Patents by Inventor Sanju Ballurkar

Sanju Ballurkar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for metering mixed weight mail pieces at an increased average rate
    Patent number: 7693800
    Abstract: A method for printing indicia on mailpieces at an increased average speed. The system includes: a postal scale for determining a postage amount for a mail piece; a printer; and a postage meter responsive to the postal scale to control the printer to print an indicium representative of the postage amount. The postage meter further includes: a programmable controller; a secure mechanism for accounting for postage amounts expended; and an indicia generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Sanju Ballurkar, James E. Burke, Jr., John P. Miller
  • Apparatus and method for weighing mailpieces in motion
    Patent number: 6759602
    Abstract: A method for weighing mailpieces while in motion in a mailpiece weighing system. The weigh pan in the mailpiece horizontal transport path generates a signal corresponding to a weight of the moving mailpiece, and the system controller compares the weight of the moving mailpiece to a postal weight break to determine if the postal weight break is within the margin of error of the weighing mechanism. If the postal weight break is within the margin of error of the weighing mechanism, the system controller stops transport of the moving mailpiece and reweighs the mailpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Miller, Sanju Ballurkar, Anthony E. Yap, Steven H. Joyce
  • Method and system for metering mixed weight mail pieces at an increased average rate
    Publication number: 20040010477
    Abstract: A method for printing indicia on mailpieces at an increased average speed. The system includes: a postal scale for determining a postage amount for a mail piece; a printer; and a postage meter responsive to the postal scale to control the printer to print an indicium representative of the postage amount. The postage meter further includes: a programmable controller; a secure mechanism for accounting for postage amounts expended; and an indicia generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Sanju Ballurkar, James E. Burke, John P. Miller
  • Apparatus and method for weighing mailpieces in motion
    Publication number: 20020166704
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and weighing articles while in motion including a base structure and a driving mechanism, connected to the base, for contacting an article along a first surface and transporting the article along a transport path. A vertical support baffle, connected to the base, is configured to contact the article along a second surface and guide said article along the transport path. A weighing mechanism is connected to the base, and the driving mechanism is configured to calculate the weight of the article as it is moved along the transport path. The present invention also includes a method for moving and weighing articles including the steps of moving the article along a transport such that the transport is coupled to weighing mechanisms. The weight of the article is then measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: John P. Miller, Sanju Ballurkar, Anthony E. Yap, Steven H. Joyce