Mailing Machine Fluid Level Indicator
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsWalter J. Kulpa, Daniel R. Salomone, Jay Reichelsheimer
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Abstract
An illustrative mailing machine is provided including a moistening fluid level indicator. The mailing machine includes a mail piece transport including a mail piece flap opening and moistening assembly, a moistening fluid container operatively connected to the moistening assembly for providing moistening fluid to the moistening assembly, and a fluid level indicator arm operatively connected to the moistening fluid container, wherein the fluid level indicator arm has an indicator surface adjacent to an indicator window for indicating the presence of the moistening fluid level container and for indicating an amount of moistening fluid in the container.
Claims12
A mailing machine having a moistening fluid level indicator comprising;
- a mail piece transport including a mail piece flap opening and moistening assembly,
- a moistening fluid container operatively connected to the moistening assembly for providing moistening fluid to the moistening assembly, and
- a fluid level indicator arm operatively connected to the moistening fluid container, wherein the fluid level indicator arm has an indicator surface adjacent to an indicator window for indicating the presence of the moistening fluid level container and for indicating an amount of moistening fluid in the container.
A mailing machine having a moistening fluid level indicator comprising;
- a mail piece transport including a mail piece flap opening and moistening assembly,
- a moistening fluid container operatively connected to the moistening assembly for providing moistening fluid to the moistening assembly, and
- a user interface controller including a mailing machine processor operatively connected to the mailing machine,
- wherein the moistening assembly includes a moistening brush connected to a moistening flap for applying moistening fluid to an envelope flap, and
- an electrical moistening fluid presence detector connected to the moistening flap downstream of the moistening brush, wherein the electrical moistening fluid presence detector is operatively connected to the mailing machine processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.