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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Mark B. Braginsky, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Peter R. Gluege, Westport, CT (US);
Robert H. Esslinger, Wilton, CT (US);
William D. Hess, Clinton Corners, NY (US);
Mark B. Braginsky, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Peter R. Gluege, Westport, CT (US);
Robert H. Esslinger, Wilton, CT (US);
William D. Hess, Clinton Corners, NY (US);
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an article to be sorted can be quickly and easily identified. To accomplish its purpose, the device comprises: feed conveyors; a switching unit; optical readers positioned to capture destination indicia affixed to each article; a detached moving display which remains close to the article to be sorted and presents information representative of the article's destination location; a destination location which signals when a related article is approaching; and a controller capable of assigning destination locations and controlling display devices.