Deposit and collection receptacles – Closures and chutes – Letter box
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Deposit and collection receptacles
Closures and chutes
Letter box
C073S863220
Reexamination Certificate
active
06997374
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for testing for particulate contaminants in deposited mail-like articles includes an enclosure adapted for receiving deposited mail-like articles, a squeezing mechanism located within the enclosure and adapted for pressuring opposite flat sides of said deposited mail-like articles for expelling air along with any particulate matter from said deposited mail-like articles and into the enclosure, and a sensing apparatus operatively coupled to the enclosure and adapted for determining the presence of particulate contaminants in air expelled from the deposited mail-like articles. The apparatus may be embodied in a depository of an automated teller machine.
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Stradley Eugene C.
Swider John T.
Borghetti Peter J.
Kaye Harvey
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Miller William L.
Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP
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