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Regular-interval mail feeding apparatus

CA 1329223 C · Owner: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · Inventors: Takeda, Kazuo

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A regular-interval mail feeding apparatus is disposed between an automatic mail discriminating/ postmarking apparatus and an automatic mail sorting apparatus, in an automatic mail handling system. When various kinds of mails are fed at irregularly intervals from the postmarking apparatus to the feeding apparatus it temporaling stocks the mails at its stock and sends out the stocked mails one by one at a predetermined intervals to the sorting apparatus. When one kind of mails are fed at regular intervals, the feeding apparatus directly conveys the fed mails to the sorting apparatus without passing through the stock by changing, the mail conveying path in the feeding apparatus by using a gate …

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  • Granted May 3, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 3, 2011.
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FiledJune 28, 1989
GrantedMay 3, 1994
Term endedMay 3, 2011
Patent numberCA 1329223 C
Classification (IPC)B07C1/04 +1 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedJune 28, 1989Patent grantedMay 3, 1994Term endedMay 3, 2011

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