EP2325808A1 - Device for selecting mail articles with improved levers - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a mail item selection device implemented in an automatic feeder module, or feeder, a postage meter franking machine.
- a franking machine must be adapted to receive different types of mail items such as documents, folds or envelopes having greater or lesser thicknesses, typically from 0.1 mm to 20 mm.
- it often has upstream of an automatic power supply module, in particular for conveying these mail items at different speeds and usually comprising means for receiving / stacking, selecting, transporting and possibly closing these items. mail items.
- the selection means which conventionally comprise a fixed inclined die cooperating with opposed selection rollers in order to select mail items one by one and transport them downstream, must be able to avoid double passes in order to avoid that the postage calculated is wrong or that the mail item is not franked.
- the die is replaced by an inclined belt whose rotation drives the mail items to the selection rollers.
- the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages resulting from the passage of duplicate envelopes by proposing a device for selecting mail items for franking machine feeder that can prohibit such a double pass.
- a mail item selection device comprising a die cooperating with at least one opposite selection roll for separating the mail items one by one from a stack of mail items and transporting them to the mail box. downstream, said die comprising at least one selection lever pivotable about an axis of rotation against an elastic return means, characterized in that said selection lever comprises a vertical section formed by a involute of a circle .
- the tangent of the lever at the point of contact with a mail piece remains constant regardless of its thickness which keeps a constant funnel effect and thus improves the continuity of the selection and facilitates the separation.
- the support circle of said involute is formed by said axis of rotation.
- the selection device may comprise a plurality of selection levers that can pivot independently of each other about said axis of rotation.
- the selection levers are positioned such that at least one of said selection levers contacts said mail item in an area extending from a center line of said mail item parallel to a referencing wall. at a parallel edge, furthest from said referencing wall, of said mail piece.
- said selection lever is covered with a ceramic or an elastomer.
- the selection device may comprise two selection levers positioned respectively between 60 mm and 85 mm and between 120 mm and 150 mm from a referencing wall. It may further comprise a third selection lever positioned between 180 mm and 230 mm of said reference wall. Said levers preferably each have a width of about 10 mm.
- said axis of rotation can be fixed, the pivoting of said selection lever then being between 0 ° and about 108 °, or articulated at the end of a suspension arm pivotable about a fixed axis against an elastic return means, the pivoting of said selection lever then being between 0 ° and about 30 ° and the pivoting of said suspension arm between 0 ° and 78 °.
- the invention also relates to a mailpiece feeder for a postage meter comprising a mail item selection device as mentioned above.
- an automatic mailing material feeding module conventionally comprises a feed zone formed essentially of a tray 10 intended to receive a stack of mail items and comprising first transport rollers 12 for driving these mail items to downstream (and against a reference wall 14) at a separation zone comprising a selection device 16 in which these articles of mail is extracted one by one from the stack of articles.
- Second transport rollers referenced 18 on the FIGS. 2A to 2C ) are generally provided at the exit of this separation zone for conveying the mail items thus extracted downstream.
- the device for selecting mailpieces is not conventionally constituted of an inclined fixed die (a fixed-tooth comb) with a cross-section or an inclined belt, as described in the patent cited. in the preamble, cooperating with several opposite selection rollers to select a mail piece and only one and carry it downstream but, on the contrary, a die having at least one selection lever 20A, 20B whose vertical section has an involute form of a circle.
- This or these levers are further movable, that is to say articulated independently of each other around a common axis of rotation 22 and can, when passing mail items on the selection rollers, rotate each to against an elastic return means, for example a tension spring 24 whose one end is secured to the selection lever and the other is supported on a frame portion 26 of the selection device.
- an elastic return means for example a tension spring 24 whose one end is secured to the selection lever and the other is supported on a frame portion 26 of the selection device.
- Each selection lever 20A, 20B may be made of an elastomer material having a very high coefficient of friction to ensure the best possible contact with the mail piece or a ceramic material which is of interest with respect to the elastomer of do not wear out and do not leave marks on mail items.
