Bell & Howell Phillipsburg Company

Bell & Howell Mail and Messaging Technologies Company

Bowe Bell + Howell Company

Keith A Harshman

Steve W McCay

Bradford D Henry

Frank J Shinn

James Rivenbark

Kathleen E McCay, Legal Representative

Dale A Wentzel

Stephen J Gillette

Steve W Di Mccay

James R Rivenbark

In an inserting apparatus and method such as the continuous motion type, a motion controller electrically communicates with an encoder, a first motor driving an insert conveyor assembly, a second motor driving an envelope conveyor assembly, and an actuator operatively interfaced with a peripheral device. The motion controller controls insert conveyor assembly speed, envelope conveyor assembly speed, and the rotational position at which the actuator should be activated, based on the encoder signal. Once during every master cycle, the motion controller calculates the actuator activation position, and causes the first actuator to be activated at the calculated first actuator activation position.

Inserting apparatus and method with controlled, master cycle speed-dependent actuator operations

A diverter and on-edge stacker for diverting and on-edge stacking of envelopes comprises: an envelope conveying path; a device for selectively diverting a conveyed envelope by intercepting a lateral portion of the leading envelope edge and thereby skewing the envelope; a stepper-motor-driven spider wheel having legs and gaps therebetween for receiving diverted envelopes; revolving rollers to capture and drive the skewed envelope away from the conveying path into a gap of the momentarily stationary spider wheel; and, a sensor to sense an envelope that has been driven into a spider wheel gap and, consequently, to control rotation of the spider wheel by one gap pitch.

Diverter and on-edge stacker

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Keith A Harshman