Adjustable water feed device for feeding water to a moistener in a mail handling machine
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorYannick Claris
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Abstract
A water feed device for feeding water to a moistener for moistening envelope flaps that is incorporated into a mail handling machine, the water feed device comprising a reserve stock of water from which a quantity of water flows to a reservoir of water with which the reserve stock of water is in communication, said quantity of water being suitable for imbibing a piece of foam soaking in said reservoir of water, said reserve stock of water being disposed in a receptacle that is mounted to move vertically between a low position and a high position, which positions correspond respectively to a low water level and to a high water level in said reservoir, it being possible for the receptacle to take up a plurality of other positions between said low and high positions.
Claims5
A water feed device for feeding water to a moistener for moistening envelope flaps comprising:
- a receptacle containing a reserve stock of water;
- a reservoir having foam therein;
- a conduit connecting the reserve stock of water to the reservoir such that water from the reserve stock of water flows to the reservoir and moistens the foam,
- wherein said receptacle is vertically moveable between a low position and a high position to respectively alter the level of the water in the reservoir between a low water level and to a high water level to change the degree to which the foam is moistened and
- wherein said receptacle is moved vertically by turning an adjustment lever that is secured to said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.