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1 (19) (11) EP B1 (12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION (4) Date of publication and mention of the grant of the patent: Bulletin 08/38 (1) Int Cl.: B6H 9/16 (06.01) B6H /02 (06.01) (21) Application number: (22) Date of filing: (4) Aligner for an output inserter system Ausrichtvorrichtung für Kuvertiersysteme Dispositif d alignement pour un système d insertion (84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB () Priority: US (43) Date of publication of application: Bulletin 03/17 (73) Proprietor: PITNEY BOWES INC. Stamford, CT (US) (72) Inventor: Sussmeier, John W. Cold Spring, New York 16 (US) (74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse München (DE) (6) References cited: DE-A DE-A DE-C US-A US-A PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 09, September 1996 ( ) -& JP A (HITACHI LTD), 7 May 1996 ( ) PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 00, no. 19, June 01 ( ) -& JP A (HITACHI LTD), 6 February 01 ( ) EP B1 Note: Within nine months of the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent in the European Patent Bulletin, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to that patent, in accordance with the Implementing Regulations. Notice of opposition shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention). Printed by Jouve, 7001 PARIS (FR)

2 1 EP B1 2 Description [0001] The present invention relates to an aligning module in a high speed mass mail processing and inserting system. The aligning module ensures that the edges of envelopes, or other articles, in the output subsystem are consistently registered along a plane parallel to a transport direction. Proper registration helps to ensure that an envelope is properly aligned for further processing of the envelope, such as for performing a sealing operation, or for applying postage indicia. [0002] Inserter systems such as those applicable for use with the present invention, are typically used by organizations such as banks, insurance companies and utility companies for producing a large volume of specific mailings where the contents of each mail item are directed to a particular addressee. Additional, other organizations, such as direct mailers, use inserts for producing a large volume of generic mailings where the contents of each mail item are substantially identical for each addressee. Examples of such inserter systems are the 8 series and 9 series inserter systems available from Pitney Bowes Inc. of Stamford Connecticut, USA. [0003] In many respects the typical inserter system resembles a manufacturing assembly line. Sheets and other raw materials (other sheets, enclosures, and envelopes) enter the inserter system as inputs. Then, a plurality of different modules or workstations in the inserter system work cooperatively to process the sheets until a finished mail piece is produced. The exact configuration of each inserter system depends upon the needs of each particular customer or installation. [0004] Typically, inserter systems prepare mail pieces by gathering collations of documents on a conveyor. The collations are then transported on the conveyor to an insertion station where they are automatically stuffed into envelopes. After being stuffed with the collations, the envelopes are removed from the insertion station for further processing. Such further processing may include automated closing and sealing the envelope flap, weighing the envelope, applying postage to the envelope, and finally sorting and stacking the envelopes. [000] An aligner device operating on a linear path is described in DE-A However, an inserter system may typically include a right angle transfer module to perform a 90-degree change of direction of documents flowing through the inserter system. The right angle transfer module allows for different configurations of modules in an inserter system and provides flexibility in designing a system footprint to fit a floor plan. Such a right angle transfer module is typically located after the envelope-stuffing module, and before the final output modules. Right angle transfer modules are well known in the art, and may take many different forms. [0006] Examples of right angle transfer modules are disclosed in US-A , DE-A and US- A [0007] During processing, envelopes will preferably remain a regulated distance from each other as they are transported through the system. Also, envelopes typically lie horizontally, with their edges perpendicular and parallel to the transport path, and have a uniform position relative to the sides of the transport path during processing. Predictable positioning of envelopes helps the processing modules perform their respective functions. For example, if an envelope enters a postage-printing module crooked, it is less likely that a proper postage mark