Michael D Wisniewski

58297421, Nov 3, 1998

Jul 17, 1996

8/725079

K. George Rabindran - Morton Grove IL
Michael Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL
Thomas Faber - Skokie IL
Kenneth Guenther - Park Ridge IL
Joseph Kalika - Niles IL
Mel Kerstein - Lincolnwood IL
John S. O'Callaghan - Willmette IL

Bell & Howell Postal Systems Inc. - Lincolnwood IL

B65H 102

271150

An in-feed magazine apparatus for loading documents includes a magazine feed ramp having one or more document conveyor belts disposed along a bottom surface, the belts being arranged to engage the bottom boundary of the documents. The conveyer belts are configured to effect forward movement of the stack of documents toward a document shingler mechanism along a linear axis defined by forward movement of the conveyer belts. Also included is a backing plate having a lower portion disposed proximal to the conveyor belt, an upper portion disposed vertically upward from the lower portion, and a generally planar face parallel to the plane defined by the face of the documents. An upper and lower sensor sense contact with the front end of the stack of documents while a controller operatively coupled to the upper and the lower sensors determines when the front end of the stack of documents lies in a plane substantially parallel to the face of the backing plate. A jogger mechanism operatively coupled to the controller and the backing plate is configured to reciprocally displace a portion of the stack of documents approaching the backing plate such that the jogger mechanism is energized when the controller determines that the stack of documents is inclined at a forward angle relative to the backing plate where such reciprocal displacement is configured to urge the stack of documents towards a substantially parallel orientation relative to the backing plate.

59346663, Aug 10, 1999

Feb 23, 1998

9/028137

K. George Rabindran - Morton Grove IL
Michael Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL
Thomas Faber - Skokie IL
Kenneth Guenther - Park Ridge IL
Joseph Kalika - Niles IL
Mel Kerstein - Lincolnwood IL
John S. O'Callaghan - Willmette IL

Bell & Howell Postal Systems Inc. - Lincolnwood IL

B65H 108

271148

An in-feed magazine apparatus for loading documents includes a magazine feed ramp having one or more document conveyor belts disposed along a bottom surface, the belts being arranged to engage the bottom boundary of the documents. The conveyor belts are configured to effect forward movement of the stack of documents toward a document shingler mechanism along a linear axis defined by forward movement of the conveyor belts. Also included is a backing plate having a lower portion disposed proximal to the conveyor belt, an upper portion disposed vertically upward from the lower portion, and a generally planar face parallel to the plane defined by the face of the documents. An upper and lower sensor sense contact with the front end of the stack of documents while a controller operatively coupled to the upper and the lower sensors determines when the front end of the stack of documents lies in a plane substantially parallel to the face of the backing plate. A jogger mechanism operatively coupled to the controller and the backing plate is configured to reciprocally displace a portion of the stack of documents approaching the backing plate such that the jogger mechanism is energized when the controller determines that the stack of documents is inclined at a forward angle relative to the backing plate where such reciprocal displacement is configured to urge the stack of documents towards a substantially parallel orientation relative to the backing plate.

48354031, May 30, 1989

Dec 30, 1986

6/947826

Michael A. Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL

Bell & Howell Company - Chicago IL

G01N 2186

250561

A document sensor comprises a source of infrared light directed toward a document and a photocell for reacting to the light as it is reflected from the document. A clock drives the light source to send cyclically recurring light pulses toward the document. The clock source also enables a detector each time that the document light source is switched on. After a predetermined number of successive reflected light pulses have been picked up, a document present signal is given.

44836333, Nov 20, 1984

Feb 18, 1983

6/467628

Jerry J. Kosner - LaGrange IL
Michael Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL
Tom Faber - Skokie IL

Bell & Howell Company - Chicago IL

B41J 354
B41J 312
B41J 1308

400 82

A matrix printing apparatus of the type having a path for sequentially transporting a series of documents to be printed between a plurality of dot matrix ballistic print heads and back-up platen rollers opposite each print head, the dot matrix ballistic print heads adapted, when actuated, to simultaneously impact an ink source and one side of each document as each document passes the print heads to apply printed material to each document in a pre-programmed array. The improvement of the present invention comprises moving the back-up platen rollers from a first position adjacent the print head when the print head is actuated, to a second position at a distance from the print head when the print head is not actuated. The matrix printing apparatus also includes an ink source comprising an endless inked ribbon which continually moves between the dot matrix ballistic print heads and the document path, and includes an ink guard disposed between the inked ribbon and the document path, the ink guard having relatively small apertures therein adjacent each print head wherein only the portion of the ribbon adjacent each print head extends through each corresponding aperture and contacts each document during application of printed material to each document.

