| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 700220000 | Inserting | 16 |
| 20100222916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING MAIL PIECES - A method and apparatus is disclosed for preparing mail pieces. By determining the number of postal items of a mail set that is fed or to be fed to a gathering station, the further processing can be based thereon, and if the number of postal items exceeds a predetermined maximum, the mail set is split by transporting the already gathered postal items from the gathering station to the inserting station, where the postal items are inserted in an envelope and an envelope printer can print an association marking on the envelope of the formed mail piece. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100262279 | Facility and Method for Processing Printed Materials - Facility for processing printed materials, comprising primary conveyor lines for processing different printed materials, a first transfer device for transferring printed materials from each primary conveyor line to a distribution conveyor line, and a second transfer device for transferring printed materials from the distribution conveyor line to a grouping conveyor line. The grouping conveyor line comprises an identification device for affixing an indication of a point of destination on the printed materials. The facility is controlled such that the printed materials arrive on the grouping conveyor line grouped by recipient. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100318218 | Pill Dispenser and Method - Disclosed is a pill dispenser. In one embodiment, the pill dispenser includes a housing defining an interior. The dispenser may also include a holder for receiving a plurality of pills, a movable barrier positioned at one end of the holder, and a retainer capable of moving at least one of the pills in the holder. At least a portion of the holder and barrier may be positioned within the interior of the housing. Related methods are also disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110029126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PROCESSING LETTERS AND FLAT MAIL - The present teachings relate to techniques and equipment to insert documents into either letter envelopes or flat mail envelopes on the same dual mode mailing inserter without the need to do machine setup between letter and flat mail envelope insertion. The dual mode mail inserting machine is configured to accept documents from a printer that are designed for insertion into flat mail envelope. If a document plus its inserts and envelope weighs less than a predetermined weight, the document will be diverted from the normal flat mail path to a second inserter and output section. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110184552 | ERROR LOGGING IN A METHOD FOR PREPARING ITEMS TO BE MAILED - A method for preparing a batch of mail pieces includes transporting postal items from at least one feeding station to an inserting station and inserting the postal items into envelopes. If a control logic detects a signal representing a disturbance of the transportation of at least one of the postal items, in response to that detection, the control logic automatically generates an error report representing information regarding the detected disturbance of postal items. The error report includes batch preparation data representing at least one predetermined processing feature applicable to the preparation of the batch of mail pieces. The error report is stored to be made available for service and support. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20150127144 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND ENVELOPING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH A SYSTEM OR APPARATUS FOR THE ORDER-BASED PROCESSING OF FLAT ITEMS - An electronic interface for electronic communication includes a system or apparatus for the order-based processing of flat items that can be categorized into flat item types. The interface has an exclusive input of formulations that combine features of flat item types to be processed in an order and the processing steps performed in the processing system, and/or for the order-based processing of orders according to which a specific amount of specific flat items are to be processed in accordance with one or more formulations, allows sources of error to be reduced. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160052186 | FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Apparatus and methods for storage and transmission of recipe data (process parameters) for the molding of articles in an injection molding apparatus. A controller includes a flow control microcontroller (MCU) that receives recipe data from a recipe storage microcontroller (MCU) mounted to a mold of an injection molding machine, the recipe storage MCU storing the recipe data defining process parameters for the molding of articles in the mold. The flow control MCU executes instructions for controlling valve pin motions according to the recipe data. In one embodiment, a human operator interface is provided for transmitting data to and/or from at least one of the recipe storage and flow control MCU's, allowing the operator to monitor, modify and/or control the process parameters during a molding cycle and/or to create a modified or new recipe for subsequent storage on the recipe storage MCU. | 02-25-2016 |
| 700221000 | Having an identification code | 9 |
| 20090088893 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF FOLD-ADDRESS TO MATCH DOCUMENT LAYOUT - A method for coding the address location on a document or in a data base so that two or more electronic mailings with differing address placements may be combined together and sorted while the mailings are still in electronic form in order to take advantage of workshare discounts, delivery sequence efficiency, desired delivery date, class of delivery service, etc. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100211212 | METHOD OF PREPARING MAIL PIECES INCLUDING REPLY ITEMS - For preparing mail pieces including reply items to be returned by addressees of the mail pieces, address carriers ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100292833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MAIL ITEMS DURING PROCESSING - The present application relates to a system and related method for processing a mailpiece through the steps associated with its manufacture and post processing. The present system and method allow for mailpiece item tracking data collection at each step in the mailpiece manufacturing and processing. The present system and method allow for the integration of mailpiece item data from a postage device by utilizing information based barcode data included as part of the postage evidence, together with the production and sorting processes. