Patent ID: 6112902
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B07C,B43M,G06K

Abstract:
An apparatus for sorting a group of documents contained within envelopes into selected batches of documents comprising:A) a transport for conveying documents and envelopes containing documents along a selected path of movement;B) an envelope feeder for feeding envelopes containing documents onto the transport;C) an extractor positioned along the path of movement for extracting the documents from the envelopes;D) an orientation detector for determining the orientation of documents along the path of movement;E) a document orientor for selectively changing the orientation of documents along the path of movement into a desired orientation along the path of movement;F) an image acquisition device along the path of movement for acquiring images of the envelopes; andG) a system controller operable to receive the envelope images and correlate the image of a particular envelope with the documents extracted from the envelope.