公开(公告)号：US07414217B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-19

申请号：US10624866

申请日：2003-07-22

申请人： Patrick J. Fitzgibbons ,  Bruce H. Hanson ,  Michael D. Senger

发明人： Patrick J. Fitzgibbons ,  Bruce H. Hanson ,  Michael D. Senger

IPC分类号： B07C5/00

CPC分类号： B07C3/00 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A system and method are provided for sorting a plurality of items into a predetermined sorted sequence. Items are initially located on initial sorting regions of a sorting apparatus. The items are then sorted into at least one intermediary sorted set and then sorted, from the intermediary sorted sets, into the final sorted sequence. A computer may be used to track the position of the items on the sorting apparatus and to control the movement of the items into the sorted sequence.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将多个项目分类为预定排序序列的系统和方法。 物品最初位于分拣装置的初始分拣区域上。 然后将这些项目分成至少一个中间排序集合，然后从中间排序集合排序到最终排序的序列中。 可以使用计算机来跟踪分类装置上的物品的位置并且控制物品进入排序顺序的移动。

公开(公告)号：US06749194B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-15

申请号：US10004594

申请日：2001-12-05

申请人： Bruce H. Hanson ,  Michael D. Senger ,  Bruce A. Williams

发明人： Bruce H. Hanson ,  Michael D. Senger ,  Bruce A. Williams

IPC分类号： B65H4306

CPC分类号： B07C3/06 ,  B07C3/008 ,  Y10S414/115

摘要： A mail handling system that imports data from a thickness measurement device regarding the thickness of a substantially flat mail article, counts the number of flat articles deposited on the top surface of the drop pocket, instructs the drop pocket to open to drop a unitary body of flat mail articles when the total stack thickness and/or number of articles exceeds threshold limits. A computer, operably connected to conventional conveyor system having, a drop pocket, a thickness measurement device, and a conveyor, implements the system.

摘要翻译： 从厚度测量装置输入关于基本上平的邮件物品的厚度的数据的邮件处理系统对沉积在滴袋的顶表面上的平坦物品的数量进行计数，指示掉落袋打开以将整体的 当堆叠总厚度和/或物品数量超过阈值限制时，平邮邮件。 可操作地连接到具有滴袋，厚度测量装置和输送机的传统输送机系统的计算机实现该系统。

公开(公告)号：US06511062B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-28

申请号：US09499184

申请日：2000-02-07

申请人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

发明人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

IPC分类号： B65H118

CPC分类号： B65H1/025 ,  B65H3/124 ,  B65H2515/34 ,  B65H2553/51 ,  B65H2555/24 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the presentation of articles to the singulation head of a system for singulating a stack of edge-mounted articles, for example mixed mail, which mechanism senses the instantaneous pressure at which the lead article of the stack is pressed against the singulation head. A feedback control may be provided responsive to a difference between detected instantaneous pressure and a desired target pressure for controlling at least one drive member in a manner so as to reduce such difference. Where there is a pick window of instantaneous pressure at which singulation can be effectively performed, a control may also be provided to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous pressure is outside the pick window. Two vertically spaced pressure sensors may be provided on the singulation head to detect the angle at which the lead article is presented to the head and controls may be provided for the drive mechanism(s) to reduce the difference between the instantaneous angle detected and an optimum angle for singulation and/or to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous angle is outside of a range where singulation may be effectively performed. The sensor preferably includes a lever extending from the surface of the singulation head which is moved by a distance dependant on the pressure applied thereto. A servo motor may be connected to the lever to apply a bias pressure thereto which bias pressure is determined by a control signal applied to the motor. The sensor may also include a position encoder generating an output indicative of lever position.

公开(公告)号：US06825634B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-30

申请号：US10054024

申请日：2002-01-18

申请人： Christopher J. Tatar ,  Michael D. Senger ,  Robert V. Rycroft

发明人： Christopher J. Tatar ,  Michael D. Senger ,  Robert V. Rycroft

IPC分类号： G05B1132

CPC分类号： G05B19/414 ,  G05B2219/33114 ,  G05B2219/34208 ,  G05B2219/36512

摘要： A motion control system comprises a motion unit having a motor connected to an encoder and an amplifier. The motion control system further comprises a scalable motion controller connected to the motion unit wherein the scalable motion controller receives signals from the encoder and outputs signals to the amplifier. The scalable motion controller comprises a plurality of dip sockets arranged for inserting and removing one or more motion control processors and a connector interface comprising a plurality of male and female connectors arranged for stacking a plurality of motion controllers.

