Patents by Inventor William C. Badalucco

William C. Badalucco 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).

  • Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes
    Patent number: 7380715
    Abstract: The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a paper feeding mechanism (210) to feed sheets of paper into a collection bin (220) that is adapted to receive in a stack the sheets of paper. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism (230) to remove a bottom one of said sheets of paper from the stack, and a deionizer (240) that reduces static electricity in the vicinity of the stack. In this manner, the deionizer helps facilitate removal by the retrieval mechanism of only one of the sheets of paper at a time, by reducing static electricity on the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bennett, Karl S. Wetzstein, William C. Badalucco
  • Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes
    Patent number: 7059521
    Abstract: The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a paper feeding mechanism (210) to feed sheets of paper into a collection bin (220) that is adapted to receive in a stack the sheets of paper. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism (230) to remove a bottom one of said sheets of paper from the stack, and a deionizer (240) that reduces static electricity in the vicinity of the stack. In this manner, the deionizer helps facilitate removal by the retrieval mechanism of only one of the sheets of paper at a time, by reducing static electricity on the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bennett, Karl S. Wetzstein, William C. Badalucco
  • Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes
    Patent number: 6802500
    Abstract: The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a paper feeding mechanism (210) to feed sheets of paper into a collection bin (220) that is adapted to receive in a stack the sheets of paper. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism (230) to remove a bottom one of said sheets of paper from the stack, and a deionizer (240) that reduces static electricity in the vicinity of the stack. In this manner, the deionizer helps facilitate removal by the retrieval mechanism of only one of the sheets of paper at a time, by reducing static electricity on the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bennett, Karl S. Wetzstein, William C. Badalucco
  • Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes
    Publication number: 20030088552
    Abstract: The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a paper feeding mechanism (210) to feed sheets of paper into a collection bin (220) that is adapted to receive in a stack the sheets of paper. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism (230) to remove a bottom one of said sheets of paper from the stack, and a deionizer (240) that reduces static electricity in the vicinity of the stack. In this manner, the deionizer helps facilitate removal by the retrieval mechanism of only one of the sheets of paper at a time, by reducing static electricity on the sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bennett, Karl S. Wetzstein, William C. Badalucco