Method and apparatus for jogging and edging of mail and...

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B65H 31/38 (2006.01) B07C 1/04 (2006.01) B07C 1/06 (2006.01) B65G 47/28 (2006.01) B65H 1/02 (2006.01) B65H 31/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2250390

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for jogging and edging mail or other flat articles in preparation for feeding to a processing machine. Conventionally, when feeding articles into a sorting machine, an operator had to manually grab a bundle of mail to be sorted and manually shake the mail to align the bottom edges. The operator then placed the aligned stack against a feed member of the sorting machine. The present invention overcomes the inefficiency of manually shaking the flat articles by providing an automatic edging device. Specifically, the edging device (350) includes a plurality of generally spaced-apart upstanding fingers (355) which are forwardly translatable with a group of flat products between them. Each of the fingers is rockable back and forth across a vertical centerline as the fingers are forwardly translated to jostle the flat articles to align their bottom edges.

La présente invention concerne un appareil et une méthode permettant d'égaliser et de border le courrier ou d'autres objets plats pour les préparer à être alimentés dans une machine de traitement. En règle générale, l'opérateur qui alimentait la trieuse en objets devait saisir à la main un paquet de courrier à trier et le secouer à la main pour aligner les bords inférieurs. Il devait ensuite placer la pile ainsi alignée contre l'élément d'alimentation de la trieuse. La présente invention permet de remédier au manque d'efficacité du secouage manuel d'articles plats grâce à un dispositif automatique de bordage. Plus concrètement, le dispositif de bordage (350) inclut un certain nombre de doigts distants l'un de l'autre et pointant vers le haut (355) et qui peuvent se déplacer vers le groupe d'objets plats se trouvant entre eux. Chaque doigt se balance en avant et en arrière par rapport à une ligne centrale verticale tandis que les doigts se déplacent vers l'avant pour bousculer les objets plats afin d'aligner leurs bords inférieurs.

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