US Patent:
20110046775, Feb 24, 2011
Inventors:
David Bailey - Vestal NY, US
David Benninger - Endwell NY, US
Wayne Blackwell - Chenango Forks NY, US
Matthew Bossard - Montrose PA, US
Bryan Dalton - Endicott NY, US
Thomas Erb - Endicott NY, US
Michael Finney - Endicott NY, US
Mark Gaug - Vestal NY, US
John Hartman - Apalachin NY, US
Kenneth Marks - Bridge City TX, US
Jamie Micha - Binghamton NY, US
William Olver - Binghamton NY, US
Daniel Ondreyko - Binghamton NY, US
John Patrick - Endicott NY, US
Joseph Porter - Conklin NY, US
Kalon Riehle - Johnson City NY, US
Michael Riess - Endicott NY, US
Leslie Scrivener - Sayre PA, US
Gerald Sensenig - Vestal NY, US
Clifford Solowiej - Apalachin NY, US
Frank Sweet - Greene NY, US
Jamie Swetland - Gillette PA, US
Jonathan Wee - Endicott NY, US
Bruce Williams - Endwell NY, US
Kevin Zimmer - Greene NY, US
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION - Bethesda MD
International Classification:
B07C 3/00
Abstract:
The invention generally relates to a facility wide sorting and/or sequencing system for improving product processing operations and, more particularly, to a facility wide system and related functionality for simultaneously sorting and sequencing mixed mail pieces such as, for example, flats and letter mail pieces. The flats and letter mail pieces are placed in frames so that all types of mail pieces can be sorted and/or sequenced simultaneously through merging and diverting a stream of filled trays into and out of different streams at a full or substantially full transport speed.