Patent ID: 6843884
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: B43M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for moistening and sealing an envelope having a flap and a body, comprising: (a) a housing in which means for moistening and means for sealing the flap to the body of the envelope are accommodated in operation; (b) the means for moistening the flap or the body of the envelope including a tank housing portion having an body with an exterior surface in which liquid can be stored, which tank includes a window formed in the tank housing portion through which the level of the liquid in the tank is visible to a user of the apparatus from the exterior of the apparatus; wherein at least a portion of the tank housing portion including the window forms a portion of the apparatus housing and is movably arranged relative to, and separable from, the apparatus housing by the user and (c) means for sealing the flap to the body of the envelope wherein in operation of the apparatus a face of the tank including the window forms part of a face of the housing and the tank is placed in a watertight channel.