Patent ID: 6406591
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B43M,Y10T

Abstract:
A mailing machine comprising:a base including a deck defining a deck plane along which an envelope having an envelope body, an envelope flap and a top edge may be fed in a path of travel; a registration wall located substantially perpendicular to the deck and parallel to the path of travel and along which the envelope top edge may be aligned during feeding; and a stripper blade located upstream in the path of travel from the deck, the stripper blade including a main body that is coplanar with the deck plane and a knife edge that transitions from the main body away from the deck plane to a position that is raised above the deck plane for separating the envelope flap from the envelope body; and wherein: the envelope flap may be separated from the envelope body by the stripper blade before the envelope top edge is aligned with the registration wall.