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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Applicant:
David W. Beckstrom, Milford, CT (US);
Inventor:
David W. Beckstrom, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An offsetting device for use in a mail stacking system receiving a plurality of mailpieces at a receiving end for stacking the mailpieces along a line. The offsetting device has a nip to engage with the mailpieces, and a plurality of rollers to change the moving speed of the mailpiece so as to cause the aligning edge of the mailpiece to misalign with line so as to provide a break in a stack. Alternatively, the rollers can be used to align a mailpiece in relation to the line so as to true stacking.