Envelope flap moistening apparatus
US5354407A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB43M5/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Apparatus for supplying moisture to an envelope, having a body portion and a flap portion, the apparatus including, a substantially solid-rectangle-shaped pad made of a material capable of upwardly transferring fluid by capillary action, a device for supplying fluid to the pad, the fluid supplying device including a source of supply of fluid, the fluid supplying device including an elongate well having an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped base wall, the well including a fluid inlet tube depending from the base wall and removably connected in fluid flow communication with the fluid supply source, the well including a pair of elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced side walls, the well including a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced end walls extending between the side walls, the side and end walls extending upwardly from the base wall, the well including a plurality of upright posts located at spaced intervals longitudinally of the length of the base wall, the posts dividing the well into an elongate receptacle for receiving the pad and an elongate fluid inlet channel connected in fluid flow communication with the inle…
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