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Inserting apparatus

  • US 4,843,802 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1988
  • Issued: 07/04/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inserting apparatus, comprising:

  • a feeder means for sequentially feeding sheets of material therefrom;

    guide means for channelizing each said sheet along a predetermined path;

    a pair of insert rollers disposed in spaced parallel relationship to one another and being rotatably driven in opposite directions to define a nip therebetween, said nip being disposed along said predetermined path along which said sheet is channelized;

    an envelope feed means for sequentially feeding envelopes into a receiving position in alignment with the nip between the insert rollers such that said envelopes are disposed to receive sheets fed through said nip between said insert rollers; and

    a slotted roller having a substantially solid peripheral surface and generally longitudinally extending slots extending into said peripheral surface, said slotted roller being disposed generally adjacent to said receiving position without any interveneing structure between said roller and said path such that said slots and said slotted roller are aligned generally parallel to the insert rollers, and the peripheral surface of said roller is substantially in the plane of said path said slotted roller being rotatably driven such that the slots thereof generate a flow of air, said slotted roller being disposed relative to the receiving position such that the flow of air generated by said slots opens each respective envelope for receiving an insert therein.

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