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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin J O'Dea, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ; B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118669 ; 118691 ; 118323 ; 118324 ;
Abstract
A moistening arrangement for moistening the flap of an envelope moving in a first direction in a given plane, wherein a nozzle directed to spray a liquid at an envelope flap along a given locus in the plane, a source of first signals is provided that are a function of the position of the edge in the plane. An arrangement responsive to the first signals moves the nozzle in a direction substantially parallel to the plane for moistening the flap at positions thereof. The nozzle comprises a hollow needle having a bore sufficiently small that the flow of liquid therethrough is substnatially independent of pressure applied to the liquid.