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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Toshiba International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce H. Hanson, Endicott, NY (US);
Jeffrey Anthony Gavenas, Grapevine, TX (US);
Toshiba International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Presently disclosed embodiments are directed to a system and method for controlling/adjusting a position of mail product or other contents in an automated mail tray. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments utilize an automated mail tray with a ridged construction to allow automation equipment to adjust, load, and unload mail product in a structured manner. An adjustment feature, along with a moveable bottom surface of the mail tray, may be used to adjust a position of mail product in the automated mail tray into a vertical position. In some embodiments, the system may actuate the adjustment feature in response to sensor feedback that the mail product has fallen from the vertical position. Once the mail is in the vertical position, the moveable tray bottom may lift the mail product until it is elevated out of the tray for movement into other automation equipment without tray wall interference.