Single cycle envelope flap opener

Details Single cycle envelope flap opener Single cycle envelope flap opener

1988-04-29

1989-03-21

Sipos, John

Package making

Means to open or erect receptacle

Means to open envelope

53266A, B65B 4326, B65B 4339

Patent

active

048132098

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for opening the flap of a document having a bent-over flap. The apparatus includes a pair of side frames, a driven, transfer roller rotatably mounted in said frames, a first, rotatably mounted pressure roller disposed against said transfer roller and providing between itself and said transfer roller a first nip for receiving said document, and a second, rotatably mounted pressure roller disposed against said transfer roller, said second roller being spaced from said first roller about the periphery of said transfer roller and providing between itself and said transfer roller a second nip for receiving said document. The apparatus further includes an upper, arcuate guide pivotably mounted to said frames for receiving the document from said first nip and guiding said document toward said second nip, said upper guide pivotable between a first position adjacent said transfer roller and a second position remote from said transfer roller, and a lower, arcuate guide pivotably mounted to said frames and hingedly connected to said upper guide. The lower guide has a flap-engaging lip oriented to engage and bend back the flap of said document as said document traverses said lower guide. The lower guide is pivotable between a first, non-flap-engaging position and a second, flap-opening position, said lower guide being pivotable to said flap-opening position by the document as it traverses said lower guide. The pivoting of said lower guide causes said upper guide to pivot to said second position remote from said transfer roller, thereby allowing said document with said flap to pass through the gap between said transfer roller and said upper guide.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2668053 (1954-02-01), Bach
patent: 2766569 (1956-10-01), Strother
patent: 3162435 (1964-12-01), Rastorguyeff et al.
patent: 4295321 (1981-10-01), De Hart
patent: 4715164 (1987-12-01), Luperti et al.

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