System for the optimalized closure of envelope flaps
US6701693B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB43M5/042
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
This invention relates to a supply module in a mail processing machine including a conveyor for conveying the mailpieces and a moistening device ensuring wetting of a flap of an envelope after the latter has been slightly moved apart from the body of the envelope, as well as a device for creating on said flap of the envelope a second line of fold above the natural crease line of the envelope existing at the level of the join of the body of the envelope with the flap.
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