Patents by Inventor Michel Gand

Michel Gand 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 installation for articles having different destinations
    Patent number: 5346072
    Abstract: The present invents relates to a sorting installation for articles having different destinations, especially letters. The installation comprises n sorting machines connected to a common conveyor. Each machine comprises pigeonholes associated with p.sub.i of the N possible destinations. The articles introduced at the input of the machine and not corresponding to one of the p.sub.i destinations are directed towards the storage regions, each region corresponding to the destinations associated with the other n-1 sorting machines to which the articles are periodically transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBS
    Inventors: Jean-Raoul Dian, Michel Gand