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110060450 | AUTOMATED MAIL INSERTING - The present invention relates to a method for verifying the match of envelopes and documents in an automated matched mail system, by for a first envelope and a first document, scanning a face of the envelope and extracting envelope-addressee data indicative of the human-readable addressee information on the envelope; scanning the document so as to extract document data indicative of the content of the document; searching through the document data to locate a match to the envelope-addressee data and designating an area of interest within the document at the location at which the match occurs; for a further envelope and a further document, scanning a face of the envelope and extracting envelope-addressee data indicative of the human-readable addressee information on the envelope; scanning the document so as to extract document-addressee data at a location within the document corresponding to said designated area of interest and comparing the envelope-addressee data and the document-addressee data so as to verify the match of the further envelope and further document. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110166695 | System and method for producing and arranging sheet material for use in a mailpiece inserter - A system and method for producing printed sheet material for use in a mailpiece inserter. The system comprises an input module for supplying the printed sheet material associated with a mailpiece fabrication job of the mailpiece inserter and a transfer module adapted to receive the printed sheet material from the input module and dispense the printed sheet material. An output module is adapted to receive the printed sheet material from the transfer module and convey the printed sheet material along the transport deck. A processor is operatively coupled to a mail run data file of the mailpiece fabrication job for controlling the input, transfer and output modules to stack the printed sheet material in accordance with the mail run data file. In the method, the output module includes at least two transport decks which may be repositioned such that one of the transport decks receives/stacks the printed sheet material in a manner which is best suited for subsequent use by the mailpiece inserter. | 07-07-2011 |
| 700222000 | Monitoring or inspection (e.g., incomplete assembly) | 4 |
| 20100042251 | Machine monitoring apparatus and method - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of monitoring a machine. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is used to monitor the operation of a mail insertion machine. The mail insertion machine is an automated mail insertion device that inserts mailing inserts into preaddressed mailing devices. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, computer software and monitoring devices are used to provide images of the mailing insert and the preaddressed mailing device in a manner that allows an operator of the mail insertion machine to compare the recipient indicia of the mailing insert with the recipient indicia of the preaddressed mailing to verify that the correct mailing insert is being inserted into the correct, matching preaddressed mailing device. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110087365 | MAILPIECE SENDING SYSTEM WITH HANDWRITTEN SIGNING - In a mail-handling system comprising computer processing means associated with first print means so as to place at least one unique send number on an empty envelope and with second print means for printing at least one document, and an envelope-stuffing machine for inserting said at least one document into the empty envelope, said mail-handling system further comprises a signing set for writing, by means of a writing instrument, a recipient's address on each of the envelopes bearing said unique send number and delivered to the signing set. Said recipient's address is extracted from a database connected to the computer processing means and being indexed in the database with the unique send number borne by the envelope. The envelope-stuffing machine includes read and decode means for extracting the single send number borne on the empty envelope and for ensuring that it matches the document on the basis of the database. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110231008 | FAILURE RECOVERY MECHANISM FOR ERRORS DETECTED IN A MAIL PROCESSING FACILITY - The present application relates to techniques and equipment for printing documents, inspecting the quality of the documents and correcting for defective printed material in a document processing environment. The present techniques and equipment detect one or more defective pages in a document and uniquely identify the defective document. Once the defective document is identified, it can be removed from a document processing system while continuing the document processing run for subsequent documents in a mailing. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20150306771 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FOOD CONSUMPTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL - An apparatus for monitoring food consumption by an individual from a food compartment wherein the food compartment may contain or hold solids or liquids. In one example, the apparatus includes a feed arm operative to transfer food from the food compartment to an individual; and, a sensor(s) used in part to determine the quantity or type of the solid or liquids in the food compartment or container. Determining the quantity and/or type of food in the food compartment prior to and after the individual has ceased consuming food from the food compartment the amount or quantity of the food can be determined. Based on such knowledge the nutritional value of the food may be determined and if needed transmitted to a remote location. In addition, sensors may also monitor an individual's physical data and communicate such data to a remote location. | 10-29-2015 |
