System for automatically tying bundles

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVING BUNDLES OF MAIL FROM ONE OR MORE ASSEMBLY STATIONS TO A PICK-OFF STATION, MEANS ON OR MORE ASSEMBLY STATIONS TO A PICK-OFF STATION, MEANS ON THE FRAME FOR TYING A BUNDLE OF MAIL TOGETHER, MEANS ON THE FRAME AT THE PICK-OFF STATION FOR SEIZING A MOVING BUNDLE, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING A SEIZED BUNDLE FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS TO A PRE-DETERMINED LOCATION ON THE TYING MEANS, CONTROL MEANS MOVABLE IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE CONVEYOR MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR INITIATING OPERATION OF THE TRANSFER MEANS, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING A HORIZONTAL SECTION AND A VERTICAL SECTION, SAID VERTICAL SECTION BEING DISPOSED AT THE PICK-OFF STATION, AND SAID TRANSFER MEANS INCLUDING A BUNDLE PICK-OFF HEAD, MEANS FOR LOWERING THE PICK-OFF HEAD IN TIMED RELATION TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE CONVEYOR MEANS OVER SAID PICK-OFF STATION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE PICK-OFF HEAD TOWARD AND AWAY FROM A BUNDLE ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS.