Mail decelerating device
AssigneeFinmeccanica S.p.A.
InventorsLawrence B. Holmes, Renato Gritti, Giuseppe Puzzanghera
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Abstract
A mail decelerating device wherein a straight channel with a V-shaped cross section is supplied by a conveyor channel with a number of mail items; the mail item is intercepted and directed by a deflecting element towards an inclined wall of the V-section channel, along which it slides and is arrested on striking a kinetic energy dissipating device at one end of the V-section channel; following stoppage of the item, a bottom opening in the V-section channel is opened, and through which the mail item drops out by force of gravity.
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A mail decelerating device, characterized in that it comprises:
- a straight channel (30) presenting a substantially V-shaped cross section, and defined, among other things, by at least one lateral wall (33) inclined in relation to an opposite side wall (32),
- said V-section channel (30) presenting an input (30a) communicating with conveyor means (3) for supplying the V-section channel (30) with a number of mail items (12);
- deflecting means (39) for directing the mail items (12) fed into said V-section channel (30) towards said inclined lateral wall (33);
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- energy dissipating means (90) located at the opposite end (36) of said V-section channel (30) to said input (30a), and for dissipating at least part of the kinetic energy of the items (12) fed by said conveyor means (3) into said V-section channel (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.