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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
Martin Sting, Frankfurt, DE;
Stephan Will, Biehertal, DE;
Pitney Bowes Technologies GmbH, Friedberg, DE;
Abstract
A feeding machine for feeding envelopes into a station for further individual handling. A stack of envelopes is held in a downwardly inclined feed channel. The stack of envelopes is transformed into a layered stream by an upward inclined discharge channel including a conveyor unit that carries a stream of envelopes through a gap formed by an imbricator strip and a low friction circulation belt. The layered stream is conveyed to a removal point where a removal device removes individual envelopes for further processing. The conveyance of the layered stream is controlled in such a manner that the removal device can remove individual envelopes at regular time intervals.