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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6483599 | System and method for separating a print stream into an electronic document print stream and a physical document print stream An apparatus for separating print stream data containing a plurality of primary documents and information concerning associated customers to receive the documents, wherein the apparatus receives customer preference data that allow separation of the print ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481712 | Apparatus for preventing lead to trail edge collision of mailpieces in a sorter The present invention concerns a mailpiece sorting and stacking apparatus. The sorting and stacking apparatus has a series of stacking bins. Each stacking bin is designed to include a set of kicker fingers that engage the trailing ends of the mailpieces t... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6461102 | Charging apparatus A charging apparatus for handling stations for sheet-like, flexible articles, in particular envelopes, particularly for mail-processing machines, the drive in a feed-channel for stacks of articles standing on edge being controlled in dependence on a detec... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450313 | Locking means for components mounted on support shafts The present invention relates to locking and locating cylindrical components or roller sleeve assemblies on a support shaft. The locking feature is an anti-rotation device that prevents rotation of the roller assembly or sleeve assembly on the support sha... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446955 | Method and apparatus for feeding envelopes A method and apparatus for feeding envelopes in an envelope insertion machine, wherein a rotatable pneumatic feeding head is used to pick up an envelope from an envelope stack by a negative air pressure. The pneumatic feeding head is also used to move the... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443447 | Method and device for moving cut sheets in a sheet accumulating system A method and device for improving the stacking efficiency in a sheet accumulation system using a continuous web cutter for cutting a web of material into sheets and a plurality of right angle turn-over modules for changing the direction of the sheets and ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435245 | System for folding and tabbing sheets A method and system for producing a self-mailer using a folding apparatus for folding sheets into folded materials and a tabbing apparatus for sealing the folded materials with tabs in a continuous flow. Typically a folded material exits the folded appara... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425579 | Low friction envelope feeder An envelope hopper having a plurality of bottom rods to form a supporting surface for supporting a stack of envelopes and a paddle to push the envelopes towards an envelope feeder at the downstream end. A scrub wheel is rotatably mounted on a fixed, rotat... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6375182 | Feeding machine A feeding machine for feeding envelopes into a station for further individual handling. A stack of envelopes is held in a downwardly inclined feed channel. The stack of envelopes is transformed into a layered stream by an upward inclined discharge channel... | 04/23/2002 |
