Claims
- 1. A method of stacking flats mail having bound edges a and opposed unbound edges comprising the steps of:transporting the flats mail along a conveyor with a major face thereof supported on the conveyor and all unbound edges facing a same side of the conveyor; tilting the flats mail toward said planar surface to thereby direct the unbound edges of the flats mail against the planar surface; edge-justifying the unbound edges by aligning the unbound edges against a planar surface; and placing the edge justified flats mail into a vertical stack with the unbound edges aligned on one side of the stack.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the flats mail is from a group consisting of magazines or newspapers.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of tilting is performed by skewing a top surface of a portion of the conveyor toward said planar surface, said planar surface being disposed transversely of a longitudinal axis of the conveyor.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of tilting is performed by skewing a top surface of a portion of the conveyor toward said planar surface, said planar surface being disposed transversely of a longitudinal axis of the conveyor.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the flats mail has various dimensions in width between the bound and unbound edges thereof.
- 8. A system for stacking flats mail having bound edges and opposed unbound edges comprising:means for transporting the flats mail along a conveyor with a major face thereof supported on the conveyor and all unbound edges facing a same side of the conveyor; means for tilting the flats mail toward said planar surface to thereby direct the unbound edges of the flats mail against the planar surface; means for edge-justifying the unbound edges by aligning the unbound edges against a planar surface; and means for placing the edge-justified flats mail into a vertical stack with the unbound edges aligned on one side of the stack.
- 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the flats mail is from a group consisting of magazines or newspapers.
- 10. The system of claim 9 wherein the means for tilting includes a top surface of a portion of the conveyor skewed toward said planar surface, said planar surface being disposed transversely of a longitudinal axis of the conveyor.
- 11. The system of claim 10 wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel.
- 12. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for tilting includes a top surface of a portion of the conveyor skewed toward said planar surface, said planar surface being disposed transversely of a longitudinal axis of the conveyor.
- 13. The system of claim 8 wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel.
- 14. The system of claim 8 wherein the flats mail has various dimensions in width between the bound and unbound edges thereof.
- 15. A method of stacking flats mail having bound edges and opposed unbound edges comprising the steps of:edge-justifying the unbound edges by aligning the unbound edges against a planar surface; and placing the edge justified flats mail into a vertical stack with the unbound edges aligned on one side of the stack, wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel.
- 16. A system for stacking flats mail having bound edges and opposed unbound edges comprising:means for edge-justifying the unbound edges by aligning the unbound edges against a planar surface, wherein said planar surface is defined by a back wall of a C-shaped channel, and means for placing the edge-justified flats mail into a vertical stack with the unbound edges aligned on one side of the stack.
Parent Case Info
. This application is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/310,221, filed on May 12, 1999, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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