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AssigneeOpex Corporation
InventorsAlbert F. Stevens, Robert R. DeWitt, William R. Lile, Paul Mitchell, Stephen Tentarelli
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An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail in a continuous and automatic procedure includes an operative combination of processing stations including an input station for receiving incoming mail in bulk fashion and for separting the pieces of mail for individual delivery to the remainder of the apparatus; a station for detecting irregularities in the contents of the envelopes, such as metal items, folded contents, or oversized items; a station for out-sorting envelopes rejected in accordance with the determinations made at the detection station; a station for opening the envelopes, preferably along multiple edges; a station for removing the contents from the opened envelopes, for subsequent processing of the contents; and a series of stations for handling and orienting the contents for subsequent delivery to a plurality of output stackers.
An apparatus for extracting contents from a plurality of envelopes including envelopes having a desired characteristic and for receiving envelopes which do not have said desired characteristic, said envelopes containing paired, substantially parallel documents, and said apparatus comprising:
The apparatus of claim 182 wherein the upper portions of said checks include account identifying indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.