities. A process line is equipped to process an endless plurality of hatchlings. The process line has an ultrasound inspection station for the hatchlings. The ultrasound inspecti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347330 | Method for sizing of water-absorbent resin A method for sizing a surface cross-linked water-absorbent resin removed coarse particles and fine powder is provided. Sized resin particles are obtained by classifying water-absorbent resin particles to remove an aggregates and fine powder in the particles, disinte... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316322 | Quality evaluation apparatus for fruits and vegetables In order to provide a quality evaluation apparatus having excellent measurement accuracy in obtaining quality evaluation values of fruits and vegetables, transmitted light from one or more measured objects is received by a photo-detective sensor of the charge storag... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304259 | Mail processing system with multilevel contaminant detection and sterilization A method of sorting mail according to the invention includes the steps of receiving a plurality of first mail pieces of unknown origin in a first apparatus for bulk processing of the mail pieces, processing the mail pieces in the first apparatus by one of testing th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304260 | System and method for filling, removing and transporting containers The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically transporting receiving containers for sorted products. The containers are filled with the sorted products along a sorting stretch at individual, similar target stations, and automatically transpo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7227094 | Method for processing flat deliveries in delivery containers A method for processing a batch of mail wherein a mail sorting machine sorts the batch of mail to a plurality of sorting bins according to a predetermined sorting plan includes steps of reading an identification code from an empty mail tray, loading the empty tray i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223379 | Process for producing aluminum oxide powder To provide a process for producing an aluminum oxide powder, whereby the content of impurities is controlled by a physical means. A process for producing an aluminum oxide powder, which comprises pulverizing electrofused alumina by a batch system and classifying the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7202977 | Methods for positioning a print integrity image capture device A method for positioning a print integrity image capture device comprises the steps of creating electronic document data; adding print integrity markings to the electronic document data; sending the electronic document data to a raster image processor; determining t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7170024 | Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability A method and apparatus for sorting articles to a delivery point sequence includes at least one article sorter adapted to sort articles and a conveying system operable to arrange and convey containers of articles sorted in a first sort pass to an induct of the articl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159722 | System and method for item handling A system and method are set out for automatically extracting pods from a carousel shaped casing tower which include elements for engaging and moving the pods within the carousel while the carousel maintains its place. The pods travel on a track within the carousel w... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156220 | Automatic tray handling system for sorter A method for handling trays for use with an article sorter includes providing a conveying surface along a plurality of sorter units and conveying empty trays along the conveying surface. The empty trays that are being conveyed along the conveying surface are stopped... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156234 | Sorting technique for recycle of device units The sorting apparatus receives the electromagnetic wave from a storage element of a collected toner cartridge, and specifies the recyclability of the toner cartridge based on information extracted from the received electromagnetic wave. The sorting system then sorts... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7111738 | Technique for enhancing the effectiveness of slurried dense media separations Methods, systems, and media for use in separating mixtures. A slurry including a separation liquid and one or more particulate media materials is provided. A classification separation is performed on the slurry to produce a classified media having a controlled parti... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112031 | Method and apparatus for mechanized pocket sweeping A method for sweeping mail pieces from pockets of a sorter including the steps of (1) sorting mail pieces to a plurality of pockets based upon a preselected sorting criteria, (2) positioning an unloading robot adjacent to a selected one of the pockets when the pocke... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7080739 | Postal sorting machine including a bin-transfer structure A postal sorting machine (1) comprises sort outlets (7) distributed in one or more horizontal rows that are superposed and parallel. A bin transfer structure (3) is placed along said rows of sort outlets (7), said transfer structure (3... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7021470 | Orientation device and methods for mail processing A mail processing device includes a reorientation arrangement that, when the mail processing device is in a first position, is configured to sequentially receive mail items from an upstream process and reorient each item such that the top side of a particular item f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012211 | Single pass sequencing assembly A method and apparatus for sequencing articles via a single sort pass or process includes a plurality of article receivers or collators positioned along a conveying or transport path and a plurality of carriages movable along the path. The carriages receive articles... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6907982 | Automatic tray handling system for sorter An automatic tray handling system for use with an article or mail sortation system, such as a flats mail sortation system, is operable to automatically remove filled or partially filled trays from individual sorter units and to replenish the sorter units with empty ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6817077 | Part sorter and selector An apparatus and method for sorting and selecting parts comprising a computer for designing a plurality of a first type of component parts and a plurality of a second type of component parts. Each job, which consists of the plurality of first component parts and the... