US 5,183,526 AGranted

Repair sealer accessory

AssigneeMoore Business Forms, Inc.

InventorGeorge E. Walter

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Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided for facilitating manual feeding of business forms into business forms handling equipment to bypass the automatic feeder, primarily in the production of mailers from forms having pressure sensitive adhesive strips. Mounted at the interface between the conveyor and folder of the handling equipment is a transparent plastic plate having a slot with forms guides, and a forms centering scale adjacent the slot. A finger opening in, and an upstanding finger tab on, the quadrate plate may be provided to allow it to be lifted out of place covering the interface area between the conveyor and folder. An interlock engaging projection is provided on the plate for stopping operation of the equipment when it is removed. One may bypass the automatic feeding of the conveyor by manually inserting forms into the slot guided by the forms guides.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for handling business forms, comprising:

conveyor means for conveying business forms to a folder, said conveyor means including a first, infeed, end, and a second end adjacent said folder, said conveyor means conveying forms in a direction of conveyance from said first to said second ends thereof;
a housing for containing said conveyor means, said housing means defining an opening portion adjacent the area between said conveyor means and folder;
and
form introduction means disposed at said opening portion, for covering said opening portion, and allowing bypass of said conveyor first end to allow introduction of individual forms directly into the area between said conveyor means and folder, said form introduction means comprising:
a plate;
means defining a slot in said plate perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of said conveyor means;
adjustable form guide means associated with said slot to provide an adjustable guided width of said slot for introduction of forms;
and surface means formed on said plate allowing movement of said plate from a first position covering said opening to a second position not covering said opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.