Device for ejecting filled envelopes, and an insertion machine using said device

An ejection device for ejecting filled envelopes from an insertion station in which sheets are filled into successive envelopes that are brought empty into said station, the device including evacuation means which are operated after each insertion and further including tilting means for tilting said filled envelopes and mounted facing said evacuation means, at least in part, actuator means for actuating the tilting means between a first or "raised" position in which they are at a distance from the plane of the insertion station and leave the station free to be fed with an empty envelope, and a second or "low" ejection position interferring with the plane of the insertion station and pressing said filled envelope against said evacuation means, and reception means for receiving filled envelopes which are evacuated, said reception means being mounted substantially transversely relative to the plane of the insertion station and being coupled to said evacuation means by said tilting means when the tilting means are actuated to take up their low ejection position.