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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2005
Dieter Sonnack, Hungen, DE;
Eddy Edel, Friedberg, DE;
Wolfgang Hartl, Alsfed, DE;
Thomas Denzinger, Alzenau, DE;
Dieter Sonnack, Hungen, DE;
Eddy Edel, Friedberg, DE;
Wolfgang Hartl, Alsfed, DE;
Thomas Denzinger, Alzenau, DE;
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a mail processing machine, a fixed mounting of an envelope turning station relative to an upstream stuffing station, and therefore a simple construction of the drive for the envelope turning station, can be achieved in that the items of goods for despatch to be turned through 180° are drawn by grippers of a gripper chain into the region of horizontally opening tongs of the envelope turning cylinder of the envelope turning station, in such a way that, in each case irrespective of the longitudinal format of the items of goods for despatch, the latter are gripped by the turning cylinder tongs over their entire length, for which purpose the gripper chain, together with the stuffing table supporting it, is designed to be displaceable with respect to the turning station in the conveying direction of the goods for despatch, in a manner dependent on the envelope format.