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Title:
CONTROLLING TIMING OF MAIL PIECES BEING PROCESSED BY A MAILING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003086665
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A transport method and system that operates to feed mixed size mail pieces in singular fashion and adaptively controls the velocity of the mail pieces such that overall system performance is optimized is provided. The length of a mail piece is measured and a desired gap time between the mail piece and a subsequent mail piece is calculated. The gap time between the mail piece and the subsequent mail piece is measured, and a difference between the desired gap time and measured gap time is calculated. Based on the calculated gap time difference, the velocity of the subsequent mail piece is adaptively controlled to decrease the difference between the desired gap time and the measured gap time such that the measured gap time is adjusted to be approximately equal to the desired gap time, thereby optimizing throughput of the mailing system.

Inventors:
TUFEKOI CELAL S
JACOBSON GARY S
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/008275
Publication Date:
January 08, 2004
Filing Date:
March 10, 2003
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Assignee:
PITNEY BOWES INC (US)
International Classes:
B65H43/00; (IPC1-7): B65H7/02
Foreign References:
US5056771A1991-10-15
US6354583B12002-03-12
US5813327A1998-09-29
Other References:
See also references of EP 1490281A4
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