Patents by Inventor Robert F. Hemond

Robert F. Hemond 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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    Patent number: 4561060
    Abstract: A system for controlling the flow of articles within a work area including a plurality of work stations and for acquiring real time information relating to the status of articles in process. The system comprises a sorting conveyor for delivering articles to be processed to the work stations from a storage area, means at each work station for indicating that an unprocessed article is requested at the station, and computer means coupled to the sorting conveyor and to the indicating means for controlling the movement of articles from the storage area to the work stations in response to work station requests and for providing information, based on articles dispatched to each work station, relating to the status of articles in process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Lear Siegler, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Hemond
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    Patent number: 4484289
    Abstract: A system for controlling the flow of articles within a work area including a plurality of work stations and for acquiring real time information relating to the status of articles in process. The system comprises a sorting conveyor for delivering articles to be processed to the work stations from a storage area, means at each work station for indicating that an unprocessed article is requested at the station, and computer means coupled to the sorting conveyor and to the indicating means for controlling the movement of articles from the storage area to the work stations in response to work station requests and for providing information, based on articles dispatched to each work station, relating to the status of articles in process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Rapistan Division of Lear Siegler, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Hemond