Method of inserting mail pieces into individual folder
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1. A method of inserting mail pieces into individual folders comprising:
- automatically opening each of the individual folders;
moving a mechanism, which carries the mail pieces, into alignment with the opened individual folders and inserting an individual mail piece of the mail pieces into respective ones of the opened and spaced apart individual folders; and
a roller or bar mechanism placed at an end of a ledge positioned adjacent the mail pieces and which is retractable to provide a force against the mail pieces to (i) ensure that the mail pieces do not accidentally fall onto a slide and (ii) allow a single mail piece to pass thereby and slide into an aligned carrier or a folder positioned below the ledge, by the slide.
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Abstract
A mail piece insertion mechanism is provided and, more particularly, mail piece insertion mechanisms and methods used for inserting mail pieces such as, for example, residual mail, into individual mail piece folders or containers is provided. The method of inserting mail pieces into folders includes opening the folders and aligning a mechanism with the opened folders and inserting the mail pieces therein. The insertion mechanism includes a mechanism configured open folders and a mechanism configured to insert mail pieces into the open folders.
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1. A method of inserting mail pieces into individual folders comprising:
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automatically opening each of the individual folders; moving a mechanism, which carries the mail pieces, into alignment with the opened individual folders and inserting an individual mail piece of the mail pieces into respective ones of the opened and spaced apart individual folders; and a roller or bar mechanism placed at an end of a ledge positioned adjacent the mail pieces and which is retractable to provide a force against the mail pieces to (i) ensure that the mail pieces do not accidentally fall onto a slide and (ii) allow a single mail piece to pass thereby and slide into an aligned carrier or a folder positioned below the ledge, by the slide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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