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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2010
Dominique Mazeiller, La Frette sur Seine, FR;
Dominique Mazeiller, La Frette sur Seine, FR;
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
A mailpiece feed device designed to be mounted upstream from a franking machine, and comprising at least a mailpiece feed zone for receiving a stack of mailpieces of various formats supported by a first plurality of drive rollers and a separation zone for individually selecting the mailpieces and having a second plurality of drive rollers, at least first clutch means Ebeing provided for actuating said first plurality of drive rollers, said mailpiece feed device further comprising at least one sensor CN for detecting passage of said mailpieces as they enter said separation zone, and control means for subjecting said first clutch means to forced deactivation followed by an activation/deactivation series so long as the sensor CN is not activated, so as to cause a rapid succession of horizontal movements generating jerky motion on said stack, conducive to facilitating mutual separation of said mailpieces.