will be printed. For these reasons it is important to ensure that envelopes do not lie askew on the transport path, or at varying distances from the sides of the transport path. [0008] For this purpose, envelopes, or other documents, are typically urged against an aligning wall along the transport path so that an edge of the envelope will register against the aligning wall thereby straightening the envelope and putting it at a uniform position relative to the sides of the transport path. This aligning function may be incorporated into a right angle transfer module, whereby a document may impact against an aligning wall as part of performing a 90-degree change of direction. [0009] Typically the envelope edge that is urged against the aligning wall is the bottom edge, opposite from the top flapped edge of the envelope. Thus after coming into contact with the aligning wall and being "squared up," the envelope travels along the transport path with the left or right edge of the envelope as the leading edge. [00] The action of impacting the bottom edge of the envelope against the aligning wall may also serve the purpose of settling the stuffed collation of documents towards the bottom of the envelope. By settling the collation to the bottom of the envelope it is more likely that no documents will protrude above the top edge of the envelope, and that the envelope flap can be closed and sealed successfully. [0011] Current mail processing machines are often required to process up to 18,000 pieces of mail an hour. Such a high processing speed may require envelopes in an output subsystem to have a velocity as fast as 216 cms -1 (8 inches per second (ips)) for processing. At such a high rate of speed, system modules, such as those for sealing envelopes and putting postage on envelopes, have very little time in which to perform their functions. If spacing is not maintained between envelopes the modules may not have time to perform their functions, envelopes may overlap, and jams and other errors may occur. [0012] For example, if the space between contiguous envelopes has been shortened, a subsequent envelope may arrive at the postage metering device before the meter has had time to reset, or perhaps even before the previous envelope has left. As a result, the meter will not be able to perform its function on the subsequent envelope before a subsequent envelope arrives. As a result, the whole system may be forced to a halt. At such high speeds there is very little tolerance for variation in the spacing between envelopes. 2

3 3 EP B1 4 [0013] Other potential problems resulting from excess variation in distance between envelopes include decreased reliability in diverting mechanisms used to divert misprocessed mail pieces, and decreased reliability in the output stacking device. Each of these devices have a minimum allowable distance between envelopes that may not be met when unwanted variation occurs while envelopes travel at 216 cms -1 (8 ips). [0014] Jam detection within the aligning module itself may become difficult to manage. Jam detection is based on theoretical envelope arrival and departure times detected by tracking sensors along the envelope path. Variability in the aligner module will force the introduction of wide margins of error in the tracking algorithm, particularly for start and stop transport conditions, making jam detection less reliable for this module. [001] The conventional aligner system described above presents a problem for such a high-speed system because it inherently introduces undesirable variation that can contribute to a failure. As envelopes in a high speed mailing system impact the conventional aligner wall, the impact causes the envelopes to decelerate in a manner that may cause the gap between envelopes to vary as much as +/- ms. While such a variation might not be significant in slower machines, this variation can be too much for the close tolerances in current high speed inserter machines. [0016] According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an aligner for aligning envelopes in a mail processing system, the aligner comprising: an aligner wall comprising a vertical aligner surface of a vertical aligner belt, the vertical aligner belt being arranged for rotating such that the vertical aligner surface moves in an output flow direction at a belt velocity; an input transport for inputting envelopes in an input direction, the input direction being different than the output flow direction; an aligner transport having a plurality of aligner rollers, the aligner transport disposed parallel and contiguous to the aligner surface of the aligner belt, the aligner transport having an output velocity component equal to the belt velocity in the output flow direction and a normal velocity component normal to the aligner surface, whereby an envelope placed on the