Patents by Inventor Christoph Fethke

Christoph Fethke 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 device for sorting postal items
    Patent number: 7960668
    Abstract: A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting location at a number of sorting stations arranged one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the first conveyor, and are fed to a second conveyor, which, in the area of the sorting location, extends laterally next to the first conveyor, and; the postal items with other formats remain on the first conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Christoph Fethke, Jürgen Raβkopf, Robert Egg, Joachim Ziegeler
  • Method and Device for Sorting Postal Items
    Publication number: 20080257798
    Abstract: A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting location at a number of sorting stations arranged one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the first conveyor, and are fed to a second conveyor, which, in the area of the sorting location, extends laterally next to the first conveyor, and; the postal items with other formats remain on the first conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Christoph Fethke, Jurgen Rasskopf, Robert Egg, Joachim Ziegeler