- the selection device comprises two selection levers 20A, 20B whose width must be sufficient to ensure a good grip of the mail item, for example 2/3 of the smallest size of mail items about 60 mm, these two levers being distributed over the width of the device so as to allow selection under the best conditions of most of the acceptable formats.
- An alternative is to place two selection levers approximately 10 mm wide respectively positioned between 60 mm and 85 mm and between 120 mm and 150 mm from the reference wall.
- the 60mm lever on the reference wall selects mail items from 85mm to 114mm wide by having a selection point (point of contact between the lever and the mail item) positioned in a box.
- the second lever 120 mm for him to select mail items from 152 mm to 310 mm with two selection points.
- a third selection lever placed between 180 mm and 230 mm can be added to the two previous to allow to select also optimally mail items of 324 mm.
- Positioning the selection point (s) in the second half of the mail piece makes it possible to avoid a rotation of the article of mail during its selection. Indeed, if the mail piece begins to rotate around the selection point (if it is positioned in the second half of the mail piece), when it comes into contact with the latter, the wall of implementation reference will tend to block this rotation. While, if the selection point is positioned in the first half of the mail item, this rotation will not be blocked.
- levers are in no way limiting and a greater or lesser number of levers is possible, one to five for example.
- the lever is unique, it is arranged on almost the entire width of the device in the image of a conventional die.
- the selection levers can be as numerous as the teeth of a conventional die and then spaced regularly in a similar manner.
- a configuration with three levers 10 mm wide including a first lever located 60 mm from the referencing wall, a second 120 mm from this wall and a third to 180 mm can handle the formats of articles most common mail.
- the Figure 1A shows a section of the selection lever, on the one hand in its initial position (drawing on the left) and, on the other hand, in the position of selection, when passing a mail item (drawing on the right).
- the support circle of the involute (which corresponds to the common axis 22) has a radius r of 7 mm and the vertical R passing through the center of this circle a length of 39.9 mm.
- the angle between the involute of circle and its tangent is then 9 ° and this angle is constant regardless of the pivoting of the lever so that it is found in the second position while the lever is rotated 14 °, corresponding to the passage of a mail item about 2 mm thick. Note that for a mail 20 mm thick, this pivot angle would have been about 108 °.
- the operation of the selection device according to the invention illustrated mainly with regard to FIGS. 2A to 2C is the next.
- the mail items to be processed are arranged in bulk on the feed tray 10 and are in contact with the die.
- the action of the feed rollers 12 has the effect of driving the first mail piece below the stack which will then push the selection lever and cause the movement of this article downstream.
- the mailpiece has been selected and the selection lever will return back to its initial position under the effect of the force exerted by the tension spring 22. Note that this restoring force is not constant . Indeed, the greater the pivoting of the lever is more this force must itself be important. And, in particular, the maximum restoring force to ensure separation ( Figure 2B ) must be greater in the lever return position ( Figure 2C ) to the one she is in her initial position ( Figure 2A ).
- the common axis 22 of rotation of the levers is no longer fixed and integral with the frame 26 but articulated at the end of a suspension arm 28 that can pivot an angle between 0 and 45 ° about a fixed axis 30 integral with this frame, against a resilient biasing means, for example a compression spring 32, one end of which is integral with the suspension arm and the other is in support on the frame.
- a stop 34 defines the rest position of the suspension arm which, instead of the frame 26, now serves as a support for the second end of the tension spring 24.
- the suspension arm pressed by the compression spring is in abutment and only the selection levers are active.
- the selection levers when a thick mail article is under the selection levers, it will push them until they come into abutment with the suspension arm and according to its thickness will also cause a pivoting of this arm that will then lift the levers of selection.
- the arm Once past, the arm will return to its initial position and the selection levers also but their rotation will be limited to their maximum excursion defined by their prior stop against the suspension arm.
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La présente invention se rapporte au domaine du traitement de courrier et elle concerne plus particulièrement un dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier mis en oeuvre dans un module d'alimentation automatique, ou alimenteur, d'une machine à affranchir les articles de courrier.The present invention relates to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a mail item selection device implemented in an automatic feeder module, or feeder, a postage meter franking machine.
