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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1988
Emmanuel Delbe, Granges Les Valence, FR;
Francois Gillet, Parmain, FR;
Etienne Serot, Granges Les Valence, FR;
Raymond Chifflet, Granges Les Valence, FR;
Roland Allio, La Roche De Glun, FR;
Philippe Jeantin, Valence, FR;
Gilbert Del Fabro, La Roche De Glun, FR;
Guy Forella, Saint Peray, FR;
Abstract
A method of extracting and accelerating flat objects such as postal items which are presented in the outlet position of an unstacking head for use by a machine downstream therefrom, the method making use of a clamp for grasping postal items one-by-one and of various sensors (7) such as photoelectric cells, serving to indicate the presence of a postal item in the outlet position of the unstacking head, or in the field of action of the clamp, or serving to indicate that the clamp is in a waiting position or in an end-of-stroke position, the method being characterized in that it essentially comprises the following stages: