Patents by Inventor Mark Gerard Paul
Mark Gerard Paul 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).
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Publication number: 20240029121Abstract: An automated order pickup system enabling impulse purchases of impulse purchase items during order pickup by a customer includes a housing; a plurality of order storage bins within the housing; a display; and a user terminal. The system receives orders that have been purchased or are designated for purchase by the customer. Each of the orders is assigned to at least one of the plurality of order storage bins. A unique customer credential is authenticated to identify the customer's order. Promotional information for one or more of the impulse purchase items is selected, preferably, based on the items in the customer's order or order history. The order pickup system dispenses any selected impulse purchase items to the customer, as well as the one or more items in the order to be received by the customer. The promotional information is displayed to the customer on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: James Hermanowski, Mark Gerard Paul
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Publication number: 20220396192Abstract: A vehicle has an automated storage and retrieval system, the automated storage and retrieval system including an area for storage of items and having locations, each location being suitable for holding one or more of the items; an inductor that receives and inducts the items into the automated storage and retrieval system; a conveyor that conveys the items from the inductor to the area; and an extraction station. When an item is designated for removal from the area, the conveyor delivers the designated item to the extraction station and, after receipt of the designated item from the conveyor, the extraction station delivers the designated item to a designated recipient for extraction of the designated item from the automated storage and retrieval system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Mark Gerard Paul, Mahlon Tucker Daniels, Taner Lee Howard, Michael Gregory Boston, Richard Daniel Johnson
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Patent number: 11200773Abstract: A secure storage and retrieval system has a vault with a frame, one or more platters rotatably mounted about the frame, storage bins arranged radially about each of the one or more platters, and mounting surfaces arranged about a perimeter of the vault; and at least one user terminal connected to the vault at one of the mounting surfaces of the vault, the at least one user terminal including an elevator system that vertically moves the plurality of storage bins between any of the one or more platters and an opening formed through an outer shell of the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLCInventors: Neal J. Middelberg, Mark Gerard Paul, Craig S. Adcock, Richard Johnson
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Patent number: 10994947Abstract: An overhead reverse diverter for diverting cartons passing under the diverter along a primary transport path, the diverter including a diverter frame arranged over a space through which the cartons move along the primary transport path, a divert belt, and one or more divert paddles attached to the divert belt. The divert belt may be movable along a movement profile when the diverter is triggered to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path, such that the one or more divert paddles are configured to sweep through the space through which the cartons pass as the divert belt moves along the movement profile to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path along one or more divert paths.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLCInventors: Neal J. Middelberg, Craig S. Adcock, Taner Lee Howard, Mark Gerard Paul, Richard Johnson
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Publication number: 20190382203Abstract: A secure storage and retrieval system has a vault with a frame, one or more platters rotatably mounted about the frame, storage bins arranged radially about each of the one or more platters, and mounting surfaces arranged about a perimeter of the vault; and at least one user terminal connected to the vault at one of the mounting surfaces of the vault, the at least one user terminal including an elevator system that vertically moves the plurality of storage bins between any of the one or more platters and an opening formed through an outer shell of the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Neal J. Middelberg, Mark Gerard Paul, Craig S. Adcock, Richard Johnson
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Publication number: 20190315575Abstract: An overhead reverse diverter for diverting cartons passing under the diverter along a primary transport path, the diverter including a diverter frame arranged over a space through which the cartons move along the primary transport path, a divert belt, and one or more divert paddles attached to the divert belt. The divert belt may be movable along a movement profile when the diverter is triggered to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path, such that the one or more divert paddles are configured to sweep through the space through which the cartons pass as the divert belt moves along the movement profile to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path along one or more divert paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Neal J. Middelberg, Craig S. Adcock, Taner Lee Howard, Mark Gerard Paul, Richard Johnson
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Patent number: 9221640Abstract: The present application relates to techniques and equipment to stack mailpieces for sweeping. The mailpieces are manufactured on a mail processing machine such as, but not limited to an inserter or wrapper. More particularly, there is provided an on-edge conveyor where components have been ergonomically positioned to permit the filling of a mail tray in an efficient manner with minimal lifting of weight. A quantity of mailpieces that have already been offset can be pulled over the rolled/rounded edge of the conveyor into an awaiting mail tray supported on a roller conveyor. The operator is then able push the full tray to the side, load another empty tray, and repeat the process.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLCInventors: Neal Middleberg, Gerard A. Derome, Richard D. Johnson, Lenny Neifert, Mark Gerard Paul
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Publication number: 20130294879Abstract: The present application relates to techniques and equipment to stack mailpieces for sweeping. The mailpieces are manufactured on a mail processing machine such as, but not limited to an inserter or wrapper. More particularly, there is provided an on-edge conveyor where components have been ergonomically positioned to permit the filling of a mail tray in an efficient manner with minimal lifting of weight. A quantity of mailpieces that have already been offset can be pulled over the rolled/rounded edge of the conveyor into an awaiting mail tray supported on a roller conveyor. The operator is then able push the full tray to the side, load another empty tray, and repeat the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: BELL AND HOWELL, LLC.Inventors: Neal MIDDLEBERG, Gerard A. DEROME, Richard D. JOHNSON, Lenny NEIFERT, Mark Gerard PAUL
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Patent number: 8245933Abstract: Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for printing a new postal authority code on a mail piece prepared by and received from an inserter or wrapper. A barcode post-processing system receives a mail piece from an inserter and communicates with the image capture equipment. The barcode post-processing system during performs various functions. The functions can include receiving legacy address block information from the mail piece from the image capture equipment, processing the captured legacy address block information to determine one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code to create processed data, and supplementing the captured legacy address block information data with the one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code received from one or more data source.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLCInventors: Marvin L. Isles, Mark Gerard Paul, Walter S. Conard, Leondo R. Phifer, Michael J. McIntee, Michael Boston, Roger Spitzig, Robert Richards
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Publication number: 20100106290Abstract: Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for printing a new postal authority code on a mail piece prepared by and received from an inserter or wrapper. A barcode post-processing system receives a mail piece from an inserter and communicates with the image capture equipment. The barcode post-processing system during performs various functions. The functions can include receiving legacy address block information from the mail piece from the image capture equipment, processing the captured legacy address block information to determine one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code to create processed data, and supplementing the captured legacy address block information data with the one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code received from one or more data source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Marvin L. Isles, Mark Gerard Paul, Walter S. Conard, Leondo R. Phifer, Michael J. McIntee, Michael Boston, Roger Spitzig, Robert Richards