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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Olivier Van Lierde, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Alain Philippe, Saint Pathus, FR;
Assignee:
Neopost Industrie, Bagneux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209586 ; 271-315 ; 27126502 ; 209900 ; 209910 ;
Abstract
A mail item feed device having a first or mail item feed area, a second or selector area and a third or conveyor area and including a first plurality of sensors for identifying the various formats of the mail items present in said first area, a second plurality of sensors for detecting the passage of the mail items in said second and third areas, and a plurality of drive means for co-operating with the transport rollers of the first, second and third areas and actuated selectively in a predetermined sequence defined by control means in accordance with the state of each of the first and second plurality of sensors.