Patent ID: 6250629
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A system for processing a stream of mailpieces including at least a first mailpiece and a second mailpiece, the first mailpiece being adjacent to, and followed by, the second mailpiece, the first mailpiece having a window thereon, the window having a plurality of edges, the system comprising:a deck at a relatively low level;a mechanism for feeding the stream of mailpieces at a relatively high level toward an end of the deck; anda pad having a selected length, a particular end of the pad extending toward the end of the deck, the pad controllably deflecting the stream of mailpieces fed by the mechanism onto the deck, the first mailpiece being disposed on the deck in a position underneath the pad as the second mailpiece is deflected onto the first mailpiece, the length of the pad being selected so that the particular end of the pad also extends past a leading edge of the window of the first mailpiece in the position, the leading edge of the window being closest, of all of the edges of the window, to the end of the deck.