Patents by Inventor Mel Kerstein

Mel Kerstein 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: 5934666
    Abstract: An in-feed magazine apparatus for loading documents includes a magazine feed ramp having one or more document conveyor belts disposed along a bottom surface, the belts being arranged to engage the bottom boundary of the documents. The conveyor belts are configured to effect forward movement of the stack of documents toward a document shingler mechanism along a linear axis defined by forward movement of the conveyor belts. Also included is a backing plate having a lower portion disposed proximal to the conveyor belt, an upper portion disposed vertically upward from the lower portion, and a generally planar face parallel to the plane defined by the face of the documents. An upper and lower sensor sense contact with the front end of the stack of documents while a controller operatively coupled to the upper and the lower sensors determines when the front end of the stack of documents lies in a plane substantially parallel to the face of the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Postal Systems Inc.
    Inventors: K. George Rabindran, Michael Wisniewski, Thomas Faber, David Fillcicchia, Kenneth Guenther, Joseph Kalika, Mel Kerstein, John S. O'Callaghan
  • Patent number: 5829742
    Abstract: An in-feed magazine apparatus for loading documents includes a magazine feed ramp having one or more document conveyor belts disposed along a bottom surface, the belts being arranged to engage the bottom boundary of the documents. The conveyer belts are configured to effect forward movement of the stack of documents toward a document shingler mechanism along a linear axis defined by forward movement of the conveyer belts. Also included is a backing plate having a lower portion disposed proximal to the conveyor belt, an upper portion disposed vertically upward from the lower portion, and a generally planar face parallel to the plane defined by the face of the documents. An upper and lower sensor sense contact with the front end of the stack of documents while a controller operatively coupled to the upper and the lower sensors determines when the front end of the stack of documents lies in a plane substantially parallel to the face of the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Postal Systems Inc.
    Inventors: K. George Rabindran, Michael Wisniewski, Thomas Faber, David Fillcicchia, Kenneth Guenther, Joseph Kalika, Mel Kerstein, John S. O'Callaghan