EP0270731A3 - Stacking device for letter mail - Google Patents

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EP0270731A3
EP0270731A3 EP87107315A EP87107315A EP0270731A3 EP 0270731 A3 EP0270731 A3 EP 0270731A3 EP 87107315 A EP87107315 A EP 87107315A EP 87107315 A EP87107315 A EP 87107315A EP 0270731 A3 EP0270731 A3 EP 0270731A3
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stacking device
letter mail
mail
letter
stacking
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EP0270731B1 (en
EP0270731A2 (en
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Armin Dipl.-Ing. Zimmermann
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Licentia Patent Verwaltungs GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/06—Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
    • B07C3/065—Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points construction of switches therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/38—Collecting or arranging articles in groups
EP87107315A 1986-12-09 1987-05-20 Stacking device for letter mail Expired - Lifetime EP0270731B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3642021 1986-12-09
DE19863642021 DE3642021A1 (en) 1986-12-09 1986-12-09 STACKING DEVICE FOR LETTERS

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EP0270731A2 EP0270731A2 (en) 1988-06-15
EP0270731A3 true EP0270731A3 (en) 1989-08-23
EP0270731B1 EP0270731B1 (en) 1993-07-14

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EP87107315A Expired - Lifetime EP0270731B1 (en) 1986-12-09 1987-05-20 Stacking device for letter mail

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US (1) US4838539A (en)
EP (1) EP0270731B1 (en)
DE (2) DE3642021A1 (en)

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DE3922045C2 (en) * 1989-07-05 1998-04-30 Siemens Ag Device for guiding and receiving flat objects such as letters
US5332210A (en) * 1992-11-18 1994-07-26 Pitney Bowes Inc. Variable size envelope drop stacker having means for assuring envelope sealing
DE19547669B4 (en) * 1995-12-20 2004-06-03 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Device for stacking individually fed sheets
US5961111A (en) * 1996-10-29 1999-10-05 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet feeding device for a duplex image forming apparatus
DE19736011C1 (en) * 1997-08-19 1998-10-15 Siemens Ag Device for positioning flat items in container
DE19805562C1 (en) 1998-02-11 1999-04-15 Siemens Ag Stacking compartment for flat items of postage
US6250629B1 (en) 1998-12-03 2001-06-26 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc. Mailpiece stacking system and method
US6994220B2 (en) 2000-10-02 2006-02-07 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Mixed mail sorting machine
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US7034362B2 (en) * 2003-10-17 2006-04-25 International Business Machines Corporation Double silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) structures
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US3092380A (en) * 1960-10-03 1963-06-04 Ibm Apparatus for stacking cut forms at high speed
US3124352A (en) * 1961-06-14 1964-03-10 Document handling apparatus
US3537704A (en) * 1967-05-16 1970-11-03 Int Computers & Tabulators Ltd Sheet feeding apparatus

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US2916286A (en) * 1958-05-08 1959-12-08 Billy J Keating Letterpress hold-down wire
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US3630517A (en) * 1970-01-12 1971-12-28 Xerox Corp Counter stacker
US4273325B1 (en) * 1979-03-08 1993-09-07 Marquip, Inc. Shingled sheet alignment
JPS5670886A (en) * 1979-11-14 1981-06-13 Nippon Electric Co Sorter
FR2514268A1 (en) * 1981-10-09 1983-04-15 Hotchkiss Brandt Sogeme DEVICE FOR GUIDING AND RECEIVING LETTERS IN THE EXIT OF COURIER SORTING MACHINE AND MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE

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US3092380A (en) * 1960-10-03 1963-06-04 Ibm Apparatus for stacking cut forms at high speed
US3124352A (en) * 1961-06-14 1964-03-10 Document handling apparatus
US3537704A (en) * 1967-05-16 1970-11-03 Int Computers & Tabulators Ltd Sheet feeding apparatus

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Band 12, Nr. 12, Mai 1970, Seite 2296, New York, US; M.J. GALATHA et al.: "Fixed platform stacker" *
IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Band 17, Nr. 9, Februar 1975, Seiten 2535-2536, New York, US; P.S. BACH: "Paper inserter and stacker bin" *

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DE3786533D1 (en) 1993-08-19
DE3642021A1 (en) 1988-06-23
EP0270731B1 (en) 1993-07-14
EP0270731A2 (en) 1988-06-15
US4838539A (en) 1989-06-13

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