Device and method for feeding flat objects into a transport container
AssigneeBowe Systec AG
InventorsRonald Celeste, Joachim Koschier
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Abstract
A device and a method for feeding flat objects, in particular mail items such as envelopes or letters, in an upright position into a transport container. The device comprises a feed device for transporting flat objects and for feeding the transported flat objects into a transport container, and a container receiver for positioning the transport container during the feeding of the flat objects in a feed position in which the transport container is arranged obliquely. The device and the method enable to take full advantage of the capacity of the transport container by using a compression unit for compressing the flat objects fed into the transport container, in particular while the transport container is arranged in the input position.
Claims20
A device for feeding flat objects in an upright position into a transport container, the device comprising:
- an input device configured for transporting flat objects and for inputting the flat objects into a transport container,
- a container receiving element configured for positioning the transport container in an input position for the inputting of the flat objects, wherein, in the input position, the transport container is arranged obliquely with respect to a horizontal plane and the flat objects are stacked in a stack on top of each other in the transport container during the inputting, and
- at least one compression unit arranged for compressing the stack of the flat objects in the transport container.
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