Richard Hubschmitt

US Patent:

39458784, Mar 23, 1976

Filed:

Aug 16, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/498038

Inventors:

Richard W. Hubschmitt - Warren NJ

Assignee:

Schneider Tool and Manufacturing Co. - West Orange NJ

International Classification:

B65C 914
B65C 920

US Classification:

156539

Abstract:

A machine for automatically applying stamps onto successive envelopes at a precise location and without distorting or marring the stamps or envelopes comprises vacuum devices for picking off the stamps and envelopes from respective magazines, feeding each envelope into an exact position below a backing pad, and concurrently feeding a respective stamp past a moistening device into an exact position below the envelope, then pressing the envelope against the backing pad and concurrently pressing the stamp upwardly against the envelope, and thereupon releasing the vacuum devices and knocking out the stamped envelope into a receptacle as the machine is returned to a start position for another application cycle.