Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – By endless conveyor
Patent
1990-04-05
1991-12-03
Skeggs, H. Grant
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
By endless conveyor
271 2, 271227, 198415, 198460, 198461, B65H 2968, B65H 900
Patent
active
050694405
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) for producing a singulated flow of correctly oriented flats (100 or 160) includes an input conveyor (12), a plurality of singulating conveyors (14, 16, and 18), and a skew correction station (20). A stack of flats (100 or 160) is deposited onto an inclined surface (42) of the input conveyor (12). The input conveyor (12) produced a running shingle of flats by frictionally engaging and pulling the bottom most flat in the stack. The plurality of singulating conveyors (14, 16, and 18) convert the running shingle into a singulated flow using frictional, inertial, and gravitational forces. By advancing conveyor (16) while halting conveyor (14), a flat (102) is pulled from underneath flat (108) with flat (108) remaining stationary. By operating conveyor (16) in a pulsed acceleration mode, passenger flat (122) is separated from underlying flat (120). By angling the conveyors (14, 16, and 18) in an upward direction, rearward gravitational force passenger flats (134 and 136) down conveyor (14). Halting the conveyors (202, 204, 206, 208, and 210) of the skew orientation station (20) can achieve forward gravitational separation of passenger flat (150). The skewed orientation of mail piece (200) is adjusted by selectively lifting the belts (202 and 206) and driving the belts (202 and 206) in opposite directions.
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Lazzarotti S. James
Mullin Eugene T.
Nadel Jess
Wojtowicz Edward A.
Rein Steve
Skeggs H. Grant
Unisys Corporation
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