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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Benjamin Chaoning Liu, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jason Jin Park, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kevin David Bruner, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert Louis Stone, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Benjamin Chaoning Liu, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jason Jin Park, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kevin David Bruner, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert Louis Stone, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A bundle handling device is provided that includes a frame, a body, a scoop, a ramp and a controller. The body is mounted to the frame and includes a first opening through which bundles are loaded and a second opening through which bundles are discharged. The scoop and the ramp are mounted to the body. The scoop covers a substantial portion of the second opening, while the ramp covers the remaining portion. The controller is coupled to a plurality of actuators and a plurality of sensors, and controls the rotation of the body, the opening and closing of the scoop and the opening and closing of the ramp, in order to discharge a metered portion of bundles through the second opening.