公开(公告)号：US08126822B1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US09316795

申请日：1999-05-21

申请人： Ronald P. Sansone ,  Fran E. Blackman ,  Daniel F. Dlugos ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Denis J. Stemmle ,  Francis X. Hines, Jr.

发明人： Ronald P. Sansone ,  Fran E. Blackman ,  Daniel F. Dlugos ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Denis J. Stemmle ,  Francis X. Hines, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： B07C3/00

摘要： A method that enables the post to deliver letters, flats, post cards and packages (mail) addressed to a recipient's virtual post office box and then to be delivered directly to the recipient. The process enables individuals or entities to rent a virtual post office (VPO) box i.e., a box that does not physically exist, from the post office (“post”). Mail addressed to the virtual post office box would be captured by the post during the post's sortation process and rerouted to the specified address of the renter of the virtual post office box.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，使邮件能够发送寄给收件人的虚拟邮局信箱的信件，单位，明信片和包裹（邮件），然后直接发送给收件人。 该过程使得个人或实体能够从邮局（“邮寄”）租用虚拟邮局（VPO）盒即不存在的盒子。 发送到虚拟邮局邮箱的邮件将在帖子的分拣过程中被邮件捕获，并重新路由到虚拟邮局收件箱的指定地址。

公开(公告)号：US08079588B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US12390103

申请日：2009-02-20

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： B65H29/04 ,  B65H29/54 ,  B65G47/00 ,  B65G49/06

CPC分类号： B65H31/3018 ,  B07C3/008 ,  B65H29/003 ,  B65H31/10 ,  B65H31/22 ,  B65H31/34 ,  B65H2301/323 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/422548 ,  B65H2301/422615 ,  B65H2405/55 ,  B65H2801/78

摘要： A system is provided for stacking mail having an escort assembly for handling each mailpiece. The system comprises a containment device, a transport mechanism and a detachment mechanism. The containment device includes a base, vertical walls extending from the base and an open end for accepting the mailpieces therein. The containment device, furthermore, has a slot formed in at least one of the vertical walls thereof. The transport mechanism includes first and second transport segment, the first transport segment conveying escort assemblies and respective mailpieces over an open end of the containment device and the second transport segment lowering the escort assemblies and respective mailpieces into the open end of the containment device. The transport mechanism furthermore aligns the edges of the mailpieces along one of the vertical walls of the containment device and positions the escort assembly through the slot of the containment device. The detachment mechanism is operative to release the mailpieces from the respective escort assembly and move the escort assemblies through the slot of the containment device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于堆叠具有用于处理每个邮件的护送组件的邮件的系统。 该系统包括容纳装置，输送机构和分离机构。 容纳装置包括基部，从基部延伸的垂直壁和用于接收邮件的开放端。 此外，容纳装置具有形成在其至少一个垂直壁中的狭槽。 运输机构包括第一和第二运输段，第一运输段运输护送组件和相应的邮件在封闭装置的开口端上，第二运输段将护送组件和相应邮件降低到容纳装置的开口端。 输送机构还使邮件的边沿沿容纳装置的垂直壁之一对齐，并将护送组件定位在容纳装置的狭槽中。 分离机构用于从相应的护送组件释放邮件，并且将护送组件移动通过容纳装置的狭槽。

公开(公告)号：US08013267B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-06

申请号：US11856174

申请日：2006-04-07

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： B07C5/3412 ,  B07C3/082 ,  B65G1/0457 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A system and method for feeding and sorting mail pieces, and for moving the mail pieces to sorter bins according to delivery information on the mail pieces, includes a plurality of feeders, and a plurality of sorters configured to receive and sort the mail pieces from the feeders. A separating mechanism is configured to separate the feeders from the sorters in order to provide a plurality of pathways, so that each of the feeders is connectable by pathways to substantially all of the sorters. Each sorter includes sorter bins, and each sorter bin receives a subset of the mail pieces. Also included is a mechanism for selecting the pathways according to the delivery information read from each of the mail pieces.

