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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Frank Delfer, Incline Village, NV (US);
Marc Fagan, Folsom, CA (US);
Brett Flickner, Folsom, CA (US);
Daniel Saldana, Carmichael, CA (US);
Charles Preston, Orangevale, CA (US);
Matthew Leettola, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Chris Pettigrew, Rocklin, CA (US);
Khi Lam, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Christopher Codde, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Randy Franklin, Sacramento, CA (US);
Paul Rudolph, Placerville, CA (US);
Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computer controlled mail piece assembly and wrapping system discloses a process for culling candidate mail pieces from bulk mail pieces, a mail piece feeder, a mail piece reader coupled to the feeder that identifies suitable candidate mail pieces, a collator coupled to the feeder for collating multiple identified mail pieces, a buffer coupled to the collator for regulating the delivery rate of the multiple mail pieces exiting to a wrap inserter, a wrap inserter coupled to the buffer for wrapping mail pieces and selected inserts into a mailing container, a printer interfaced with the wrap inserter for printing information onto the mailing container; an outstacker coupled to the wrap inserter for transferring envelope wrapped mail pieces and selected inserts to a desired location, and a computer with suitable programming for operating the system.