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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993

Filed:

Mar. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Walter J Kulpa, Trumbull, CT (US);

William D Toth, Milford, CT (US);

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
533815 ; 533816 ; 53569 ;
Abstract

A rotatable guide finger for opening an envelope prior to insertion of documents into the envelope. The finger includes a pivotable arm and a sidewall defining a channel. The sidewall extends downstream from the pivotable arm and has an upper and a lower sidewall portion, each of the sidewall portions including an arc having a radius of about 0.16 inches and a line at an angle of about fifty degrees to a horizontal radius to the arc.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kulpa, Walter. (1993). Rotating envelope opening finger (U.S. Patent No. 5247780). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5247780

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