Patent ID: 7690644

Claim:
A supply station for positioning enclosures on an enclosure-collating path of a mail-processing installation, the supply station comprising: a supply station housing; a magazine housing configured to support a stack of enclosures, wherein the magazine housing is pivotably disposed on the supply station housing, and wherein the magazine housing comprises: a side wall proximate to the supply station housing; a base; and a front wall substantially perpendicular to the side wall and the base, the front wall defining a cutout allowing removal of enclosures from the magazine housing; a pivotable vacuum arrangement selectively actuable for bending a leading edge of a lowermost flexible enclosure into a withdrawal position; a pusher arrangement selectively actuable for pushing a trailing edge of a lowermost low flexibility enclosure to move a leading edge of the lowermost low flexibility enclosure into the withdrawal position; a gripper arrangement for gripping and withdrawing from the magazine housing respective enclosures in the withdrawal position and for transporting the enclosures onto the enclosure-collating path; and a mounting arrangement for securing the magazine housing in a selected operating position, wherein the magazine housing is pivotable between a first operating position in which the vacuum arrangement is actuated to bend the leading edge of the lowermost flexible enclosure into the withdrawal position, and a second operating position in which the pusher arrangement is actuated to push the trailing edge of the lowermost low flexibility enclosure to move the leading edge of the lowermost low flexibility enclosure into the withdrawal position.