METHOD FOR SUPPLYING DOCUMENT SETS AND INSERTING DOCUMENT SETS INTO ASSOCIATED ENVELOPES AND ENVELOPING SYSTEM

摘要

A method for supplying document sets (4) and inserting document sets into associated envelopes (2), in which the document sets (4) are supplied to an insert station (10) in a document material stream formed by a sequence of document sets (4) and the envelopes (2) are supplied to the insert station in an envelope material stream formed by a sequence of envelopes (2), said method being intended to allow the mail pieces consisting of the document sets (4) and the envelopes (2) to be collated with particularly high reliability and precision in a particularly simple manner. To this end, according to the invention, in the insert station (10), the document set (4) supplied in each case is inserted into the relevant envelope (2) supplied at the same time, wherein for each document set (4) guided in the document material stream, the position thereof in the document sequence and a document identification code associated therewith are determined, and for each envelope (2) guided in the envelope material stream, the position thereof in the envelope sequence and an envelope identification code associated therewith are determined, and a document set (4) and an envelope (2) are supplied to the insert station (10) only as a pair and the supply thereof is authorised only when it is confirmed on the basis of the relevant document identification code and the relevant envelope identification code that the envelope (2) pending supply is individually associated with the document set (4) pending supply.

主权项

1. Method for supplying document sets (4) and inserting document sets into associated envelopes (2), in which the document sets (4) are supplied to an insert station (10) in a document material stream formed by a sequence of document sets (4) and the envelopes (2) are supplied to the insert station in an envelope material stream formed by a sequence of envelopes (2), wherein
in the insert station (10), the document set (4) supplied in each case is inserted into the relevant envelope (2) supplied at the same time, for each document set (4) guided in the document material stream, the position thereof in the document sequence and a document identification code associated therewith are detected, and for each envelope (2) guided in the envelope material stream, the position thereof in the envelope sequence and an envelope identification code associated therewith are detected, a document set (4) and an envelope (2) are supplied to the insert station (4) only as a pair and the supply thereof is authorised only when it is confirmed on the basis of the relevant document identification code and the relevant envelope identification code that the envelope (2) pending supply is individually associated with the document set (4) pending supply, and the identification codes of the envelopes (2) and document sets (4) guided in the material streams are stored in a control unit (34), wherein if the envelope (2) pending supply is not individually associated with the document set (4) pending supply, it is determined on the basis of the stored identification codes whether a document set (4) or envelope (2) associated with the envelope (2) pending supply or with the document set (4) pending supply is already in the corresponding material stream.