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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1981
Filed:
May. 30, 1978
Lester H Stocker, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Bell & Howell Company, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Abstract
An automated 'two-up' in-line mailing (AIM) system of the type comprising a continuous sheet web supplier (11), a sheet cutter (13), a registerer (15), a folder (17), a collector sequencer (19), and an envelope inserter raceway (21) is controlled by indicia on a sheet web. A control system includes scanners (55) for sequentially sensing the web indicia (57) upstream of a cutting blade (64) and trailing edge sensors (37, 53) at discharge ends of two collectors (23, 25) in the collector sequencer (19). The two collectors (23, 25) are positioned at discharge ends of channels of the folder (17) for receiving two-up folded individual sheets (61, 63). One collector (25) accumulates the sheets from both the folder (17) and the other collector (23) in sequential order in piles for subsequent discharge. In one embodiment, the collector sequencer (19) is positioned upstream of the folder (17).