US3373685A - Control means in mail separating cancelling and stacking machines - Google Patents

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US3373685A
US3373685A US519904A US51990466A US3373685A US 3373685 A US3373685 A US 3373685A US 519904 A US519904 A US 519904A US 51990466 A US51990466 A US 51990466A US 3373685 A US3373685 A US 3373685A
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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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating

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  • a typical embodiment of the invention comprises a conventional mail facing table having a conveyor trough extending along the front edge thereof.
  • Incoming mail including both long and short letters, is dumped on the table and clerks standing along the front of the table orient each letter by placing it into the trough with the postage stamp in the front lower left, or leading corner.
  • the conveyor is driven, through an electrically controlled clutch, by a continuously running electric motor and the conveyor carries a multitude of randomly-spaced and randomlybunched letters to a first feed roller which feeds the bunched letters past a primary sonic, photoelectric or other sensing unit and thence to a pair of continuously running primary separator rollers which reduce the letters from random flow to a controlled flow of mostly one and not more than two or three letters at a time.
  • the elements 31, 32, 33 and 34 forward the bunched letters 30 to a primary separator section or device 39 which comprises the previously mentioned roller 33 and a continuously running reverse roller 41.
  • the separator 39 in a manner somewhat similar to that shown in United States Patents Nos. 2,845,267 and 3,070,368, reduces the random flow of letters to a controlled fiow of letters of mostly one and usually not more than two or three letters at a time.
  • a limit device 82 which hereinafter will be described more fully, is associated with the cable 79 and weight 81 so that, when the plate 76 moves to the bottom of the rods 73, and 74, the cable 79 and the weight 81 will cooperate to operate the device 82 to perform a function later to be described.
  • the equipment 100 also includes a continuously running motor 124 for driving a cam drum 126 which in cooperation with a cam follower 127 alternately opens and closes a switch 128. Also included is a rectifier 129 for converting the A-C power provided by the lines 101 and 102 into D-C (direct current) for operating the clutch 24. Also the said limit device 82 is equipped with a normally closed switch 132.
  • the master power contactor 103 When the subject mail handling machine 14 is not in use the master power contactor 103, in a well known manner, disconnects the electrical conductors 141 and 142 from the power lines 102 and 103.
  • Pushing the start button 109 closes the contactor 103 and energizes the conductors 141 and 142 and thus starts the mail handling machine 14.
  • Pushing stop button 111 opens the contactor 103 and stops operation of the machine 14. From the wiring diagram portion of FIG. 2 it will be evident that the pair of conductors 141 and 142 and their branch conductors connect the electric motors 22, 124, 136 and 137 for continuous running.
  • the conductors 141 and 142 also supply continuous power to the control panels 112 and 114.
  • the cable 79 will raise the weight 81 to such a position as to open the normally closed switch 132 of the limit switch 82. Opening of the switch 132 deenergizes the clutch 24 and thereby stops the conveyor belt 18. In this instance the belt 18 will not feed letters until such time as the full stacker basket 72 has been unloaded and the spacer plate moved upwardly on the rods 73 and 74.
  • a unitary letter mail handling machine comprising both a primary and a secondary sensing unit and wherein one of said units has means for stopping the operation of said conveyor and wherein the other of said units has means for both starting and stopping said conveyor, whereby a substantially controlled flow of letter mail is provided.
  • a letter mail handling machine according to claim 1 wherein a member preceding the said conveyor section is adapted for receiving letters to he orientated and fed to said conveyor section.
  • said stacker section includes switch means responsive to a predetermined number of stacked letters for stopping the flow of letters.

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US519904A US3373685A (en) 1966-01-11 1966-01-11 Control means in mail separating cancelling and stacking machines
DE19671574065 DE1574065A1 (de) 1966-01-11 1967-01-04 Maschine und Verfahren zum Handhaben von Briefpost
CH28267A CH463846A (de) 1966-01-11 1967-01-10 Briefposthandhabungsmaschine und Verfahren zum Betrieb der Maschine
DK12567AA DK119564B (da) 1966-01-11 1967-01-10 Apparat til stempling af brevpost.
FR90640A FR1507756A (fr) 1966-01-11 1967-01-11 Procédé et machine pour la manutention du courrier
NL6700410A NL6700410A (xx) 1966-01-11 1967-01-11
BE692461D BE692461A (xx) 1966-01-11 1967-01-11

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US3709146A (en) * 1969-06-10 1973-01-09 Crosfield Business Mach Sheet conveyor and printer which outstacks and prints selected sheets
US3659524A (en) * 1970-10-15 1972-05-02 Burroughs Corp Printer control system
US3901144A (en) * 1973-01-26 1975-08-26 Addressograph Multigraph Printing machine
US4101018A (en) * 1975-08-22 1978-07-18 Teletype Corporation Paper edge sensor
US4799661A (en) * 1987-04-21 1989-01-24 Craftsman Printing Company Apparatus for compiling sheets in a binding line
US4953842A (en) * 1988-12-28 1990-09-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mail thickness measuring apparatus
US5988057A (en) * 1997-10-03 1999-11-23 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postal cancellation machine
US20090115120A1 (en) * 2004-07-09 2009-05-07 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet take-out apparatus and sheet take-out method
US9108814B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2015-08-18 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet take-out apparatus with multiple separation units
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US8998203B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2015-04-07 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet take-out apparatus with multiple separation units
US8936239B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2015-01-20 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet take-out apparatus and sheet take-out method
US8641042B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2014-02-04 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet take-out apparatus with gap counter
US9302459B2 (en) 2007-02-02 2016-04-05 United States Postal Service Apparatus and method for removing pressure adhesive labels from backing and affixing to target substrate
US20100176547A1 (en) * 2007-09-21 2010-07-15 United States Postal Service Double inhibit mechanism
US8104763B2 (en) 2007-09-21 2012-01-31 United States Postal Service Double inhibit mechanism
US7686290B2 (en) 2007-09-21 2010-03-30 United States Postal Service Double inhibit mechanism
US20090078613A1 (en) * 2007-09-21 2009-03-26 United States Postal Service Double inhibit mechanism
US8360230B2 (en) 2010-04-01 2013-01-29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter during the transport of objects to a processing device
EP2375380A1 (de) 2010-04-01 2011-10-12 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Messen eines Parameters während des Transports von Gegenständen zu einer Verarbeitungs-Einrichtung
DE102010014105A1 (de) 2010-04-07 2011-10-13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Vermessen von Gegenständen während des Transports
WO2011124583A1 (de) 2010-04-07 2011-10-13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und vorrichtung zum geregelten transportieren von mehreren gegenständen

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FR1507756A (fr) 1967-12-29
BE692461A (xx) 1967-06-16

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