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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1994
Jean-Pierre Gregoire, Brie Comte Robert, FR;
Olivier Van Lierde, La Celle Saint Cloud, FR;
Neopost Industrie, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
The feed device includes a platform (9) adapted to receive at least one mail item (4; 4A, 4B) laid flat on it and a plurality of rollers (10) each having a flat (10B). Said rollers are mounted to rotate under the platform to occupy alternately a first position in which they remain below the platform and a second position in which they project above the platform. A weight sensor (30) is mounted under the platform to carry it, said sensor being responsive to vertical displacement of the platform to deliver a signal (C) indicative of the load applied to it when the rollers are all substantially in said first position.