Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Gateman

Jeffrey A. Gateman 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).

  • Patent number: 7750254
    Abstract: According to some embodiments a system and an apparatus comprise a registration wall, a weighing device located adjacent to the registration wall, a belt drive mechanism, a plurality of inboard skis, and a plurality of outboard skis. The belt drive mechanism extends across the weighing device for advancing a mail piece relative to the weighing device and the belt drive mechanism is located at a first distance from the registration wall. The plurality of inboard skis are located substantially at the first distance from the registration wall and are located beneath the belt drive mechanism for urging the mail piece upwardly toward the drive belt mechanism. The plurality of outboard skis is coplanar with the plurality of inboard skis for supporting an end of the mail piece. The plurality of outboard skis is located at a second distance from the registration wall. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Wall, Steven H. Joyce, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Eric A. Belec
  • Publication number: 20090152020
    Abstract: According to some embodiments a system and an apparatus comprise a registration wall, a weighing device located adjacent to the registration wall, a belt drive mechanism, a plurality of inboard skis, and a plurality of outboard skis. The belt drive mechanism extends across the weighing device for advancing a mail piece relative to the weighing device and the belt drive mechanism is located at a first distance from the registration wall. The plurality of inboard skis are located substantially at the first distance from the registration wall and are located beneath the belt drive mechanism for urging the mail piece upwardly toward the drive belt mechanism. The plurality of outboard skis is coplanar with the plurality of inboard skis for supporting an end of the mail piece. The plurality of outboard skis is located at a second distance from the registration wall. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Wall, Steven H. Joyce, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Eric A. Belec
  • Patent number: 7111536
    Abstract: A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle during the jogging step thereby expelling air out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Belec, Michael M. Farrell, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Edward C. Miller, Denis J. Stemmle
  • Patent number: 6684682
    Abstract: A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle during the jogging step thereby expelling air out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings. A jogger system incorporates the structure for accomplishing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Eric A. Belec, Robert J. Allen, Michael M. Farrell, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Thomas M. Lyga, Edward C. Miller, John F. Zajac
  • Publication number: 20030115998
    Abstract: A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle during the jogging step thereby expelling air out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Eric A. Belec, Michael M. Farrell, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Edward C. Miller, Denis J. Stemmle
  • Publication number: 20030115931
    Abstract: A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle during the jogging step thereby expelling air out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings. A jogger system incorporates the structure for accomplishing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Eric A. Belec, Robert J. Allen, Michael M. Farrell, Jeffrey A. Gateman, Thomas M. Lyga, Edward C. Miller, John F. Zajac