Hazardous material detector for detecting hazardous material in a mailstream
First Claim
1. A document inserter system for creating a hazardous material detector comprising:
- an input system for feeding sheets of paper into the insertion system for creation of a collation for feeding into an envelope; and
at least one insert station each having at least one insert supply tray for adding inserts into the collation; and
an envelope insertion station for inserting the collation into the envelope, a printer downstream from the at least one insert station and upstream from the envelope insertion station;
a controller operatively connected to the input system, the at least one insert station, the envelope insertion station and the printer;
wherein the hazardous material test strip tray has a stack of hazardous material test strips wherein the at least one insert supply tray includes a hazardous material test strip tray configured to insert at least one hazardous material test strip, andwherein the controller is configured to operate the printer to print an identification number on the at least one hazardous material test strip.
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Abstract
The invention disclosed herein relates generally to mailpieces and more particularly, a hazardous material detector for detecting hazardous material in a mail stream. The present invention is directed, in general to detector for collecting sample(s) of hazardous materials from a mail processing device. The mailpiece generally comprises an envelope comprising a front side and a back side; holes formed in at least one of the front side or the back side of the envelope; a hazardous material test strip for detecting the presence of hazardous material in contact with the test strip; whereby when hazardous materials are detected by the hazardous material test strip a physical change occurs to the hazardous material test strip and the physical change can be viewed through at least one hole formed in the at least one of the front side or the back side of the envelope. The detector helps to quickly determine whether hazardous materials are present in the mail stream.
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15 Claims
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1. A document inserter system for creating a hazardous material detector comprising:
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an input system for feeding sheets of paper into the insertion system for creation of a collation for feeding into an envelope; and at least one insert station each having at least one insert supply tray for adding inserts into the collation; and an envelope insertion station for inserting the collation into the envelope, a printer downstream from the at least one insert station and upstream from the envelope insertion station; a controller operatively connected to the input system, the at least one insert station, the envelope insertion station and the printer; wherein the hazardous material test strip tray has a stack of hazardous material test strips wherein the at least one insert supply tray includes a hazardous material test strip tray configured to insert at least one hazardous material test strip, and wherein the controller is configured to operate the printer to print an identification number on the at least one hazardous material test strip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A document inserter system for creating a hazardous material detector comprising:
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an input system for creation of a collation for feeding into an envelope; and at least one insert station each having at least one insert supply tray for adding inserts into the collation; and an envelope insertion station for inserting the collation into the envelope, a printer downstream from the at least one insert station and upstream from the envelope insertion station; a controller operatively connected to the input system, the at least one insert station, the envelope insertion station and the printer; wherein the at least one insert supply tray includes a hazardous material test strip tray configured to insert at least one hazardous material test strip into the envelope, and wherein the hazardous material test strip tray has a stack of hazardous material test strips wherein the controller is configured to operate the printer to print an identification number on the at least one hazardous material test strip. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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