Machine for the automatic insertion of enclosures, such as letters, printed matter and the like

Claim 1

MACHINE FOR THE AUTOMATIC INSERTION OF ENCLOSURES, SUCH AS LETTERS, PRINTED MATTER AND THE LIKE IN ENVELOPES OF THE GUMMED FLAP TYPE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONVEYOR TABLE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, AN ENVELOPE MAGAZINE DISPOSED ADJACCENT ONE END OF SAID TABLE, FIRST MEANS FOR CONVEYING PERIODICALLY, IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, INDIVIDUAL ENVELOPES FROM SAID MAGAZINE TO A FIRST ENVELOPE OPENING STATION ON SAID TABLE, MEANS FOR OPENING THE CLOSING FLAPS ON THE ENVELOPES AT SAID FIRST STATION, SAID MEANS BEING DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID TABLE, SECOND MEANS FOR ADVANCING IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THE ENVELOPES WITH THEIR FLAPS OPEN TO A SECOND STATION, A MAGAZINE FOR INSERTS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SECOND STATION, AT SAID SECOND STATION MEANS DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID TABLE FOR INSERTING THE INSERTS IN THE ENVELOPES, AND MEANS FOR CLOSING THE ENVELOPE FLAPS UPON INSERTION, WETTING MEANS FOR THE FLAPS ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS, THIRD MEANS FOR ADVANCING IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THE ENVELOPES TO A THIRD EJECTION STATION, MEANS DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID TABLE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE FLAPS AT SAID THIRD STATION AND MEANS DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID TABLE FOR DISCHARGING THE ENVELOPES FROM SAID THIRD STATION, ALL SAID MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT THE SAME LEVEL.