CA2004506A1 - Alimentation automatique avant pour machine de tri postal - Google Patents

Alimentation automatique avant pour machine de tri postal

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Publication number
CA2004506A1
CA2004506A1 CA2004506A CA2004506A CA2004506A1 CA 2004506 A1 CA2004506 A1 CA 2004506A1 CA 2004506 A CA2004506 A CA 2004506A CA 2004506 A CA2004506 A CA 2004506A CA 2004506 A1 CA2004506 A1 CA 2004506A1
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Prior art keywords
mail
handling machine
mail handling
end feeder
maintaining registration
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CA2004506A
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CA2004506C (fr
Inventor
Russell W. Holbrook
Walter J. Kulpa
James Morabito
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Publication of CA2004506A1 publication Critical patent/CA2004506A1/fr
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Publication of CA2004506C publication Critical patent/CA2004506C/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/063—Rollers or like rotary separators separating from the bottom of pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/26—Separating articles from piles by separators engaging folds, flaps, or projections of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/60—Loosening articles in piles
    • B65H3/62—Loosening articles in piles by swinging, agitating, or knocking the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/24—Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/16—Inclined tape, roller, or like article-forwarding side registers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/16—Inclined tape, roller, or like article-forwarding side registers
    • B65H9/166—Roller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/11—Details of cross-section or profile
    • B65H2404/111—Details of cross-section or profile shape
    • B65H2404/1118—Details of cross-section or profile shape with at least a relief portion on the periphery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Registering Or Overturning Sheets (AREA)
CA002004506A 1988-12-28 1989-12-04 Alimentation automatique avant pour machine de tri postal Expired - Lifetime CA2004506C (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US291,024 1988-12-28
US07/291,024 US4930764A (en) 1988-12-28 1988-12-28 Front end feeder for mail handling machine

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2004506A1 true CA2004506A1 (fr) 1990-06-28
CA2004506C CA2004506C (fr) 1999-09-07

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CA002004506A Expired - Lifetime CA2004506C (fr) 1988-12-28 1989-12-04 Alimentation automatique avant pour machine de tri postal

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US4930764A (fr)
EP (2) EP0581392B2 (fr)
JP (1) JP2690376B2 (fr)
AU (1) AU625544B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2004506C (fr)
DE (2) DE68916929T3 (fr)

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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JPH02225230A (ja) 1990-09-07
EP0376520A2 (fr) 1990-07-04
DE68916929D1 (de) 1994-08-25
DE68924859T2 (de) 1996-03-28
EP0581392B1 (fr) 1995-11-15
AU625544B2 (en) 1992-07-16
AU4599689A (en) 1990-07-05
EP0581392B2 (fr) 2001-08-22
EP0376520B1 (fr) 1994-07-20
EP0581392A3 (fr) 1994-02-16
US4930764A (en) 1990-06-05
DE68924859D1 (de) 1995-12-21
DE68916929T2 (de) 1994-11-10
JP2690376B2 (ja) 1997-12-10
CA2004506C (fr) 1999-09-07
EP0581392A2 (fr) 1994-02-02
EP0376520B2 (fr) 2000-11-02
DE68924859T3 (de) 2002-03-28
DE68916929T3 (de) 2001-03-29
EP0376520A3 (fr) 1991-01-30

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