APPARATUS FOR INSERTING DOCUMENTS INTO ENVELOPES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

摘要

An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.

主权项

1. An apparatus for inserting documents into envelopes, comprising:
a document insert station; a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station, each envelope having an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defining a hinge line; an envelope feeder that feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor; and an insert plate positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and having orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope to open the envelope.