Patents by Inventor Brent Daboub
Brent Daboub 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).
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Patent number: 11167938Abstract: A mechanically locking diverter utilizes a rotational actuator to translate a pin, thereby moving a diverter flipper between a divert position and a non-divert position. The diverter flipper moves a roller attached to a pin attached to a shoe that translates along a slat. A divert rail system for an automated sortation machine has a generally longitudinal main rail, a plurality of generally transverse slats, a plurality of shoes, each shoe being configured to travel along a corresponding slat, each slat terminating in a side wall, the divert rail system including a plurality of divert rails branching off from the main rail, each divert rail forming an angle of about 21 degrees or more with the main rail and terminating at and end, such that the divert rail does not curve back toward the longitudinal direction, wherein the length of each divert rail is selected, such that the each shoe travels transversely past the end of the divert rail and stops at a transverse stopping position that is at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: National Presort, L.P.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 11142406Abstract: An automated parcel singulator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, an infeed table, and a hopper system. The hopper system stores and dispenses parcels and boxes onto the infeed table. The infeed tables singulates and moves the boxes and parcels, so that when the boxes and parcels are placed on the conveyor system they form a single line of packages.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: National Presort, L.P.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Publication number: 20210245965Abstract: An automated parcel singulator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, an infeed table, and a hopper system. The hopper system stores and dispenses parcels and boxes onto the infeed table. The infeed tables singulates and moves the boxes and parcels, so that when the boxes and parcels are placed on the conveyor system they form a single line of packages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: National Presort, L.P.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 10934047Abstract: A high-speed print-and-apply label applicator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, a label web feeding assembly, a label printer and encoder system, and a tamp pad assembly driven by a linear motor having a shaft that is formed at least partially by a composite material. The tamp pad assembly includes a tamp pad having an upturned label ramp at the trailing edge of the tamp pad, an upturned anti-catch ramp at the leading edge of the tamp pad, and a flexible applicator. The flexible applicator may be secured to the leading edge of the tamp pad and extends at least partially over the generally horizontal surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: National Presort, L.P.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 10815068Abstract: An automated parcel singulator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, an infeed table, and a hopper system. The hopper system stores and dispenses parcels and boxes onto the infeed table. The infeed tables singulates and moves the boxes and parcels, so that when the boxes and parcels are placed on the conveyor system they form a single line of packages.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: National Presort, L.P.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Publication number: 20200247619Abstract: A mechanically locking diverter utilizes a rotational actuator to translate a pin, thereby moving a diverter flipper between a divert position and a non-divert position. The diverter flipper moves a roller attached to a pin attached to a shoe that translates along a slat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: National Presort, Inc.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 10717610Abstract: A mechanically locking diverter utilizes a rotational actuator to translate a pin, thereby moving a diverter flipper between a divert position and a non-divert position. The diverter flipper moves a roller attached to a pin attached to a shoe that translates along a slat.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 10604295Abstract: A high-speed print-and-apply label applicator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, a label web feeding assembly, a label printer and encoder system, and a tamp pad assembly driven by a linear motor having a shaft that is formed at least partially by a composite material. A flexible applicator may be secured to the leading edge of the tamp pad and extends at least partially over the generally horizontal surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 10543947Abstract: A high-speed print-and-apply label applicator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, a label web feeding assembly, a label printer and encoder system, a tamp pad assembly driven by a linear motor having a shaft that is formed at least partially by a composite material.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Publication number: 20180362263Abstract: An automated parcel singulator includes a conveyor system, a control and monitoring system, an infeed table, and a hopper system. The hopper system stores and dispenses parcels and boxes onto the infeed table. The infeed tables singulates and moves the boxes and parcels, so that when the boxes and parcels are placed on the conveyor system they form a single line of packages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: National Presort, Inc.Inventor: Brent Daboub
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Patent number: 9901958Abstract: A system and method for optimizing mail sorting equipment based upon various commingled data files and user selected options includes a sorter, an optimizing system, and a computer for optimizing the sort plan based upon the data files and user settings.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Grauberger, Jeremy S. McWilliam, Thomas Glassman, James Anton Curgus, Vladimir A. Popov, Yi C. Kim, Michelle Elizabeth Cantrell, John E. Horn, David F. Gibbs, Lance Glover Snead, Brent A. Daboub, Hoang M. Nguyen
