Patents by Inventor Samuel Kaspar

Samuel Kaspar 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).

  • Method and device for controlling an arrangement to distribute articles to be sorted to physical target locations
    Patent number: 6079570
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided for distributing articles to be sorted to physical target locations. The articles to be sorted are delivered to a number of receiving elements that move along a conveying path past the physical target locations. The receiving elements are controlled so that the physical target locations are assigned dynamically and in dependence on the operating sequence for the sorting operations to the logical sorting targets, which optimizes the capacity of the arrangement and the operating sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Grapha-Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Oppliger, Samuel Kaspar