Patent ID: 6226959
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B43M

Abstract:
Folding and/or inserting machine of the type comprising a first path coupled upstream to a document entry and downstream to a first entry of a folding module, a second path coupled upstream to an empty envelope entry and downstream to a first entry of an insertion module which is coupled downstream of an exit of the folding module, a third path coupled upstream to an exit of the insertion module and downstream to a filled and closed envelope exit, and a fourth path coupled upstream to a first advertising insert or reply envelope entry and downstream to a second entry of the insertion module, a fifth path coupled upstream to a second advertising insert or reply envelope entry and downstream to the second entry of the insertion module, the routing of the advertising inserts or the reply envelopes along the fourth and fifth paths between the advertising insert or reply envelope entries and the second entry of the insertion module being effected through the folding module without passage through the folding pockets.