Patent ID: 7000364

Claim:
An automated folder stuffing apparatus for stuffing an open folder of a type comprising an outside surface, first and second inside panels joined at a fold line and foldable toward each other at the fold line, and a pocket formed on at least one of the inside panels, the apparatus comprising: (a) a conveyor for advancing the open folder and having first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis, the conveyor adapted for advancing the folder wherein the first and second inside panels of the folder are disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and wherein the pocket can be exposed in a non-horizontal position on one of the first and second surfaces of the conveyor during insertion of insert material; (b) an opener for at least partially opening the exposed pocket of the folder; and (c) an inserter for inserting the insert material in a non-horizontal direction into the pocket while the pocket is open.