Tilting tray package sorting apparatus
CA 2190271 C · Owner: United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. · Inventors: Bonnet, Henri
Overview
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An automatic system for sorting items, such as small parcels into groups, bound for different geographical locations is described. The system includes a carriage for traveling along a track, the carriage having an adjustment feature such that it may continuously be held against the track. The carriage also provides a tilt tray in which packages are presented on a convex surface. The convex surface causes the package to be destabilized, so they may be quickly discharged from the tilt tray.
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- Filed June 14, 1995 and granted October 12, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 14, 2015.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 14, 2017.
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