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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1996
Christopher A Baker, Battleground, IN (US);
Donald Caddy, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David W Purcell, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Peter N Baker, Lafayette, IN (US);
Adam W Fleming, Otterbein, IN (US);
David P Chastain, Clarks Hill, IN (US);
M.A.I.L. Code, Inc., Battleground, IN (US);
Abstract
A system for processing and encoding mail including a bin configured to hold mail and a transport coupled to said bin to receive mail therefrom. The transport displays multiple moving pieces of mail to an operator. The system includes a data entry device operable to enter data from mail moving on the transport and a coding device to receive mail from the conveyor. A controller is operatively coupled to the transport, data entry device, and coding device. The controller includes an address signal corresponding to at least a portion of an address of a mail piece entered with the data entry device by the operator, a routing code signal determined in accordance with the address signal, a performance signal corresponding to data entry capability of the operator, and a transport speed signal corresponding to speed of the transport. The controller adjusts speed of the conveyor as a function of the performance signal and the conveyor speed signal, and the coding device places a routing code on the mail piece in response to the routing code signal.