Patent ID: 7255342
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. Anti-skew device for a mail processing machine comprising: a reception plate for receiving, in the form of a stack of items, the mail items to be printed; a jogging means for jogging this stack of items against a reference wall; a selection means for extracting the mail items to be printed from this stack of items one by one; a printing means configured to print a postal stamp on the selected mail item; and a plurality of retractable members each of which is positioned at a defined distance from the reference wall and a first end of which extends through an orifice made in the reception plate, in order to form, above the plate, a removable lateral obstacle for the mail items wherein each one of the retractable members is configured to be individually retracted by a weight of a mail item on a respective retractable member.