Patent ID: 7198262
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. Envelope-turning station for mail-processing installations comprising: an envelope-turning cylinder of which an axis of rotation is oriented parallel to a mail conveying direction which rotates cyclically in rotary steps by means of a drive actuable in a controlled manner, and which bears, on its circumference jaws which can be pivoted into an open position and into a closed position, end which extend in the mail-conveying direction; a mail-feeding arrangement which conveys items of mail via a horizontal envelope-filling bench between open jaws of the turning cylinder when the jaws are located essentially in the plane of the envelope-filling bench; and a mail-removal arrangement by means of which, following closure of the jaws and rotation of the turning cylinder into a new rotary position, items of mail are conveyed out from between the jaws and conveyed away in a turned state; wherein the mail-removal arrangement is arranged, and can be controlled, in relation to the turning cylinder such that, after rotation of the turning cylinder through 90° and/or 270° into a vertical position, items of mail within the jaws are conveyed out from the jaws and conveyed away in a state in which they are standing on one of their longitudinal edges; and wherein the mail-removal arrangement has driven pairs of rollers with a vertical axis of rotation, it being the case that the pairs of rollers are mounted on a carriage which can be displaced parallel to the mail-conveying direction and can be actuated by means of a drive such that, during rotation of the turning cylinder the pairs of rollers are located outside the space through which the hems of mail pass and, once the turning cylinder has been brought to a standstill and the carriage is displaced counter to the mail-conveying direction a vertically positioned item of mail is gripped by the pair of rollers and drawn out in the horizontal direction from between the jaws of the turning cylinder.