| 摘要 |
<p>A postal meter mail piece feeder comprising a hopper section (18), a singulating section (20) and a mail piece turner (22). The hopper section (18) comprises a bottom mail piece support deck (24) for supporting mail pieces thereon, a rear wall (26) having a mail piece drive (28) for contacting and moving the mail pieces along the support deck (24), and a front stop (30) for biasing the mail pieces towards the rear wall (26). The singulating section (20) is downstream from the hopper section (18) and comprises a retard drive (44) and a sensor (50) connected to the retard drive (44). The mail piece turner (22) is downstream from the singulating section (18) and comprises a turning surface (33) for turning the mail pieces about 90 degrees from the singulating section (20) for entry into a postage applying section of a postage meter (14).</p> |
