Patent ID: 7021470

Claim:
A mail processing device, comprising: a reorientation arrangement that, when the mail processing device is in a first position, is configured to sequentially receive mail items from an upstream process and reorient each item such that the top side of a particular item from the upstream process becomes the bottom side of the item when placed in a downstream process; a receiving arrangement configured to receive mail items from the upstream process and guide the mail items into the reorientation arrangement; a controller that is programmed to cause the reorientation arrangement to reorient a mail item in response to the detection of the mail item by a sensor, wherein the controller is further programmed to cause the mail item to be moved toward the downstream process after each mail item is reoriented; a guide arrangement that, when the mail processing device is in a second position, is configured to receive the mail items from the upstream process and guide each mail item to the down stream process without reorienting each item with respect to its top and bottom sides; and a sensor that senses whether the mail processing device is in the first position or the second position.