Patent · US Expired

Insertion control

US6804576B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

6References

28Claims

0Family size

Assignee

FIRST DATA CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Scott J. Smith · Omaha, US
Jeffrey Nowlin · Council Bluffs, US
Jay Greene · Omaha, US
Mark Tonack · Omaha, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2002
Grant date	Oct 12, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07B2017/00491
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An insertion system for collating sheets of printed material for insertion into an envelope is disclosed. The insertion system includes an insertion machine, application software and an operating system. Included in the application software is a first function and a second function, where the first function performs tracking for each packet and the second function controls operation of the insertion machine. Each packet includes a plurality of pieces of printed material that may ultimately be sealed in an envelope. The operating system runs the application software at any given instant and executes the first and second functions.

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