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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Steven J. Dacunha, West Hartford, CT (US);
Richard F. Stengl, Watertown, CT (US);
Boris Rozenfeld, New Milford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. DaCunha, West Hartford, CT (US);
Richard F. Stengl, Watertown, CT (US);
Boris Rozenfeld, New Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 1/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for singulating mailpieces including a first conveyance including a pair of opposing belts for singulating a mailpiece from a stack of mailpieces. The system includes an actuation mechanism operative to apply a force pulse through one of the belts to momentary separate mailpieces of the stack and augment singulation of the mailpiece from the stack by the first conveyance.