Patents by Inventor Raymond R. Neiser
Raymond R. Neiser 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: 20140244026Abstract: An order fulfillment system and method uses a robotic arm having an end effector for grasping an object. An arcuate structure is moveable within reach of the robotic arm. A conveyor system brings inventory to the arcuate structure and takes a container that holds picked inventory away from the arcuate structure. A control system fulfills an order by directing the conveyor system to bring inventory to the arcuate structure, positioning the inventory on the arcuate structure relative to the robotic arm, determining a selected inventory item for an order, commanding the robotic arm to move the selected inventory item from a pick location of the selected inventory item to a container location for the order, and directing the conveyor system to take the container from the arcuate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLCInventor: Raymond R. Neiser
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Patent number: 8763788Abstract: An accumulation conveyor with individually controllable zones may be controlled in a manner which efficiently reduces the gaps between accumulated articles, accomplished by control logic which determines the existence of conditions conducive to reducing the gaps and implements the control logic as appropriate. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in a coast to stop mode. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in manner to detect and clear jams.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters LLCInventor: Raymond R. Neiser
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Patent number: 8757353Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Publication number: 20140172155Abstract: The discharge case length rate of a collector conveyor is controlled to provide a more consistent case length rate to the infeed of a downstream conveyor, such as a singulator conveyor, to control or maintain a desired case length rate at the exit of the collector conveyor without stopping the infeed conveyors. The discharge case feet rate accounts for the requirements of downstream devices, such as accounting for trailing gap requirements of a sortation conveyor disposed downstream of a singulator conveyor feed by a conveyor system constructed in accordance with this aspect of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Intelligrated Headquaters, LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Brian J. Resnick
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Publication number: 20140156063Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable media of the various embodiments enable control of a conveyor having a plurality of zones each having a control module configured to control a selectable speed of the zone. The various embodiments are disclosed in connection with, but not necessarily limited to, accumulation conveyors with control systems which selectively set the speeds of zones based on conditions of upstream and downstream zones. The various embodiments are directed to improving efficiency of accumulation systems by controlling zones based upon consideration of conditions of neighboring zones. The various embodiment also enable the generation and use of translation tables correlating zones with network addresses of their respective control modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Jason A. Johnson, Brian J. Resnick, Christopher Scott Anderson, Kevin L. Klueber, Matthew Ross Wicks
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Publication number: 20140156061Abstract: Zones of an accumulation conveyor are controlled using a look ahead approach. The speed and article presence conditions of downstream and upstream zones are used to assess the condition of article flow in the neighborhood of a particular zone. The respective speeds of individual zones are then selected and implemented based on the assessment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Jason A. Johnson, Brian J. Resnick, Christopher S. Anderson, Kevin L. Klueber, Jeffrey S. Turner, Matthew S. Wicks
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Publication number: 20130140138Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Patent number: 8371431Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLCInventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Publication number: 20110067977Abstract: An accumulation conveyor with individually controllable zones may be controlled in a manner which efficiently reduces the gaps between accumulated articles, accomplished by control logic which determines the existence of conditions conducive to reducing the gaps and implements the control logic as appropriate. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in a coast to stop mode. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in manner to detect and clear jams.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventor: Raymond R. Neiser
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Publication number: 20100116620Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Intelligrated, Inc.Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Patent number: 7549527Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Intelligrated, Inc.Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Patent number: 7516835Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Intelligrated, Inc.Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Publication number: 20080149459Abstract: A sortation conveyor has a divert guide path which is configured to guide pushers to engage articles disposed on an endless conveying surface at an initial impact which does not result in an out of control situation even at high speeds. The divert guide path is disposed at a plurality of divert angles, and guides pushers to engage articles at a low initial contact divert angle and first lateral speed and to accelerate the articles to a final divert angle and second, higher, lateral speed. The pushers may be undergoing lateral acceleration at the time initial contact is made with the articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Intelligrated, Inc.Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Justin J. Zimmer, Martin A. Heit, Allen C. Brown
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Patent number: 7370752Abstract: A declined conveyor for conveying articles in a downstream direction, which is parallel to a longitudinal direction, has one or more controlled conveyor sections interposed between gravity conveyors. Each controlled conveyor includes a plurality of driven rollers which are driven by a drive member disposed generally parallel to the longitudinal direction, and is operatively connected to a plurality of the driven rollers through O belts.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Intelligrated, Inc.Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Randall J. Harrison
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Publication number: 20040222070Abstract: A declined conveyor for conveying articles in a downstream direction, which is parallel to a longitudinal direction, has one or more controlled conveyor sections interposed between gravity conveyors. Each controlled conveyor includes a plurality of driven rollers which are driven by a drive member disposed generally parallel to the longitudinal direction, and is operatively connected to a plurality of the driven rollers through O belts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Randall J. Harrison
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Patent number: 5823319Abstract: A control system for a conveyor system of the type having a first constant speed conveyor with a drop-out zone and a second variable speed downstream conveyor receiving products from the drop-out zone. The drop-out zone comprises a plurality of conveyor rollers driven by a drive mechanism operated by a constant speed prime mover assembly. An actuator engages and disengages the drive mechanism with the drop-out zone rollers. The control system has a processing circuit configured to ascertain the velocity of the downstream conveyor and configured to match the effective velocity of the first conveyor drop-out zone to that of the downstream conveyor by use of a periodic varying duty cycle signal that controls the actuator via an output device in communication with the processing circuit. The processing circuit also varies the ON-time and OFF-time of the varying duty cycle signal to automatically control energizing of the output device to accomplish the velocity match.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1996Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: The Buschman CompanyInventors: Brian J. Resnick, Raymond R. Neiser
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Patent number: D411363Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1998Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: The Buschman CompanyInventors: Paul L. Black, Martin A. Heit, David W. Hawke, James W. Halsey, Allen C. Brown, Raymond R. Neiser
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Patent number: D411680Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1998Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: The Buschman CompanyInventors: Paul L. Black, Martin A. Heit, David W. Hawke, James W. Halsey, Allen C. Brown, Raymond R. Neiser