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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:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Jeichienus Adriaan Van Der Werff, Montfoort, NL;
Jeichienus Adriaan van der Werff, Montfoort, NL;
NEOPOST Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
An inserting machine with an assembly () for unfolding a flap () of an envelope (), including: a scraper () with a sharp scraping end () and an envelope carrier (-) as well as a drive () for moving the holder portion () and the scraper () relative to each other, such that the holder portion () with the fold edge () in trailing position scrapes along the scraping end (), the scraper () scrapes the flap () in the area of its free edge () off the holder portion (), and pivots the flap () open about the fold edge (). The scraping end () moves along a circulation path (), of which a first portion () extends in a direction towards the fold edge () over the holder portion () of the envelope () and of which a second, contiguous portion () diverges from the holder portion () of the envelope ().
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