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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4974826 | Document stacking apparatus Apparatus for stacking a plurality of documents on one edge thereof in vertically disposed position which comprises a movable stacker carriage adapted for movement between a forward and a rear position. An upper stacking screw worm rotatable about a horiz... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4959795 | Insertion machine with distributed chargeback In a document insertion machine, third-party advertising documents are fed from downstream insert stations (36, 37, 38, 39). The third party insert stations include an optional insert station (39) from which documents are to be fed only if the additional ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4955185 | Insertion machine An insertion machine includes an insertion station (44) whereat groups of items are stuffed into an envelope held open at an envelope opening station (49). The insertion station comprises an cam (212)-driven carriage (202) which linearly reciprocates in a... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4928946 | Vertical feed mechanism for documents An improved document feed mechanism for feeding documents in a vertical direction through at least two stations including a device for shingling the documents in at least one station by having successive ones of the documents overlap one another to thereb... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4893952 | Dot matrix printing system including improved ink transfer mechanism This invention relates to an improved dot matrix-type printing system wherein the wires of the print head are arranged to impinge on the reverse side of the workpiece to cause it to be moved into contact with a cavitated ink transfer roller, whereby, the ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4892300 | Differential document drive A differential motion translating and document drive delivery system wherein the system includes power, a first element for delivery of documents sequentially along a first path, a device for establishing orientation relative to a planar reference, and an... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4891088 | Document forwarding system A computer enhanced document forwarding system capable of feeding individual generally flat documents from a horizontally disposed edge stack of documents and include a transporter for accepting serially disposed end to end individual documents one at a t... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4884797 | Feeder module for use in a document forwarding system A feeder for a stack of upright documents includes a horizontally disposed receptacle having a planar base and a side restrainer. A spring loaded back plate and a fanning device move the stack form one end of the base to the other end adjacent a separator... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884795 | Document feeder apparatus The invention provides an improved auger conveyor in the magazine section of a document feeder apparatus which is capable of feeding large amounts of documents to a document sorting machine in a rapid and efficient manner. The auger conveyor includes: thr... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4877346 | Sheet feed hopper for insertion machine An improved printing apparatus for printing pre-selected indicia on an envelope or other documents to be placed on a transport raceway of an insertion machine.... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4835403 | Clocked optical sensing apparatus 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... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4798040 | Insertion machine An insertion machine includes an insertion station (44) whereat groups of items are stuffed into an envelope held open at an envelope opening station (49). The insertion station comprises a cam (212)driven carriage (202) which linearly reciprocates in a d... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4797830 | Insertion machine with postage categorization and selective merchandising In an insertion machine a track 20 moves groups of items past feed stations 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, during respective machine cycles. The feed stations selectively feed items onto the track 20 for inclusion with a group of items and eventual s... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4784379 | Apparatus and method for automated mail Apparatus and method for automatically preparing large mailings in which one or more documents are nested within the fold of a letter sheet prior to insertion into an outer envelope. One or more unfolded letter sheets are transported to a folding operatio... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4738368 | Elevator mechanism for the code reader of a mail sorting machine An elevator for adjusting the elevation of a code reader of a high speed mail sorting machine. The elevator is powered by a reversible DC electric motor which operates an extensible and retractable linear actuator. The actuator connects with a platform on... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4734865 | Insertion machine with audit trail and command protocol Processing events of an insertion machine are managed by a first data processor (DPS1) 100'. The DPS 100' is connected to a second data processor (DPS2) 700 by a data transmission cable 703 whereby the DPS1 sends data formatted in accordance with a plural... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4732261 | Method and apparatus for assembling and forwarding sets of sheets At least three storage devices (6,7,8) are serially arranged between an entrance station (1) and a processing station. Transfer devices are disposed between adjacent storage devices and between a last storage device and the processing station. The transfe... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4728097 | Adjustable gripper arm The size of the gap separating first and second jaw members (26, 28) comprising a gripper arm is made adjustable by the provision of a translatable bracket (80) upon which an actuator (30) is supported. As the bracket (80) translates, so do the actuator (... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4726578 | Paper-folding apparatus Apparatus for forming a longitudinal fold in a web of paper includes a paper feed arrangement, paper folding means arranged below and downstream of the paper feed arrangement, and guide means extending between the paper feed arrangement and the paper fold... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4723773 | Sheet feeding methods and apparatus Sheet feeding systems provide a sheet receiving nip at a peripheral region of a rotary sheet transport and arrange sheets in a stack having a stack and formed by a bottom sheet and spaced from the nip by a distance shorter than the minimum length of any o... