Patent ID: 6508352
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
Device for producing and portioning a stack of flat mail pieces that are arranged adjacent to one another in an upright fashion on a support with a low stacking pressure, containing at least one holding support that can be displaced in accordance with the predetermined stacking pressure, and containing a sensor that measures the stacking pressure, characterized by the fact that the support contains a horizontally oriented, stationary section and an adjacent section that can be pivoted between a stacking position and a separated position about a pivoting axis that is arranged on the end facing away from the stationary section, with the length of the pivotable section corresponding to the maximum length of a portioned stack, and with the pivotable section extending downward at an angle from the stationary section in its stacking position in order to form the stack and, after being pivoted about the pivoting axis, extending horizontally in the separated position in order to portion the stack, whereinone additional vertically oriented holding support that contains a conveyor belt device is arranged underneath the stationary section at the partition between the stationary section and the pivotable section, with said additional holding support serving for supporting the portioned stack on the pivotable section on its end facing the stationary section, and with the conveyor belt being driven downward at least during the pivoting of the pivotable section into its separated position, and wherein one additional support is mounted above the pivotable section at the partition between the stationary section and the pivotable section, with said additional support serving for supporting the portioned stack on the stationary section with its end facing the pivotable section.