Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “A mailer machine is a type of packaging machine that uses automation to select mailersthat are filled with a product, such as a food, supplement, pharmaceutical, consumer item, or othergoods. A conventiona l machine includes a mailer supply having mailers of the same attributes (e.g., size,configuration, or the like). Many conventional mailer machines operate in- line, pulling mailers from asingle location and sending the mailer through open ing and flap folding sections of the machine. Thesemachines can only handle pro cessing of a single mailer at a time and must be re-arranged off-line to handlea different configuration of mailers and/or products.”