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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2005
Todd C. Werner, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Todd C. Werner, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for positioning a second flat item atop a flat first item includes the steps of: providing a first conveyor for transporting the first item and rotatably mounting a hard nip roller on an axle so that the hard nip roller engages the first conveyor. A second conveyor for transporting the second item is disposed at an angle relative to the first conveyor and a discharge end of the second conveyor meets the first conveyor at the hard nip roller. First and second soft nip rollers are mounted on the axle on opposite sides of the hard nip roller and are spaced apart from one another by a distance less than a width of the second item. The hard nip roller and the first and second soft nip rollers simultaneously engage the second item and separate it from the second conveyor, depositing the second item onto the first item.