Patents by Inventor Erick Grasmueck

Erick Grasmueck 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).

  • MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED SERVICE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20190256292
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for delivering items to a plurality of storage locations is provided. The system includes a plurality of storage locations. The storage locations may be positioned to provide an aisle and a delivery mechanism may be operable within the aisle to deliver items to the storage locations. A service platform may be provided. The service platform may be displaceable within the aisle to provide an elevated platform for an operator to provide service to the delivery mechanism or the storage locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Erick Grasmueck, Jeffery Kolarovic
  • Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing documents to obtain images of the documents
    Patent number: 8893456
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input been having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. The feeder serially feeds the envelopes to a cutter that severs the top edge of the envelopes. A transport conveys the envelopes from the top cutter to an extractor. The extractor opens the edge-severed mail and presents the contents of the envelopes to an operator who manually extracts the contents. From the extractor, the operator manually feeds the extracted documents to a document input. From the document input, the documents are fed to a document transport that conveys the documents past an imaging module to obtain image data for the documents before sorting the documents to output bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Opex Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sullivan, Erick Grasmueck, David Helmlinger, Robert R DeWitt, George L Hayduchok
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ENVELOPES CONTAINING DOCUMENTS TO OBTAIN IMAGES OF THE DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20110206235
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input been having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. The feeder serially feeds the envelopes to a cutter that severs the top edge of the envelopes. A transport conveys the envelopes from the top cutter to an extractor. The extractor opens the edge-severed mail and presents the contents of the envelopes to an operator who manually extracts the contents. From the extractor, the operator manually feeds the extracted documents to a document input. From the document input, the documents are fed to a document transport that conveys the documents past an imaging module to obtain image data for the documents before sorting the documents to output bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Sullivan, Erick Grasmueck, David Helmlinger, Robert R. DeWitt, George L. Hayduchok