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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370005 | Inventory replication based upon order fulfillment rates A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7270227 | Material handling system and method of use A material handling system and method of use for increasing throughput at security checkpoints. The material handling system includes a dual input conveyor with a merge conveyor leading to a detection system. At the output of the detection system is a diverting mech... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268313 | Garment processing system and method thereof A method for processing garments. Soiled garments corresponding to a route are received and washed. The garments are configured for processing and stored based on the route. From storage, the garments may be transferred to a sorter and sorted based on a determined s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245988 | Garment inventory management system A laundry inventory management system comprises several components in combination. A structure has a computer system with a program to store data with the computer being coupled to an electrical source. A pair of trolley rails with each rail having a set of indicia ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7145095 | Article sortation system An article sortation system includes a plurality of transport units which are movable along a conveying path between induction stations and discharge stations along each side of the conveying path. Each transport unit has side by side loading and support capability ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7086591 | Airport check-in system and method An improved airport check-in system includes a central conveyor and a plurality of outwardly-extending conveyors. Airline agents operate workstations adjacent the outwardly extending conveyors, which are accessible by passengers so that passengers can deposit their ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7035714 | Integrated conveyor bed A conveyor system, and method of controlling the conveyor system, includes providing a conveying surface, at least one motor propelling the conveying surface and a plurality of lower-level controllers. At least one of the lower-level controllers adapted to control t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6378687 | High speed sorting/diverting apparatus, an apparatus controller and systems using same Featured is a sorting/diverting apparatus that diverts articles from a plurality of moving belts, the sorting/diverting apparatus including a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted to a support frame and a moving mechanism that moves the support ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6370447 | Conveyance system A communication master unit of a conveyance controller and communication slave units for a main conveyor, loading conveyors and unloading conveyors are connected by a serial transmission line to transmit and receive different kinds of data signals to and ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5640326 | Printed copy waste reduction system for single gripper conveyors In a waste management system for saving check copies of printed copy entering a single gripper conveyor, check copies are saved by providing the system operator with the option of pressing a check copy switch to instruct the system to count as being of un... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5335777 | Method and apparatus for belt conveyor load tracking A method of and apparatus for tracking data associated with a load being conveyed on a belt conveyor between a source station including a source station load sensor and a destination station including a destination station load sensor includes the steps o... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5150781 | Modular conveyor system A modular conveyor and conveyor system for transporting articles thereon. The functioning of the entire system is integrated by a programmable logic controller (PLC) mounted on each conveyor unit. Where PLCs on adjacently connected conveyors communicate w... | 09/29/1992 |
| 4683540 | Method and apparatus for ordering a working operation in an assembly line A method and an apparatus for ordering a working operation in an assembly line having sublines in which parts for different models are assembled. All of the parts in the assembly line have serial numbers. The parts are allocated with a working code which ... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4239435 | Apparatus and method for assemblying randomly arranged articles Apparatus and methods for selectively distributing a plurality of unordered articles at a plurality of receiving stations in predetermined orders are provided in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. The present invention contemplates a ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4239434 | Weight coded delivery conveyor system An apparatus for sorting items includes a plurality of receiving stations for receiving the unsorted items. Each of the receiving stations has associated with it a scale for sensing the weight of each item as it is received. The weight of each item is tra... | 12/16/1980 |
