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Envelope wetting and sealing apparatus

US5555701A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 1994
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43M5/042
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

For use with an envelope having a flap, a body, and a fold region connecting the flap to the body, a wetting and sealing apparatus for wetting the envelope flap with a liquid and sealing, after folding at the fold region, the wetted envelope flap to the envelope body. A computer directs the wetting and sealing operations. A continually primed spraying nozzle applies the liquid producing an active adhesive to the envelope flap and a pressure foot seals the wetted envelope flap to the envelope body.

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