Cutter device for cutting mailpieces open
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorsSerge Benard, Dominique Bernard
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Abstract
A cutter device for cutting envelopes open, which cutter device includes a rotary cutter suitable for cutting open an envelope, and a rotary bearing element against which said envelope is in contact as it goes past the rotary cutter, an axis of rotation of the bearing element forming a predetermined angle of inclination with a drive axis of the rotary cutter.
Claims9
A cutter device for cutting envelopes open, which cutter device includes a rotary cutter suitable for cutting open an envelope, wherein said cutter device further includes a rotary bearing element that faces said rotary cutter and against which said envelope is in contact as it goes past said rotary cutter, an axis of rotation of the bearing element forming a predetermined angle of inclination α with a drive axis of said rotary cutter,
- wherein said rotary bearing element is mounted on a support provided with a presser element that is offset laterally relative to a cutting axis P passing through said axis of rotation of said rotary bearing element and through said drive axis of said rotary cutter, and enabling said rotary bearing element to tilt about said cutting axis through said predetermined angle of inclination α.
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