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Title:
MAIL SINGULATOR SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/190022
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A mail singulator system determines a position of an optical panel to automatically adjust a loading conveyor speed to prevent stacked and overlapped mailpieces in the singulator and large gaps between mailpieces. The optical panel is configured between the front mailpiece of a mail stack on the loading conveyor and the optical sensor. The optical panel changes position with the pressure exerted by the mail stack and provides signals to the controller to adjust the conveyor speed. An optical sensor may detect a far threshold position or limit distance to increase the speed of the conveyor and may detect a near threshold position of limit distance to reduce the speed of the conveyor. The optical panel may have a low friction surface to allow the mail to slide into the conveyor and an optical surface to allow reliable optical sensor detection of the optical panel position.

Inventors:
MALATESTA JAMES (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/030152
Publication Date:
May 31, 2018
Filing Date:
April 28, 2017
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Assignee:
TRITEK TECH INC (US)
International Classes:
B07C1/04; B07C1/00; B07C1/02; B65H1/14; B65H1/18; B65H3/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LENNON, James M. (US)
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