Apparatus for determining the thickness of a mail item
US10054418B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00685
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the thickness of passing mail items M conveyed on a conveying deck (12) of a mail processing machine (10) comprising a deflecting element (18) which is positioned to successively contact without active compression each conveyed mail item, measures a parameter that indicates a change in a resistivity of the deflecting element, and generates a signal indicative of the measured parameter; and a processing unit (24) which receives the signal from the deflecting element and determines a thickness value for each conveyed mail item based on the measured parameter.
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