Appeal No. 1998-0893
Application No. 08/196,440
generated. The invention is further illustrated by the
following claim.
6. An electronic page inverter for a mail treatment
system, the mail treatment system comprising a word processor
system for redacting the text of a letter, a sheet-fed printer
for printing the pages of the letter, and a folder-inserter
mechanically coupled to the printer for receiving sheets on
which the printer has printed the pages of the text, folding
said sheets, and inserting them in an envelope, the inverter
comprising:
input/output interfaces connected to the word processor
system, the sheet-fed printer and the folder-inserter;
means for recording a sequence of binary words
representing the alphanumeric characters of the letter as they
are delivered by the word processor system;
means for inserting in the sequence of binary words a
first control code at the beginning of each page of the
letter, and a second control code at the end of the last page
of the letter;
means for recognizing said first and second control codes
in the recorded sequence of binary words for the purpose of
playing back said recorded binary words to the printer, letter
page by letter page in inverse order of letter pages from the
last page to first page while keeping the characters making up
each page in their initial order; and
means for starting an operation cycle of the folder-
inserter when all of the pages of the letter have been
printed.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Coons, Jr. et al. (Coons) 5,207,412 May 4,
1993
(filed Nov. 22, 1991)
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