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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475522 | Envelope filling machine An envelope filling machine for introducing sheets into envelopes includes a sliding surface, for transferring the sheets to an envelope filling station by means of pushing lugs, operated along the sliding surface. An envelope supplying conveyor supplies individual ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7424798 | Inserter for inserting postal items into envelopes Inserter for inserting postal items into envelopes, wherein an envelope catcher separates the envelopes and transports the envelopes away from the stack of empty envelopes and the envelopes are subsequently transported further with the initially leading flap end tra... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7401448 | Apparatus for inserting documents into envelopes An apparatus for inserting documents (2) having at least one guide strip (13, 14) which is reciprocable between a retracted position and a projecting position in which it reaches further into the stuffing position than in the retracted position for gui... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7389624 | Method and device for controlling envelope flap during insertion A high-speed envelope transport and packing system includes a conveyor for conveying an open envelope having a flap, a packing station for inserting an object into a conveyed open envelope, and a bending member disposed upstream of the packing station. The bending m... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7188460 | High speed vacuum system for inserters A vacuum release assist system for a document insertion station is described. The vacuum suction cup system is used for opening an envelope. The vacuum release assist system ensures that the suction cup is timely released during the removal of the envelope from the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181895 | Jam tolerant mail inserter In a mailing machine where an envelope feeder is used to feed envelopes one at a time into a mail inserter and an insert feeder is used to move insert material into the envelope in the mail inserter for mail insertion, a suction cup assembly having two suction cups ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7155878 | Device for opening the throat of an envelope in an insertion station An envelope insertion station having a plurality of actuating arms affixed to a rotatable shaft and a plurality of fingers pivotably mounted on the actuating arms for opening the throat of an envelope placed at an insertion area. The actuating arms are movable from ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6990789 | Adjustable stripper blade/moistener system for a mailing system An adjustable stripper/moistener system for a mailing system is provided. The stripper blade and moistening assembly are adjustable in a direction transverse to the movement of a mail piece being passed through the mailing machine. By allowing the stripper blade to ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978583 | High speed vacuum system for inserters A vacuum release assist system for a document insertion station is described. The vacuum suction cup system is used for opening an envelope. The vacuum release assist system ensures that the suction cup is timely released during the removal of the envelope from the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6789377 | Envelope-filling station An envelope filling station at which enclosures are pushed into envelopes. Envelopes are provide to the filling station via an envelope conveyor transverse to the push-in direction. A roller bar positioned above the conveyor is lowered while transporting envelopes a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6766626 | Floating stripping skis for mailing machine The present invention includes apparatus and methods for guiding a mail piece traversing a mailing machine. A multi-ski guide can include an inner ski with one or more contact bumps positioned to engage a mail piece prior to its edge encountering a stripper blade. T... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6718731 | High speed machine for inserting sheets into envelopes Improvements in high-speed machines for inserting sheets into envelopes include a first apparatus for pre-opening envelopes after they are pulled from a hopper and before a blade-like envelope flap opener fully opens them. The first apparatus includes a roller and a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718740 | Inserting apparatus and method with controlled, master cycle speed-dependent actuator operations In an inserting apparatus and method such as the continuous motion type, a motion controller electrically communicates with an encoder, a first motor driving an insert conveyor assembly, a second motor driving an envelope conveyor assembly, and an actuator operative... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6666000 | High speed machine for inserting sheets into envelopes Improvements in high-speed machines for inserting sheets into envelopes include a first apparatus for pre-opening envelopes after they are pulled from a hopper and before a blade-like envelope flap opener fully opens them. The first apparatus includes a r... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6584751 | High speed machine for inserting sheets into envelopes Improvements in high-speed machines for inserting sheets into envelopes include a first apparatus for pre-opening envelopes after they are pulled from a hopper and before a blade-like envelope flap opener fully opens them. The first apparatus includes a r... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6453651 | High speed machine for inserting sheets into envelopes Improvements in high-speed machines for inserting sheets into envelopes include a first apparatus for pre-opening envelopes after they are pulled from a hopper and before a blade-like envelope flap opener fully opens them. The first apparatus includes a r... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6240710 | Stage and thread assembly for highspeed envelope packing apparatus A stage and thread assembly is disclosed for use in a high speed envelope packing apparatus. The assembly receives from the side, a single envelope with flap open. The assembly precisely aligns and positions the envelope in a pre-stage area via a pluralit... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6199348 | High speed envelope packing apparatus An apparatus for high speed packing of envelopes is disclosed. The apparatus includes an envelope flap opening assembly which facilitates the opening of each envelope by a finger of an opening element as the envelope passes through packing apparatus. Each... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6155031 | Modular automatic envelope inserting machine An automatic envelope inserting machine which comprises a supporting structure (31, 331) whereon envelopes (17) are made to feed, in said envelopes one or more flat inserts have to be placed (16, 16', 16"), an envelope feeder (18, 318) towards a conveyor ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6098374 | Envelope opening apparatus Disclosed herein is an envelope opening apparatus, preferably for use in an inserter (210). The envelope opening apparatus comprises means (54) for locating an envelope, having rear and front panels (116, 118) and a flap (64) hinged to the front panel, in... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098382 | Set of document envelopes, method and device for using thereof and method for making the set A set of document envelopes (1) suitable for continuous use on an automatically or semiautomatically operating device is disclosed. The device for carrying out the method of use carries out a number of steps on the set of envelopes (1) arranged in a row o... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092353 | Device for extracting of the contents of an envelope A device for extracting the contents of an envelope pre-cut on three sides is provided. The device includes at least one bi-directional upper extraction roller, at least one bi-directional lower extraction roller cooperating with the upper extraction roll... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5992132 | Rotating envelope insertion horn A rotatable insertion horn for opening an envelope prior to insertion of documents into the envelope. The insertion horn includes a planar bottom plate having an upstream end, a downstream end and first and second side portions. A side wall is provided th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5867967 | Envelope flap opening device This device reduces the size of the gap between the apex of the flap opener blade and the drive roller. The above increases the probability that the flap of the envelope would be opened. The foregoing was accomplished by removing segments of the apex of t... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5832702 | Motion control profile to improve reliability of inserter during insertion An envelope inserting machine has a feed path for envelopes which includes an envelope inserting position and means for feeding successive envelopes to that position. Envelope throat opening claw assemblies have claws that maintain the throat of an envelo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5809749 | High speed envelope packing apparatus An envelope packing apparatus for packing a plurality of envelopes with a packing material comprising a buffer stack for holding an accumulated stack of the envelopes and a packing assembly for accepting the envelopes from the buffer stack and inserting t... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802808 | Envelope throat opening mechanism for inserting machine An envelope throat opening mechanism for an envelope inserting machine includes a pair of envelope throat opening claw assemblies mounted adjacent an envelope inserting position for opening the outer ends of an envelope disposed in the envelope inserting ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5737899 | Insertion packet centering device This invention provides utilizes a centering device located in the accumulation portion of mail production equipment to reduce jamming caused by the insertion of material into an open envelope. The apparatus of this invention is located in the accumulatio... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5729954 | Envelope flap opener apparatus A flap opening apparatus wherein envelopes are sequentially conveyed past a jet nozzle, which delivers timed blasts of air to open the flaps of each envelope. A computer controller tracks the position of the envelopes by a shaft encoder, and activates the... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722221 | Envelope opening apparatus An envelope opening apparatus for mail assembly operations which employs timed intermittent bursts of compressed air or other gas. One or more gas jets are used in association with an inserter arm, and envelopes are sequentially conveyed past the inserter... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5715648 | Envelope opening apparatus Apparatus for opening an envelope having a front panel, a back panel and a closing flap. The apparatus includes: a device for supporting the envelope in a substantially horizontal plane wherein the back panel is situated above the front panel; a pair of p... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5706636 | Envelope-stuffing device The present invention pertains to the object of substantially increasing the performance of an envelope-stuffing machine. While EP-A-0 504 114 discloses the use of rotating elements for opening the envelopes and for grasping the envelope flaps for this pu... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5675959 | Opening fingers for envelope inserting apparatus Apparatus for opening an envelope having a front panel, a back panel and a closing flap. The apparatus includes: a device for supporting the envelope in a substantially horizontal plane wherein the back panel is situated above the front panel; a device fo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5660030 | High speed envelope inserting station Apparatus for inserting sheet materials into an envelope. The apparatus includes: a deck for supporting an envelope and sheet material to be inserted into the envelope, the deck having an upstream and a downstream end; an inserting station located at the ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5655668 | Method and apparatus for verifying whether documents have been separated from an opened envelope A method and apparatus for checking whether documents have been separated from an opened envelope includes conveying an envelope past an input transducer which measures a characteristic, based on light shown through the envelope, of each individual envelo... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5642598 | Collation feeding mechanism for envelope inserting machine An envelope inserting machine is disclosed which includes means for ensuring that very thin collations, down to a single sheet folded sheet, are consistently accurately inserted into envelopes held at an inserting position with the throats of the envelope... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5630312 | Ejection mechanism for envelope inserting machine An envelope ejecting apparatus is disclosed for use in an inserting machine in which envelopes are fed successively in one direction along a feed path to a first location and then are moved incrementally in a reverse direction to an insert receiving posit... | 05/20/1997 |