Classiquement, une machine à affranchir doit être adaptée pour recevoir différents types d'articles de courrier tels que des documents, plis ou enveloppes présentant des épaisseurs plus ou moins importantes, typiquement de 0,1 mm à 20 mm. Pour cela, elle dispose souvent en amont d'un module d'alimentation automatique permettant notamment le convoyage de ces articles de courrier à différentes vitesses et comportant usuellement des moyens pour la réception/empilement, la sélection, le transport et éventuellement la fermeture de ces articles de courrier.Conventionally, a franking machine must be adapted to receive different types of mail items such as documents, folds or envelopes having greater or lesser thicknesses, typically from 0.1 mm to 20 mm. For this, it often has upstream of an automatic power supply module, in particular for conveying these mail items at different speeds and usually comprising means for receiving / stacking, selecting, transporting and possibly closing these items. mail items.
Notamment, les moyens de sélection qui comportent classiquement une filière inclinée fixe coopérant avec des rouleaux de sélection opposés pour sélectionner un à un les articles de courrier et les transporter vers l'aval, doivent être en mesure d'éviter les doubles passages de façon à éviter que l'affranchissement calculé ne soit erroné ou que l'article de courrier ne soit pas affranchi. Dans le brevet
Ces systèmes donnent globalement satisfaction lorsque la pile d'articles de courrier est homogène c'est-à-dire de même dimension et épaisseur ou disposée du plus épais au moins épais de telle sorte que le plus épais soit sur le dessous de la pile. Par contre, lorsque la pile n'est pas homogène et que, par exemple, un article de courrier épais recouvre (fait suite à) un de plus petite épaisseur alors c'est cet article le plus épais qui sera d'abord en prise avec la filière et non le plus mince, ce qui entrainera fréquemment un double passage. De même, lorsque plusieurs articles de très faibles épaisseurs se présentent ensemble au niveau de la filière, il peut arriver qu'une configuration classique de filière ne permette pas une séparation correcte.These systems are generally satisfactory when the stack of mail items is homogeneous that is to say of the same size and thickness or arranged from the thickest to the least thick so that the thickest is on the underside of the stack. On the other hand, when the battery is not homogeneous and that, for example, a thick mail article covers (follows) a smaller thickness then it is this thicker article that will first be engaged with the die and not the thinnest, which will often lead to a double pass. In the same way, when several articles of very small thicknesses appear together at the level of the die, it may happen that a conventional die configuration does not allow a proper separation.
La présente invention a pour but de pallier les inconvénients résultant du passage en double des enveloppes en proposant un dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier pour alimenteur de machine à affranchir qui puisse interdire un tel double passage.The present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages resulting from the passage of duplicate envelopes by proposing a device for selecting mail items for franking machine feeder that can prohibit such a double pass.
Ces buts sont atteints par un dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier comportant une filière coopérant avec au moins un rouleau de sélection opposé pour séparer un à un les articles de courrier d'une pile d'articles de courrier et les transporter vers l'aval, ladite filière comportant au moins un levier de sélection pouvant pivoter autour d'un axe de rotation à l'encontre d'un moyen de rappel élastique, caractérisé en ce que ledit levier de sélection comporte une section verticale formée par une développante de cercle.These objects are achieved by a mail item selection device comprising a die cooperating with at least one opposite selection roll for separating the mail items one by one from a stack of mail items and transporting them to the mail box. downstream, said die comprising at least one selection lever pivotable about an axis of rotation against an elastic return means, characterized in that said selection lever comprises a vertical section formed by a involute of a circle .
Ainsi, la tangente du levier au point de contact avec un article de courrier reste constante quelle que soit son épaisseur ce qui permet de conserver un effet entonnoir constant et ainsi améliore la continuité de la sélection et facilite la séparation.Thus, the tangent of the lever at the point of contact with a mail piece remains constant regardless of its thickness which keeps a constant funnel effect and thus improves the continuity of the selection and facilitates the separation.
Avantageusement, le cercle support de ladite développante est formé par ledit axe de rotation.Advantageously, the support circle of said involute is formed by said axis of rotation.
