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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Motaz Qutub, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Steven L Mulkey, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Marc J Fagan, Davis, CA (US);
International Billing Services, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Abstract
For use with an envelope inserting apparatus having a motor and timing shaft or other suitable rotating member, a system and method for producing an actual stopping rotational position for the timing shaft or other suitable rotating member that corresponds to a desired or strategic stopping rotational position for the timing shaft or other suitable rotating member has a shaft encoder for establishing a rotational position of the timing shaft or other suitable rotating member. Additionally, included is a controlling computer that is interfaced with the shaft encoder and initiates the stopping of the timing shaft or other suitable rotating member at a desired rotational position by applying a stop command at a rotational position determined by an iterative analysis based on a previous stopping point for the timing shaft or other suitable rotating member.