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Document collating and envelope stuffing apparatus

CA 1111392 A · Owner: Pitney-Bowes, Inc. · Inventors: Roetter, Francis T.; Oeschger, Frank A.; Pearson, Charles B.

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Abstract of the Disclosure, This invention relates to a document collating and envelope stuffing apparatus having a continuous conveying mechanism that collects and collates documents from feeding stations and conveys the collated documents to an envelope stuffing station in a continuous manner. The feeding stations have platforms associated therewith where the documents are deposited so as to be picked up by the conveying mechanism and subsequently stuffed into envelopes. Down stream from the stuffing station is another conveying mechanism that conveys the stuffed envelopes to sealing and postage metering devices.

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  • Granted October 27, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 27, 1998.
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FiledMarch 20, 1980
GrantedOctober 27, 1981
Term endedOctober 27, 1998
Patent numberCA 1111392 A
Classification (IPC)B65B35/30

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedMarch 20, 1980Patent grantedOct 27, 1981Term endedOct 27, 1998

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