Conveying apparatus for envelopes and related methods

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PATENT NO 8540235
APP PUB NO 20100058719A1
SERIAL NO

12231730

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An apparatus for conveying envelopes traveling in a travel direction in a generally upright orientation. The apparatus includes a first pair of conveyor assemblies disposed opposite one another and configured to engage lateral edges of the envelopes, and configured to move the envelopes in the travel direction. The apparatus includes a second pair of conveyor assemblies disposed opposite one another and positioned downstream of the first pair of conveyor assemblies in the travel direction, with the second pair of conveyor assemblies being configured to move the envelopes in the travel direction independently of the first pair of conveyor assemblies.

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KERN INTERNATIONAL INC3940 GANTZ ROAD GROVE CITY OH 43123

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buri, Reinhard Donaueschingen, DE 6 22
Kern, Peter St. Peter Port, GB 50 423
Schütz, Axel Bräunlingen, DE 2 2

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