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AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsJoseph J. KEANE, Donato C. Farole, Glenn A. Nester
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The invention can be used with an automated mail tray filling apparatus for taking envelopes from a vertical stacker output of an inserter machine and placing them in mail trays. A take-away feeder is positioned over the vertical stacker table and is arranged to withdraw individual envelopes from the vertical stack in a sideways direction. The envelope is then redirected in a downward direction by ejecting the envelope into an open space. A downward tamping mechanism positioned above the open space moves downward to push on a top edge of the free-floating envelope. A downward transport positioned beneath the open space receives and transports envelopes pushed downward by the downward tamping mechanism.
An apparatus for redirecting vertically transported envelopes from a sideways direction, perpendicular to a side of an envelope, to a downward direction, perpendicular to a bottom edge of the envelope, the apparatus comprising:
A method for redirecting vertically transported envelopes from a sideways direction, perpendicular to a side of an envelope, to a downward direction, perpendicular to a bottom of the envelope, the method comprising:
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