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US 4,821,049 AGranted
Substrate transport apparatus, especially for mail handling
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorJohn K. Eckl
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Abstract
A substrate transport apparatus includes a registration member and an apparatus for compliantly urging a substrate against the registration member such that the effects of thickness variations of and between each substrate transported past the registration member are mitigated.
Claims22
An envelope transport comprises:
- a fixed plate member;
- means for transporting envelopes along said plate member;
- and
- means for compliantly urging each of said envelopes against said plate member while being transported therealong, said means for compliantly urging said envelope including a plurality of independent envelope urging means, such that the effects of thickness variations of, and between, each said envelope are mitigated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.