aligner transport is simultaneously transported in the output flow direction and urged against the aligner surface; and a redirecting transport for receiving envelopes from the input transport and redirecting them in a direction between the input direction and the output flow direction, the redirecting transport providing envelopes to the aligner wall and aligner transport, the redirecting transport arranged to provide a velocity component in the output flow direction equal to the output velocity component of the aligner transport. [0017] According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for aligning envelopes in a mail processing system flow path which passes between an input flow direction and an output flow direction different than the input flow direction, the method comprising: feeding individual envelopes into the flow path in series at regular time intervals; urging the individual envelopes against a surface of an aligner wall with an aligner transport having a plurality of aligner rollers, the aligner transport disposed parallel and contiguous to the aligner wall, while simultaneously urging the individual envelopes in the output flow direction at an output speed; moving the surface of the aligner wall in the output flow direction, at the output speed; and redirecting the envelopes in a direction between the input flow direction, and the output flow direction to provide envelopes to the aligner wall and the aligner transport with a velocity component in the output flow direction equal to the output speed of the aligner wall. [0018] For a better understanding of the invention and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a top view of a non-deterministic aligner system; Figure 2 is a top view of a deterministic aligner system using an aligner belt; and Figure 3 is a view of rollers used in the aligner system. [0019] The aligner herein described addresses the problems of the conventional art by providing a deterministic aligner. The aligner is incorporated into a right angle transfer module, whereby an envelope (or other document) to be aligned impacts with an aligner wall during a 90 degree change in direction. A deterministic aligner avoids the uncontrollable variation in envelope position inherent in conventional aligners. Such a deterministic aligner has an aligner wall that comprises a vertical moving belt against which envelopes impact. Such an aligner belt moves at the same speed and in the same direction as the desired down stream flow path for the envelopes. It has been found that the impact of an envelope with an aligner wall comprising a moving vertical aligner belt does not cause the same non-deterministic behavior that was undesirable in conventional aligners. [00] FIG. 1 depicts a non-deterministic aligner system that does not utilize the aligner belt (FIG. 2) of the preferred embodiment of the invention. FIG. 1 will be used to illustrate the disadvantages of not using an aligner belt as part of the registration wall. [0021] Transported envelopes are introduced into the aligner system at an input section. Input section may typically include a belt 11 on which envelopes are carried from a prior module into the aligner system. Initially the envelopes travel in the direction designated "Y," toward aligner wall. [0022] From belt 11, a transported envelope will be captured by a redirecting transport which, for example, may be comprised of three roller pairs 12. The redirecting transport changes the direction of transport by 4 degrees in the "X" direction. As seen in FIG. 3, each of roller pairs 12 are "hard-nipped" and include an upper biased idler roller 13 and a corresponding lower driven roller 14. 3

4 EP B1 6 A normal force is applied by the upper biased rollers 13 which are coupled to a supporting shaft 1 extending from a mounting plate 16. Each idler roller 13 is rotatably mounted on a pivotal lever arm 17. A torsion spring is mounted on each shaft 1 and is attached at one end to shaft 1 and at the other end to lever arm 17 so as to bias each idler roller 13 downward against the corresponding lower driven rollers 14. [0023] After having its direction changed by 4 degrees by the redirecting transport, a transported envelope travels to registration wall and aligner rollers, as depicted in FIG. 1. Upon impact with the registration wall, the envelope can no longer travel in the Y direction. Aligner rollers, working in conjunction with registration wall, cause a transported envelope to travel in the output path direction (designated "X" in FIGs. 1 and 2), while at the same time being urged firmly against the registration wall. Aligner rollers are oriented at an angle of 2 degrees relative to the X direction to drive transported envelopes in the flow direction X and against the registration wall. [0024] As can be seen in FIG. 3, aligner rollers