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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Frank Renfrow, Dallas County, TX (US);
Assignee:
ElectroCom Automation L.P., Arlington, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
533811 ; 493409 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for unfolding a bifolded mailpiece comprises a pair of pivotable receiving wall for receiving a bifolded mailpiece, a pair of receiving wall cylinders for pivotally moving the receiving walls and a pair of spreader walls for spreading the bifolded mailpiece received between said receiving walls, the spreader walls being pivotally mounted and actuated by a pair of spreader wall cylinders, a ram being provided for moving the spreader walls along a vertical axis to cooperate with the receiving walls to unfold the mailpiece.