Nova Patents
US3441268A

Device for tamping envelopes

Abstract

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Term

Term ended

Expired 29 April 1986, 40.4 years ago.

  1. Priority and filed
  2. Granted
  3. Expired
  4. Today

10 claims: 2 independent, 8 dependent

  1. 1
    The invention claimed is:1. A device for use with a generally horizontal ramp across which a plurality of envelopes are adapted to be conveyed in edgewise front to back relation, said device comprising a pair of vertically disposed tamper blades movably mounted cantilever fashion at opposite sides of said ramp for flexing movement toward and away from the side edges of the envelopes on said ramp, and means for so flexing said blades in unison toward and away from one another for aligning said envelopes on said ramp.
  2. 3
    A device for use with a generally horizontal ramp across which a plurality of envelopes are adapted to be conveyed in edgewise front to back relation, said device 25 comprising a pair of vertically disposed tamper blades movably mounted at opposite sides of said ramp for movement toward and away from the side edges of the envelopes on said ramp, means for moving said blades in unison toward and away from one another for aligning 30 said envelopes on said ramp, said means for moving said blades comprising a continuously driven cam rotatably ίο supported below said ramp, and two cam followers having inner ends for engaging diametrically opposed points on said cam, said cam followers having opposite ends 35 connected to said blades respectively.
Independent claims2