摘要 |
<p>IN-LINE INSERTER An in-line inserter device comprises envelope and insert feeding assemblies, a stuffing-station assembly and a sealing and stacking assembly. The envelope feeding assembly withdraws envelopes from a hopper-held envelope stack and conveys them, first with an accelerating conveyor and then with an endless conveyor, along an involute path toward the stuffing station. Mistake detecting rolls are positioned slightly downstream of ejection rolls for detecting mistakes and indicating when more than one mistake is made. The insert feeding assembly comprises a plurality of hopperheld insert stacks which are positioned in line with an insert conveyor. The insert conveyor carries dispensed inserts from the hopper-held insert stacks to the stuffing station. The stuffing station assembly coordinates operation of the insert and envelope feeding assemblies in a special way to efficiently accomplish the stuffing of the inserts into the envelopes. Subsequent to such stuffing, filled envelopes are conveyed from the stuffing station, sealed, and stacked by the sealing and stacking assembly.</p> |