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(11) EP 0 267 608 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.07.1989 Bulletin 1989/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.05.1988 Bulletin 1988/20

(21) Application number: 87116721.9

(22) Date of filing: 12.11.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4B43M 5/04, B43M 3/04, B65H 39/042
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL

(71) Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha N.A.C.
Yatsushiro-gun Kumamoto-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Noda, Tsuneta
    Yatsushiro-shi Kumamoto-ken (JP)


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    (54) Full automatic document selection and sealing device


    (57) The invention relates to a full automatic document selection and sealing device comprising a collating unit (A) which in­cludes plural shelves (3) to carry document paper sheets of different types thereon, rollers (4) separately and indi­vidually controlled by a computer to select and feed the paper sheets one by one from the shelves, and optical sensors (15) located between adjacent shelves to detect paper sheets thus fed, the optical sensors being connected to feeding rollers (11,12) that are separately and individually driven; a folding unit (B) serially connected to the collating unit (A) which includes plural sets of folding rollers (21), and a control means to define folding positions on the paper sheet, and which folds the paper sheet either into two or three folds; an enclosing unit (C) which includes a supply­ing unit provided near the discharging terminal of the folding unit (B), a conveyer belt (29) laterally to be driven by a pulse motor, the conveyer belt carrying thereon rollers that are driven by a motor and which pay out envelopes one by one at one end of the belt, a folding roller to apply a folding line on the tongue of the envelope at the other end, and an opening means for opening the mouth of an enve­lope at an intermediate position on the belt; and a sealing unit which includes a pasting means, a folding vane and a press means whereby the device can continuously collate, fold, enclose and seal the document paper sheets.







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