Having Means For Moistening The Labels (11/04) Patents (Class 156/DIG50)
  • Patent number: 4685994
    Abstract: There have been devices for storing and dispensing postage stamps. These devices have been very complex, bulky devices appropriate for offices where large volumes of mailings are made. There are also small simple devices consisting of a simple cylinder with a slot through which the stamps project for a later manual tearing and licking and placing on letters and parcels. This invention comprises a compact, simple and dependable device which not only stores a roll of stamps but also deploys the stamps individually, moistens the individually deployed stamps just prior to placement on a letter or parcel and severs the just moistened stamp for later pressing in an automatic and sequential fashion. The device includes features which permit each and every stamp to be deployed from the roll down to the very last stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventor: Tomasz J. Wodnicki