Postage meter for printing near the top edge of an envelope - Patents

Postage meter for printing near the top edge of an envelope
United States Patent 7,163,348
Kulpa , et al. January 16, 2007
Abstract
A mailing machine including a postage meter for printing evidence of postage payment on a media includes a registration surface, a print head, an envelope transport having at least two nips for keeping the media from skewing and contacting the print head, a media ski ending upstream of the registration surface for pushing the media into contact with the registration surface, and at least one star wheel disposed in an opening of the registration surface for holding the media down as it is fed through the mailing machine.
Inventors: Kulpa; Walter J. (Trumbull, CT), Barrigas; Norman L. (Danbury, CT)
Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT)
Appl. No.: 10/955,561
Filed: September 30, 2004