Patent ID: 8402725

Claim:
A method for inserting postal items into an envelope, the envelope comprising an envelope body constituting a pocket having an opening and a flap hinged to the envelope body along a fold, and for closing the envelope, using an inserting apparatus having a postal item transport path, an inserting position downstream of the postal item transport path, an envelope flap moistener and a flap closing member, the method comprising: transporting the envelope in a closed position in which the flap closes off the pocket; opening the envelope by bending the flap open; bringing the envelope in the inserting position; holding the flap of the envelope in the inserting position in an orientation directed away from a closed end of the envelope body; transporting at least one postal item along the postal item transport path towards the inserting position and inserting the at least one postal item into the envelope in the inserting position; transporting the envelope with the at least one postal item inserted therein away from the inserting position; and the flap closing member closing the envelope flap; further comprising the envelope flap moistener moistening a gummed portion of the flap, wherein the moistening is started after the flap has been bent open and at least before the insertion of the at least one postal item into the envelope, wherein during insertion of the at least one postal item into the envelope the gummed portion is moist.