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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249762 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The feeder stage includes a feeder and a hopper assembly. The hopper floor carries the document stack, and includes a flag providing a force to move the documents along th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237773 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The hopper assembly includes a hopper floor that carries the document stack and a flag that provides a force to move the documents along the hopper floor toward the feeder... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6905661 | System for sanitizing and sorting mail A mailpiece sorting apparatus is described which includes a feeder, an OCR scanner, a mailpiece transporter, a sanitizer and compartments or bins for receiving sorted mailpieces, an optical character recognition system (OCR) for reading addressee information, an add... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6702275 | Paper-leaves separating/supplying method and apparatus In a paper-leaves separating/supplying apparatus comprising a rotary separating/supplying belt, a vacuum suction device and a separating/supplying device, the vacuum suction device takes up one by one a plurality of paper leaves set together and conveyed ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6629691 | Paper-leaves conveying apparatus In a paper-leaves conveying means for conveying a plurality of paper leaves, set together in a bundle in a depositing section, toward a paper-leaves feeding position where a separating/supplying belt exists, an arm is provided which is designed to be move... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6536756 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6474637 | Adaptive flag weight for document handling apparatus An arrangement for adaptively driving the flag element of a document-handling device, such as a document sorter. The rotation of a first cam exerts a first force on the flag element. The profile of the first cam is such that the first force exerted on the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6454253 | Document feeder nudger belt friction force control A method for controlling and adjusting nudger drive friction force. The nudger drive friction force is measured and compared with a desired nudger belt friction force term needed for reliable feeding. Cable drum motor torque is responsively adjusted to ob... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6435498 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6419221 | Adaptive flag weight for document handling apparatus An arrangement for adaptively driving the flag element of a document handling device, such as a document sorter. The invention uses a force generating mechanism to produce torque at the periphery of a cam. A flexible connector that is wrapped around the c... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6354587 | Follower mechanism for flat article handling system A follower mechanism is provided for use in a system for feeding flat articles, such as mixed mail, which follower mechanism includes a paddle assembly connected to a mount so as to be pivotable between a feed position and an inactive position, and mechan... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6328300 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6290453 | Unit for feeding flat diecut blanks of wrapping material to a user machine A unit for feeding flat diecut blanks of wrapping material to a user machine is equipped with a conveyor by which blanks disposed on edge transversely to a given feed direction and ordered in a substantially continuous column are caused to advance along a... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286292 | Method for feeding blanks of packing material on a packing machine A method and device for feeding blanks on a packing machine, whereby a store, having a horizontal axis, feeds a succession of blanks to a pickup station from which the blanks are withdrawn one by one; and the blanks are fed to an input station of the stor... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6220590 | Hopper loader with a conveyer having slippage resistance The invention pertains to a hopper loader apparatus for separating and forming an overlapping shingled stream of individual signatures of sheet materials from a vertically aligned, parallelepiped shaped stack of such signatures for subsequent handling ope... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203004 | Device for feeding blanks on a packing machine A method and device for feeding blanks on a packing machine, whereby a conveyor feeds along a horizontal path a succession of blanks positioned perpendicular to the path; the path terminating at a pickup station having a stop surface defined by a frame, w... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6186491 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a carrier portion, a suction belt, a servo motor, a blower, a solenoid valve, a pressure sensor, a position sensor, a belt hole sensor, and a controller. The carrier portion feeds a plurality of sheets of different sizes... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6158732 | Sheet feeder for transferring a rectangular sheet A sheet feeder for feeding mails includes a mounting table having a slanted top surface for mounting thereon a plurality of sheets in a substantially upright posture thereof, a transfer belt for transferring the sheets in the slanted posture in the direct... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6123330 | Method of feeding flat mail for separation by suction of material input The invention relates to a method for the steady feeding of flat items for separation by suction of material input into a distribution unit by using a feeding device, preferably comprising a separating blade and a conveyor belt underneath it. In accordanc... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6017028 | Hopper loader having arced conveyor for forming an overlapping stream of signatures from a vertical stack The invention pertains to a hopper loader apparatus for separating and forming an overlapping shingled stream of individual signatures of sheet materials from a vertically aligned, parallelepiped shaped stack of such signatures for subsequent handling ope... