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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1993
John J Mercede, Jr, Easton, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reverse accumulation of folded documents. The apparatus includes: a device for feeding folded documents seriatim along a path of travel; an entrance deck adjacent and downstream of the feeding device for receiving the folded documents from the feeding device, the entrance deck forming an angle with the path of travel between 5 and 10 degrees; an accumulation deck extending downwardly from the entrance deck, the accumulation deck forming an angle between 25 and 35 degrees with respect to the entrance deck; a curved deflector situated above the entrance deck for guiding the folded documents onto the entrance deck; a pair of pinch roller situated downstream of the accumulation deck for receiving a plurality of folded documents in the same order as the folded documents are fed by the feeding device, wherein the length of the accumulation deck is between 75% and 85% of the length of the folded documents; the means for cylically driving the pinch rollers to feed an accumulation of folded documents away from the pinch rollers.