MAILING MACHINE INCLUDING A STRIPPER BLADE HAVING A RAISED EDGE

摘要

A mailing machine (100) including a base (300), a registration wall (304), a nd a stripper blade (322). The base (300) includes a deck (302) defining a deck plane along which an envelope (20) having an envelope body (20a), an envelop e flap (20c) and a top edge (20b) may be fed in a path of travel (Z). The registration wall (304) is located substantially perpendicular to the deck (302) and parallel to the path of travel (Z) and along which the envelope to p edge (20b) may be aligned during feeding. The stripper blade (322) is locate d upstream in the path of travel (Z) from the deck (302), the stripper blade (322) including a knife edge (322b) that is raised above the deck plane for separating the envelope flap (20c) from the envelope body (20a).