System and method for sorting articles

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002312958 (hide)

Owner Dematic Corp.

Inventors Affaticati, Artemio G.; Edwards, Stuart; Cerutti, Claudio C.

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2002312958

PCT Number PCT/EP02/05941

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/096785

Priority 60/294,315 30.05.01 US; 10/067,599 04.02.02 US

Filing date 29 May 2002

Wipo publication date 9 December 2002

Acceptance publication date 11 October 2007

International Classifications

B65G 47/46 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points

B07C 5/36 (2006.01) Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature - Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution

B65G 1/137 (2006.01) Storing - with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

B65G 17/34 (2006.01) Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers

B65G 43/08 (2006.01) Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged

B65G 47/52 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyers, i.e. discharging or feeding devices

Event Publications

2 January 2003 Complete Application Filed

  Priority application(s): 60/294,315 30.05.01 US; 10/067,599 04.02.02 US

8 May 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-B-2002312958

17 May 2007 Assignment before Grant

  Siemens Aktiengessellschaft The application has been assigned to Dematic Corp.

11 October 2007 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2002312958

13 December 2007 Application for Amendment

  The nature of the amendment is as shown in the statement(s) filed 19 Nov 2007. Address for service in Australia - Spruson & Ferguson Level 35 St Martins Tower 31 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 2003

7 February 2008 Standard Patent Sealed

1 May 2008 Amendment Made

  The nature of the amendment is as shown in the statement(s) filed 19 Nov 2007

2 February 2012 Assignment Registered

  Dematic Corp. The patent has been assigned to Dematic s.r.I.

15 March 2012 Corrigenda

  Assignments Registered Under the Name Dematic s.r.I., Application No. 2002312958, under INID(71) correct the applicant name to Dematic s.r.l.

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