Envelope flap moistener
CA 2003146 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: O'Dea, Kevin J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A moistening arrangement for moistening the flap of an envelope moving in a first direction in a given plane, wherein a nozzle directed to spray a liquid at an envelope flap along a given locus in the plane, a source of first signals is provided that are a function of the position of the edge in the plane. An arrangement responsive to the first signals moves the nozzle in a direction substantially parallel to the plane for moistening the flap at positions thereof. The nozzle comprises a hollow needle having a bore sufficiently small that the flow of liquid therethrough is substantially independent of pressure applied to the liquid.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 16, 1989 and granted January 25, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 16, 2011.
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