B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
G
B65G 47/57 (2006.01) B07C 1/06 (2006.01) B65G 47/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2432233
An apparatus for changing the redirecting the path of a flat article transported in an article processing system. A transport including a ramp that can raise the elevation at vertically oriented envelopes from a first level to a second level, and maintaining the alignment and orientation of transported envelopes square with the direction of travel. The transport comprised of nips which act to drive and orient the envelopes in the direction of travel. Sets of these nips comprising a driven roller and an idler roller. The idler roller has a toroidally shaped outer surface biased against the driven roller. The nips operate to allow the transported articles to pivot and maintain alignment in the travel direction as they are driven forward. In an alternative embodiment, the invention can be used to transport horizontal envelopes and alter the path of horizontal envelopes white maintaining the orientation of the envelopes in the direction of travel.
Macrae & Co.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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