Patent ID: 8312698

Claim:
An inserting apparatus for inserting documents into envelopes, the apparatus comprising: an envelope holder for holding an envelope at least in a document inserting position, wherein a first upstream end of the envelope is in an open position for receiving said document; a document inserting path arranged upstream of the envelope holder for feeding at least one document to the envelope in a document inserting direction; a document displacement arrangement for displacing the document at least along the document inserting path into the envelope; wherein the document displacement arrangement comprises at least one displacement element that is adapted to push the document into the envelope, wherein the apparatus further comprises a document steering arrangement arranged upstream of the envelope holder such that the document steering arrangement is opposed to an envelope crease line provided between an envelope flap and an envelope body of the envelope in the document inserting position, which arrangement comprises at least two steering elements that are spaced apart along a steering arrangement central axis that is aligned with the envelope crease line of the envelope in the document inserting position, which steering elements are interconnected such that said respective steering elements are rotatable about the central axis in a similar direction with a similar speed during a similar time interval.