(19)
(11) EP 0 102 704 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.03.1984 Bulletin 1984/11

(21) Application number: 83303846

(22) Date of filing: 01.07.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI

(30) Priority: 01.07.1982 US 394389

(71) Applicant: PITNEY BOWES, INC.
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(72) Inventor:
  • Piotroski, Peter N.
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(54) Multi-station document inserter with automatic startup and shutdown document collation sequences


(57) 57 A method and associated apparatus is disclosed for automatically providing a complete document collation during start up and shut down of a multi-station document inserter. The steps involved are initiating a Sequence Start Routine during start up of the inserter in which each feeder module is activated sequentially beginning with the document feeder module most remote from the envelope feeder module and entering with the feeder module closest to the envelope feeder module, and initiating a Clear Deck Routine during shut down of the document inserter in which each feeder module is deactivated sequentially beginning with the document feeder module most remote from the envelope feeder module and ending with the feeder module closest to the envelope feeder module.






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