Patent ID: 9022385
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A postal matter ejection apparatus comprising: a character recognition unit to recognize characters on postal matters; an ejection unit which ejects the postal matters one by one from a supply base on which the postal matters are set and supplies each postal matter from the supply base to a conveyance unit; a detection unit which detects the postal matter ejected by the ejection unit; a reflective sensor which detects a thickness of the postal matter detected by the detection unit; a thickness storage unit which stores thickness information detected by the reflective sensor; an acquisition unit which acquires from the thickness storage unit a thickness of a preceding postal matter delivered to the conveyance unit immediately before the postal matter ejected by the ejection unit; a setting unit which, for each postal matter of a plurality of postal matters in sequence ejected by the ejection unit, sets a gap between the preceding postal matter and the postal matter ejected by the ejection unit in accordance with the thickness that was measured of the preceding postal matter acquired by the acquisition unit; and an adjustment unit which adjusts timing for delivering the postal matter detected by the detection unit to the conveyance unit in accordance with the gap set by the setting unit in accordance with the thickness that was measured of the preceding postal matter delivered to the conveyance unit immediately before the postal matter detected by the detection unit, wherein the reflective sensor detects a thickness of the postal matter after the postal matter is delivered to the conveyance unit at the timing adjusted by the adjustment unit.