Modular placement device of a feed station

US8702090B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Frank Geserich · Friedrichsthal, DE
• Stefan Beckmann · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1916
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular placement device for a feed station of a mail processing apparatus, wherein the feed station includes an ejection roller, has a housing that is separate for the modular placement device located upstream, in terms of the mail flow, of the feed station. The housing has a cavity therein to receive a stack of mail items, and a pressure element mounted so as to be pivotable and so as to be plugged into the cavity. The pressure element exerts a pressure force on the stack of mail items in the cavity, with a bottommost item of mail being pressed against the ejection roller so that the bottommost item of mail is propelled in the mail flow direction. The weight loss of the stack due to removal of the bottommost item of mail therefrom is counteracted by the pressure element.