Mail processing system with increased first and second pass sorting speed

    公开(公告)号:US11584601B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17587445

    申请日:2022-01-28

    发明人: James Malatesta

    摘要: A mail processing system utilizes a conveyor to shingle or de-shingle mailpieces as they move through the processing system and utilizes belts to move the mailpieces. A first shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece to overlap with a second mailpiece to create shingled mailpieces. A second shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece away from a second mailpiece to de-shingle them to create singulated mailpieces. A camera takes images of the mailpieces in the conveyor and image analysis software is used to determine dimensional aspects of the mailpieces that are used to control the belt speeds to move mailpieces with respect to each other. A mail processing system may include a mail processing station that scans addresses, applies postage and/or weighs the mailpieces. Mail may be de-shingled prior to being weighed and then re-shingled for subsequent processing, or mail may be shingled prior to passing through a scale if weighing is not necessary.

    Mail Processing System and Method With Increased Processing Speed

    公开(公告)号:US20210094779A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US17119104

    申请日:2020-12-11

    发明人: James Malatesta

    摘要: A mail processing system utilizes a conveyor to shingle or de-shingle mailpieces as they move through the processing system and utilizes belts to move the mailpieces. A first shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece to overlap with a second mailpiece to create shingled mailpieces. A second shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece away from a second mailpiece to de-shingle them to create singulated mailpieces. A camera takes images of the mailpieces in the conveyor and image analysis software is used to determine dimensional aspects of the mailpieces that are used to control the belt speeds to move mailpieces with respect to each other. A mail processing system may include a mail processing station that scans addresses, applies postage and/or weighs the mailpieces. Mail may be de-shingled prior to being weighed and then re-shingled for subsequent processing, or mail may be shingled prior to passing through a scale if weighing is not necessary.

    MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INCREASED PROCESSING SPEED

    公开(公告)号:US20190300313A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16444838

    申请日:2019-06-18

    发明人: James Malatesta

    摘要: A mail singulator system determines a position of an optical panel to automatically adjust a loading conveyor speed to prevent stacked and overlapped mailpieces in the singulator and large gaps between mailpieces. The optical panel is configured between the front mailpiece of a mail stack on the loading conveyor and the optical sensor. The optical panel changes position with the pressure exerted by the mail stack and provides signals to the controller to adjust the conveyor speed. An optical sensor may detect a far threshold position or limit distance to increase the speed of the conveyor and may detect a near threshold position of limit distance to reduce the speed of the conveyor. The optical panel may have a low friction surface to allow the mail to slide into the conveyor and an optical surface to allow reliable optical sensor detection of the optical panel position.

    SHEET FEEDER WITH TRANSVERSELY TRANSLATABLE FLOATING FINAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BLOCK

    公开(公告)号:US20190276252A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16462660

    申请日:2017-12-07

    IPC分类号: B65H1/06 B65H1/30 B65H3/04

    摘要: An assembly (100) and method for bottoming feeding sheets from a stack of sheets to a top-feed sheet feeding mechanism (F) on a device (P), such as a copy machine. The assembly (100) includes a sheet feeder (200), a transport arm (300), and a final height adjustment block (420) translatably attached to and extending along the distal end (302) of the transport arm (300) for limited transverse (T) translation relative to the machine direction (MD).

    MULTICHANNEL FEEDING SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190263592A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16279132

    申请日:2019-02-19

    发明人: TU-CHUNG TAI

    摘要: A multichannel paper feeding system in connection to a vertical storage is disclosed. The multichannel paper feeding system includes a main loop transport device, an internal loop transport device, a plurality of take-out devices, and a plurality of take-out conveyor belts, all of which are disposed between the vertical storage and a cutting machine. The main loop transport device transports a paper roll placed on a main loop rack from the vertical storage to the internal loop transport device, where a main push rod then pushes the paper roll onto an internal loop rack, and the internal loop transport device transports the internal loop rack next to a take-out conveyor belt. The take-out device moves the paper roll from the internal loop rack to the corresponding take-out conveyor belt so that the paper roll can be transported further downstream to a post-processing station for cutting or packaging. Through the internal loop transport device, not only can more take-out conveyor belts be added and may the post-processing production be increased, the transport quality of the paper rolls is also enhanced.

    Convey path switching module, paper sheet handling module and paper sheet handling apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10377599B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15891372

    申请日:2018-02-08

    摘要: A convey path switching module includes a body and a switching mechanism. The body has first, second and third convey paths. The switching mechanism includes a first switching assembly, a first actuator, a second switching assembly and at least one elastic member. The first actuator drives the first switching assembly to pivotally rotate. The second switching assembly is adapted to pivotally rotate and is restored by an elastic force of the elastic member. By pivotally rotating of the first and second switching assemblies, the switching mechanism is switched to a first state to open the first convey path and close the second and third convey paths, is switched to a second state to open the second convey path and close the first and third convey paths, and is switched to a third state to open the third convey path and close the first and second convey paths.

    Medium conveyance device
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09896285B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-20

    申请号:US15132354

    申请日:2016-04-19

    摘要: A medium conveyance device includes: a first conveyance unit that applies a first conveyance force in a conveyance direction to a lowest medium among media on a medium stacker; a second conveyance unit disposed downstream in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance unit and that applies a second conveyance force in the conveyance direction to the medium being conveyed in the conveyance direction; a detector that detects that a rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit; and a controller that controls the first and second conveyance units. Upon determining that the rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit, the controller switches the first conveyance unit from a conveyance state of applying the first conveyance force to a non-conveyance state of not applying the first conveyance force.