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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Jan Jacobus Peter Remijnse, Meppel, NL;
Sjoerd Van Netten, Drachten, NL;
Thomas Rudolphi, Oosthem, NL;
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
A postal item collating system is disclosed. The system includes a postal item feeding path (), a plurality of grippers () receptive of a postal item () from the feeding path (), and a drive () for driving the plurality of grippers () along a circulation path (). A collector () is disposed downstream from the postal item feeding path () and removes a received postal item () from a gripper () as it proceeds past the stationary collector (). A controller () in signal communication with the drive () is responsive to a property signal () based upon a property of the received postal item () to adjust a velocity of the string of grippers ().