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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Patrick Fournier, Paris, FR;
Francois Reby, Nogent sur Marne, FR;
Jean-christian Maleyran, LePerray en Yvelines, FR;
Patrick Fournier, Paris, FR;
Francois Reby, Nogent sur Marne, FR;
Jean-Christian Maleyran, LePerray en Yvelines, FR;
Pitney Bowes SAS, LaPlaine St. Denis, Cedex, FR;
Abstract
An envelope opener is that includes a table for routing documents along a longitudinal document guide wall and a cutting device for cutting off an edge of an envelope is described. The guide wall is movable laterally relative to the cutting device into a plurality of lateral or cutting positions in order to obtain a plurality of cutting widths. The machine also includes a bypass control to enable driving a document in the downstream direction when the cutter device is in the non-cutting position to enable counting envelopes without opening them.