Device for discharging and stacking flat objects on edge, especially pieces of mail at the output of a sorting machine
US5290025A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/42146
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for discharging flat objects into a receptacle, especially pieces of mail or letters at the output of a sorting machine in which the letters are routed vertically disposed in pockets and are released above the said device, wherein the device comprises: PA0 a flat main guide surface inclined at an angle relative to the vertical plane and down which the flat object at the output of the pocket falls under gravity, PA0 a deflecting and retaining plate downstream of the main surface, and PA0 a receptacle inclined at an angle relative to the horizontal plane, PA0 the plate being movable from an initial position in which its lower edge is parallel to and close to the base of the lowermost wall of the receptacle, to an end position in which it is near to the uppermost wall of the receptacle.
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