Appeal 2007-1799
Application 10/036,991
1. A component for singulating and feeding a mailpiece along a feed
path of the system;
2. A sanitizer module, downstream of the component for singulating
and feeding the mailpiece, that comprises
(a) a first set of guide walls, wherein each guide wall is positioned
parallel to the feed path and the guide walls face each other to form an
alley along the feed path;
(b) a second set of guide walls that is positioned along the feed
path but downstream of the first set of guide walls to form a gap along
the feed path between the first set of guide walls and the second set of
guide walls. Claim 13 requires that each guide wall in the second set of
guide walls is positioned parallel to the feed path and the guide walls
face each other to form an alley along the feed path; and
(c) a sanitization apparatus that comprises at least one apparatus
selected from the group consisting of an irradiation apparatus, an
ultraviolet light source, a microwave emitter, an ozone generator and a
chemical mister. Claim 13 requires that the sanitization apparatus is
positioned along the feed path in the area of the gap along the feed path
between the first set of guide walls and the second set of guide walls.
3. A filtered transition area adjacent to the sanitizer module; and
4. An output bin module for receiving a mailpiece after the mailpiece
has been sanitized.
In addition, claim 13 requires that at least a portion of the feed path
comprises a transport belt which travels along an edge of the first set of
guide walls and an edge of the second set of guide walls; and that the
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