Patents by Inventor Henkjan Ten Donkelaar

Henkjan Ten Donkelaar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Inserting apparatus and method for inserting postal items into envelopes
    Patent number: 8495853
    Abstract: An inserting apparatus is equipped with a circulatable member arranged downstream of an envelope feeding path and rotatable about an axis transverse to the envelope feeding path. The circulatable member has envelope flap catcher members, each having a free edge arranged for entering between a flap and a body of an envelope fed along the envelope feeding path for engaging the flap and for holding the flap while the circulatable member is circulated so as to turn the flap to an opened position. An envelope support is provided for holding an envelope of which the opened flap is held by one of the catcher members of the circulatable member in an inserting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Neopost Technologies
    Inventor: Henkjan Ten Donkelaar
  • INSERTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSERTING POSTAL ITEMS INTO ENVELOPES
    Publication number: 20100229504
    Abstract: An inserting apparatus is equipped with a circulatable member arranged downstream of an envelope feeding path and rotatable about an axis transverse to the envelope feeding path. The circulatable member has envelope flap catcher members, each having a free edge arranged for entering between a flap and a body of an envelope fed along the envelope feeding path for engaging the flap and for holding the flap while the circulatable member is circulated so as to turn the flap to an opened position. An envelope support is provided for holding an envelope of which the opened flap is held by one of the catcher members of the circulatable member in an inserting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Henkjan Ten Donkelaar