Patent ID: 6990789
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B43M,G07B

Abstract:
1. In a mailing machine having a feed deck along which an envelope having an envelope body and an envelope flap is fed in a first direction along a path of travel, a registration wall located substantially perpendicular to the feed deck and parallel to the path of travel and along which a top edge of the envelope is aligned during feeding of the envelope through the mailing machine, and a stripper blade including a top edge, the stripper blade being mounted to a chassis coupled to a support rod passing through a channel in the feed deck, the channel extending along the feed deck in a direction transverse to the first direction, a method for separating the envelope flap from the envelope body comprising: determining a distance between a bottom edge of the envelope flap and the registration wall as the envelope is fed along the path of travel; determining a desired distance between the top edge of the stripper blade and the registration wall, the desired distance being based on the distance between the bottom edge of the envelope flap and the registration wall such that the top edge of the stripper blade will be positioned near the bottom edge of the envelope flap; automatically moving the chassis in response to an input from an operator by sliding the support rod in the channel in a direction transverse to the first direction such that the distance between the top edge of the stripper blade and the registration wall is approximately the desired distance; and separating the envelope flap from the envelope body using the stripper blade.