Patents by Inventor Roy Schoon

Roy Schoon 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).

  • In-line mail weighing system and scale
    Patent number: 7141745
    Abstract: An in-line mail weighing system and scale comprises a mail piece transport mounted atop a load cell. The mail piece transport includes a drive assembly and a pressure assembly defining a transport path. Mail pieces are moved through the mail piece transport, on edge. The load cell takes a series of weight measurements for each mail piece in a stream of mail pieces as each mail piece moves through the mail piece transport at a constant high speed, and then accurately calculates the weight of each mail piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Bowe Bell +Howell Postal Systems Company
    Inventors: Roy Schoon, Gary L. VanderSyde, David Schwaba, Mike Stollenwerck, Eric Yadong Jin
  • Mail weighing system and scale apparatus
    Patent number: 6949710
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to individually weigh continuously fed mail pieces wherein each mail piece is configured in a vertical orientation and fed through the weighing system in seriatim. The apparatus contains a scale transport assembly for transporting mail pieces seriatim, a mail piece channel pathway assembly for maintaining the vertical orientation of individual mail pieces, a load cell assembly for measuring the mail piece weight, an x-y table assembly for allowing position adjustments of the weighing system, data collection circuitry, and a support module. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with bulk mail processing systems or it can be used independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bowe Bell + Howell Postage Systems Company
    Inventors: Walter Conard, Patrick Casher, John O'Callaghan, Daniel Gibbons, Fredrick Hegland, Roy Schoon, George Rabindran
  • Mail weighing system and scale apparatus
    Publication number: 20030230435
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to individually weigh continuously fed mail pieces wherein each mail piece is configured in a vertical orientation and fed through the weighing system in seriatim. The apparatus contains a scale transport assembly for transporting mail pieces seriatim, a mail piece channel pathway assembly for maintaining the vertical orientation of individual mail pieces, a load cell assembly for measuring the mail piece weight, an x-y table assembly for allowing position adjustments of the weighing system, data collection circuitry, and a support module. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with bulk mail processing systems or it can be used independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Walter S. Conard, Patrick R. Casher, John O'Callaghan, Daniel Gibbons, Frederick Hegland, Roy Schoon, George Rabindran