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Apparatus for inserting material into envelopes

US5487254A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 7, 1994
Grant dateJan 30, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43M3/045
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An envelope opening apparatus is provided which conveys envelopes with envelope flap fold lines parallel to the direction of conveyance toward distortion means and restraining means in the path of conveyance which distortion means partially opens the envelope, and which envelope is further conveyed to a device which completes the opening of the envelope in preparation for inserting material into the envelope.

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