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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Geoffrey A. Farmer, Billericay, GB;
Geoffrey A. Farmer, Billericay, GB;
Pitney Bowes Ltd., Harlow, GB;
Abstract
There is provided a sheet handling machine comprising: a drive source; a first driven shaft arranged to receive drive from the drive source at least when the drive source drives in a first direction of rotation; a feed roller shaft; a feed roller mounted on the feed roller shaft for feeding sheets when the feed roller shaft is driven; and a rotatably supported drive transmission for selectively engaging drive transmission from the first driven shaft to the feed roller shaft in dependence upon the rotational position of the drive transmission. A mailpiece creation apparatus is also provided, illustrating one application of such a machine, as well as associated methods for sheet handling and mailpiece creation.