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Gathering postal items

US8430390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES · FR

Inventors

Hans Oosterhoff · Eindhoven, NL
Erik Jouke Bijl · Amsterdam, NL
Herman Sytema · Sneek, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2009
Grant date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for gathering postal items having a postal item feeding path for feeding postal items at a speed of transport and a postal item gripper for gripping and subsequently releasing postal items. The gripper is circulatable in a sense of circulation along a circulation path downstream of the feeding path. Each time prior to gripping of one of the postal items by the gripper, at least the speed of transport of the gripper is temporarily reduced to a reduced speed of transport or the speed of transport of the postal item along the feeding path is temporarily increased to an increased speed of transport. A method for gathering postal items is also described.

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