Patent ID: 8919084

Claim:
An apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents, comprising: an input bin for receiving a plurality of envelopes containing contents; a feeder for feeding an envelope from the input bin comprising an envelope conveyor having a discharge nip; a first jogging element spaced apart from the discharge nip by a gap, wherein the envelope conveyor drives the envelope across the gap to impact the first jogging element; a first cutter operable to cut a first edge of the envelope, wherein the first cutter is vertically spaced from the first jogging element so that after the envelope impacts the first jogging element the envelop falls through the gap and toward the first cutting element; a second jogging element vertically spaced from the first cutter so that envelopes leaving the first cutter fall toward the second jogging element and impact the second jogging element; a second cutter operable to cut a second edge of the envelope; and an extractor for opening the envelope after the envelope is edge-severed by at least one of the first and second cutters.