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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas G Long, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Roman Czernik, Trumbull, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271166 ; 271167 ; 271171 ;
Abstract
An envelope hopper including a rear panel and a pair of side panels extending forward from the rear panel. A convex curved deck is mounted to the rear panel. The deck extends between a rearmost section of the side panels. The deck has a receiving end and a feeding end for supporting a stack of envelopes. The deck has at least one convex curved side extending upwardly from the deck. A bottom panel is positioned below the feeding end of the deck and extends between the side panels thereby positioning the envelopes for passage from the envelope hopper.