Sheet material inserter having controllable optical feed of sheet material and envelopes via multiple station feeders

US5772194A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Huebler · Oderberg, DE
• Wilfried Kopanski · Berlin, DE
• Klaus Gettwart · Velten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 30, 1998
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2301/4318
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An inserter system has controllable, optional delivery of sheet filling material and envelopes into which the filling material is to be inserted feeds these items from respective multiple station feeders in order to transfer a compiled set of filling material to the inserter and folding unit aligned and with identically oriented leading edges. The delivery of the filling material and envelopes for the insertion ensues without a conveyor deck and without an intermediate stop, proceeding from the programmable multiple station feeders to the folding unit integrated in the inserter. Driven, common drum arrangements for both systems serve as connecting elements between the respective multiple station feeders for filling material and envelopes. The common drum arrangement allows the connection of devices for inserting mailings given a minimization of the structural size and an increase in the reliability at the same time.