摘要翻译： 一种用于馈送和分类邮件的系统和方法，并且用于根据邮件上的传递信息将邮件移动到分拣机上，包括多个馈线，以及多个分拣机，被配置为从邮件接收和分类邮件 喂料机 分离机构被配置为将进料器与分拣机分离，以便提供多个通道，使得每个进料器可通过至基本上所有分拣机的路径连接。 每个分拣机包括分拣机箱，并且每个分拣机箱接收邮件的一部分。 还包括根据从每个邮件读取的传送信息来选择路径的机制。

公开(公告)号：US07947916B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-24

申请号：US11544184

申请日：2006-10-06

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： B07C3/008 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A sorter, method, and software product are provided for sorting mail pieces. The mail pieces are fed into a sorter, sorted, and then deposited into mail trays. The mail trays are then moved from the deposit area to a dispatch area, in the order they will be loaded into a truck. That order is preferably the same as the order in which the containers received the mail pieces.

摘要翻译： 提供分拣机，方法和软件产品用于分类邮件。 邮件送入分拣机，分拣，然后存入邮箱。 邮件托盘然后从存放区域移动到调度区域，按照它们将被装载到卡车中的顺序。 该顺序优选地与容器接收邮件的顺序相同。

公开(公告)号：US07937184B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-03

申请号：US11544349

申请日：2006-10-06

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： B07C3/00

摘要： A mail sorting system, method, and software product are provided for transitioning from an earlier phase to a later phase of mail sortation. Information acquired during the earlier phase is used in order to calculate, while continuing the earlier phase, a transition time. At the transition time, there would be sufficient remaining time to perform the later phase, in order to meet a deadline for completing the later phase.

摘要翻译： 提供邮件分类系统，方法和软件产品，用于从早期阶段转移到邮件分类的后期阶段。 使用在较早阶段获得的信息，以便在继续较早阶段的过程中计算。 在过渡时间，将有足够的剩余时间来执行后期阶段，以便达到完成后期阶段的最后期限。

公开(公告)号：US07858894B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-28

申请号：US11632923

申请日：2005-07-21

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： B07C5/00

CPC分类号： B07C3/082 ,  B07C3/00 ,  Y10S209/90 ,  Y10S209/912

摘要： A mail sorting device and method (FIG. 1) comprising a reader (20, 24), a plurality of holders (28) for receiving mail in a generally vertical orientation, and a sorter (26), wherein mail pieces held by said holders are sorted according to sequence into interim unloading stations and then wrapped and encoded with the respective delivery address.

摘要翻译： 一种邮件分类装置和方法（图1），包括读取器（20,24），用于以大致垂直的方向接收邮件的多个保持器（28）和分类器（26），其中由所述保持器 按顺序排列为临时卸货站，然后用相应的送货地址进行包装和编码。

公开(公告)号：US07713017B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-11

申请号：US10896824

申请日：2004-07-22

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： B65H31/30

CPC分类号： B65G57/306 ,  B65G65/00 ,  B65G2201/0258

摘要： A mail stack unloading device for use in a mail stacker to unload a stack of mail pieces in the mail stacker. The mail stacker has a pair of stack supports, located at a small angle from a vertical line, for supporting the mail stack as the mail pieces enter the mail stacker along a stacking path when the stack supports are in a stacking position. The stacker also has a platform or tongue connected to the stack supports such that the platform is positioned beneath the mail stack below the stacking path. During unloading, the platform is caused to move upward beyond the stacking path in order to engage with the stack, allowing the stack to be lifted. Then the stack supports are caused to forward beyond the vertical line in order to tip the lifted stack into a container.

摘要翻译： 一种邮件堆栈卸载装置，用于邮件堆垛机，以在邮件堆垛机中卸载一堆邮件。 邮件堆栈器具有一对堆叠支架，它们与垂直线成小角度，用于当堆栈支撑处于堆叠位置时沿堆叠路径输入邮件堆栈器来支持邮件堆栈。 堆垛机还具有连接到堆叠支撑件的平台或舌片，使得平台位于堆叠路径下方的邮件栈下方。 在卸载期间，使平台向上移动超过堆叠路径，以便与堆叠接合，从而允许堆叠被提升。 然后使堆叠支撑件向前移动超过垂直线，以将提升的堆叠倾斜到容器中。

公开(公告)号：US07699352B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-20

申请号：US12041689

申请日：2008-03-04

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle ,  Clare E. Woodman ,  John W. Sussmeier ,  Michael J. Cummings

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle ,  Clare E. Woodman ,  John W. Sussmeier ,  Michael J. Cummings

IPC分类号： B42D15/00 ,  B42D19/00 ,  B42D1/00 ,  B42D3/18 ,  B65D27/00

CPC分类号： B31B70/00 ,  B31B70/88 ,  B31B2150/00 ,  B31B2160/10 ,  B31B2170/20 ,  B65B25/14

摘要： A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece. Two sets of sheets may be printed across the width of the web by printing content pages onto the continuous web such that two end-to-end content pages are printed across the width of the web. Positioning of mail content pages and envelope sheets for a given mailpiece may be optimized based on respective processing times determined for the system.