摘要翻译： 运动控制系统包括具有连接到编码器和放大器的马达的运动单元。 运动控制系统还包括连接到运动单元的可伸缩运动控制器，其中可伸缩运动控制器从编码器接收信号并向放大器输出信号。 可伸缩运动控制器包括布置成用于插入和移除一个或多个运动控制处理器的多个倾斜插座，以及包括布置成堆叠多个运动控制器的多个公连接器和阴连接器的连接器接口。

公开(公告)号：US06741908B2

公开(公告)日：2004-05-25

申请号：US09935260

申请日：2001-08-22

申请人： Gary F. Vanderbles ,  Michael D. Senger

发明人： Gary F. Vanderbles ,  Michael D. Senger

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  B07C3/00 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A sequential mail sorting system for generating sort sequence codes, interpreting them for the sequential sorting of mail into a mail carrier walk sequence and providing for holdout mail types, which includes reading a sort plan text file for a selected postal delivery zone and determining the number of bins required in the sorting machine, selecting the carriers whose routes are located in such zone, generating sort sequence codes for sorting the mail in a sequential order, and generating sequence codes for holdouts and regular mail types and placing them into a sort plan binary file. The generating of sort sequence codes includes generating and interpreting sort sequence codes for holdout mail types to allow for sorting and removal of holdout mail from the mail sorting stream in the initial sorting pass of a multiple pass sequential mail sort. It also includes such a step which is performed in the final sorting pass. The system further provides a lookup procedure for hashing the sort plan binary file to allow for rapid lookup of the zip code and associated sort sequence codes included in the sort plan, whereby a sorting machine uses the sort sequence code to sort mail into an appropriate bin. The system is informed of the pass in which holdouts are to be offloaded and of the holdout special handling categories to be used in the offloading pass, and of the number of sequential sorting passes to be used.

摘要翻译： 一种用于产生排序序列代码的顺序邮件排序系统，解释它们用于将邮件顺序排序到邮件载体步行序列中并提供保留邮件类型，其包括读取所选邮政递送区域的排序计划文本文件并确定数字 选择路由位于该区域中的载波，生成按顺序对邮件进行分类的排序顺序代码，并生成用于保留和常规邮件类型的序列码，并将其放入排序方案二进制 文件。 排序序列代码的生成包括生成和解释用于保留邮件类型的排序序列代码，以允许在多遍顺序邮件排序的初始排序过程中从邮件排序流中排除和删除保留邮件。 它还包括在最终排序通行证中执行的这一步骤。 该系统进一步提供了一种查找过程，用于对排序方案二进制文件进行散列，以便快速查找分类计划中包含的邮​​政编码和相关联的排序序列代码，从而分类机器使用排序顺序代码将邮件分类到适当的文件夹 。 通知系统将要卸载的通行证以及要在卸载通行证中使用的保留特殊处理类别以及要使用的顺序排序通行数。

