Amer-O-Matic Corporation

Robert L Babanats

Charles A Long, Jr

William J Long

James C Kennemer

H Ross Williams

Larry W Roberts

Leonard J Jowers

An envelope opener comprising first, second and third shear stations for shearing three edges of an envelope in sequence one edge at a time. Each shear station sequentially aligns the envelope by contacting the edge to be sheared, shears the contacted edge, and then releases the envelope. A microcomputer monitors the advance of the envelope through and between the shear stations and causes the shear stations to cyclically align, shear and release the envelope. A peel back station downstream of the shear station peels back a panel of the envelope to expose the contents thereof. If an envelope is jammed at or between any of the stations, the microcomputer actuates a display to indicate a jam condition. The microcomputer also shuts off power to the opener to prevent damage to the envelope.

Envelope opener

Apparatus for processing batchs of remittance and transaction documents by operating an encoder in accordance with a program stored in memory. A central processor unit sequentially generates a plurality of groups of data signals in accordance with the program. A card or document reader reads information stored on a transaction document and transmits the information through a card reader interface to the central processor unit. A switch control interface senses the states of a plurality of switches indicative of control and endorsement information and transmits the information to the central processor unit. A display interface causes a display to display numeric and control information stored on the transaction document in response to one of the groups of central processor unit data signals. An encoder interface causes the encoder to encode a remittance document with the transaction document information and to endorse the remittance document with the endorsement information in response to another group of central processor unit data signals. The encoder interface also accepts control and numeric information from the encoder and transmits this information to the central processor unit.

Remittance processor

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Adamsville, AL, United States of America

Robert L Babanats