Mail transport assembly for mail sorting system
Patent 5226547 Issued on July 13, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 19, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 19, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3347367 3430950 3717249 Apparatus for the deflecting and stacking of letters and the like Anti-jamming means for a pocket of a mail sort machine Patent #: 4718660 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 687671 filed on 04/19/1991US Classes:209/657, Deflector movable into and out of path of item209/584, On mail209/900, SORTING FLAT-TYPE MAIL209/925, DRIVEN OR FLUID CONVEYOR MOVING ITEM FROM SEPARATING STATION271/305Individual diverter for each receiverExaminersPrimary: Hajec, Donald T.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassB07B 005/36AbstractA mail transport assembly for a mail sorting system includes a plurality of sets of drive units mounted on a transport surface. Each of the sets includes at least one diverter pivotally mounted to two positions. An endless inner belt is rotationally mounted generally in line with the diverter in one of the positions of the diverter. A drive belt has a run in contact with the inner belt so as to convey items of mail in a downstream direction when the item is directed thereto by the diverter. An intermediate belt is located with a run in contact with the inner belt so that rotation of one of the belts causes the other belt to rotate. A side belt is in contact with the intermediate belt to drive mail directed by the diverter into a collecting bin. | |
