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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen G. Wargo, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/30 (2006.01); B65G 17/24 (2006.01); B65G 47/69 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65G 47/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 7/00 (2013.01); B65G 17/24 (2013.01); B65G 43/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/082 (2013.01); B65G 47/1492 (2013.01); B65G 47/261 (2013.01); B65G 47/30 (2013.01); B65G 47/682 (2013.01); B65G 47/69 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article induction system for preparing a stream of articles, such as mail parcels, for processing employs a series of conveyors operating under control of a controller for feeding articles to an operator at a cull belt at an optimal paced rate. The article induction system includes a destacking section, a separation and alignment section, a buffer section and a culling section manned by an operator. A controller controls the speed of each component based on measurements provided by sensors so as to feed articles to the operator at a desired paced rate.