Patent ID: 7344016
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge using a U-shaped conveying channel with a driven underframe belt, in which the flat items of mail are conveyed one after the other via a determined path, in an upright position towards a narrow edge without being jammed, the method comprising the steps of: measuring the thickness of the respective item of mail to be oriented, before the item of mail reaches the conveying channel, and changing the distance of lateral limit stops or limiting sections of the conveying channel corresponding to a respectively measured item of mail thickness, such that at the end of the conveying channel the respective item of mail is oriented towards the lower narrow edge by virtue of its own gravity and the distance of the lateral limit stops of the conveying channel from every item of mail during transport through the conveying channel is only wide enough for the item not to collapse at all nor to collapse partially even it its intrinsic stiffness is poor.