Patents Assigned to Progressive Solutions, Inc.
  • Product handling process and system
    Patent number: 5669748
    Abstract: A process for handling products comprising the steps of providing a product handling system having a storage structure comprising a plurality of product pallet lanes having product pallets therein, simultaneously replenishing pairs of juxtaposed pallet lanes with corresponding pairs of pallets, determining if there is a product pallet lane depleted of product pallets such that the quantity of product pallets therein is below a first predetermined quantity; and automatically suspending the simultaneous replenishment of pairs of juxtaposed lanes if it is determined that there is a depleted lane, and replenishing only the depleted lane until the quantity of product pallets therein increases to a second predetermined quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Progressive Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter S. Knudsen, Jr.
  • Product handling process
    Patent number: 5564890
    Abstract: A process for handling products comprising the steps of providing a product handling system having a storage structure comprising a plurality of product pallet lanes having product pallets therein, simultaneously replenishing pairs of juxtaposed pallet lanes with corresponding pairs of pallets, determining if there is a product pallet lane depleted of product pallets such that the quantity of product pallets therein is below a first predetermined quantity; and automatically suspending the simultaneous replenishment of pairs of juxtaposed lanes if it is determined that there is a depleted lane, and replenishing only the depleted lane until the quantity of product pallets therein increases to a second predetermined quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Progressive Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter S. Knudsen, Jr.