Patent ID: 8987626
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A stacking assembly operative to protect stacked mailpieces from damage due to abrasion, comprising: a support blade moveably mounted to a bin for accepting a stack of mailpieces; an ingestion assembly including a Leading Edge (LE) urge roller and Trailing Edge (TE) alignment device, the LE urge roller operative to accept mailpieces from a supply of mailpieces, and urge a leading edge portion thereof toward a sidewall of the stacking bin and the TE alignment device including a first cam driven about an axis of rotation by a digital rotary positioning device, the first cam defining a surface operative to urge the trailing edge portion of each mailpiece into parallel alignment with the support blade; and an anti-abrasion linkage responsive to rotation of the digital rotary positioning device to forcibly displace a surface of the stacked mailpieces away from a moving surface of the ingestion assembly: wherein the anti-abrasion linkage includes a second cam rotationally mounted about the axis of the first cam and a follower linkage responsive to rotation of the digital rotary positioning device.