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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Donald Surprise, Waterbury, CT (US);
Norman R. Lilly, Monroe, CT (US);
James A. Fairweather, Milford, CT (US);
Theresa Bartick, Gorham, ME (US);
Donald Surprise, Waterbury, CT (US);
Norman R. Lilly, Monroe, CT (US);
James A. Fairweather, Milford, CT (US);
Theresa Bartick, Gorham, ME (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and an arrangement for feeding shingled media item includes a tray for supporting a stack of shingled media items. The tray has an exit area and each of the media items has a bottom edge. A feeder separates and feeds media items from the shingled stack of media items. The tray is connected to the feeder with a first and a second cavity formed at the exit area of the feed tray and the front of the feeder such that media items moved from the tray into the feeder are supported on a portion of the media item bottom edge. A rail structure is attached to the surface for supporting the media items bottom edge adjacent the media item exit area. The feeder may include a separator roller and a feed roller positioned with respect to the first and the second cavity such that the media items are moved from a media item shingle orientation upstream of the separator roller and the feed roller to a media item feed orientation down stream of the separator roller and the feed roller with said media item side edges out of contact with the feed head guide surfaces.