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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2018
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
John W. Brown, Manassas, VA (US);
Edward F. Houston, Bristow, VA (US);
Juan A. Roman, Fairfax, VA (US);
Leung M. Shiu, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Riley Houston Mayhall, III, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
William P. McConnell, Woodstock, MD (US);
Matthew G. Good, Marriottsville, MD (US);
Robert E. Hume, Granite, MD (US);
Thomas A. Hillerich, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Long K. Ha, Frederick, MD (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system and method for singulating articles in an automatic stack feeder are disclosed. The automatic stack feeder may comprise a pressure sensor on a perforated drive belt assembly configured to sense the pressure exerted by a stack of articles. The sensed pressure may be used to control various portions of the automatic stack feeder, such as a belt or a paddle.