Patent ID: 7632367
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B41J,B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for handling a plurality of parcels each having first indicia thereon on a first side and for providing second indicia atop a second side of said parcel, said method comprising the steps of, for each said parcel: conveying said parcel on a first conveying device such that said first side of said parcel is directed towards a first direction and said parcel is conveyed along said first conveying device, wherein said first conveying device is configured to accept said parcel from an outside source; transferring said parcel on said first conveying device to a second conveying device across a gap between said first and second conveying devices and after said step of transferring, conveying said parcel along said second conveying device; reading via an illuminating reading assembly said first indicia on each said first side of said parcel as said parcel is transferred across said gap between said first conveying device and said second conveying device; and providing said second indicia atop said second surface of said parcel while said parcel is atop said second conveying device and traveling along said second conveying device, wherein: