Dominic M Stigliano

US Patent:

6612211, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 5, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/092278

Inventors:

Dominic Stigliano - Williamstown NJ
John Forbes - Media PA
Thomas DiBiaso - Mount Laurel NJ
Robert R. DeWitt - Marlton NJ

Assignee:

Opex Corporation - Moorestown NJ

International Classification:

B26D 706

US Classification:

83 86, 83 94, 83425, 834352, 83166, 8343615, 83155, 83912, 271 401, 271 405, 533813, 414412

Abstract:

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. An agitator confronting the stack of envelopes in the input bin reciprocally displaces the bottom envelope in the stack of mail to provide separation between the bottom envelope and the remaining envelopes in the stack. 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. The transport discharges the opened envelopes onto a return conveyor that conveys the opened envelopes to a stacking area where the opened envelopes are stacked.