Patents by Inventor Teodoro Ceglia

Teodoro Ceglia 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).

  • Crossbelt sortation system
    Patent number: 5588520
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for conveying parcels on a plurality of transport units (32) moving in a conveying path (30) between an induction station (26) and a discharge station (28). The invention provides the ability to handle parcels having a length greater than the length of a single transport unit by providing the ability to induct such parcel onto two contiguous transport units (32) and to discharge the parcel from the two contiguous transport units to a selected receiving port (46). For longer parcels, having a length greater than a given length, the parcel is inducted to two contiguous transport units by operating the induction belts and the carrier belts of the two contiguous transport units in a manner which positions the parcel on the two transport units. The carrier belts of the two transport units are operated in a manner that rotates longer parcels, having a length greater than the given length, in order to position the parcel on the two transport units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Rapistan Demag Corp.
    Inventors: Artemio Affaticati, Claudio Cerutti, Teodoro Ceglia