Postal code envelope printer
OwnerLewis A. Heiliginventor
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Abstract
A machine printer for marking a machine readable code on envelopes and the like allows house holders and small businesses to print the postal precode on envelopes so they can be read by a machine reader rather than a keypunch operator. The printer has an adjustable jig to hold one end of an envelope, the jig has two portions which join together in sliding relationship for different sized envelopes. Each portion has a corner slot to position an envelope, and at least one of the portions has a stencil or other marking means for producing a mark on an envelope, the stencil or other marking means located a fixed distance from one corner of the envelope.
Claims21
A printer for marking an envelope and the like, at a fixed location with respect to one corner of the envelope regardless of envelope size, comprising:
- an adjustable jig to hold one end of an envelope, the jig having at least two portions, each portion having a corner slot to position a respective corner of the one end of an envelope, connection means to join the two portions together in sliding relationship so that distance between the corner slots in the two portions can be varied to hold different sized envelopes;
- the two portions of the jig each having stencil for producing a mark on separate locations of the envelope each stencil being positioned above the respective separate location on the envelope in the jig, the stencil above each separate location being a fixed distance from the respective corner slot such that each of the separate locations on the envelope to be marked is a fixed distance from the respective corner of the envelope regardless of size of envelope.
A printer for marking an envelope and the like, at two fixed locations from each of the two corners of the envelope regardless of envelope size, comprising:
- an adjustable jig to hold one end of an envelope, the jig having at least two portions, each portion having a corner slot to position a respective corner of the one end of an envelope, connection means to join the two portions together in sliding relationship so that distance between the corner slots and the two portions can be varied to hold different sized envelopes;
- the two portions of the jig each having marking means secured thereto to each produce a mark at separate locations on the envelope, the marking means each located a fixed distance from the respective corner slot such that each of the separate locations on the envelope to be marked is a fixed distance from the respective corner of the envelope regardless of size of envelope.
The printer according to claim I0 wherein the plunger is activated electrically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.