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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Fransiscus Hermannus Feijen, Leeuwarden, NL;
Fransiscus Hermannus Feijen, Leeuwarden, NL;
NEOPOST Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
An envelope closing mechanism with a deflector () for urging a flap () of an envelope () from the transport path (); and a moistener () for moistening at least a portion of the flap () of an envelope (). The deflector () is movable between a position of rest on a side of the transport path () located opposite the moistener, and a deflecting position on the other side of the transport path () for urging the flap () of the envelope () against the moistener (). If the deflector () is in the deflecting position, it releases the transport path () for transporting the envelope () along the deflector (). From a position in which the flap () of the envelope () extends between the moistener () and the deflector () in a deflecting position, the envelope (), following the transport path () is transported along the deflector () in the deflecting position with the fold leading. A method for closing envelopes is also described.