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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1993
Eric A Belec, Southbury, CT (US);
William D Toth, Milford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an improvement in a stacking device having an urge roller, an input guide, a spring loaded backup paddle and a registration wall. The improvement comprises a series of ramp-shaped fingers located between the urge roller and the registration wall. The ramp fingers guide the lead edge of an envelope in such a manner as to create a pocket between the surface of the envelope and the ramp fingers. The lead edge of the next envelope follows the ramp fingers and thus is not forced against the surface of the previous envelope. As a result the lead edge of the second envelope will not catch on the external side seam of the first envelope.