Sealed-letter preparing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071829-B2
Application number	US-201514826418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

There are provided: a paper folding unit folding and sending a content sheet to a transfer path; an inserter unit sending an insert sheet to the transfer path; an acquiring unit acquiring information on a top/bottom direction and a surface/obverse direction of the content sheet and insert sheet; a merging unit in which the content sheet folded by the paper folding unit is overlapped with the insert sheet; and an enclosing unit enclosing the merged content sheet and insert sheet into an envelope sheet, in which, when the content sheet and insert sheet merge and are overlapped, the content sheet is folded so that the top/bottom direction and the surface/obverse direction of an image of the content sheet match those of an image of the insert sheet, based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sealed-letter preparing device that encloses a first content and a second content into an envelope sheet transferred on an envelope sheet transfer path, the sealed-letter preparing device comprising:
a paper folder that folds the first content, and sends the first content on a first content transfer path toward the envelope sheet transfer path;
an inserter that sends the second content on a second content transfer path toward the envelope sheet transfer path;
an acquiring processor that acquires information on a top/bottom direction and a surface/obverse direction of the first content and the second content;
a paper-folding controller that changes a way of folding performed by the paper folder according to the information acquired by the acquiring processor;
a merging path section in which the first content transfer path and the second content transfer path merge and the first content folded by the paper folder is overlapped with the second content sent by the inserter; and
enclosing section where the envelope sheet transfer path merges with the merged first content transfer path and the second content transfer path such that the first content and the second content, which merge in the merging path section, are enclosed into the envelope sheet sent from the envelope sheet transfer path, wherein
the paper-folding controller controls the paper folder so that the top/bottom direction and the surface/obverse direction of an image of the first content match the top/bottom direction and the surface/obverse direction of an image of the second content, based on the information acquired by the acquiring processor such that the first content and the second content are overlapped in the merging path section with a same orientation.

2. The sealed-letter preparing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a path switching flapper provided on the first content sheet transfer path that switches a transfer path destination of the first content to the merging path section so as to adjust a vertical positional relationship of the first content sent by the paper folder relative to the second content sent by the inserter so that the first content and the second content merge and are overlapped in the merging path section.

Assignees

• Riso Kagaku Corp

Inventors

• Iida Kouichiro

Classifications

• B65B63/04

  for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings · CPC title

• G03G15/6538

  Devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form · CPC title

• B65B25/145 Primary

  packaging folded articles · CPC title

• G03G15/6594

  characterised by the format or the thickness, e.g. endless forms · CPC title

• B65B35/56

  Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section · CPC title