Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
Patent
1985-12-26
1987-10-06
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
198396, 198444, 198404, 414756, 414757, 414760, B65G 4724
Patent
active
046976892
ABSTRACT:
A system for manipulating articles, such as irregular mailpieces in the U.S. Postal Service mail processing system, receives an agglomeration of parcels into a first subsystem where the parcels are separated and are passed to a second subsystem where each parcel is manipulated until its addressee label is directed upward. The first subsystem includes a plurality of individually rotatable cylindrical rollers which form a support surface for the parcels. The rollers produce translation of a parcel by cooperative motion or separation of parts of a pile of parcels by differential motion. The second subsystem includes a high-friction, flexible conveyor belt which in a first mode supports a parcel and in a second mode forms a downward loop in which a parcel can be rotated and inverted. The parcels in both subsystems are manipulated by a five-axis robotic arm which is responsive to a machine vision system measuring the position and physical characteristics of each parcel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1962772 (1934-06-01), Hull et al.
patent: 2677452 (1954-05-01), Mallow et al.
patent: 3237757 (1966-03-01), Perkins
patent: 3592326 (1971-07-01), Zimmerle et al.
patent: 3840739 (1974-10-01), Coulter
patent: 3868024 (1975-02-01), Lee
patent: 4147930 (1979-04-01), Browne et al.
patent: 4150743 (1979-04-01), Lazzarotti et al.
patent: 4435837 (1984-03-01), Abernathy
patent: 4634328 (1987-01-01), Carrell
Limberg Allen L.
RCA Corporation
Steckler Henry I.
Valenza Joseph E.
LandOfFree
Article manipulation system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Article manipulation system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Article manipulation system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2112390