De préférence, le dispositif de sélection peut comporter une pluralité de leviers de sélection pouvant pivoter indépendamment les uns des autres autour dudit axe de rotation. Lesdits leviers de sélection sont positionnés de sorte qu'au moins l'un desdits leviers de sélection entre en contact avec ledit article de courrier dans une zone s'étendant d'une ligne médiane dudit article de courrier parallèle à une paroi de mise en référence à un bord parallèle, le plus éloigné de ladite paroi de mise en référence, dudit article de courrier.Preferably, the selection device may comprise a plurality of selection levers that can pivot independently of each other about said axis of rotation. The selection levers are positioned such that at least one of said selection levers contacts said mail item in an area extending from a center line of said mail item parallel to a referencing wall. at a parallel edge, furthest from said referencing wall, of said mail piece.
Avantageusement, ledit levier de sélection est recouvert d'une céramique ou d'un élastomère.Advantageously, said selection lever is covered with a ceramic or an elastomer.
Le dispositif de sélection selon l'invention peut comporter deux leviers de sélection positionnés respectivement entre 60 mm et 85mm et entre 120 mm et 150 mm d'une paroi de mise en référence. Il peut comporter en outre un troisième levier de sélection positionné entre 180 mm et 230 mm de ladite paroi de mise en référence. Lesdits leviers ont de préférence chacun une largeur d'environ 10 mm.The selection device according to the invention may comprise two selection levers positioned respectively between 60 mm and 85 mm and between 120 mm and 150 mm from a referencing wall. It may further comprise a third selection lever positioned between 180 mm and 230 mm of said reference wall. Said levers preferably each have a width of about 10 mm.
Selon le mode de réalisation envisagé, ledit axe de rotation peut être fixe, le pivotement dudit levier de sélection étant alors compris entre 0° et environ 108°, ou articulé à l'extrémité d'un bras de suspension pouvant pivoter autour d'un axe fixe à l'encontre d'un moyen de rappel élastique, le pivotement dudit levier de sélection étant alors compris entre 0° et environ 30° et le pivotement dudit bras de suspension entre 0° et 78°.According to the envisaged embodiment, said axis of rotation can be fixed, the pivoting of said selection lever then being between 0 ° and about 108 °, or articulated at the end of a suspension arm pivotable about a fixed axis against an elastic return means, the pivoting of said selection lever then being between 0 ° and about 30 ° and the pivoting of said suspension arm between 0 ° and 78 °.
L'invention concerne aussi un alimenteur en articles de courrier pour machine à affranchir comportant un dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier tel que précité.The invention also relates to a mailpiece feeder for a postage meter comprising a mail item selection device as mentioned above.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention ressortiront mieux de la description suivante, faite à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés, sur lesquels:
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figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un mode de réalisation préférentiel du dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier selon l'invention, - la
figure 1A illustre dans deux positions différentes la particularité de la forme en la développante de cercle du levier de sélection du dispositif, - les
figures 2A, 2B et 2C montrent le dispositif de sélection de lafigure 1 respectivement dans une position initiale de repos et une position ultérieure avant et après sélection d'un article de courrier, et - la
figure 3 illustre un mode de réalisation alternatif du dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier selon l'invention.
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figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the mail item selection device according to the invention, - the
Figure 1A illustrates in two different positions the peculiarity of the shape in the involute circle of the selector lever of the device, - the
FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C show the selection device of thefigure 1 respectively in an initial rest position and a subsequent position before and after selection of a mail piece, and - the
figure 3 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the device for selecting mail items according to the invention.
