Patent ID: 6062003
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
In a mailing machine which transports along a feed path a mailpiece having a moistened flap and a main body portion, a sealing and deskewing device comprising:means for transporting the mailpiece through the mailing machine;a first roller mounted for rotation and having a first roller surface; anda second roller mounted for rotation and having a first plurality of segmented roller surfaces so that outer surfaces of the first plurality of segmented roller surfaces define the second roller as being conical, wherein at times when the mailpiece is transported between the first and second rollers in a skewed orientation relative to the feed path the conical second roller operatively cooperates with the transporting means to deskew the mailpiece relative to the feed path and concurrently the first roller surface operatively cooperates with the at least one of the first plurality of segmented roller surfaces to apply pressure to the moistened flap to seal the moistened flap to the main body portion.