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US 9,359,095 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for inserting one or more goods into a moveable cover
AssigneeBoewe Systec GmbH
InventorsBernd Hoepner, Thomas Huber, Joseph Batzer, Helmut Foerg, Reinhard Seiler
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Abstract
An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving cover includes a cover transport, and at least one separating device configured to engage with a first part of the cover and to maintain the first part of the cover separate from a second part of the cover during at least a part of the movement of the cover.
Claims10
An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving envelope, comprising:
- an envelope transport that continuously moves an envelope along a filling path, the envelope including a first side with an envelope flap and a second side opposite to the first side;
- at least one pair of movable filling fingers arranged at a distance defined by the one or more goods and arranged to be inserted into an opening of the envelope, such that when the one or more goods are to be inserted into the envelope, the at least one pair of movable filling fingers laterally guide the one or more goods into the envelope without moving the envelope;
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- at least one separating device configured to engage with the second side of the envelope and to move together with the envelope during at least a part of the envelope's movement for maintaining the second side of the envelope separate from the first side of the envelope during at least a part of the movement of the envelope, wherein
- the separating device is configured to move along at least a section of the filling path in a direction along which the envelope and the one or more goods are moveable along the filling path so as to engage with the second side of the envelope as the envelope moves;
- the filling path extends in an envelope transport direction and a goods transport direction;
- the opening of the envelope extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the envelope transport direction;
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- when the one or more goods are to be inserted into the envelope, the at least one pair of movable filling fingers are inserted into the envelope prior to the one or more goods.
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A method for inserting one or more goods into a moving envelope, comprising:
- continuously moving an envelope along a filling path, the envelope including a first side with an envelope flap and a second side opposite to the first side;
- inserting at least one pair of movable filling fingers arranged at a distance defined by the one or more goods into an opening of the envelope;
- moving the at least one pair of movable filling fingers together with the envelope, such that when the one or more goods are to be inserted into the envelope, the at least one pair of movable filling fingers laterally guide the one or more goods into the envelope without moving the envelope;
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- moving at least a separating device together with the envelope during at least a part of the envelope's movement for such that the separating device engages the second side of the envelope and holds the second side of the envelope separated from the first side of the envelope during at least a part of the movement of the envelope, wherein
- the separating device is moved along at least a section of the filling path in a direction along which the envelope and the one or more goods are moved along the filling path so as to engage with the second side of the envelope as the envelope moves;
- the filling path extends in an envelope transport direction and a goods transport direction;
- the opening of the envelope extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the envelope transport direction;
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- when the one or more goods are to be inserted into the envelope, the at least one pair of movable filling fingers are inserted into the envelope prior to the one or more goods.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.