DOCUMENT HANDLING APPARATUS

摘要

The purpose of the apparatus is to feed envelopes from a first hopper (40) to a print station (30) and then to deliver it to a second hopper (70) located over the first one, the print station being transversely oriented with respect to both hoppers. The uppermost envelope (44) in hopper (40) is first rotated 90 DEG by the combined action of a roller (50) and a pivot post (58); it is then conveyed to the print station (30) by a an endless belt (110) and back up rollers (120), where it is rotated 180 DEG ; then it is conveyed to the second hopper (70) by endless belt (110) and back up rollers (122); there it is again rotated 90 DEG by the combined action of a paddle wheel (74) and a notch (72) located in the side wall of the second hopper, and then is delivered to said second hopper with the appropriate orientation.