FLAT ARTICLE STACKING AND TRAY LOADING APPARATUS

摘要

The flat article stacking and tray loading apparatus includes an inclined support (3) having a displaceable front part (11) so that the front wall of a tray (122) can be brought into abutment with the front end (123) of a stack (127) carried by the support and to be loaded in the tray after a backing plate (83) supporting the stack front end has been removed. It also includes a conveyor able to apply the front portion of each envelope conveyed in a direction making an angle with the above backing plate against this backing plate and a belt arrangement (30, 31) operating on the front portion of each envelope to cant the rear part of the envelope into engagement with a defector (69) after the front portion has been applied against the backing plate.