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Ejection apparatus for modular envelope inserter

US5207858A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1992
Grant dateMay 4, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43M5/042
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Apparatus for removing an envelope from a stream of envelopes moving along a straight path. The apparatus includes: an envelope turner; a device for raising and lowering the downstream end of the envelope turner; an envelope sealer situated adjacent and downstream of the envelope turner; a device for detecting an envelope to be ejected; and a device for signaling the raising and lowering device to be raised in order to feed an envelope to be ejected over the envelope sealer.

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