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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
J. Edward Roth, Lansdale, PA (US);
David J. Coffelt, Owego, NY (US);
Bruce H. Hanson, Endicott, NY (US);
J. Edward Roth, Lansdale, PA (US);
David J. Coffelt, Owego, NY (US);
Bruce H. Hanson, Endicott, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A device and method for device for sequencing disparate products includes at least a first feeder mechanism feeding a stream of a first product type in a pre-sequenced order. At least a second feeder mechanism feeds a stream of second product type though a sequencing process. A reading device reads product information of the first product type and the second product type. A pausing device pauses the first stream of the first product type or the second stream of the second product type in a first pass sort order of the sequencing process based on the information read from the reading device. The first product type and the second product type are intermixed into a stream forming a merged stream of sequenced first and second product type. A separation item may be placed between groupings of the intermixed product.