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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Al Margiotta, Plainview, NY (US);
Olympus America, Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
An envelope leveler for use with a printer feeder to orient a top envelope of a stack of envelopes to be fed into a printer attached to the printer feeder. The envelope leveler including: a platform upon which the envelope stack is disposed; a base; and a pivot for rotating the platform and the envelope stack thereupon about the base such that the top envelope of the envelope stack is oriented for proper feeding into the printer. Also provided is a printer having the envelope leveler. The printer comprising: a printer feeder having a surface for supporting the stack of envelopes; a feeder for feeding the top envelope into the printer; and an envelope leveler comprising a platform upon which the envelope stack is disposed, a base, and a pivot means for rotating the platform and the envelope stack thereupon about the base such that the top envelope of the envelope stack is oriented for proper feeding into the printer.