Patent ID: 6810646
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B43M,B65B

Abstract:
A processing station (6) for a mail processing machine (1) having a elongate machine frame (2)â€”having a surface (3) where a conveying track is located, on which the upper strand of a rotating chain conveyor arrangement forms intermittently or continuously conveyed insert compartments, the processing station (6) possessing a housing (8, 9, 10) having a hood space (7) which lies above the plane of the conveying track and is closed off laterally by housing side walls (8,9) the housing side walls separated by a distance at least equal to the width of the conveying track having walls that extend below the conveying track on both sides thereof, and also possessing an actuating device (13) which is located in the housing (8,9,10) and is intended for moving handling members (14),wherein the hood space (7), which lies above the plane of the conveying track at a vertical distance, has a prismatic or cylindrical cross section as seen in the horizontal direction and in the direction transverse to the conveying direction, in that the housing contains a supporting partition (11) which is of substantially greater thickness by comparison with the housing side walls (8,9), is fixed parallel to the housing side walls (8, 9) midway between the latter in the hood space (7), and carries bearings for axles (21) and shafts (22) of the actuating (13), the supporting partition (11) supporting the actuating device (13) which is arranged in the processing station (6) and whose handling members (14) can be moved in the space between the lower edge of the supporting partition (11) and the surface (3) of the machine frame (2).