GB1066278A - Mail sorting apparatus - Google Patents

Mail sorting apparatus

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Publication number
GB1066278A
GB1066278A GB52071/64A GB5207164A GB1066278A GB 1066278 A GB1066278 A GB 1066278A GB 52071/64 A GB52071/64 A GB 52071/64A GB 5207164 A GB5207164 A GB 5207164A GB 1066278 A GB1066278 A GB 1066278A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
envelopes
envelope
wheel
friction
friction wheel
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB52071/64A
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ECON O POST CORP
Original Assignee
ECON O POST CORP
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Application filed by ECON O POST CORP filed Critical ECON O POST CORP
Publication of GB1066278A publication Critical patent/GB1066278A/en
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Classifications

    • 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
    • B07C5/16—Sorting according to weight
    • B07C5/165—Sorting according to weight of letters
    • 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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/10—Sorting according to size or flexibility
    • 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
    • B07C5/16—Sorting according to weight
    • B07C5/22—Sorting according to weight using a plurality of stationary weighing mechanisms
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/934—Moving items to sorting means in spaced relation lengthwise of feed path

Landscapes

  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

1,066,278. Feeding sheets &c. ECON-O-POST CORPORATION. Dec. 22, 1964 [Jan. 2 1964], No. 52071/64. Heading B6B. [Also in Divisions B8 and G1] A separating mechanism 18 associated with a mail sorting apparatus (see Division B8) separates envelopes fed thereto in randomly occurring thicknesses. The mechanism comprises a feeder wheel 20 carrying a friction surface 22 extending around a limited arcuate extent of the wheel 20 thereby effecting an intermittent feed of the envelopes. As an envelope or an overlapping plurality thereof pass into the mechanism, a switch 68 is operated to arrest the envelope feeding conveyer, and a non- rotatable friction wheel 50 is lowered through linkage arrangement 42, 32, 64, 30, under the control of a cam 26 on the feeder wheel 20. The friction wheel 50 presses down on the uppermost envelope while the friction surface 22 engages the lowermost envelope and moves it forwardly into the sorting apparatus. This operation is repeated until the mechanism is free of envelopes, whereupon the switch 68 is operated to initiate further feeding of envelopes. The friction wheel 50 mounted on an arm 46, pivoted at 48 to the member 42 of the linkage arrangement, is movable up and down relative to the member 42 through link 56, 58. When the linkage member 42 is raised above a set minimum distance from the conveying surface 63, e.g. by thick envelopes, the friction wheel 50 is lifted above a relatively smooth pressure pad 44 on the member 42, which pad then engages the envelope as it passes through the mechanism.
GB52071/64A 1964-01-02 1964-12-22 Mail sorting apparatus Expired GB1066278A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US335127A US3220547A (en) 1964-01-02 1964-01-02 Mail sorting apparatus

Publications (1)

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GB1066278A true GB1066278A (en) 1967-04-26

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GB52071/64A Expired GB1066278A (en) 1964-01-02 1964-12-22 Mail sorting apparatus

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DE (2) DE1481192A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1066278A (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3398947A (en) * 1966-06-06 1968-08-27 Mail Systems Corp Mail feeding apparatus
US3640384A (en) * 1969-07-10 1972-02-08 Hi Speed Checkweigher Co Apparatus for weight-classifying odd-shaped articles
US3674143A (en) * 1970-12-28 1972-07-04 Burroughs Corp Transport and sorting mechanisms for an automatic conveyor system
FR2140751A5 (en) * 1971-06-07 1973-01-19 Chenut Gabriel
DE2624216C3 (en) * 1976-05-29 1979-10-25 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh, 6000 Frankfurt Conveyor line with sliding fingers
US6651878B2 (en) * 2001-12-07 2003-11-25 Tritek Inc. Mail weighing system and method
US20090008859A1 (en) * 2007-07-02 2009-01-08 Pitney Bowes Incorporated Multi-segment weight measurement apparatus and method for processing sheet material

Family Cites Families (8)

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US2733597A (en) * 1956-02-07 Apparatus for measuring vibrations
US1094780A (en) * 1913-11-22 1914-04-28 George M Depew Conveyer.
US1649231A (en) * 1923-04-20 1927-11-15 American Can Co Tin-plate-weighing machine
US2257843A (en) * 1940-09-06 1941-10-07 Tood Company Inc Sheet feeding mechanism
US2508796A (en) * 1945-12-08 1950-05-23 Pekar Stephen Article grading apparatus
US2678726A (en) * 1949-02-04 1954-05-18 Ralph C Root Machine for grading eggs and the like according to weight
US2645344A (en) * 1950-08-21 1953-07-14 Richard J Hayter Egg-grading machine
US2988355A (en) * 1959-05-04 1961-06-13 Rabinow Single letter feeding device

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US3220547A (en) 1965-11-30
DE1481192A1 (en) 1969-07-10
DE1449005A1 (en) 1969-08-07
DE1449005B2 (en) 1970-10-29

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