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Machine for handling flat articles

US8186500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES · FR

Inventors

Werner Brunnhuber · Sauerlach, DE
Martin LASINGER · Sauerlach, DE
Robert Stahl · Glenview, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2010
Grant date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1916
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a mail-handling machine having a conveyor path for conveying the mailpieces, which path is defined by a longitudinal referencing wall and by a top referencing wall, there is provided a conveyor and jogger belt formed of a continuous strip having two opposite faces, namely an inside face provided with a set of teeth suitable for cooperating with drive cogs for driving the belt, and an outside face provided with a plurality of flexible blades spaced apart at a predetermined distance, the free ends of the flexible blades providing both support for the flat articles while they are being conveyed and also jogging for jogging them against the top referencing wall.

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