Patent ID: 7181895

Claim:
A method to improve performance of a mail inserter in a mailing machine, the mail inserter having a deck, said method comprising: providing an opening module movably mounted above and relative to the deck and carrying an opening element movable relative the module; feeding envelopes one at a time along a first direction toward the mail inserter so as to place an envelope on the deck in the mail inserter, each envelope having a first panel, a flap connected to the first panel, and a second panel, the second and first panels defining an envelope throat; opening the flap of the placed envelope to expose the envelope throat; moving the opening element relative the opening module to open the exposed envelope throat; moving insert material along a second direction toward the mail inserter so as to insert the insert material into the opened envelope throat, and deflecting the opening module relative the deck upon a jam occurring involving at least the envelope or the insert material in the mail inserter by creating pressure from the jam on the throat opening module.