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6017029 | Hopper loader for feeding vertical signatures to bindery equipment A hopper loader apparatus for transferring and separating individual signatures of sheet material from a vertically aligned, parallelepiped shaped stack of such signatures. The separated, individual signatures may then be subjected to handling operations ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5988625 | Upright feeder for packaging manufacturing systems A vertically oriented feeder for a packaging manufacturing system is provided. The feeder supports a stack of blanks in an upright position and in a confronting relationship with a vertical vacuum belt. The vacuum belt draws a front blank off of the stack... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5934866 | Plate feeder apparatus A plate handling apparatus (10) including a plate feeder (12) for sequentially advancing a stack of plates (11) and a pick-up assembly (14) for successively removing the forwardmost plate from the stack is disclosed. The plate feeder (12) includes a conve... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5829742 | In-feed magazine apparatus and method for loading documents 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 c... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826870 | Divider sheet for stacked products and method of supplying planar articles A planar article or sheet, such as a divider sheet for stacked products, and the method of supplying substantially planar articles from a supply magazine to an article transfer device, which then transfers the article to a desired location for further pro... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5785488 | Apparatus for sorting mail and the like The apparatus comprises a magazine (M) for the acceptance of the stacked unit load and for offering the unit load in an upper fetching position (A) of the stack, a guide profile (FP) of the magazine (M) that is at least approximately L-shaped in crossection an... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5778632 | Hopper assembly for literature feeder system A hopper assembly for feeding literature to a literature dispenser. The literature dispenser and a label dispenser are positioned on opposite sides of a conveyor on which products being furnished with literature and labels are transported. The hopper asse... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5752695 | Film sample positioning apparatus An apparatus for handling and automatically positioning film samples such that individual film samples can be retrieved from a magazine and moved precisely to a position where a subsequent operation can be performed such as the reading thereof by a densit... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5704607 | Sheet feed and presenting assembly A sheet feed assembly for feeding sheets from a stack comprises a vacuum feed device which is movable to feed a sheet from the stack in the feed direction while the sheet is held on the feed device under vacuum. A sheet holding device is spaced from the v... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5685533 | Signature pocket apparatus and method of make ready Pocket signature feeding machines have been provided with a double indicia scale on a pocket backplate and the scale is related to the centerline of the pocket so that the signatures may be precisely centered in the pocket when the left and right signatur... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5547180 | Sheet feed and presenting assemblies and method A sheet feed assembly for feeding sheets from a stack comprises a vacuum feed device which is movable to feed a sheet from the stack in the feed direction while the sheet is held on the feed device under vacuum. A sheet holding device is spaced from the v... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542816 | Method and apparatus for reorienting blanks while feeding individual blanks from a stack to an erecting machine A method and apparatus is disclosed for conveying individual blanks, one at a time, from a stack of blanks in a magazine to a form chamber in an erecting machine. The magazine includes bottom and side guides and a conveyor for moving the blanks into a pic... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5507480 | Flat object holding device and flat object unstacking device equipped with this holding device An automatic mail sorting flat object holding device has a driven perforated belt and suction grasping heads inside the belt. The holding device has a holding side consisting of the perforated belt moving in a predetermined transfer direction and to the f... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507479 | Flat object transfer device, and unstacking device equipped with this transfer device A flat object transfer device for transferring flat objects, particularly flat objects of varying thickness, to a sorting device from the output of an unstacking device. The flat object transfer device includes a gripping device for gripping a flat object... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5503519 | Apparatus for loading plate-shaped articles An apparatus (10) for loading plates (3) from a stack (2) and for depositing the plates (3) on a conveyor comprises two alternatingly effective grippers (30, 31). The grippers (30, 31) are moved alternatingly into a loading position seizing the first accu... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5458456 | Method and apparatus for temporal storing and conveying of plate shaped members A continuous and sequential temporal storing and conveying of plate shaped members to the next processing step, in which the differently sized and randomly ordered plate shaped members can be easily handled and manipulated, A substantially vertical wall s... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5417331 | Conveyance equipment for paper or the like, and paper money collection system in game island employing the same In a conveyance equipment having a conveyance path which serves to convey paper or the like, and an introduction path which merges with the conveyance path, for guiding to the conveyance path the paper or the like to be introduced into the conveyance syst... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5413323 | Mail processing machine having a mechanical jogger with rollers A machine for processing mail comprises a mechanical jogging device between an unstacking head (3) and a conveyor path (1) for conveying a stack (2) of postal items. The jogging device comprises inclined rollers (8) rotated so that a postal item of the st... | 05/09/1995 |
