Printing – Selective or progressive – Bed and platen machines
Patent
1996-12-26
1998-09-29
Bennett, Christopher A.
Printing
Selective or progressive
Bed and platen machines
101232, 101 91, 400582, 271 1001, B41J 1326
Patent
active
058133275
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for transporting a mailpiece. The apparatus comprises an assembly for feeding the mailpieces in a path of travel; a sensor assembly for determining the length of the mailpieces; and a controller in operative communication with the sensor assembly and the feeding assembly, the controller for adjusting the gap between a first mailpiece having a measured length and a second mailpiece to: (i) establish a fixed pitch between the first mailpiece and the second mailpiece if the measure length is equal to or less than a predetermined value, or (ii) establish a fixed gap between the first mailpiece and the second mailpiece if the measure length is greater than the predetermined value. The method comprises the steps of feeding the mailpieces in a path of travel; determining the length of the mailpieces; and adjusting the gap between a first mailpiece having a determined length and a second mailpiece to establish a fixed pitch between the first mailpiece and the second mailpiece if the determined length is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
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Freeman Gerald C.
Mattingly Douglas M.
Salazar Edilberto I.
Bennett Christopher A.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
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