Chester H Singer

US Patent:

6339764, Jan 15, 2002

Filed:

Dec 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/458812

Inventors:

Mark F. Livesay - Palmyra PA
David L. Getchell - Lancaster PA
Chester H. Singer - Lititz PA

Assignee:

Woodson Incorporated - Lititz PA

International Classification:

G06F 1524

US Classification:

705 28, 705 29

Abstract:

The present invention consists of a Hewlett-Packard Unix-based server, client PCs, client RF (radio-frequency) terminals, and various other peripherals, running warehouse management software developed specifically for high-volume bakeries. Personnel, which include auditors, parkers, checkers, shippers and receivers, are equipped with real-time hand-held RF data terminals. The terminals display information, accept keyed entries, and scan bar codes on production lines, racks, warehouse and truck locations, trucks and products. The system has one server and multiple PCs associated with multiple production lines. The PCs provide information of product made, batch sequences, expected count, current count and batch complete. The auditor supplies racks to the production line and identifies planned racks, marks and places them for movement by the parkers to the shippers. The auditor receives unplanned racks of products, scans the bar code and places the unplanned racks in position for movement to the checkers.

US Patent:

59532343, Sep 14, 1999

Filed:

Mar 12, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/814886

Inventors:

Chester H. Singer - Lititz PA
Dennis R. Schmehl - Lancaster PA
Richard J. Troy - Millersville PA

Assignee:

Woodson Incorporated - Lititz PA

International Classification:

G06F 1700
B65G 5700

US Classification:

36447802

Abstract:

An automated storage facility includes a storage and retrieval system and a floor inventory management system. The storage and retrieval system uniquely palletizes bossies and stores palletized bossies and palletized stacks of cases together in the same storage and retrieval system. The system provides order picking of stacked cases for movement out of the storage retrieval system into an accumulator, and retrieving bossie carts from the storage and retrieval system while concurrently receiving and storing new pallets of stacked cases and new pallets with loaded bossies. It provides acceptance of loaded bossie cart-bearing pallets and discharging of loaded bossie cart pallets at one level while storing the pallets with the bossie carts throughout the storage system. Pallets with stacks of cases are delivered to order pick lanes for picking stacks from the pallets, while case stacks on conveyors are accumulated on pallets and accepted for storage on another level. The pallets with stacks of cases concurrently move throughout the storage system.