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Conformément à l'invention, le dispositif de sélection d'articles de courrier n'est pas constitué classiquement d'une filière fixe inclinée (un peigne à dents fixes) à section droite ou d'une courroie inclinée, comme décrit dans le brevet cité en préambule, coopérant avec plusieurs rouleaux de sélection opposés pour sélectionner un article de courrier et un seul et le transporter vers l'aval mais, au contraire, d'une filière comportant au moins un levier de sélection 20A, 20B dont la section verticale présente une forme en développante de cercle. Ce ou ces leviers sont en outre mobiles, c'est-à-dire articulés indépendamment les uns des autres autour d'un axe de rotation commun 22 et pouvant, lors du passage des articles de courrier sur les rouleaux de sélection, pivoter chacun à l'encontre d'un moyen de rappel élastique, par exemple un ressort de traction 24 dont une extrémité est solidaire du levier de sélection et l'autre est en appui sur une partie de bâti 26 du dispositif de sélection.According to the invention, the device for selecting mailpieces is not conventionally constituted of an inclined fixed die (a fixed-tooth comb) with a cross-section or an inclined belt, as described in the patent cited. in the preamble, cooperating with several opposite selection rollers to select a mail piece and only one and carry it downstream but, on the contrary, a die having at least one
On notera toutefois que s'il a été fait référence à titre d'exemple à un ressort de traction, il est bien entendu qu'un ressort de torsion ou de compression pourrait aussi convenir, sous réserve d'une configuration d'attache du ressort au bâti adaptée, ou encore tout autre moyen de rappel analogue.Note however that if reference has been made by way of example to a tension spring, it is understood that a torsion or compression spring could also be suitable, subject to a spring attachment configuration adapted frame, or any other similar means of return.
Chaque levier de sélection 20A, 20B peut être constitué en un matériau élastomère présentant un coefficient de frottement très élevé pour assurer le meilleur contact possible avec l'article de courrier ou encore un matériau céramique qui présente l'intérêt par rapport à l'élastomère de ne pas s'user et de ne pas laisser de marques sur les articles de courrier.Each selection lever 20A, 20B may be made of an elastomer material having a very high coefficient of friction to ensure the best possible contact with the mail piece or a ceramic material which is of interest with respect to the elastomer of do not wear out and do not leave marks on mail items.
Dans l'exemple illustré, le dispositif de sélection comporte deux leviers de sélection 20A, 20B dont la largeur devra être suffisante pour assurer une bonne prise de l'article de courrier, par exemple 2/3 du plus petit format d'articles de courrier soit environ 60 mm, ces deux leviers étant répartis sur la largeur du dispositif de sorte à permettre une sélection dans les meilleurs conditions de la plupart des formats admissibles. Une alternative est de placer deux leviers de sélection d'environ 10 mm de large positionnés respectivement entre 60 mm et 85 mm et entre 120 mm et 150 mm de la paroi de mise en référence. Le levier à 60 mm de la paroi de mise en référence permet de sélectionner les articles de courrier de 85 mm à 114 mm de largeur en ayant un point de sélection (point de contact entre le levier et l'article de courrier) positionné dans une zone de l'article de courrier correspondant à la moitié la plus éloignée de la paroi de mise en référence, le second levier à 120 mm permettant quant à lui de sélectionner les articles de courrier de 152 mm à 310 mm avec deux points de sélection. Enfin, dans une autre alternative, un troisième levier de sélection placé entre 180 mm et 230 mm peut être ajouté aux deux précédents pour permettre de sélectionner également de manière optimale les articles de courrier de 324 mm.In the example shown, the selection device comprises two selection levers 20A, 20B whose width must be sufficient to ensure a good grip of the mail item, for example 2/3 of the smallest size of mail items about 60 mm, these two levers being distributed over the width of the device so as to allow selection under the best conditions of most of the acceptable formats. An alternative is to place two selection levers approximately 10 mm wide respectively positioned between 60 mm and 85 mm and between 120 mm and 150 mm from the reference wall. The 60mm lever on the reference wall selects mail items from 85mm to 114mm wide by having a selection point (point of contact between the lever and the mail item) positioned in a box. area of the mail item corresponding to the furthest half of the referencing wall, the second lever 120 mm for him to select mail items from 152 mm to 310 mm with two selection points. Finally, in another alternative, a third selection lever placed between 180 mm and 230 mm can be added to the two previous to allow to select also optimally mail items of 324 mm.
