Patents by Inventor Earl Ortner

Earl Ortner 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).

  • Publication number: 20120168282
    Abstract: A pick and stow system includes a conveyor system having a plurality of interconnected modules forming a continuous conveyor, each module having a first side and a second side and each configured for forming a shelf on both the first side and the second side. The system also includes a conveyor driver coupled with the conveyor and configured for driving the conveyor, thereby presenting one of the plurality of modules at a loading location for loading or removing an item onto or from the shelf of the module. In some embodiments, a first wheel and a second wheel are each configured for coupling with each of the plurality of modules of the conveyor as the conveyor is driven about the first wheel and the second wheel, such that the conveyor has two substantially vertical sections and a curved section at each of the first and second wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Charles A. Jones, Earl Ortner