Apparatus and method for removing contents from an envelope
AssigneeHadewe B.V.
InventorsJeichienus A. van der Werff, Eric van der Vegte
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing contents from an envelope are disclosed. In the apparatus a front envelope wall is severed from a rear envelope wall along three of the folding edges, the envelope is separated from its contents and finally the separated envelope is removed along an exit track. The exit track passes along the outer side of the apparatus and is at least in part externally visible. The envelope is transferred to said exit track in an unfolded condition and transported along the exit track with its former inner surfaces of the envelope walls turned away from the apparatus. The invention provides a possibility to check visually in a simple and efficient manner whether the contents of an envelope have been removed completely.
Claims25
An apparatus for removing contents from an envelope having a front wall and a rear wall connected to said front wall along four folding edges, said front wall and said rear wall having first surfaces that face one another, said apparatus comprising:
- means for severing said front wall from said rear wall along three of the folding edges;
- means for separating the envelope from its contents;
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- an exit track for removing the separated envelope, the exit track passing along an outer side of the apparatus and being at least in part externally visible;
- said means for separating the envelope from its contents including means for unfolding said front envelope wall from said rear envelope wall and means for transferring the envelope to said exit track in an unfolded condition and in a position from which the envelope can be transported along the exit track with the first surfaces of the envelope walls turned away from the apparatus.
A method for removing contents from an envelope by means of an envelope extraction apparatus, said envelope having a front wall and a rear wall interconnected along four folding edges, said front wall and said rear wall having first surfaces that face one another, said method comprising the steps of:
- severing said front wall from said rear wall along three of the folding edges;
- mechanically separating the envelope from its contents;
- unfolding the front envelope wall from the rear envelope wall;
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- removing the envelope along an exit track in an unfolded condition and in an orientation in which the first surfaces of the envelope walls being turned away from the envelope extraction apparatus.
An apparatus for removing contents from an envelope having a front wall and a rear wall connected to said front wall along four folding edges, said apparatus comprising:
- means for severing said front wall from said rear wall along three of the folding edges;
- an exit track for removing the separated envelope, said exit track passing along an outer side of the apparatus and being at least in part externally visible;
- means for separating the envelope from its contents including means for unfolding said front envelope wall from said rear envelope wall and means for transferring the envelope to said exit track in an unfolded condition and in a position from which the envelope can be transported along the exit track with inner surfaces of the envelope walls turned away from the apparatus;
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- an exit opening for removing the separated contents of the envelope, said exit opening being provided on an operating side of the apparatus and said exit track extending along an upper side of the apparatus away from the operating side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.