Mail handling equipment and methods
First Claim
1. A mail processing machine, comprising:
- a first holding location that is adapted to hold a stack of first pages, wherein a card is coupled to each of the first pages, and wherein each first page includes an identifier;
a second holding location that is adapted to hold a stack of second pages, and wherein each second page includes an identifier;
an advancing system that is adapted to advance each first page from its stack and each second page from its stack;
a scanning system that is adapted to read the identifiers on each first page and each second page as they are advanced using the advancing system;
a controller that is configured to control the advancing to permit the first and second pages to be scanned by the scanning system and to match the first pages with the second pages if the identifier on one of the advanced first pages corresponds with the identifier on one of the advanced second pages.
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Abstract
A mail processing machine comprises a first holding location that is adapted to hold a stack of first pages. A card is coupled to each of the first pages, and each first page includes an identifier. A second holding location is adapted to hold a stack of second pages that each have an identifier. A first advancing mechanism is adapted to separately advance each first page from the stack, and a second advancing mechanism is adapted to separately advance each second page from the stack. First and second scanning devices read the identifiers on the first and second pages upon their advancement. A controller is configured to control the first and second advancing mechanism to permit the first and second pages to be scanned by the first and second scanners and to match the first pages with the second pages if the identifier on one of the advanced first pages corresponds with the identifier on one of the advanced second pages.
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22 Claims
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1. A mail processing machine, comprising:
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a first holding location that is adapted to hold a stack of first pages, wherein a card is coupled to each of the first pages, and wherein each first page includes an identifier;
a second holding location that is adapted to hold a stack of second pages, and wherein each second page includes an identifier;
an advancing system that is adapted to advance each first page from its stack and each second page from its stack;
a scanning system that is adapted to read the identifiers on each first page and each second page as they are advanced using the advancing system;
a controller that is configured to control the advancing to permit the first and second pages to be scanned by the scanning system and to match the first pages with the second pages if the identifier on one of the advanced first pages corresponds with the identifier on one of the advanced second pages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing mail, the method comprising:
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placing a stack of first pages into a first holding location, wherein a card is coupled to each of the first pages, and wherein each first page includes an identifier;
placing a stack of second pages into a second holding location, wherein each second page includes an identifier;
advancing one of the first pages from the stack using an advancement system;
advancing one of the second pages from the stack using the advancement system;
scanning the advanced first page with a scanning system to read the identifier on the first page;
scanning the advanced second page with the scanning system to read the identifier on the second page; and
determining with a controller is the identifiers on the advanced first and second pages correspond; and
matching the advanced first and second pages if the identifier correspond. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22-36. -36. (canceled)
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