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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Joseph J. Keane, Souderton, PA (US);
Donato C. Farole, Lehighton, PA (US);
Glenn A. Nester, Pottstown, PA (US);
Joseph J. Keane, Souderton, PA (US);
Donato C. Farole, Lehighton, PA (US);
Glenn A. Nester, Pottstown, PA (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention can be used with an automated mail tray filling apparatus for taking envelopes from a vertical stacker output of an inserter machine and placing them in mail trays. A take-away feeder is positioned over the vertical stacker table and is arranged to withdraw individual envelopes from the vertical stack in a sideways direction. The envelope is then redirected in a downward direction by ejecting the envelope into an open space. A downward tamping mechanism positioned above the open space moves downward to push on a top edge of the free-floating envelope. A downward transport positioned beneath the open space receives and transports envelopes pushed downward by the downward tamping mechanism.