B43M 5/02
Hand devices for both moistening gummed flaps of envelopes and for closing
Official title: Hand devices for both moistening gummed flaps of envelopes and for closing the envelopes
B43M5/02 (Hand devices for both moistening gummed flaps of envelopes and for closing) appears on 23 US grants and 6 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43M- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 6
- Assignees
- 5
- Inventors
- 31
- Latest grant
- 10 Jun 2008
Filings by year
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Manually operated moistener for items with a water-activated glue10 Jun 2008US 7,384,500 B2Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
- Water feed device for a moistener of a mail handling machine29 Apr 2008US 7,364,621 B2Neopost Technologies
- Applicator pen20 Feb 2007US 7,179,008 B2
- Tab dispensing apparatus and related method14 Mar 2000US 6,035,915 A
- Glue applicator system25 Feb 1997US 5,605,572 A
- Apparatus for moistening portions of articles28 Oct 2010US 2010/0272498 A1
- Non-glue based moistorizing device17 Dec 2009US 2009/0308541 A1
- Water feed device for a moistener of a mail handling machine30 Mar 2006US 2006/0065191 A1Neopost Technologies
- Manually operated moistener for items with a water-activated glue19 Jan 2006US 2006/0011303 A1Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
- Non-glue based moisturizing device22 Sep 2005US 2005/0208109 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Envelope flap sealing device30US 4,450,037 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1984
- Glue applicator system24US 5,605,572 A1997
- Envelope flap moistening apparatus13US 4,926,787 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1990
- Front feeder for large size mail handling machine13US 5,112,037 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1992
- Envelope sealing device10US 5,209,806 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1993