Appeal No. 95-4023
Application 08/062,033
positioned to read the zip code of the envelope and send this
information to a computer 38. The computer 38 converts the
read zip code into a coded designation signal. Each
designation signal is a binary code number which addresses one
of the gates (24a, 24b, 26a, 26b, 28a and 28b) of the
diverters (24, 26 and 28). In column 3, lines 43-49, Cloud
teaches that this designation signal is supplied to an
envelope tracking and control system. In column 4, lines 38-
47, Cloud teaches that the envelopes tracking and control
system sends a control signal to a solenoid that causes the
addressed gate to deflect the envelope
in the designation bin corresponding to the envelope's zip
code. Cloud further teaches in column 8, line 30, through
column 10, line 6, the apparatus which routes the envelopes
into the appropriate sorting bin based upon a coincidence
between a incremented signal and a designation signal having a
binary code number which is the address assigned to the gate.
The incremen-ted signal is based upon the envelope passing
each of the photocells pairs 42, 44 and 46.
Thus, Cloud does not assign each envelope a unique
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