Abstract:
A Biological Agents detecting method (9) for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces via a Corner Snipper (13) ; then jogging the stack of the mailpieces in a Jogger Tray of a Jogger System (11) which registers the corners of the mailpieces and jogs the mailpieces; and then subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle in a Bander (17) during such jogging step, thereby expelling air and powder out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings that is flowed towards the Vacuum/HEPA Filter system (15) to be tested and analyzed for unusual components via the Paper Filter (19) and the Particle Sampler (21) of an Air Monitoring System. A jogger system apparatus incorporates all necessary parts and structure for accomplishing this type of safety mail inspection process.
Abstract:
A separator includes a housing, a feeder mounted in the housing for feeding documents along a feed path and a retard mechanism mounted in the housing along the feed path and opposite to the feeder. The retard mechanism includes a body and a pad attached to the body. The body is mounted at first and second pivot points such that the body and pad can rotate around the first and second pivot points.
Abstract:
A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces (601), cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces (603), jogging the stack of mailpieces (605), and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to a compression cycle (607) and a decompression cycle (609) during the jogging step (611) for expelling air out of the some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings.
Abstract:
A separator includes a housing, a feeder mounted in the housing for feeding documents along a feed path and a retard mechanism mounted in the housing along the feed path and opposite to the feeder. The retard mechanism includes a body and a pad attached to the body. The body is mounted at first and second pivot points such that the body and pad can rotate around the first and second pivot points.