APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REORIENTING A STACK OF MAIL

摘要

Mail reorientation apparatus (8) which transfers horizontally oriented mail stack (16) in an input tray (10) to a vertical orientation in an output tray (46) . The input tray is brought to a rotating station (14) where a plate (42) is brought down on top of the mail stack and a plurality of pusher rods (30) are extended through apertures in the bottom of the input tray to contact the bottom of the mail stack. The rotation process orients the mail stack to the desired vertical orientation and the rods and plate are simultaneously moved to eject the mail from the input tray to the output tray.