Patents Assigned to ElectroCom Automation
  • Method and apparatus for sorting flat articles
    Patent number: 6026967
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically sorting and feeding flat articles. The method stacks flat articles into cartridges in output compartments of a sorting machine, robotically transfers filled cartridges from the output compartments of a sorting machine to a buffer shelf; and from the buffer shelf to a docking station of a cartridge unloader and automatic feeder to the input of the sorting machine, and for transferring empty cartridges from the docking station to either the buffer or the output compartments of the sorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: ElectroCom Automation
    Inventors: Gerald A. Isaacs, Luiz C. Harres, John W. Kulas, Joseph C. Rotenberry, Kenneth A. McKee, Lynn V. Hill, Mark L. Carlile, Richard C. Hickey, Charles M. Combs, Harold G. Burkett, Jr.