Richard F Stengl from 55 Jericho Rd, Watertown, CT 06795, age 68, Phone: 8602747288

Resumes

Senior Principal Engineer At Pitney Bowes

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Position:

Senior Principal Engineer at Pitney Bowes, Senior Principal Engineer at Pitney Bowes DMT

Location:

United States

Industry:

Business Supplies and Equipment

Work:

Pitney Bowes since Mar 1975
Senior Principal Engineer
Pitney Bowes DMT since 1975
Senior Principal Engineer

Us Patents

System For Assembling Collation Sets From A Split Web
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US Patent:

6467763, Oct 22, 2002
Filed:

Apr 20, 2000
Appl. No.:

09/553567
Inventors:

Arthur H. Depoi - Brookfield CT
Richard Rochford - East Brunswick NJ
Stanley Rydzak - Brookfield CT
Richard F Stengl - Wolcott CT
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 3900
US Classification:

270 5209, 270 5207, 225 99, 225106, 271 91, 271 912
Abstract:

A method and corresponding system for assembling collation sets from a split web consisting of two webstreams, each providing a series of collations of connected sheets. The method includes the steps of: alternately selecting the two webstreams and from the selected webstream drawing a sheet to a cutting or bursting station; cutting or bursting the sheet to separate it from the webstream; conveying the sheet to an accumulating station where sheets are accumulated; monitoring the sheet for determining whether the sheet is a beginning or an end of a collation; and ejecting the sheets accumulated from the selected webstream based on the determining of whether the sheet is the beginning or the end of a collation. In some applications, the step of determining whether the sheet is the beginning or the end of a collation is performed based on a barcode on the sheet indicating that the sheet is the last sheet in a collation, and in some other applications based on a barcode on the sheet indicating that the sheet is the first sheet in a next collation.

Apparatus For Providing Gap Control For A High-Speed Check Feeder
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US Patent:

6607190, Aug 19, 2003
Filed:

Dec 14, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/022001
Inventors:

Joseph W. Guiles - Prospect CT
Richard F. Stengl - Wolcott CT
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 522
US Classification:

271 403
Abstract:

A control system for controlling a motor driving a separator roller of a collation-feeder stager assembly in an inserter system including one or more enclosure feeders, the collation-feeder stager assembly including a following roller assembly having a first and a second, following, set of rollers, the control system comprising: an edge sensor, disposed so as to have a line of sight suitable for sensing the arrival, between the first and second set of the following roller assembly, of a leading or trailing edge of a collation, and for providing signals indicating the arrival of the edge; and a controller, responsive to the signals indicating the arrival of the edge, for determining a motion control profile for the motor designed to maintain within a predetermined range a gap between collations based on having the controller decelerate the separator roller upon receiving a leading edge signal from the edge sensor.

Method And Apparatus For Inserting Checks Into A Bank Statement Mail Piece
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US Patent:

6826445, Nov 30, 2004
Filed:

Feb 25, 2002
Appl. No.:

10/082779
Inventors:

Scott C DiNapoli - Wolcott CT
Jean S Leandre - Spring Valley NY
Richard F Stengl - Wolcott CT
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

G07F 700
US Classification:

700223, 700224, 700230
Abstract:

An enclosure feeder system ( ) and corresponding method for use in combining collations in a sequence of collations with a given number of respective corresponding specific enclosures, the enclosures for each successive collation ordinarily being separator by a divider indicator, the enclosure feeder system ( ) including: an enclosure feeder ( ) for feeding the enclosures, and a supervisory controller ( ) for providing to the enclosure feeder ( ) a dynamic over-count number, corresponding to a specific collation, equal to one more than the expected number of enclosures for the collation, with the enclosure feeder ( ) implemented so as to continue feeding enclosures for a collation until either encountering a divider indicator or until the number of enclosures actually fed is equal to the expected number of enclosures for the collation.

Method And System For High Speed Digital Metering
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US Patent:

6893175, May 17, 2005
Filed:

Sep 30, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/675403
Inventors:

John W. Sussmeier - Cold Spring NY, US
Richard F. Stengl - Wolcott CT, US
Jerry Leitz - New Milford CT, US
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B41J013/08
US Classification:

4006084, 400605, 400607, 271270, 271 318, 271 321, 271347, 271104
Abstract:

A system and a method to control the motion of envelopes within a postage printing module to accommodate the use of slower print techniques and to achieve continuous high speed throughput in a mail processing system. At least two print heads in series are utilized to ensure continuous printing operation, even when a print head must be taken out of service for maintenance, or fails. Depending on which print head is in used, different sets of transport elements in the print module are used to affectuate the motion profile appropriate for the print head that is in operation. Based on the status of the print heads, a controller selectively groups different individual transport elements together to act in unison for the motion control. Print heads may be geared to operate in synchronism with the motion of the print transport.

