Patents by Inventor Neal MIDDLEBERG

Neal MIDDLEBERG 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).

  • Method and system for semi-automated tray loading device
    Patent number: 9221640
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Neal Middleberg, Gerard A. Derome, Richard D. Johnson, Lenny Neifert, Mark Gerard Paul
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED TRAY LOADING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130294879
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BELL AND HOWELL, LLC.
    Inventors: Neal MIDDLEBERG, Gerard A. DEROME, Richard D. JOHNSON, Lenny NEIFERT, Mark Gerard PAUL