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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1992
Filed:
May. 21, 1991
Eric A Belec, Kempton, PA (US);
James S Lee, Jr, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Harry C Noll, Jr, Whitehall, PA (US);
David P Nyffenegger, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Winston A Orsinger, Nazareth, PA (US);
Richard B Hawkes, Bethlehem, PA (US);
George Fallos, Easton, PA (US);
Bell & Howell Company, Skokie, IL (US);
Abstract
A turnover module for turning over envelopes comprises a plurality of pulleys and disposed thereabout a driven endless belt in the general shape of a flattened figure `8`. The belt includes a crossover region and a first and a second reach extending therethrough. The reaches contact one another resiliently along length portions thereof while crossing over and twisting about one another. Envelopes are received in a first orientation at an entry end of the reaches; nipped between the reaches; transported thereby through the crossover region while being turned over by virtue of the twist of the reaches about one another; and, delivered from the turnover module in a second orientation.