Infeed apparatus
CA 2091735 A1 · Owner: Pitney Bowes Plc · Inventors: Cook, Graham; Gough, Rex Malcolm
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An Infeed Apparatus, ABSTRACT, In the Field of sheet handling apparatus such as e mail provessing machine, it is known to provide infeed apparbtus which allows; for both the manual and automatic feeding of inserts for processing. The disclosure relates to such infeed apparatus (10) including sensor means (32, 33) for detecting (i) whether more than one insert has been fed automatically from one insert tray (13); or (ii) whether an insert hag been fed manually from another insert tray (14). In the former case the, apparatus is arranged to signal a fault to an operator; in the letter case operation of the apparatus is automatically continued on sensing of a correctly fed, manually fed insert. …
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- Filed March 16, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 16, 2013.
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