Material handling apparatus and method

US7277773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• White Conveyors Inc. · US

Inventors

• B. Speckhart · Short Hills, US
• Alexander Flisfeder · Wayne, US
• Jose Lopes · Glastonbury, US
• Daniel Graham Tuttle · Bound Brook, US
• David Stecher · Asbury Park, US
• Christopher Atwan · Union, US
• Angel Hierrezuelo · Elizabeth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S209/937
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A material handling apparatus comprising a material delivery configuration configured with a first end and a second end, a transfer configuration connected to the first end of the garment delivery rail, a movable material handling arrangement configured to transfer at least one set of material on hangers supported by the arrangement, a computer, a user interface configured to accept, process and provide data to a user, the user interface connected to the computer to transfer and receive data, a clearing arrangement configured to remove material from the material delivery configuration; and an enclosure configured to separate a user from the movable material handling arrangement.