55381405, Jul 23, 1996

Oct 19, 1994

8/326122

Kenneth L. Guenther - Park Ridge IL
Tom Faber - Skokie IL
Joseph Kalika - Niles IL
Mel T. Kerstein - Lincolnwood IL
John S. O'Callaghan - Wilmette IL
K. George Rabindran - Morton Grove IL
Michael A. Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL

Bell & Howell Company - Skokie IL

B07C 500

209552

A buffered stacking system for selectively diverting horizontally disposed documents from a generally horizontal main conveying path, stacking the documents in a horizontal orientation and dropping the documents into replaceable receiving receptacles is provided. The system has a primary horizontal conveyor belt with a lower horizontal reach defining a horizontal primary conveying path. A plurality of sorting stations are located serially along and below the primary conveying path. Each of the sorting stations has at least one diverter arm disposed along the conveying path. The diverter arms are selectively movable from a generally horizontal position which allows passage of the documents along the conveying path to an inclined position to divert the document into the corresponding sorting station. The diverter arms divert the document in a downwardly inclined direction into a stacking station. The stacking station is formed with a lower drop floor assembly for supporting the diverted documents in a stacked generally inclined orientation and for pivoting open to allow the stacked documents to fall into a replaceable receiving bin located below a drop floor which forms a part of the drop floor assembly.

47794798, Oct 25, 1988

Dec 9, 1985

6/806367

Jack Abrams - Northbrook IL
Michael A. Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL

Bell & Howell Company - Skokie IL

F16C 110
F16H 710

745016

A novel spring and dual pulley construction wherein the pulley includes a pair of co-axial grooves, one of the grooves having a constant diameter that accepts a powered cable acting in one direction, while the other groove has a varying radius of curvature that accepts a second cable connected to one end of the tension spring and with the other end of the spring fixedly mounted. This arrangement maintains a constant spring force on a member moving along a slide in a reciprocating fashion and having one side thereof connected to said powered cable for movement in one direction and the other side connected to the second cable for movement in the opposite direction activated by a constant spring force regardless of the extension of the spring.

52578917, Nov 2, 1993

Sep 30, 1992

7/954946

James A. Baumann - Orland Park IL
Michael A. Wisniewski - Blue Island IL

Mi-Jack Products, Inc. - Hazel Crest IL

B66C 1306

414460

A crane and lift apparatus for controlling the lifting and lowering of large cargo containers. A trolley assembly includes a hoist drum from which is suspended a system of cable or rope reevings connected to material securing assembly. The apparatus is effective to unload containers stacked one above another from one location to an alternate location. The system of cable reevings permits the raising and lowering of containers in planes defined by X, Y, and Z axes. The cables are deployed from the hoist drum on the trolley assembly to sheaves disposed at the four corners of the material securing assembly and then returned to anchor assemblies secured to an undercarriage of the trolley assembly. The sheaves are selectively angled and located in headblock assemblies positioned on the material securing assembly. A system of brakes controls movement of the cables through the sheaves.

45823120, Apr 15, 1986

Sep 7, 1984

6/648694

Jack Abrams - Northbrook IL
Michael Wisniewski - Bolingbrook IL

Bell & Howell Company - Chicago IL

B41F 1354
B65H 3902

270 11

A printer apparatus for a document handling machine is adapted to obtain a signal from a series of information-bearing marks on a first document and transmit that signal to the control device for the printer apparatus to initiate the printing of an image such as a bar code on a second document which is to be furnished in a mailing envelope along with the first document. The printer apparatus automatically removes the second document from a hopper, advances the second document to a printing station, lowers a print head module to the printing station over the second document, prints a specified but variable bar code on the second document, and delivers the imprinted second document to the transport raceway of a document insertion machine.