Item Transport With Singulation Detection
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US Patent:

7611139, Nov 3, 2009
Filed:

Dec 22, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/341839
Inventors:

David W. Purcell - New Milford CT, US
Steven J. DaCunha - West Hartford CT, US
Richard F. Stengl - Waterbury CT, US
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 5/00
B65H 3/52
US Classification:

271 1001, 271104, 271121, 271124
Abstract:

A method of transporting items includes receiving a group of one or more items in a singulation device, implementing a singulation routine, measuring a speed of a first portion of the group, measuring a speed of a second portion of the group, and comparing the speed of the first portion with the speed of the second portion. The method may further include continuing the singulation routine where the speed of the first portion is not equal to the speed of the second portion, and terminating the singulation routine where the speed of the first portion is equal to the speed of the second portion. The method may also include transporting a lead item away from the singulation device. The singulation device may include opposing transport elements.

Transport For Singulating Items
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US Patent:

8016282, Sep 13, 2011
Filed:

Sep 26, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/239021
Inventors:

David W. Purcell - New Milford CT, US
Steven J. Dacunha - West Hartford CT, US
Richard F. Stengl - Waterbury CT, US
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 5/00
US Classification:

271 1001, 271124, 271121, 271104
Abstract:

A method of singulating overlapping items includes receiving the overlapping items in a singulation device, the device including a first transport element configured for rotation in a first direction and a second transport element in opposing relation to the first transport element, wherein the second transport element is configured for rotation in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The method further includes rotating the first transport element at a first transport speed, rotating the second transport element at a second transport speed substantially equal to the first transport speed, conveying the overlapping items between the transport elements along a transport path, decreasing the second transport speed to singulate the overlapping items, decreasing the first transport speed to reduce a speed of a lead item, and transporting the lead item away from the singulation device.

Sheet Thickness Measurement
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US Patent:

8038150, Oct 18, 2011
Filed:

Dec 14, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/636965
Inventors:

Gary W. Comstock - New Milford CT, US
Gerald F. Leitz - New Milford NY, US
Egbert E. Most - Southbury CT, US
Richard F. Stengl - Watertown CT, US
John E. Richter - Trumbull CT, US
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 7/02
US Classification:

27126504, 271262
Abstract:

A method of measuring a thickness of a sheet being conveyed on a transport path includes rotating a substantially cylindrical reference surface disposed in the transport path and engaging a probe with the reference surface to determine a runout value for each of a set of positions along a circumference of the reference surface. The method further includes conveying the sheet on the transport path so that the sheet contacts the reference surface at one position of the set, engaging the probe with the sheet at the one position to determine a measured sheet thickness value, and adjusting the measured sheet thickness value based on the runout value for the one position to obtain an actual sheet thickness value.

System For Controlling A Drive Belt In A Mailpiece Feeder
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US Patent:

8256760, Sep 4, 2012
Filed:

Sep 13, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/880647
Inventors:

Steven J. DaCunha - West Hartford CT, US
Richard F. Stengl - Watertown CT, US
Boris Rozenfeld - New Milford CT, US
Anthony E. Yap - Danbury CT, US
Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:

B65H 85/00
US Classification:

271 321, 271 32, 271 402, 271 403, 271 405, 271 406, 271 7, 271 1007, 271270
Abstract:

A system for conveying mailpieces along a feed path including first and second conveyances. A first conveyance is operative to convey mailpieces along the feed path and includes a singulating and drive belt. The singulating and drive belts define a throat or singulating a mailpiece from the stack of mailpieces. A second conveyance accepts mailpieces from the first conveyance and conveys singulated mailpiece downstream of the first conveyance. The system further includes a series of sensors extending from the first to the second conveyance for issuing a gap signal indicative of the relative spacing between sequential mailpieces along the feed path. Additionally, the system includes a means to vary the velocity of the drive belt based upon the location of the gap signal along the series of sensors.