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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1991
Anthony M Macelis, Watertown, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In an envelope stuffing apparatus which has an enclosure inserting station and includes a deck at the inserting station, side guides coupled to the deck, structure for delivering an enclosure along the deck, structure for feeding an envelope to the inserting station, structure for opening the envelope, and structure for inserting an enclosure into the envelope and for removing the envelope from the inserting station, and wherein said opening structure includes structure for supporting the flap of the envelope above the deck, there is an improvement in the inserting structure for handling different style envelopes. The improvement comprises an adjustable section of the deck comprising a center deck plate adjustably mounted for being positioned adjacent to a specific throat opening of the envelope. The center deck plate is on a horizontal plane slightly higher than a plane of horizontal members of a pair of throat openers.