Apparatus for opening and sorting envelopes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8919570
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13446726

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An apparatus is provided for processing mail by severing an edge of each envelope in a stack of mail. The apparatus includes an input bin for receiving a stack of mail. A feeder feeds the bottom envelope from the input bin to a transport that conveys the envelope along an envelope path. A cutter positioned along the envelope path severs one edge of the envelopes. A detector detects a characteristic of the envelope and a sorter sorts the envelope in response to the detected characteristic.

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  • OPEX CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DeWitt, Robert R Marlton, US 88 1849
Helmlinger, David Mount Laurel, US 12 15

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