Patent ID: 7424798
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: B43M

Abstract:
1. An inserter for inserting postal items into envelopes comprising an envelope body and a flap linked to said envelope body via a fold, said inserter comprising: a hopper for holding a stack of envelopes with an outer envelope in a separating position oriented in a separating plane, with the flap, folded against or oriented at an acute angle to the envelope body on the outside of the stack of envelopes; an envelope catcher suspended for movement and drivable along a catcher path, of which at least a section extends closely along said separating plane, with a free edge leading for engaging an envelope in said separating position at the inside of the fold linking the flap to the envelope body and entraining the caught envelope, with the envelope body trailing the fold, along a trajectory from said separating position to an end position while the free edge of the catcher engages the envelope at the inside of the fold linking the flap to the envelope body; a transport path extending from said end position to an inserting post for holding the envelope in a position for receiving postal items therein, the transport path being arranged for transporting the envelope with said fold between the flap and the envelope body trailing the envelope body; and a postal item transport path leading to the inserting post for transporting postal items to be inserted into the envelope at the inserting post.