are "soft-nipped" and each include a roller pair having an upper biased idler roller 31 and a corresponding lower driven roller 32. The lower driven rollers 32 are angled at twenty-five degrees from transport direction X, and drive in both the X direction and in the Y direction, towards the registration wall. Preferably each idler roller 31 has a spherical configuration and extends partially downward through a circumferential opening formed in a housing 33. Each housing 33 extends downward from a mounting plate 34. Within each housing is a spring 3 that is biased between the top surface portion of the spherical roller 31 and the top wall of mounting plate 34 so as to provide the normal force against the corresponding lower driven roller 32. [002] In operation, in order to meet the speed requirements of modem inserter systems, stuffed envelopes are transported and processed through the system at 216 cms -1 (8 ips). Thus, when an envelope initially enters the input section of the aligner system it is travelling at 216 cms -1 (8 ips) in the Y direction. For further processing, it is desired that the envelope do a right angle turn as depicted in Figure 1 and end up traveling in the X direction at 8 ips, with as little variable acceleration and deceleration as possible in between. [0026] To achieve this result, roller pairs 12 in the redirecting transport have a surface speed having velocity vectors of 216 cms -1 (8 ips) in both the X direction and in the Y direction. Accordingly, the combined velocity vector of roller pairs 12 is 4.8 cms -1 (1 ips) at their 4- degree angle. Therefore, an envelope captured by the hard-nipped roller pairs 12 undergoes acceleration in the X direction to 8 ips while continuing in the Y direction at 8 ips. [0027] When the envelope reaches aligner rollers, it is desirable to maintain the envelope s velocity vector of 8 ips in the X direction. Taking into account the degree angle of the rollers towards the Y direction, the surface velocity of aligner rollers is 239 cms -1 (94 ips) (X: 216 cms -1 (8 ips), Y: 2 cms -1 ( ips)). The velocity vector of aligner rollers in the Y direction urges the envelopes against the registration wall and achieves alignment of the envelopes. [0028] Ideally, the 216 cms -1 (8 ips) transport velocity in the X direction achieved by the hard-nipped rollers 12 is maintained by the soft nipped rollers, and even spacing between subsequent envelopes is maintained. However, it has been observed that upon the impact of an envelope with the registration wall the reactionary force of the registration wall decelerates the envelope in a non-deterministic manner that can disrupt the spacing between envelopes. [0029] The reactionary force will include a component opposite the X-direction. This force will depend on the normal force between the registration wall and the envelope and the coefficient of friction ( ) between the envelope and the wall. The reactionary force in the X direction, R x, is the product of the coefficient of friction,, and the normal force of the aligner wall on the envelope in the Y direction, R y. In equation form, the force balance is: R x = R y. [00] The deceleration of an envelope resulting from the impact will also depend on the positioning of the envelope, the angle of the impact, and the coefficient of restitution. For example, an envelope could impact the wall with its bottom edge, or instead, the leading or trailing corner could impact first. Each of these uncontrollable varying circumstances could result in different reactionary forces being exerted on the envelope opposite the X direction. As a result of the varying reactionary forces from the impact of the envelopes with the registration wall, the spacing between envelopes can vary as much as +/- ms. [0031] With reference to FIG. 2, registration wall can comprise a high coefficient of friction vertical aligner belt to eliminate such unwanted variation in impact reactionary forces. Aligner belt moves at the desired speed of the envelope in the X direction, e.g. at 216 cms -1 (8 ips) for the example above. Because the aligner belt is moving at the same speed as the envelope in the X direction, there is no reactionary force relative to the X direction resulting from the impact of the envelope with the belt. Even if one of the envelope corners first impacts the aligner belt, the resulting translation of the envelope in the X direction is constant. The component of the aligner rollers in the Y direction will continue to urge the envelope to register its bottom edge against the aligner belt as the registration wall. [0032] Aligner belt is preferably made from a rubber material having a high coefficient of friction, preferably greater than 1. The aligner belt is thicker than a typical timing belt to help absorb the energy of impact of the envelope, thereby reducing the likelihood of bounce and promoting consistent translation in the X direction. In this preferred embodiment, the rubber belt is approximately 4

