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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Emmanuel Bernard, Sannois, FR;
François Coste, Chennevieres sur Marne, FR;
Neopost Industrie, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
This invention relates to a transfer module for transporting mailpieces between an exit of a folding/inserting machine delivering a mailpiece at a first upper level in a transverse direction and an entry of a franking machine receiving this mailpiece at a second upper level in a longitudinal direction, this module comprising means for receiving the mailpieces ejected via the folding/inserting machine exit and conveying means for transporting, in a direction D of displacement, these ejected mailpieces towards the franking machine entry, the receiving means and the conveying means being considerably inclined towards this franking machine entry from a low supporting plane of the folding/inserting machine.