Mail piece feeder for vertically orientated mail pieces and having reversible retard rollers
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Nov 1, 2001
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Mar 15, 2001
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Mar 17, 2000
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A postal meter mail piece feeder comprising a hopper section, a singulating section and a mail piece turner. The hopper section comprises a bottom mail piece support deck for supporting mail pieces thereon, a rear wall having a mail piece drive for contacting and moving the mail pieces along the support deck, and a front stop for biasing the mail pieces towards the rear wall. The singulating section is downstream from the hopper section and comprises a retard drive and a sensor connected to the retard drive. The mail piece turner is downstream from the singulating section and comprises a turning surface for turning the mail pieces about 90.degree. from the singulating section for entry into a postage applying section of a postage meter.
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