公开(公告)号：EP0631885A1

公开(公告)日：1995-01-04

申请号：EP94304908.0

申请日：1994-07-04

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Hubbard, David W. ,  Perrin, Susan E. ,  Supron, Steven A. ,  Wologodzew, Leo L.

IPC分类号： B43M5/02 ,  B43M5/04

CPC分类号： B43M5/042 ,  B43M5/02

摘要： Apparatus for supplying moisture to an envelope, having a body portion and a flap portion, the apparatus comprising, a substantially solid-rectangle-shaped pad (70) made of a material capable of upwardly transferring fluid by capillary action, means (72) for supplying fluid (74) to the pad, the fluid supplying means including a source (76) of supply of fluid, the fluid supplying means including an elongate well (80) having an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped base wall (82), the well including a fluid inlet tube (90) depending from the base wall and removably connected in fluid flow communication with the fluid supply source, the well including a pair of elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced side walls (84), the well including a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced end walls (86) extending between the side walls, the side and end walls extending upwardly from the base wall, the well including a plurality of upright posts (88) located at spaced intervals longitudinally of the length of the base wall, the posts dividing the well into an elongate receptacle (92) for receiving the pad and an elongate fluid inlet channel (94) connected in fluid flow communication with the inlet tube, the pad removably mounted in the receptacle, means for supporting the well, the supporting means including a bracket, and the well removably slidably connected to the bracket to facilitate disconnecting the well therefrom.

摘要翻译： 信封具有主体部分和折翼部分。 固体矩形垫由能够通过毛细管作用向上传送流体的材料制成，用于向衬垫供应流体的装置，流体供应装置包括流体源。 流体供应装置包括具有细长矩形基底的细长井。 该井包括从基壁悬垂并与流体供应源流体连通地可移除地连接的流体入口管。 井包括一对细长的大致矩形和相对间隔的侧壁，包括在侧壁之间延伸的一对矩形和相对间隔的端壁。

公开(公告)号：EP1111547A3

公开(公告)日：2003-03-19

申请号：EP00126439.9

申请日：2000-12-06

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Supron, Steven A. ,  Jacobson, Gary S. ,  Belec, Eric A. ,  Porco, Francesco ,  Kayser, David E. ,  Stefan, Christopher J. ,  Mulroy, Martin

IPC分类号： B65H1/14

CPC分类号： B65H1/025 ,  B65H2301/321 ,  B65H2511/214 ,  B65H2511/51 ,  B65H2701/1916 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： The present invention is directed to, in a general aspect, a nudger for a mixed mail feeder (1) and, in particular, to an apparatus and method of providing and detecting proper position in a stack of mixed mail (5). The apparatus, generally, comprises a nudger arm (39) for detecting proper positioning of the mailpiece and a lean detection arm for detecting proper lean of the mailpiece with respect to the nudger. The method comprises generally, a determination that when the lean detection arm and the nudger arm are in a position indicating that the lead mailpiece is in the proper position, the stack of mixed mail is decelerated and fed to, for example, a separator, for further processing. The deceleration is performed at a slow rate and provides for a predetermined amount of over travel by the stack of mixed mail (5). This ensures proper contact of the lead mailpiece with the nudger rollers for feeding the mailpieces for further processing. The nudger rollers continue to feed the lead mailpieces until one or both of the lean detection arm and the nudger arm (39) move out of the position(s) for proper mailpiece feeding.

公开(公告)号：EP1090862A2

公开(公告)日：2001-04-11

申请号：EP00121251.3

申请日：2000-10-04

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Stefan, Christopher, Julius ,  Belec, Eric A. ,  Mercede, John, J., Jr. ,  Salomon, James A. ,  Supron, Steven A. ,  Wilson, Shae Lynn ,  Wologodzew, Leo ,  Yap, Anthony E.

IPC分类号： B65H9/06 ,  B07C1/02

CPC分类号： B65H9/06 ,  B07C1/04 ,  B65H2301/321 ,  B65H2301/4452

摘要： In a device for processing documents being transported therethrough along a document feed path, an aligner apparatus comprising: first and second guide walls, each guide wall positioned parallel to the document feed path and facing the other guide wall forming an alley along the document feed path in which the documents are relieved of interdocument forces allowing bottom edge alignment of the documents with the document feed path, the guide walls forming a plurality of openings, each opening in the first guide wall being in alignment with an opening in the second guide wall; and a trap assembly comprising first and second trap levers, each trap lever mounted along the document feed path on a side of the guide wall opposite the document feed path, each trap lever received by one of the plurality of openings in the guide walls and each trap lever opposing the other trap lever and positioned to, when actuated, cause opposing forces on one-another in order to grab the documents as they move along the feed path in the aligner apparatus so as to control the gap between the documents, The trap lever configured with a resilient pad and an air gap to reduce noise when the lever is actuated and contacts the document.

摘要翻译： 在用于处理沿着原稿进给路径传送的文件的装置中，对准器装置包括：第一和第二引导壁，每个引导壁平行于文件进给路径定位，并且面向另一导向壁，沿另一引导壁沿着文件馈送路径形成胡同 其中所述文件被解除了允许所述文件与所述文件馈送路径的底边对准的文档内容，所述引导壁形成多个开口，所述第一引导壁中的每个开口与所述第二引导壁中的开口对准; 以及捕集器组件，其包括第一和第二捕获杆，每个捕获杆沿着原稿供给路径安装在引导壁的与文件进给路径相对的一侧上，每个捕获杆由导向壁中的多个开口中的一个接收， 捕捉杆与另一个捕获杆相对并且被定位成当被致动时在彼此上引起相反的力，以便在文档沿着对准器装置中的进给路径移动时抓取文件，以便控制文件之间的间隙。 杠杆配置有弹性垫和气隙，以在杠杆被致动并接触文件时减少噪音。

公开(公告)号：EP0549322A3

公开(公告)日：1994-03-30

申请号：EP92311691.7

申请日：1992-12-22

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Murphy, Charles F. III ,  Salancy, William A. ,  Silverberg, Morton ,  Supron, Steven A.

IPC分类号： G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B17/00193 ,  G07B2017/00233 ,  G07B2017/00556

摘要： A postage meter 10 is insertable into and removable from a receptacle in a mailing machine base. The postage meter includes a shutter bar 26 which is slidably mounted to the meter. The shutter bar is positionable between a first position where the shutter bar is located opposite and blocking external access to an indicia plate 150 of the meter and a second position wherein the shutter bar is positioned laterally of the indicia plate. The receptacle is pivotally connected to mailing machine base and includes a shutter bar locking mechanism 28 for engaging the shutter bar in the shutter bar's first position and for slidably shifting the shutter bar between the first and the second position. A brush assembly 101 is mounted to the shutter bar for brushing or sweeping the indicia plate upon reciprocal displacement of the shutter bar between the first and second positions.

摘要翻译： 邮资计费器10可插入邮件机底座中的容器中并可从容器中移除。 邮资计包括可滑动地安装到仪表的快门杆26。 快门杆可定位在快门杆位于对面的第一位置和阻挡到仪表的标记板150的外部入口和第二位置之间，其中快门杆位于标记板的侧面。 该容器可枢转地连接到邮寄机器底座并且包括一个快门杆锁定机构28，用于在快门杆的第一位置接合快门杆并且用于在第一和第二位置之间可滑动地移动快门杆。 刷子组件101安装在快门杆上，用于在快门杆在第一和第二位置之间往复移动时刷洗或扫动标记板。