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4707297 | Removable guidepath for automated guidance vehicles An aqueous guidepath coating composition includes a fluorescent dye, and an acrylic ionomer, and is particularly useful in positional control of and positional detection by stimulated emission-guided Automated Guidance Vehicles (AGV). This coating, used t... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4705157 | Article turning assembly A device for turning articles such as envelopes 90 degrees as the articles are moved forward from an entrace location to an exit location. Two flexible endless belts, each having a span contiguous to a corresponding span of the other, move the articles as... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4704699 | Digital film recorder, peripheral, and method for color hardcopy production A digital film recorder, peripheral and method adapted to receive high level digital command instructions from a host computer or terminal and to develop a color hardcopy therefrom without further graphics instructions. It includes a digital input interfa... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4699504 | Control system for microimage recorders A distributed processor control system for use with a microimage recording apparatus includes a system control unit, a machine control unit and an operator control unit. The system control unit includes a microprocessor that provides supervisory or master... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698770 | Computer controlled video device and slide projector interface arrangement An intelligent interface arrangement is provided for controlling operation of peripheral devices including a video device and a random access slide projector from a computer. The computer via the interface arrangement also controls the audio and video inp... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697919 | Film developing system for microimage recording apparatus A film developing system for a microimage recording apparatus of the type including an elongated film strip movable under tension along a film path. The film strip is of the type utilizing heat for developing latent image areas formed at an exposure stati... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697246 | Method and apparatus for detecting the engagement of a proper number of articles Method and apparatus for detecting article engagement errors and for calibrating engagement error detection apparatus associated with a plurality of gripper arms (16) of an insertion machine (10). Gripper arms (16) at each of a plurality of insert station... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4693465 | Rotatable print mechanism for printing on front or back of media An electromechanical automated document encoding apparatus is releasably constructed of modular components for accepting and transporting batch documents from either the left or the right. The apparatus is further capable of printing on a first side of a ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4653890 | Film developing system for microimage recording apparatus A film developing system for microimage recording apparatus providing computer output on microfilm utilizing an elongated film strip movable along a film path and employing heat for developing latent image areas formed on the film at an exposure station i... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4639873 | Insertion machine with postage categorization and selective merchandising In an insertion machine a track 20 moves groups of items past feed stations 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, during respective machine cycles. The feed stations selectively feed items onto the track 20 for inclusion with a group of items and eventual s... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4634071 | Light tight film cartridge with floating light seal A light tight cartridge for dispensing a light sensitive film strip wound on a spool comprises a container body having an exit port formed between spaced side walls in a transverse wall therebetween for accommodating a film strip extending outwardly of th... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4634107 | Gripper arm and method of operation A gripper arm includes jaw members (24,26) between which articles are engaged and from which engaged articles are released in precise placement upon a transport means. Jaw (26) is actuated by solenoid actuating means (28) acting through linkage means (30)... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4626099 | Film duplication system for microimage recorders A microimage recording apparatus of the type utilizing an elongated master film strip movable along a master film processing path and a duplicate film strip movable along a duplicate film strip processing path for making duplicates of successive developed... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4624558 | Microimage recorder A self-contained COM (Computer Output on Microfilm) microimage recorder provides completed microfiche records of computer generated images. A master film strip travels a path including exposure, developing and duplication stations. An optics assembly at t... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4621798 | Envelope feeding mechanism for mail sorting machines In a high speed mail sorting machine, a mechanism for feeding envelopes one at a time to a pickoff device such as a vacuum belt system. The envelopes are loaded onto a floor panel which inclines from side to side. A chain conveyor moves the envelope suppl... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4607833 | Demand document feeder A device for feeding envelopes from a hopper to an envelope reading station upon demand. A pair of drive rollers are mounted on a first drive shaft by means of a one-way clutch which allows the rollers to rotate only in a feeding direction. Mounted below ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4595188 | Envelope feeding system and speed control for mail sorting machines A speed control system for an envelope feeding mechanism used to feed envelopes to a pickoff device in a high speed mail sorting machine. The feeding mechanism includes a pair of toothed belts which convey the envelopes along an inclined surface. The side... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4585220 | Method of operating insertion machine and printer with control signals stored on searchable medium An insertion machine system includes an insertion machine 100 of a type wherein a plurality of insert stations 152 are positioned proximate conveyor means 120 travelling therealong for selectively feeding inserts onto the conveyor means 120. A buffer and ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4582312 | Printing apparatus for insertion machine 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 ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4573675 | Document feeder A device for feeding envelopes from a hopper to an envelope processing station. Driving and driven rollers feed the envelopes one at a time from the hopper. The rollers define a nip through which the envelopes are fed. A unique "U" shaped spring forces th... | 03/04/1986 |
