Patent · US Expired

Folder/ inserter having optimized document paths

US6016638A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

3References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Neopost Industrie · FR

Inventors

Emmanuel Bernard · Atlanta, US
Dominique Mazeiller · Cormeilles-en-Parisis, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 1998
Grant date	Jan 25, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A folder and/or inserter machine of the type comprising a first path coupled to a document inlet and feeding a folder module, a second path coupled to an empty-envelope inlet and feeding an inserter module itself coupled to the folder module, a third path coupled to an outlet for stuffed and closed envelope and to the inserter module, and a fourth path coupled to an advertising leaflet and/or reply envelope inlet and feeding the inserter module via the folder module, an envelope and document main inlet further being coupled via a switching module firstly to the first document path and secondly to an alternative empty-envelope path.

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