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6600829 | Computer process for controlling a system for sorting objects by surface characteristics The computer process controls operation of a system which sorts objects by surface characteristics. The system includes a multi-rail conveyor, an imaging unit for each rail of the conveyor and a computer including a user interface. Each imaging unit inclu... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6588476 | Method and apparatus for producing a faultless material web, as well as faultless material web The problem of the invention is to provide a material web, comprising a supporting web and information carriers positioned thereon, in which the supporting web is constructed as a continuous web and on which are only located faultless information carriers... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6435352 | Sorting machine for stacks of sheet metal panels A sorting machine at the end of a sheet metal slitting and shearing line receives side-by-side stacks of sheet metal panels and separates and rearranges those stacks so that they are more easily wrapped, banded, or otherwise processed. The machine include... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6396938 | Automatic feather sexing of poultry chicks using ultraviolet imaging The invention addresses the above referenced need in the art. In particular, the invention provides an improved method for automatic chick sexing. Under regular lighting, the color intensity of down and feather of baby chicks are essentially the same and ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6357599 | Machine and method for facilitating separation of members of a stack A machine comprising a base and an elongated cradle pivotally mounted on the base is used to facilitate separation of nested tapered drums from a stack. With the cradle in an upright position, the machine is moved toward the stack to embrace the stack in ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321913 | Sorting facility for flat mail items A conveyor belt (1) leading to a sorting device (2) comprises two superimposed functional sections (3, 12), which are connected to each other via deflected intermediate sections. As a result, the structural length of the conveyor belt (1) is reduced.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6303889 | Method and apparatus for sorting documents into a pre-defined sequence A method and apparatus are provided for sorting documents. The documents are scanned to determine a characteristic of each document and then sorted in response to the scanned characteristic. In particular, a method is provided for multi-pass processing of... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6300584 | Loading/unloading control apparatus of semiconductor device and control method thereof The present invention relates to a loading/unloading control apparatus of a semiconductor device and a control method thereof in which a time for loading/unloading a semiconductor device can be saved when a produced semiconductor device is loaded and unlo... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6276535 | Method for providing instructions to a mail sorting apparatus The method of the present invention relates generally to a method for sorting mailpieces using a mail sorting apparatus. In one embodiment of the present invention, instructions are provided to the mail sorting apparatus in a machine readable format such ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6267248 | Collating and sorting apparatus A collation and/or sorting apparatus for groups of articles is exemplified by a sorting and/or shuffling device for playing cards. The apparatus comprises a sensor (15) to identify articles for collation and/or sorting, feeding means to feed cards from a ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264042 | Bilateral sorter A system for sorting objects includes an upstream and a downstream conveyor positioned to sequentially receive and convey an object along a first path, and a sorting conveyor belt positioned transversely in a gap between the upstream and downstream convey... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260713 | Cherry sizing process and apparatus A cherry sizing process and apparatus in which cherries are sized in stages, with each stage including substantially parallel rollers and with each stage having a gap different than the other stages. Preferably, the larger size cherries are removed before... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6255614 | Specimen-container transfer apparatus An apparatus wherein assayed specimens can be transferred in any order to a specimen-container housing rack automatically and very efficiently, without any restrictions whatsoever on the order in which the specimen containers are placed in the specimen-co... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253910 | Device for sorting piece goods Sorting devices are successively guided along a sorting line and driven by means of a conveyor system. Each sorting device has a running carriage with running rollers guided in the sorting line's guide rails. In addition, the sorting device contains a mea... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250472 | Paper sorting system The present invention includes devices and methods for handling and sorting paper. Devices for accelerating and spreading paper from a paper input to a sensor are disclosed. Operably thin layers of paper are passed through a sensor at cost effective feed ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252188 | Sorter for agricultural products A sorter is provided for sorting unacceptable agricultural products or foreign objects from acceptable ones. Preferably, the sorter is a monochromatic one performed as the products pass in streams past an illuminated viewing station. The view station incl... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6230898 | Mailing machines A mailing machine including a scanner for detecting data marks printed on documents to be mailed for conveying control information to the machine, for example in the manner known as the "Optical Mark Recognition" system. The machine includes a memory buff... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227375 | Device for monitoring the transport process of flat despatches The invention relates to a device for monitoring the transport process of flat despatches with a sensor, a store and an evaluation device, in which the device, takes the form of a flat despatch having a number of different regions, especially rigid and fl... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220450 | Rubber stopper separator A device to separate rubber stoppers that have adhered together, typically as a result of sterilization. The device contains a hopper, a pair of rollers and a mechanism to turn the rollers. The rollers are hexagonal-shaped and each face has a scalloped co... | 04/24/2001 |
