Package making – Apparatus for forming or partially forming receptacle and... – Forming by opening or setting up collapsed receptacle
Patent
1987-10-09
1988-11-01
Sipos, John
Package making
Apparatus for forming or partially forming receptacle and...
Forming by opening or setting up collapsed receptacle
53251, 53255, 53258, 53266A, 53154, B65B 4326
Patent
active
047810130
ABSTRACT:
Mail inserting and collating apparatus includes an envelope conveyor for continuously conveying envelopes along a first path; a plurality of envelope carriers mounted on the envelope conveyor and movable therewith, for holding the envelopes; an insert conveyor for continuously conveying a plurality of inserts along a second path, at least a portion of the second path running substantially parallel and adjacent to the first path; a plurality of pockets mounted on the insert conveyor and movable therewith, for holding the inserts; a rotatable kicker roller for removing a lowermost insert from a stack of inserts and moving the lowermost insert toward a pocket adjacent the stack, the kicker roller having an arcuate rubber projecting surface for engaging the lowermost insert from the stack during rotation of the kicker roller and a vacuum port extending through the kicker roller and terminating in the projecting surface; a drive for intermittently rotating the kicker roller; a vacuum supply for supplying a vacuum to the vacuum port such that the combination of the vacuum and the rubber-like projecting surface results in removal of the lowermost insert from the stack; a cam arrangement for moving each envelope carrier toward a pocket at an insert and envelope merge station; a pocket adjustment assembly for changing the length of each pocket at the insert and envelope merge station; and each envelope carrier including a first finger for holding an envelope thereon, and a second finger for holding the envelope and inserts therein at the insert and envelope merge station.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1960959 (1934-05-01), Sague
patent: 3858381 (1975-01-01), Huber
patent: 4525986 (1985-07-01), Noll
Andolfi Ceasar P.
DePasquale John A.
Segalowitz Ivar R.
J.A.D. Enterprises, Inc.
Sipos John
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