Patent ID: 7520109
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
1. In a mailing machine having a housing, a method for processing a mailpiece comprising the steps of: activating one of a first and second processing modules/assemblies to perform one of first and second processing operations; the first processing operation associated with moistening a glue line of an envelope flap, and the second processing operation associated with cutting an edge of an envelope to open the mailpiece; deactivating the active processing module/assembly; and activating the other of the first and second processing modules/assemblies to perform the other of the first and second processing operations by interchangeably installing one of the first and second processing modules/assemblies into a receiving station of the housing to perform one of the first and second processing operations and removing one of the first and second processing modules from the receiving station to perform one of the first and second processing operations.