Printing – Rolling contact machines – Rotary
Patent
1993-07-02
1994-08-16
Yan, Ren
Printing
Rolling contact machines
Rotary
101 91, B41F 1324
Patent
active
053376650
ABSTRACT:
A mailing machine, comprising a base including a deck, a postage meter removably mounted on the base, the postage meter including a rotary postage printing drum overhanging the deck, the base including means for feeding an envelope in a downstream path of travel to the drum, the base including means for selectively driving the drum for printing postage on an envelope fed thereto, envelope deflecting means including an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped member having a predetermined length, the member including a substantially horizontally-extending first portion of the length thereof fixedly attached to the drum, the member including a second portion of the length thereof inclined downwardly from the first portion, the member including a third portion of the length thereof inclined upwardly from the second portion, the member including a fourth portion of the length thereof extending substantially horizontally from the third portion and disposed between and in sliding engagement with the drum and the first portion, and the second and third portions cooperatively defining a lower marginal peak edge overhanging the deck and extending transversely of the path of travel for urging an envelope fed beneath the drum into sliding engagement with the deck.
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Fassman Arnold
Rigo Stephen J.
Spath Alfred
Meyer Robert E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
Walker Donald P.
Yan Ren
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