Electronic page inverter for a mail processing system, and a folder-inserter including such an inverter
US6327042A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The inverter makes it possible to use a very simple conveyor for coupling the outlet of a printer in a word processor system to the inlet of a folder-inserter, even though the printer outputs printed pages in an order that is unsuitable for direct insertion into envelopes. The inverter includes a read/write memory in which the sequence of binary words representing the text of a letter is stored as it is output by the word processor system, with the address of the beginning of each page of text being identified. These binary words are played back, page by page, with the pages being played back in inverted order of text pages, but with the characters making up the pages being played back within each page in their initial order. The invention is applicable to folder-inserters for preparing mail.
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