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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Philippe Martin, Valence, FR;
Jean-Marc Teluob, Guilherand, FR;
Jean-Luc Astier, La Roche De Glun, FR;
Compagnie Generale d'Automatisme CGA-HBS, Bretigny Sur Orge, FR;
Abstract
An automatic mail sorting flat object holding device has a driven perforated belt and suction grasping heads inside the belt. The holding device has a holding side consisting of the perforated belt moving in a predetermined transfer direction and to the front of which a stack of flat objects is offered up. A double pick separator has a suction head disposed substantially facing an exit edge of the holding side. The suction holding device has at least two substantially adjacent suction heads aligned in the transfer direction, one suction head of which is at least partly overlapping the double pick separator suction head.