Patent ID: 8748769
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A divert assembly for a mailpiece sorter operative to sort mailpieces into one of a plurality of sortation bins, the divert assembly comprising: a re-direct mechanism for selectively re-directing mailpieces travelling along a feed path into the sortation bin and causing each selected mailpiece to be re-directed at an angle relative to the stack of mailpieces to be accumulated; and a stacking assembly including a Leading Edge (LE) urge roller, a support blade and a Trailing Edge (TE) alignment device, the LE urge roller operative to accept each of the selected mailpieces from the re-direct mechanism and urge a leading edge portion thereof toward a sidewall of the sortation bin, the support blade operative to hold the mailpieces in an on-edge parallel orientation against the urge roller and being moveably mounted relative thereto, and the TE alignment device including a first cam driven about a rotational axis by a digital rotary positioning device, the cam defining a surface operative to urge the trailing edge portion of each selected mailpiece toward the support blade and into alignment with the stack; a controller operatively coupled to the re-direct mechanism and stacking assembly for stacking mailpieces into a sortation bin; and wherein the cam surface is defined by the relationship: wherein θ is an angle from a line of reference wherein R(θ) is a rise height (in inches) at each angle θ; wherein RT is a total rise height (in inches) wherein θ