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Patent number: 9037287Abstract: A system and method for optimizing mail sorting equipment based upon various commingled data files and user selected options includes a sorter, an optimizing system, and a computer for optimizing the sort plan based upon the data files and user settings.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Grauberger, Jeremy S. McWilliam, Thomas Glassman, James Anton Curgus, Vladimir A. Popov, Yi C. Kim, Michelle Elizabeth Cantrell, John E. Horn, David F. Gibbs, Lance Glover Snead, Brent A. Daboub
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Patent number: 8757352Abstract: A downstream diverter for processing mail at high speeds, the diverter is positioned on a mail sorter machine, so that the force of the mail as it is sorted is isolated from the solenoid driving the diverter.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Federico Ayala
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Patent number: 8754345Abstract: A document sorting machine having dual feeders which feed documents onto common tiers of sort pockets form each end of the machine. The machine includes an induction buffer section which prevents a document already in the transport on a particular tier from colliding with a document being fed into the same transport by a different feeder. Also, the machine includes a serpentine piggy-back unit which can stack consecutive documents going to the same sort pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Constantine J. Possis
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Publication number: 20140015193Abstract: A machine to sort documents includes a stacker having a tier of the plurality of pockets and a magazine positioned at one end of the stacker. A first transport and a second transport operably associated with the magazine are configured to carry the documents through the stacker. Once the sorted documents are at the end of the machine, there is a tray system operably associated with the machine to allow the user to store the resulting sorted documents from the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Gary Culp, Fred Ayala
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Patent number: 8558132Abstract: A machine and method to sort documents in a plurality of pockets includes a stacker having a tier of the plurality of pockets and two magazines positioned at the same end of the stacker. A first transport and a second transport are operably associated with the first magazine and the second magazine, respectively, and are adapted to carry the documents through the stacker. The method includes separating the documents into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being carried by a first transport through a first end of a stacker, the second portion being carried by a second transport and through a second end of the stacker, and merging the second portion with the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Federico Ayala
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Patent number: 8530772Abstract: A machine to sort documents includes a stacker having a tier of the plurality of pockets and a magazine positioned at one end of the stacker. A first transport and a second transport operably associated with the magazine are configured to carry the documents through the stacker. A method to sort documents includes separating the documents into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being carried by a first transport through a first end of a stacker, the second portion being carried by a second transport and through a second end of the stacker, and then merging the second portion with the first portion of documents.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: National Presort, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Gary Culp, Fred Ayala
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Publication number: 20130071221Abstract: A document sorting machine having dual feeders which feed documents onto common tiers of sort pockets form each end of the machine. The machine includes an induction buffer section which prevents a document already in the transport on a particular tier from colliding with a document being fed into the same transport by a different feeder. Also, the machine includes a serpentine piggy-back unit which can stack consecutive documents going to the same sort pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Constantine J. Possis
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Publication number: 20120274020Abstract: A machine and method to sort documents in a plurality of pockets includes a stacker having a tier of the plurality of pockets and two magazines positioned at the same end of the stacker. A first transport and a second transport are operably associated with the first magazine and the second magazine, respectively, and are adapted to carry the documents through the stacker. The method includes separating the documents into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being carried by a first transport through a first end of a stacker, the second portion being carried by a second transport and through a second end of the stacker, and merging the second portion with the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Brent A. Daboub
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Publication number: 20120273399Abstract: A machine to sort documents includes a stacker having a tier of the plurality of pockets and a magazine positioned at one end of the stacker. A first transport and a second transport operably associated with the magazine are configured to carry the documents through the stacker. A method to sort documents includes separating the documents into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being carried by a first transport through a first end of a stacker, the second portion being carried by a second transport and through a second end of the stacker, and then merging the second portion with the first portion of documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Brent A. Daboub, Gary Culp, Fred Ayala