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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:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mauro Levaro, Genoa, IT;
Vincenzo Priolo, Genoa, IT;
Assignee:
Finmeccanica S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209584 ; 209900 ; 271-313 ; 271216 ;
Abstract
An accumulating device having ten accumulating units connected at the input to a conveyor belt system and designed to house a number of mail items. Each accumulating unit comprises a conveyor system composed of two belts contacting each other along a substantially straight portion and having a sensor for generating an enabling signal upon a mail item being fed into the accumulating unit. As a consequence of the enabling signal, the belts are shifted one discrete step so that the mail items fed into the accumulating unit are inserted between the two belts and overlap one another.