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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6203005 | Feeder apparatus for documents and the like The invention is a sheet feeder for engaging and removing a sheet of paper or other material from a stack and feeding it along a path. The sheet feeder can include a skimmer, a bumper, a separator, and a guide plate. The skimmer can include a timing belt ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5538140 | Buffered stacker with drop floor assembly 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 p... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5503702 | High speed labeler A labeling assembly for applying labels carried on a substrate to a sequential series of moving documents is provided. The assembly transports the document in a generally vertical end on end orientation down a conveying path and peels the label from the s... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5494276 | Method and apparatus for shingling documents Apparatus for shingling a plurality of documents disposed in stacked relation so that the stack extends successively from a first end to a second end, and has at least one boundary defined by substantially coplanar marginal edges of the documents. The sta... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5456457 | High speed separator with movable hold back belt for high speed flats feeder An apparatus for separating and advancing documents includes a first assembly having movable belts for frictionally engaging and advancing one of the documents along a path, and a second assembly having stationary belts and retrogressingly moving a portio... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5246223 | Automatic magazine speed control for document processing system A document processing system includes a feed magazine for supporting a stack of flat documents in generally upstanding on-edge relation and advancing the documents along a feed path with the documents disposed generally transverse to the feed path, a feed... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5224695 | Method and apparatus for feeding documents Document feeding apparatus advances the leading document in a stack of documents against a moveable feed element which moves at a predetermined, load sensitive speed. The torque applied to the leading document by the feed element is maintained at a substa... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5221080 | Stacker assembly having variable pressure stacker plate A stacker assembly for receiving generally flat documents, such as mailing envelopes and flats, in on-edge relation and maintaining the documents in upstanding side-by-side stacked relation as they accumulate in the stacker assembly. A receiving station i... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5217218 | Dual auger stacking device and control therefor A dual auger stacking device for use with a document sorting and conveying apparatus defining a document path and including a plurality of gates for diverting documents from the path into a preselected document receiving station of a plurality of such sta... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5211384 | Inserter with diverter for faulty members An in-line inserter device comprises envelope and insert feeding assemblies, an envelope inserting station assembly, a sealing and stacking assembly, and various diverter stations. The envelope feeding assembly withdraws envelopes from a hopper-held envel... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5201504 | On-edge stacker An on-edge stacker for stacking envelopes comprises a transporter and diverter, an accumulator, a spider wheel for delivering diverted envelopes to a conveyor belt of the accumulator, and a propelling arrangement to a drive diverted envelopes to the spide... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5200007 | Document forwarding system A system for applying corrective mailing labels to documents and the like wherein a plurality of labels are releasably carried in sequential fashion on an elongated flexible substrate. The system includes a label printing station, a label applying drum, a... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5190282 | Multi-pass sorting machine The multi-pass sorting machine of this disclosure includes a supporting structure which has the configuration of an A-Frame. The A-Frame structure has a slanting front side supporting several individually functional devices and a slanting back side suppor... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5172909 | Secondary pivotal drive stacker roller enabling stacking of small and large documents A secondary pivotal drive stacker roller assembly for a document sorting and conveying apparatus adapted for sorting documents of various lengths, preferably from a primary document path to at least one secondary document path leading to a document stacki... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5150891 | Shingle device for use in multi-pass sorting machine A shingling device for use in a mail document sorting apparatus includes a first conveyor belt for receiving a vertical stack of sorted documents. A guide element is oblique to the conveyor belt for shifting the moving vertical stack into a shifted obliqu... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5150894 | Diverter mechanism for flat document conveyor system A conveyor system for conveying generally flat documents on-edge includes a primary conveyor belt defining a primary conveyor path, and at least one secondary conveyor belt defining a diverter station and having a first reach disposed in juxtaposed relati... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5143366 | Mail feeder A document separation system including at least one separation roller system having a cooperative pair of driver and separation rollers providing a nip for the acceptance of a document between the cooperative rollers, whereby the rollers are capable of ri... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143225 | Carrier sequenced bar code sorter for documents A multi-pass sorting machine includes a housing or supporting structure which has the configuration of an A-Frame. The A-Frame structure has a slanting front side supporting several individually functional devices and a slanting back side supporting other... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5139251 | Deflector device for document feeder A deflector plate is mounted adjacent a document feeder mechanism having feeder belts operative to engage successive documents supported in upstanding on-edge relation on a feed magazine so as to feed the documents in singulated fashion to a processing st... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5131645 | Sweeper assembly for document conveyor system A sweeper assembly for use in a document conveyor system having belt conveyor means operative to convey generally flat documents in upstanding on-edge relation to a stacker station. The sweeper assembly includes feed augers adapted to receive the lower ed... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5130558 | Skew detector for inserter In an inserter, a skew and misalignment detector for measuring skew misalignment of inserts that are conveyed on and along a conveyor comprises a plurality of photosensors disposed above the insert-conveying path in transverse relation thereto and a plura... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5129503 | Turnover module A turnover module for turning over envelopes comprises a plurality of pulleys and disposed thereabout a driven endless belt in the general shape of a flattened figure `8`. The belt includes a crossover region and a first and a second reach extending there... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5129642 | Controllable document drive and separation system In a combination document feed system and intelligent document separation system, including a document removal assembly associated with the document feed system for removing documents one at a time from a stack of documents disposed in the document feed s... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125642 | Feeder module with thickness detection A feeder module for feeding sheet inserts and having a thickness detector for measuring the thickness of inserts comprises: a gripper drum disc for transporting the inserts upon its periphery; a detector caliper assembly including a pivotable arm having a... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125214 | Inserter station for envelope inserting An inserter station for inserting inserts into envelopes comprises an insert conveyor for conveying inserts to an inserting location, a gripper drum for delivering envelopes to the inserting location, vacuum means for holding bottom surfaces of envelopes,... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5119954 | Multi-pass sorting machine A mail document sorting device includes a document input feeder, and at least one singulation device for orienting and singulating the documents so that indicia on their faces can be disposed at a predetermined level about a data reference plane. Single d... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5000434 | Insertion machine with improved insert track An insert track (30) of an insertion machine comprises a continuous elastomer belt (32) which travels a horizontal plate 9101) and proximate a plurality of insert station hoppers (52H-57H). The plate (101) has an upper surface (103) formed from an ultra h... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4991914 | Mail sorter basket for handling mail trays A basket structure for supporting mail trays between varying elevations relative to a workplace supporting planar floor in cooperation with a mail sorting machine having a plurality of sorting bins disposed laterally in spaced relation along the horizonta... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4984008 | Film number writing system A writing system is usable in apparatus in which mirrors in a "V" configuration, split mirrors, a combining mirror and a camera mirror project images of opposite sides of a document in an imaging region to a microfilm in side-by-side relation. The writing... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4979605 | Document transporter for use in forwarding system This invention relates in general to the handling of mail and, in particular, to an improved document transporter for use in a forwarding address system for mail sorting machines.... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4960273 | Dual mode document feeder A document feeder includes a feed tray which is pivotal about a horizontal axis between an elevated automatic position in which it can be locked and in which the uppermost document of a stack of documents thereon is engaged with an endless belt skimmer to... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4942531 | Self-adapting signal detector with digital outputs A self-adapting signal detector is adapted to be used with a plurality of guidepath sensors for controlling an automatically guided vehicle. The circuitry detects the presence of a valid guidepath signal over a large dynamic range without the need to make... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4927133 | Angled conveyor for document packages An angled conveyor for document packages comprises a transition conveyor belt, having an angled direction of motion relative to the direction of feed of document packages to the transition conveyor belt, and an output conveyor belt in line with and having... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4861018 | Idler release pulley lever mechanism for document transport A document transport system for transporting documents of varying thicknesses along a document path comprising a document drive assembly forming one side of the document path, an idler roller assembly forming an opposite side of the document path, the doc... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4809187 | Insertion machine with postage categorization In an insertion machine a track 20 moves groups of items past feed stations 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 during respective machine cycles. The feed stations selectively feed items onto the track 20 for inclusion with a group of items and eventual stuffin... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4802096 | Controlled direction non-contact detection system for automatic guided vehicles A non-contact collision avoidance system for an automatically guided vehicle is disclosed for preventing collisions between the vehicle and obstacles in the path of the vehicle during vehicle maneuvers, including relatively sharp turns. A sensor device mo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4798543 | Interactive training method and system Interactive training method and system is provided for the selective presentation of audio and video training program information to learner-operators. The audio and video program information is transduced from recorded program media under the control of ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4779479 | Apparatus for applying a constant tensile force to a moving element 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 curvatur... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4679905 | Linear adjustment apparatus Apparatus for linearly adjusting the position of devices, and in particular, apparatus for adjusting focus of an image on a light sensitive surface of an image sensor device included in an optical character recognition read head. The apparatus includes a ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4669721 | Sheet transport with bowed guide Sheet transporting apparatus and methods provide an elongate guide for the sheet in contact with the drive belt. The guide is bowed along an arc extending into the transport path in parallel to the direction of sheet transport. The drive belt is bowed by ... | 06/02/1987 |