公开(公告)号：US06612565B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-02

申请号：US10037944

申请日：2002-01-04

申请人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

发明人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

IPC分类号： B65H118

CPC分类号： B65H1/025 ,  B65H3/124 ,  B65H2515/34 ,  B65H2553/51 ,  B65H2555/24 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the presentation of articles to the singulation head of a system for singulating a stack of edge-mounted articles, for example mixed mail, which mechanism senses the instantaneous pressure at which the lead article of the stack is pressed against the singulation head. A feedback control may be provided responsive to a difference between the detected instantaneous pressure and a desired target pressure for controlling at least one drive member in a manner so as to reduce such difference. Where there is a pick window of instantaneous pressure at which singulation can be effectively performed, a control may also be provided to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous pressure is outside the pick window. Two vertically spaced pressure sensors may be provided on the singulation head to detect the angle at which the lead article is presented to the head and controls may be provided for the drive mechanism(s) to reduce the difference between the instantaneous angle detected and an optimum angle for singulation and/or to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous angle is outside of a range where singulation may be effectively performed. The sensor preferably includes a lever extending from the surface of the singulation head which is moved by a distance dependant on the pressure applied thereto. A servo motor may be connected to the lever to apply a bias pressure thereto which bias pressure is determined by a control signal applied to the motor. The sensor may also include a position encoder generating an output indicative of lever position.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置和方法，用于控制将物品呈现给用于分割边缘安装物品的堆叠的系统的分割头，例如混合邮件，该机构感测堆叠的铅制品被按压的瞬时压力 反对单打头。 响应于检测到的瞬时压力和期望目标压力之间的差异，可以以一种减小这种差异的方式来控制至少一个驱动构件的反馈控制。 在可以有效地执行单数化的瞬时压力的拾取窗口的情况下，也可以提供控制，以在瞬时压力在拾取窗口之外时禁止单片头的操作。 可以在分割头上设置两个垂直间隔开的压力传感器，以检测引导物品呈现到头部的角度，并且可以为驱动机构提供控制以减小检测到的瞬时角度与最佳值之间的差异 当瞬时角度在可以有效执行单数化的范围之外时，用于分割的角度和/或禁止分割头的操作。传感器优选地包括从分离头的表面延伸一段距离的距离 对其施加的压力。 伺服电动机可以连接到杠杆以向其施加偏压，偏压由施加到电动机的控制信号确定。 传感器还可以包括产生指示杆位置的输出的位置编码器。

公开(公告)号：US06585256B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-01

申请号：US10167865

申请日：2002-06-12

申请人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

发明人： Wayne M. Blackwell ,  Michael D. Senger

IPC分类号： B65H102

CPC分类号： B65H1/025 ,  B65H3/124 ,  B65H2515/34 ,  B65H2553/51 ,  B65H2555/24 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the presentation of articles to the singulation head of a system for singulating a stack of edge-mounted articles, for example mixed mail, which mechanism senses the instantaneous pressure at which the lead article of the stack is pressed against the singulation head. A feedback control may be provided responsive to a difference between detected instantaneous pressure and a desired target pressure for controlling at least one drive member in a manner so as to reduce such difference. Where there is a pick window of instantaneous pressure at which singulation can be effectively performed, a control may also be provided to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous pressure is outside the pick window. Two vertically spaced pressure sensors may be provided on the singulation head to detect the angle at which the lead article is presented to the head and controls may be provided for the drive mechanism(s) to reduce the difference between the instantaneous angle detected and an optimum angle for singulation and/or to inhibit operation of the singulation head when the instantaneous angle is outside of a range where singulation may be effectively performed. The sensor preferably includes a lever extending from the surface of the singulation head which is moved by a distance dependant on the pressure applied thereto. A servo motor may be connected to the lever to apply a bias pressure thereto which bias pressure is determined by a control signal applied to the motor. The sensor may also include a position encoder generating an output indicative of lever position.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置和方法，用于控制将物品呈现给用于分割边缘安装物品的堆叠的系统的分割头，例如混合邮件，该机构感测堆叠的铅制品被按压的瞬时压力 反对单打头。 可以响应于检测到的瞬时压力和期望目标压力之间的差异来提供反馈控制，以便以减少这种差异的方式控制至少一个驱动构件。 在可以有效地执行单数化的瞬时压力的拾取窗口的情况下，也可以提供控制，以在瞬时压力在拾取窗口之外时禁止单片头的操作。 可以在分割头上设置两个垂直间隔开的压力传感器，以检测引导物品呈现到头部的角度，并且可以为驱动机构提供控制以减小检测到的瞬时角度与最佳值之间的差异 当瞬时角度在可以有效执行单数化的范围之外时，用于分割的角度和/或禁止分割头的操作。传感器优选地包括从分离头的表面延伸一段距离的距离 对其施加的压力。 伺服电动机可以连接到杠杆以向其施加偏压，偏压由施加到电动机的控制信号确定。 传感器还可以包括产生指示杆位置的输出的位置编码器。