Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – Condition responsive control means including sensing...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Walsh, Donald P. (Department: 3653)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
Condition responsive control means including sensing...
C198S370060
Reexamination Certificate
active
06889814
ABSTRACT:
An article sortation system includes a plurality of transport units which are movable along a conveying path between induction stations and discharge stations along each side of the conveying path. Each transport unit has side by side loading and support capability and is operable to receive packages from induction stations and discharge the packages at an appropriate discharge station. The system includes a control which determines the destination of articles and resolves blocking conditions between articles at the induction stations or at the transport units. The system may include a reinduction station for receiving an article from a transport unit and reinducting the article onto a transport unit, in order to resolve a blocking condition between a pair of articles on the respective transport unit.
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Commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/669,170 filed Sep. 25, 2000 by Artemio G. Affaticati and Claudio A. Cerutti.
Commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/675,237, filed Sep. 29, 2000 by Edwards et al.
Affaticati Artemio G.
Cerutti Claudio A.
Edwards Stuart M.
Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp.
Rodriguez Joseph C
Van Dyke Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
Walsh Donald P.
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