Patents by Inventor Philip Ickes

Philip Ickes 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOM MIXED PALLETIZING OF PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20080046116
    Abstract: A system and method of the present invention randomly mixes and palletizes various containers received from a conveyor. A control system received an order in advance to cooperate with an automatic storage and retrieval system to pick the containers, ordered by various customers, and to place them on a second conveyor. A robotic device, such as a robotic arm or a gantry system, selectively picks the containers from the second conveyor and places the containers on a pallet in a mixed fashion. The pallets are delivered to the respective customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Salahuddin Khan, Jeffrey Clark, Philip Ickes, Hans Schuster, Mike Shaffer