Patent ID: 7448190
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B43M

Abstract:
1. A machine for inserting documents into an envelope, the machine including a generally elongate document routing table on the upstream side of an insertion unit for inserting said documents into an envelope, and at least one contact member that is adapted to be moved longitudinally by drive means remote from the insertion unit toward the insertion unit and is adapted to push the documents on the routing table, wherein said at least one contact member is on a mobile support connected to the drive means in an area upstream of said at least one contact member and the drive means imposing on said at least one contact member and on the mobile support a reciprocating movement in translation between two positions in one of which said at least one contact member is in the vicinity of the insertion unit, wherein the drive means include an endless loop longitudinal transport member rotatably mounted around two parallel shafts perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the table and contained in a plane under and parallel to the routing table and the support is connected to said drive means by a connecting mechanism means for reducing the mechanical forces exerted on the transport member by distributing those forces in the mechanism, wherein the connecting mechanism means includes at least one pusher member perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of movement of the support for pushing the support and link means articulated about two link shafts that are parallel to the shafts of the transport member and one of which is fastened to the pusher member and disposed in the plane and the other of which is fastened to the transport member, wherein the connecting mechanism means includes means for holding the pusher member in a position perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of movement of the support, wherein the holding means include two bearings mounted on the pusher member, offset relative to each other in the longitudinal direction and respectively cooperating with two parallel longitudinal grooves disposed one above the other.