Patent ID: 8807321
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B65H,G07B

Abstract:
1. A feeder for a machine for handling mailpieces, said feeder comprising: a mailpiece-receiving deck, a longitudinal referencing wall, at least one row of drive rollers comprising at least first and second drive rollers standing proud through said mailpiece-receiving deck, and a drive mechanism for controlling said at least one row of drive rollers, said first and second drive rollers being inclined at an angle α relative to a perpendicular to said longitudinal referencing wall for shifting said mailpieces towards said longitudinal referencing wall while also conveying them downstream, wherein said second drive roller in the same row of said at least one row of drive rollers is driven in rotation with a first predetermined delay relative to said first drive roller which is the closer to said longitudinal referencing wall, so as to cause said mailpieces to pivot.