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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
David Bailey, Vestal, NY (US);
Wayne Blackwell, Chenango Forks, NY (US);
Matthew Bossard, Montrose, PA (US);
Michael Finney, Endicott, NY (US);
Mark Gaug, Vestal, NY (US);
John Hartman, Apalachin, NY (US);
Jamie Micha, Binghamton, NY (US);
William Olver, Binghamton, NY (US);
Michael Riess, Endicott, NY (US);
Gerald Sensenig, Vestal, NY (US);
Clifford Solowiej, Apalachin, NY (US);
Bruce Williams, Endwell, NY (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to a facility wide sorting and/or sequencing system for improving product processing operations and, more particularly, to a facility wide system and related functionality for simultaneously sorting and sequencing mixed mail pieces such as, for example, flats and letter mail pieces. The flats and letter mail pieces are placed in frames so that all types of mail pieces can be sorted and/or sequenced simultaneously through merging and diverting a stream of filled trays into and out of different streams at a full or substantially full transport speed.