Patent ID: 6254679
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B65C

Abstract:
A device for moistening a flexible strip having a face that is gummed at least in part, the device comprising a moistening element in the form of a rigid bar having a bottom portion immersed in a moistening liquid and a top portion moistened with said liquid by capillary action and in contact with the gummed face while the flexible strip is advancing in an advance direction against said moistening element, said top portion of the moistening element being provided with a central slot and a plurality of capillary action slots passing through said bar in said advance direction, which said capillary action slots have respective bottoms immersed in the moistening liquid, wherein said central slot extends parallel to the advance direction and said capillary action slots are inclined relative to said central slot and the advance direction in a manner such as to enable the entire width of the gummed face of the flexible strip to be moistened.