Patent ID: 8590280

Claim:
A method of inserting at least one object into envelopes from a stack of envelopes stacked in a stacker and having an envelope flap on the bottom face thereof, the method comprising the steps of: opening an envelope flap of an envelope from the stack of envelopes by a rotary cam to facilitate insertion of the at least one object; engaging the envelope flap of the envelope with a surface of the rotary cam and maintaining the envelope flap in contact with the surface of the rotary cam; pulling the envelope, via the rotary cam, from the stack of envelopes via the envelope flap, into contact with an exterior surface of the rotary cam; gripping the envelope with the surface of the rotary cam and maintaining the envelope in contact with the surface of the rotary cam; conveying the envelope, by the rotary cam, to move the envelope into an inserting area; detaching the envelope from the surface of the rotary cam; and inserting the object into the envelope and removing the envelope from the inserting area.