Flats bundle collator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6748294
SERIAL NO

09694403

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The present invention relates to an apparatus for collating a plurality of separate groups or bundles of similar flats mailpieces arranged in a predetermined delivery point sequence, each mailpiece imprinted with a distinct delivery point or address indicia, to produce a single stream of mailpieces in new groups, where each new group comprises a plurality of mailpieces all addressed to a distinct delivery point. The apparatus comprises a plurality of feed units, each unit configured to process a quantity of similar mailpieces, each with a distinct delivery point indicia on the face of the mailpiece, and to deposit each mailpiece in a distinct pocket on a collation conveyor which traverses all of the plurality of feed units. Each pocket will ultimately contain different mail pieces, all addressed to the same delivery point. Multiple new groups of mailpieces are then automatically placed in containers in a sequence corresponding to a predetermined delivery route.

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BELL AND HOWELL LLC3791 S ALSTON AVENUE DURHAM NC 27713

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Archer, Steve Des Plaines, IL 4 62
Guenther, Ken Antioch, IL 2 32
Overman, John Evanston, IL 11 123
Rabindran, George Davie, FL 8 119
Rice, Dan late of Buffalo Grove, IL 7 189
Wells, Tom Crystal Lake, IL 6 95

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