Parcel labeling, conveying, and sorting method and apparatus

Details Parcel labeling, conveying, and sorting method and apparatus Parcel labeling, conveying, and sorting method and apparatus

2005-04-13

2009-12-15

Koch, III, George R (Department: 1791)

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

C700S215000, C700S225000, C700S226000, C700S227000, C209S559000, C209S583000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07632367

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of using same is provided which includes the use of an apparatus configured to scan and apply labels to parcels moving along a conveyor belt. The apparatus of the present invention includes first and second adjacent conveyors positioned with a gap there between, the gap being sufficiently narrow to allow passage of parcels from the first conveyor to the second conveyor. Parcels crossing the gap are exposed to a reading device having a reading axis passing upwardly through the gap to read indicia. The labels, which are scanned and decoded, provide information which is subsequently sent to a printing device which prints a “second” label which is blown or otherwise transferred to a second side of the parcel. The parcel then exits the second conveyor to be sorted downstream by use of the second label.

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