摘要翻译： 一种用于制造用于创建邮件的印刷材料的连续幅材的方法。 连续卷材具有宽度和长度，长度由一系列附着的片材组成。 一系列附页包括信封页和矩形内容页。 内容页面的形状是矩形，并且可以以多种不同的配置相对于封套片材定向。 在一些配置中，两组内容页面和/或信封页可以跨网幅的宽度打印。 用于形成商业退货信封的单据可以与内容页和信封表一并列印。 BRE可以包括个性化返回地址。 可以在一个或多个用于给定邮件的纸张上打印控制代码，提供用于控制邮件的组装的信息。 可以通过将内容页面打印到连续的网页上来跨越网络的宽度打印两组纸张，使得两个端到端的内容页面跨纸幅的宽度打印。 可以基于为系统确定的相应处理时间来优化给定邮件的邮件内容页面和信封页面的定位。

公开(公告)号：US20090000996A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-01

申请号：US11856174

申请日：2006-04-07

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： B07C5/00

CPC分类号： B07C5/3412 ,  B07C3/082 ,  B65G1/0457 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A system and method for feeding and sorting mail pieces, and for moving the mail pieces to sorter bins according to delivery information on the mail pieces, includes a plurality of feeders, and a plurality of sorters configured to receive and sort the mail pieces from the feeders. A separating mechanism is configured to separate the feeders from the sorters in order to provide a plurality of pathways, so that each of the feeders is connectable by pathways to substantially all of the sorters. Each sorter includes sorter bins, and each sorter bin receives a subset of the mail pieces. Also included is a mechanism for selecting the pathways according to the delivery information read from each of the mail pieces.

摘要翻译： 一种用于馈送和分类邮件的系统和方法，并且用于根据邮件上的传递信息将邮件移动到分拣机上，包括多个馈线，以及多个分拣机，被配置为从邮件接收和分类邮件 喂料机 分离机构被配置为将进料器与分拣机分离，以便提供多个通道，使得每个进料器可通过至基本上所有分拣机的路径连接。 每个分拣机包括分拣机箱，并且每个分拣机箱接收邮件的一部分。 还包括根据从每个邮件读取的传送信息来选择路径的机制。

公开(公告)号：US20080230449A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US11885231

申请日：2005-12-07

申请人： Denis J. Stemmle

发明人： Denis J. Stemmle

IPC分类号： B07C5/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/202 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B65H29/003 ,  B65H2405/55 ,  B65H2701/1916 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  Y10S209/90 ,  Y10S209/912

摘要： A sorting system accepts a group of mail pieces at a loading station, sorts them, and then moves them to an unloading station. The system includes a reader for retrieving delivery information associated with each mail piece, and also includes clamps dimensioned for receipt of a mail piece into each clamp. The system has a device for creating an association between the retrieved delivery information of each mail piece and its respective clamp. The system also has a sorter for moving the clamps holding the mail pieces, based upon the association of each clamp with the retrieved delivery information, so that the mail pieces held by the clamps are sorted according to a desired delivery sequence. Additionally, the system includes a mechanism for opening the sorted clamps to release the mail pieces at the unloading station.

摘要翻译： 分拣系统在加载站接受一组邮件，对它们进行排序，然后将它们移动到卸载站。 该系统包括用于检索与每个邮件相关联的传送信息的读取器，并且还包括用于接收邮件到每个夹具中的尺寸的夹具。 该系统具有用于在所检索的每个邮件的传送信息与其各自的夹具之间建立关联的设备。 该系统还具有分拣机，用于基于每个夹具与检索的传送信息的关联来移动夹持邮件的夹具，使得由夹具保持的邮件根据期望的传送顺序进行分类。 此外，该系统包括用于打开分类夹具以在卸载站处释放邮件的机构。