发明名称 Enclosure feeder with ledge-extension fingers
摘要 A method and system for gathering enclosure documents for insertion in an envelope inserting system having a plurality of enclosure feeders for releasing enclosure documents and a plurality of pusher fingers mounted on a pair of endless chains for gathering the released documents. A plurality of flexible extension fingers are connected to the downstream end of enclosure feeder so as to support the released document before the released document is pushed off by a pair of pusher fingers onto a chassis deck. The downstream ends of the flexible extension fingers form a gap with the chassis deck, allowing the documents released upstream to pass under the extension fingers so that the document released from an enclosure feeder is stacked on top of the documents released from the upstream feeders. Because the extension fingers are flexible, the gap under the extension fingers can be widened by a stack of documents released upstream. Preferably, a centering device is installed downstream from each enclosure feeder to guide the released document.
申请公布号 US6367794(B1) 申请公布日期 2002.04.09
申请号 US19990473422 申请日期 1999.12.29
申请人 PITNEY BOWES INC. 发明人 GODWIN DONNA L.;RITCHIE WAYNE W.
分类号 B65H3/66;B65H29/16;(IPC1-7):B65H43/00 主分类号 B65H3/66
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