Patents Represented by Law Firm Burns, Doane, Mathis, Mathis, L.L.P.
  • Apparatus and method for preparing sets of documents to be mailed
    Patent number: 5561963
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing sets of documents comprises a document conveyor, a shunting station, a folding station, and a controller. A scanner determines the length of the conveyed documents in a set or the space between successive documents sets. The control acts responsive to the determined length or space, and adjusts the cycle speed of the apparatus so that the documents sets are conveyed with a minimum of intervening space without colliding. The invention also includes a method for controlling the apparatus of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Hadewe B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Sytema, Gerhard Hidding