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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Mark Thomas Neebe, Catonsville, MD (US);
Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Columbia, MD (US);
Randall Keith Neilson, Crownsville, MD (US);
Robert Lee Schlender, Baltimore, MD (US);
Matthew Gene Good, Marriotsville, MD (US);
Jacob L. Timm, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Mark Thomas Neebe, Catonsville, MD (US);
Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Columbia, MD (US);
Randall Keith Neilson, Crownsville, MD (US);
Robert Lee Schlender, Baltimore, MD (US);
Matthew Gene Good, Marriotsville, MD (US);
Jacob L. Timm, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a tray transfer system (TTS). This system is designed to automatically transfer trays of mail between dollies and conveyor belts. The TTS is an efficient method for shipping, moving, storing, loading, and unloading mail trays. It allows mail-processing centers to physically and temporally separate the process of sorting mail and the process of moving mail into automation compatible trays (ACT).