David D Purcell

US Patent:

57904294, Aug 4, 1998

Filed:

Mar 4, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/610430

Inventors:

Christopher A. Baker - Battleground IN
Donald Caddy - West Lafayette IN
David W. Purcell - Crawfordsville IN
Peter N. Baker - Lafayette IN
Adam W. Fleming - Otterbein IN
David P. Chastain - Clarks Hill IN

Assignee:

M.A.I.L. Code, Inc. - Battleground IN

International Classification:

B65G 1500

US Classification:

364565

Abstract:

A system for processing and encoding mail including a bin configured to hold mail and a transport coupled to said bin to receive mail therefrom. The transport displays multiple moving pieces of mail to an operator. The system includes a data entry device operable to enter data from mail moving on the transport and a coding device to receive mail from the conveyor. A controller is operatively coupled to the transport, data entry device, and coding device. The controller includes an address signal corresponding to at least a portion of an address of a mail piece entered with the data entry device by the operator, a routing code signal determined in accordance with the address signal, a performance signal corresponding to data entry capability of the operator, and a transport speed signal corresponding to speed of the transport. The controller adjusts speed of the conveyor as a function of the performance signal and the conveyor speed signal, and the coding device places a routing code on the mail piece in response to the routing code signal.