Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing documents to obtain images of the documents
US8893456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB43M7/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input been having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. The feeder serially feeds the envelopes to a cutter that severs the top edge of the envelopes. A transport conveys the envelopes from the top cutter to an extractor. The extractor opens the edge-severed mail and presents the contents of the envelopes to an operator who manually extracts the contents. From the extractor, the operator manually feeds the extracted documents to a document input. From the document input, the documents are fed to a document transport that conveys the documents past an imaging module to obtain image data for the documents before sorting the documents to output bins.
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