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Device for storing mailpieces on edge

US8662281B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES · FR

Inventors

Emmanuel Bernard · Atlanta, US
Stephane Le Gallo · Morangis, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2011
Grant date	Mar 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07B2017/00483
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a storage device for a mail-handling machine. The storage device includes a mailpiece-receiving deck along a longitudinal edge of which a referencing wall extends, and through which a conveyor belt passes for the purpose of conveying mailpieces along the referencing wall from an inlet of the device towards a sloping surface against which the mailpieces accumulate, and a skid-forming part that is supported by a structure secured to the storage device and that comes to press against said stack of mailpieces substantially over the entire length of said stack, so as to jog the top of the stack.

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