5 7 EP B cm (1/8 inch) thick, but may vary in a range from 0.16 to 0.63 cm (1/16 to 1/4 inch thick). [0033] In the preferred embodiment, the aligner belt is electronically geared to the aligning rollers to provide consistent translation during starting and stopping conditions. The aligner belt may be physically geared to the aligning rollers, or they may be controlled in a manner so as to accelerate and decelerate at the same rate when starting and stopping. [0034] Although the invention has been described with respect to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and various other changes, omissions and deviations in the form and detail thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the claims. Claims 1 3. The aligner of Claim 1 or 2, wherein the surface of the vertical aligner belt () has a coefficient of friction greater than unity. 4. The aligner of any preceding claim, wherein the vertical aligner belt () is sufficiently thick that an impacting envelope will not bounce.. The aligner of Claim 4, wherein the vertical aligner belt () is approximately 0.3 cm (1/8 inch) thick. 6. The aligner of any preceding claim, wherein the redirecting transport (12) comprises a plurality of redirecting rollers (13) and a transition from the redirecting transport (12) to the plurality of aligner rollers () occurs at a first aligner roller, and the first aligner roller is positioned relative to the plurality of redirecting rollers so that the first aligner roller first contacts individual envelopes at the middle or downstream of the middle of the envelopes. 1. An aligner for aligning envelopes in a mail processing system, the aligner comprising: an aligner wall () comprising a vertical aligner surface of a vertical aligner belt (), the vertical aligner belt being arranged for rotating such that the vertical aligner surface moves in an output flow direction at a belt velocity; an input transport (11) for inputting envelopes in an input direction, the input direction being different than the output flow direction; an aligner transport () having a plurality of aligner rollers (), the aligner transport disposed parallel and contiguous to the aligner surface () of the aligner belt (), the aligner transport having an output velocity component equal to the belt velocity in the output flow direction and a normal velocity component normal to the aligner surface, whereby an envelope placed on the aligner transport () is simultaneously transported in the output flow direction and urged against the aligner surface; and a redirecting transport (12) for receiving envelopes from the input transport (11) and redirecting them in a direction between the input direction and the output flow direction, the redirecting transport (12) providing envelopes to the aligner wall () and aligner transport (), the redirecting transport (12) arranged to provide a velocity component in the output flow direction equal to the output velocity component of the aligner transport (). 2. The aligner of Claim 1, wherein said plurality of aligner rollers () are angled at substantially 2 degrees from parallel to the output flow direction The aligner of Claim 6, wherein the plurality of aligner rollers () are angled at substantially 2 degrees from parallel to the output flow direction and the plurality of redirecting rollers (13) are angled at substantially 4 degrees from parallel to the output flow direction. 8. The aligner of Claim 6, wherein the plurality of redirecting rollers (13) are hard-nipped rollers and the plurality of aligner rollers () are soft-nipped rollers. 9. A method for aligning envelopes in a mail processing system flow path which passes between an input flow direction and an output flow direction different than the input flow direction, the method comprising: feeding individual envelopes into the flow path in series at regular time intervals; urging the individual envelopes against a surface of an aligner wall () with an aligner transport () having a plurality of aligner rollers (), the aligner transport disposed parallel and contiguous to the aligner wall (), while simultaneously urging the individual envelopes in the output flow direction at an output speed; moving the surface of the aligner wall () in the output flow direction, at the output speed; and redirecting the envelopes in a direction between the input flow direction (Y), and the output flow direction (X) to provide envelopes to the aligner wall () and the aligner transport () with a velocity component in the output flow direction equal to the output speed of the aligner wall (). Patentansprüche 1. Ausrichter zum Ausrichten von Umschlägen in einem Postverarbeitungssystem, wobei der Ausrich-

