Method for franking packages individually supplied from a stack by a franking machine
US11420840B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/0062
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for franking packages individually supplied from a stack on a conveyor line to a franking machine, such as envelopes, mailing bags, sleeves, cards, labels, printed products, or the like, which are removed at the lower side of the stack for separation and which are supplied on the upstream conveyor line to a printing mechanism of the franking machine and which, after printing of the packages, are discharged from the franking machine. The packages are supplied on the conveyor portion via a switch to the franking machine and after printing are supplied counter to the supply direction from the printing mechanism of the franking machine via the transposed switch of a depositing device which is provided therebelow for printed packages.
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