Patents by Inventor Graham B. Kent

Graham B. Kent 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).

  • Sorting system
    Patent number: 5054602
    Abstract: A sorting system comprises a number of sorting conveyors (1, 2 --- 12) each being capable of selectively discharging items fed onto the conveyor at an input thereto, from any one of a number of destination outlets and a plurality of aggregating conveyors (21, 22 --- 29) corresponding in number to that of the outlets of each sorting conveyor and extending transversely of the sorting conveyors, each aggregating conveyor being capable of receiving items from the respective sorting conveyors at a corresponding outlet in each case and of feeding the received items towards an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: The Post Office
    Inventors: Graham B. Kent, Moolamkuzhiel R. V. Nair