6 9 EP B1 ter aufweist: eine Ausrichtwand () mit einer vertikalen Ausrichtfläche eines vertikalen Ausrichtbandes (), wobei das vertikale Ausrichtband derart rotieren kann, dass sich die vertikale Ausrichtfläche in einer Ausgabeflussrichtung mit einer Bandgeschwindigkeit bewegt; ein Eingabetransportmittel (11) zum Eingeben von Umschlägen in eine Eingaberichtung, wobei die Eingaberichtung zur Ausgabeflussrichtung verschieden ist; ein Ausrichttransportmittel () mit einer Vielzahl von Ausrichtwalzen (), wobei das Ausrichttransportmittel parallel und benachbart zur Ausrichtfläche () des Ausrichtbandes () angeordnet ist, wobei das Ausrichttransportmittel eine Ausgabe-Geschwindigkeitskomponente gleich der Bandgeschwindigkeit in der Ausgabeflussrichtung und eine senkrechte Geschwindigkeitskomponente senkrecht zur Ausrichtfläche aufweist, wobei ein auf dem Ausrichttransportmittel () platzierter Umschlag gleichzeitig in die Ausgabeflussrichtung transportiert und gegen die Ausrichtfläche gedrängt wird; und ein Umlenktransportmittel (12) zum Empfangen -von Umschlägen vom Eingabetransportmittel (11) und zum Umlenken dieser in einer Richtung zwischen der Eingaberichtung und der Ausgabeflussrichtung, wobei das Umlenktransportmittel (12) Umschläge zur Ausrichtwand () und zum Ausrichttransportmittel () bereit stellt, wobei das Umlenktransportmittel (12) eingerichtet ist, eine Geschwindigkeitskomponente in der Ausgabeflussrichtung gleich der Ausgabe- Geschwindigkeitskomponente des Ausrichttransportmittels () bereit zu stellen. 2. Ausrichter gemäß Anspruch 1, bei dem die Vielzahl der Ausrichtwalzen () im Wesentlichen 2 Grad von einer Parallelen der Ausgabeflussrichtung abgewinkelt sind. 3. Ausrichter gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei dem die Fläche des vertikalen Ausrichtbandes () einen Reibkoeffizienten größer eins hat. 4. Ausrichter gemäß einem der vorangegangenen Ansprüche, bei dem das vertikale Ausrichtband () ausreichend dick ist, damit ein auftreffender Umschlag nicht abprallt Übergang vom Umlenktransportmittel (12) zur Vielzahl der Ausrichtwalzen () bei einer ersten Ausrichtwalze auftritt, und die erste Ausrichtwalze relativ zur Vielzahl der Umlenkwalzen derart gelegen ist, dass die erste Ausrichtwalze einzelne Umschläge zuerst in der Mitte oder stromabwärts der Mitte der Umschläge berührt. 7. Ausrichter gemäß Anspruch 6, bei dem die Vielzahl der Ausrichtwalzen () im Wesentlichen 2 Grad von einer Parallelen der Ausgabeflussrichtung abgewinkelt sind und die Vielzahl der Umlenkwalzen (13) im Wesentlichen 4 Grad von einer Parallelen der Ausgabeflussrichtung abgewinkelt sind. 8. Ausrichter gemäß Anspruch 6, bei dem die Vielzahl der Umlenkwalzen (13) Walzen mit hartem Walzenspalt und die Vielzahl der Ausrichtwalzen () Walzen mit weichem Walzenspalt sind. 9. Verfahren zum Ausrichten von Umschlägen in einem zwischen einer Eingabeflussrichtung und einer zur Eingabeflussrichtung verschiedenen Ausgabeflussrichtung verlaufenden Flussweg eines Postverarbeitungssystems, wobei das Verfahren umfasst: Einspeisen einzelner Umschläge in den Flussweg in Reihe in regelmäßigen Intervallen; Drängen der einzelnen Umschläge gegen eine Fläche einer Ausrichtwand () mit einem eine Vielzahl von Ausrichtwalzen () aufweisenden Ausrichttransportmittel (), wobei das Ausrichttransportmittel parallel und benachbart zur Ausrichtwand () angeordnet ist, während es gleichzeitig die einzelnen Umschläge in der Ausgabeflussrichtung bei einer Ausgabegeschwindigkeit drängt; und Bewegen der Fläche der Ausrichtwand () in der Ausgabeflussrichtung bei der Ausgabegeschwindigkeit; und Umlenken der Umschläge in einer Richtung zwischen der Eingabeflussrichtung (Y) und der Ausgabeflussrichtung (X), um Umschläge zur Ausrichtwand () und zum Ausrichttransportmittel () mit einer Geschwindigkeitskomponente in der Ausgabeflussrichtung gleich der Ausgabegeschwindigkeit der Ausrichtwand () bereitzustellen. Revendications. Ausrichter gemäß Anspruch 4, bei dem das vertikale Ausrichtband () in etwa 0,3 cm (1/8 inch) dick ist. 6. Ausrichter gemäß einem der vorangegangenen Ansprüche, bei dem das Umlenktransportmittel (12) eine Vielzahl von Umlenkwalzen (13) umfasst, und ein 1. Dispositif d alignement pour aligner des enveloppes dans un système de traitement de courrier, le dispositif d alignement comprenant : une paroi () de dispositif d alignement comprenant une surface de dispositif d alignement 6

