| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4968419 |
Document processing system |
November 6, 1990 |
| A method and apparatus are provided for processing documents in a path wherein the documents each have first and second ends. Some of the documents have the first end being the leading end, and others of the documents have the second end being the leading end. The documents are conve |
| 4373848 |
Method and apparatus for exposing contents of an opened envelope with gravity assist |
February 15, 1983 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed for exposing the contents of an envelope which has two opposing panels wherein the panels have been separated from each other along all but one edge portion where the panels remain connected. The envelope is gripped on one of the panels and then th |
| 4356684 |
Batch method and apparatus for heating envelope edges to separate the envelope panels |
November 2, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed for opening envelopes by applying an envelope material degrading chemical to the edges of the envelopes. The edges are contacted with a planar heating member and the envelopes are bent inwardly so that the edges are laterally displaced out of the plan |
| 4356683 |
Method and apparatus for holding and conveying a batch of envelopes to facilitate the opening of |
November 2, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed for opening envelopes by chemically degrading the envelope material at the envelope edges. A chemical degrading agent which functions more effectively when heated is applied to the envelope edges. The envelopes are arranged and aligned in face-to-face |
| 4356679 |
Apparatus for applying a degrading chemical to envelopes |
November 2, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed in which a plurality of envelopes are arranged and aligned in face-to-face relationship to form at least one batch of envelopes with at least a first edge of each envelope in the batch disposed substantially in a common plane and with a second edge of |
| 4354789 |
Method and apparatus for transferring envelopes |
October 19, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus is provided for transferring a batch of envelopes that have been arranged in face-to-face relationship. The envelopes are transferred in a substantially horizontal plane from a first location to a second location spaced from the first location. The apparatus includ |
| 4343392 |
Method and apparatus for feeding envelopes |
August 10, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus is provided for feeding envelopes in a linear array between upstanding conveyor flights and for transferring the envelopes, a batch at a time, to an elevated position for removal to a next processing station. Envelopes are subsequently received in a receiving cradl |
| 4235431 |
Method and apparatus for transporting documents with preselected interdocument spacing |
November 25, 1980 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed for receiving and processing a stack of small documents, such as checks. The documents are stacked in front surface-to-back surface relationship and are singly fed from the stack automatically into a path. The advancement of every two documents is |
| 4228634 |
Envelope opening process and composition |
October 21, 1980 |
| In an envelope opening process in which an aqueous solution of a chemical degradation agent, such as tartaric acid is applied to envelope edges and the envelope edges are then heated and subjected to a mild mechanical action, penetration of the degradation agent through the envelope pape |
| 4222216 |
Opening of envelope with darkened edges |
September 16, 1980 |
| A process is provided for the opening of envelopes made of cellulosic paper by the action of a chemical degradation agent in the presence of radiant heat in which the radiant heat is generated from a source maintained at a temperature high enough to produce a substantial amount of radiat |
| 4194342 |
Folded paper edge opening process |
March 25, 1980 |
| A process is provided for the opening of envelopes made of cellulosic paper in which there is applied to at least one envelope edge as the sole reactant with the cellulose therein a non-noxious organic acid having at least one pK value at room temperature between about 1.5 and about 5, |
| 4171121 |
Staple removing apparatus |
October 16, 1979 |
| Apparatus for removing staples by effecting displacement thereof through documents to effect separation of the staple from the documents. |
| 4090690 |
Staple removing method |
May 23, 1978 |
| A method for removing staples by effecting displacement thereof through documents to effect separation of the staple from the documents. |
| 4015523 |
Method and apparatus for feeding and printing documents |
April 5, 1977 |
| A document feeding apparatus sequentially feeding documents, including an automatic feeder for removing one document at a time from a stack and for delivering each document to a feed path. An endless conveyor moves each document along the path towards a document aligning gate means that |
