Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Schlender

Robert Lee Schlender 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).

  • Tray transfer system
    Patent number: 7726460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tray transfer system (TTS). This system is designed to automatically transfer trays of mail between dollies and conveyor belts. The TTS is an efficient method for shipping, moving, storing, loading, and unloading mail trays. It allows mail-processing centers to physically and temporally separate the process of sorting mail and the process of moving mail into automation compatible trays (ACT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Neebe, Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Randall Keith Neilson, Robert Lee Schlender, Matthew Gene Good, Jacob L. Timm
  • Mail tray unloader with shuttle transfer through system comprising tilting
    Patent number: 7553119
    Abstract: An automated flats handling system is provided that includes mail shuttles, a tray unloading section, a quality control area, a shuttle tilter, a shuttle return section and a stacker/loader. The tray unloading section has a conveyor and unloads mail from a standard tray into one of the shuttles. The quality control area also has a conveyor and facilitates grooming the mail in the shuttle. The shuttle tilter tilts each shuttle prior to unloading the mail from the shuttle. The shuttle return section also has a conveyor and returns the shuttles to the tray unloading section. The stacker/loader cooperates with the shuttle tilter and unloads the mail from the shuttles, creates a mail stack from the unloaded mail, and loads a portion of the mail stack into an automation compatible tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Gene Good, Robert Lee Schlender, Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jacob L. Timm, Charles Michael Miller, Mark Thomas Neebe
  • AUTOMATED FLATS DIVIDER
    Publication number: 20070201968
    Abstract: An automated flats handling system is provided that includes mail shuttles, a tray unloading section, a quality control area, a shuttle tilter, a shuttle return section and a stacker/loader. The tray unloading section has a conveyor and unloads mail from a standard tray into one of the shuttles. The quality control area also has a conveyor and facilitates grooming the mail in the shuttle. The shuttle tilter tilts each shuttle prior to unloading the mail from the shuttle. The shuttle return section also has a conveyor and returns the shuttles to the tray unloading section. The stacker/loader cooperates with the shuttle tilter and unloads the mail from the shuttles, creates a mail stack from the unloaded mail, and loads a portion of the mail stack into an automation compatible tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Gene Good, Robert Lee Schlender, Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jacob L. Timm, Charles Michael Miller, Mark Thomas Neebe