Le fait de positionner le ou les points de sélection dans la seconde moitié de l'article de courrier (la zone s'étendant de la ligne médiane de l'article de courrier parallèle à la paroi de mise en référence au bord parallèle le plus éloigné de cette paroi de mise en référence) permet d'éviter une rotation de l'article de courrier lors de sa sélection. En effet, si l'article de courrier commence à pivoter autour du point de sélection (s'il est positionné dans la seconde moitié de l'article de courrier), lorsqu'il entre en contact avec ce dernier, la paroi de mise en référence aura tendance à bloquer cette rotation. Alors que, si le point de sélection est positionné dans la première moitié de l'article de courrier, cette rotation ne sera pas bloquée.Positioning the selection point (s) in the second half of the mail piece (the area extending from the centerline of the mail piece parallel to the referencing wall to the furthest parallel edge of this referencing wall) makes it possible to avoid a rotation of the article of mail during its selection. Indeed, if the mail piece begins to rotate around the selection point (if it is positioned in the second half of the mail piece), when it comes into contact with the latter, the wall of implementation reference will tend to block this rotation. While, if the selection point is positioned in the first half of the mail item, this rotation will not be blocked.
Bien entendu, cette configuration n'est aucunement limitative et un nombre plus ou moins important de leviers est envisageable, un à cinq par exemple. Lorsque le levier est unique, il est disposé sur la quasi-totalité de la largeur du dispositif à l'image d'une filière classique. A l'inverse, lorsqu'ils sont multiples, les leviers de sélection peuvent être aussi nombreux que les dents d'une filière classique et espacés alors régulièrement de façon semblable. Toutefois, une configuration avec trois leviers de 10 mm de largeur dont un premier levier situé à 60 mm de la paroi de mise en référence, un second à 120 mm de cette paroi et un troisième à 180 mm permet de traiter les formats d'articles de courrier les plus courants.Of course, this configuration is in no way limiting and a greater or lesser number of levers is possible, one to five for example. When the lever is unique, it is arranged on almost the entire width of the device in the image of a conventional die. Conversely, when they are multiple, the selection levers can be as numerous as the teeth of a conventional die and then spaced regularly in a similar manner. However, a configuration with three
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Le fonctionnement du dispositif de sélection selon l'invention illustré principalement en regard des
Il a toutefois été observé que quand des articles de courrier de fortes épaisseurs poussent les leviers de sélection 20A, 20B et les obligent donc à une rotation importante (par exemple supérieure à 60°), le retour à leur position initiale peut s'accompagner de froissements des articles suivants, notamment lorsque ceux-ci sont de faibles épaisseurs. Pour éviter ce phénomène, il est proposé avec le mode de réalisation alternatif de la
Avec ce mode de réalisation, pour les articles de courrier de faibles épaisseurs, le bras de suspension pressé par le ressort de compression est en butée et seuls les leviers de sélection sont actifs. Par contre, lorsqu'un article de courrier de forte épaisseur se présente sous les leviers de sélection, il va les pousser jusqu'à ce qu'ils entrent en butée avec le bras de suspension et selon son épaisseur va aussi entrainer un pivotement de ce bras qui va alors lever les leviers de sélection. Une fois passé, le bras va reprendre sa position initiale et les leviers de sélection également mais leur rotation sera alors limitée à leur excursion maximale définie par leur butée préalable contre le bras de suspension.With this embodiment, for small mail items, the suspension arm pressed by the compression spring is in abutment and only the selection levers are active. On the other hand, when a thick mail article is under the selection levers, it will push them until they come into abutment with the suspension arm and according to its thickness will also cause a pivoting of this arm that will then lift the levers of selection. Once past, the arm will return to its initial position and the selection levers also but their rotation will be limited to their maximum excursion defined by their prior stop against the suspension arm.
Ainsi, avec la présente invention, il est possible de traiter automatiquement des articles de courrier de différentes épaisseurs sans sélectionner, par un levier spécifique, un mode de fonctionnement particulier comme le pratique beaucoup des dispositifs de l'art antérieur. En outre, la forme spécifique des leviers de sélection en développante de cercle permet de ne pas changer les conditions du point de contact lors du traitement des articles de courrier de faible épaisseur.Thus, with the present invention, it is possible to automatically process mail items of different thicknesses without selecting, by a specific lever, a particular mode of operation as practiced by many devices of the prior art. In addition, the specific shape of the selection levers involute circle makes it possible not to change the conditions of the contact point during the processing of thin mail items.
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