7 11 EP B1 12 vertical d une bande () de dispositif d alignement vertical, la bande () de dispositif d alignement vertical étant agencée pour un entraînement en rotation de sorte que la surface de dispositif d alignement vertical se déplace à une vélocité de bande dans un sens de flux de sortie ; un dispositif de transport (11) d entrée permettant de faire entrer des enveloppes dans un sens d entrée, le sens d entrée étant différent du sens de flux de sortie ; un dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement comportant une pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement, le dispositif de transport de dispositif d alignement étant disposé parallèle et contigu à la surface () de dispositif d alignement de la bande () de dispositif d alignement, le dispositif de transport de dispositif d alignement ayant une composante de vélocité de sortie égale à la vélocité de bande dans le sens de flux de sortie et une composante de vélocité normale, normale à la surface de dispositif d alignement, ce par quoi une enveloppe placée sur le dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement est transportée simultanément dans le sens de flux de sortie et est poussée contre la surface de dispositif d alignement ; et un dispositif de transport (12) de réorientation destiné à recevoir des enveloppes du dispositif de transport (11) d entrée et à les réorienter dans une direction entre le sens d entrée et le sens de flux de sortie, le dispositif de transport (12) de réorientation fournissant des enveloppes à la paroi () de dispositif d alignement et au dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement, le dispositif de transport (12) de réorientation étant agencé pour fournir une composante de vélocité dans le sens de flux de sortie égale à la composante de vélocité de sortie du dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement. 2. Dispositif d alignement selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement sont anglés à sensiblement 2 degrés par rapport à une parallèle au sens de flux de sortie. 3. Dispositif d alignement selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la surface de la bande () de dispositif d alignement vertical a un coefficient de frottement supérieur à une unité. 4. Dispositif d alignement selon l une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la bande () de dispositif d alignement vertical est suffisamment épaisse pour qu une enveloppe qui la heurte ne rebondisse pas.. Dispositif d alignement selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la bande () de dispositif d alignement vertical a une épaisseur d environ 0,3 cm (1/8 pouce). 6. Dispositif d alignement selon l une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le dispositif de transport (12) de réorientation comprend une pluralité de rouleaux (13) de réorientation, et une transition du dispositif de transport de réorientation à la pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement se produit au niveau d un premier rouleau de dispositif d alignement, et le premier rouleau de dispositif d alignement est positionné par rapport à la pluralité de rouleaux de réorientation de sorte que le premier rouleau de dispositif d alignement contacte d abord des enveloppes individuelles au milieu ou après le milieu des enveloppes. 7. Dispositif d alignement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement sont anglés à sensiblement 2 degrés par rapport à une parallèle au sens de flux de sortie, et dans lequel la pluralité de rouleaux (13) de réorientation sont anglés à sensiblement 4 degrés par rapport à une parallèle au sens de flux de sortie. 8. Dispositif d alignement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la pluralité de rouleaux (13) de réorientation sont des rouleaux à pincement dur, et la pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement sont des rouleaux à pincement tendre. 9. Procédé pour aligner des enveloppes dans un trajet de flux de système de traitement de courrier qui passe d un sens de flux d entrée à un sens de flux de sortie différent du sens de flux d entrée, le procédé comprenant le fait : d amener des enveloppes individuelles en série dans le trajet de flux à des intervalles de temps réguliers ; de pousser les enveloppes individuelles contre la surface d une paroi () de dispositif d alignement à l aide d un dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement comportant une pluralité de rouleaux () de dispositif d alignement, le dispositif de transport de dispositif d alignement étant disposé parallèle et contigu à la paroi () de dispositif d alignement, tout en poussant simultanément les enveloppes individuelles dans le sens de flux de sortie à une vitesse de sortie ; de déplacer la surface de la paroi () de dispositif d alignement dans le sens de flux de sortie, à la vitesse de sortie ; et de réorienter les enveloppes dans une direction 7

8 13 EP B1 14 entre le sens de flux d entrée (Y) et le sens de flux de sortie (X) pour amener des enveloppes vers la paroi () de dispositif d alignement et vers le dispositif de transport () de dispositif d alignement avec une composante de vélocité dans le sens de flux de sortie égale à la vitesse de sortie de la paroi () de dispositif d alignement

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