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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Emmanuel Bernard, Sannois, FR;
Stéphane Le Gallo, Savigy sur Orge, FR;
Inventors:
Emmanuel Bernard, Sannois, FR;
Stéphane Le Gallo, Savigy sur Orge, FR;
Assignee:
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage device for a mail-handling machine, said storage device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck along a longitudinal edge of which a referencing wall extends, and through which a conveyor belt passes for the purpose of conveying mailpieces along said referencing wall, and a shock-absorber ramp that is mounted against the referencing wall and that is hit by the mailpieces after they are ejected from said mail-handling machine, and before they fall back down onto the conveyor belt so as to be conveyed towards the sloping surface.