Patent ID: 8939447
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. A postal item collating system comprising: a feeding path for feeding postal items to be collated; at least one gripper; a drive in operative communication with said at least one gripper for driving said at least one gripper along a circulation path, wherein said at least one gripper is arranged for receiving a postal item from the feeding path when in a section of the circulation path downstream of the feeding path; a collector disposed along the circulation path downstream of the feeding path removing a postal item from said at least one gripper as the at least one gripper proceeds past the collector; and a controller having an input for inputting a signal representing a property of the received postal item and an output in signal communication with the drive for controlling the velocity of said at least one gripper along the circulation path, the controller being responsive to the inputted property signal for controlling the velocity of said at least one gripper along the circulation path in accordance with the inputted property signal, wherein the controller is responsive to the property signal to control a velocity of collision of the received postal item against the collector, said postal item collating system further comprising a sensor disposed proximate the feeding path and in signal communication with the controller, the sensor being productive of the property signal.