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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Edward Engarto, Sayre, PA (US);
Robert J. Felice, Endicott, NY (US);
Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Newark Valley, NY (US);
Edward Engarto, Sayre, PA (US);
Robert J. Felice, Endicott, NY (US);
Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Newark Valley, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat article, accelerating each engaged flat article into substantially downward movement, and conveying each flat article with the downward movement into a substantially horizontal orientation and movement.