Abstract: A composite vane for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft turbomachine, this vane including an aerofoil having a pressure side and a suction side connected together by a leading edge and by a trailing edge, the aerofoil been formed from a fibrous preform obtained by weaving fibres in three dimensions, which is embedded in a polymer matrix, the vane further including a first metal shield extending over and along the leading edge of the aerofoil, the vane further including at least one cover element extending over and along the trailing edge of the aerofoil.

Abstract: A turbomachine stator element extends around a longitudinal axis and includes a first stator vane and a second stator vane circumferentially adjacent to the first stator vane. Each of the first and second stator vanes include a platform and a blade extending radially from the platform. The stator element also comprising at least one inter-platform seal, arranged between the platform of the first stator vane and the platform of the second stator vane. The inter-platform seal has a flat support provided with an upper surface on which there extends a fin.

Abstract: A turbomachine stator element extends around a longitudinal axis and includes a first stator vane and a second stator vane circumferentially adjacent to the first stator vane. Each of the first and second stator vanes include a platform and a blade extending radially from the platform. The stator element also comprising at least one inter-platform seal, arranged between the platform of the first stator vane and the platform of the second stator vane. The inter-platform seal has a flat support provided with an upper surface on which there extends a fin.

Abstract: A disclosed propulsion unit includes a pylon having a blade presenting a chord Cx and a downstream arm having a structural arm. The pylon has a first distance D between a trailing edge of a fan blade and a leading edge of the fan blade, a second distance d between said trailing edge of the blade and a leading edge of the structural arm, and a third distance L between the trailing edge of the blade and a mark located at a maximum thickness of the downstream arm. The pylon is dimensioned according to: a first quotient between D and Cx between 2.2 and 2.6, a second quotient between d and Cx between 1 and 1.2, and a third quotient between L and Cx between 4 and 7.

Abstract: A disclosed propulsion unit includes a pylon having a blade presenting a chord Cx and a downstream arm having a structural arm. The pylon has a first distance D between a trailing edge of a fan blade and a leading edge of the fan blade, a second distance d between said trailing edge of the blade and a leading edge of the structural arm, and a third distance L between the trailing edge of the blade and a mark located at a maximum thickness of the downstream arm. The pylon is dimensioned according to: a first quotient between D and Cx between 2.2 and 2.6, a second quotient between d and Cx between 1 and 1.2, and a third quotient between L and Cx between 4 and 7.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a certified electronic record has data content forming record entries being associated together to from an uncertified electronic record. A user-made input for creating a certification mark is received. A visually identifiable certification mark is then generated from the input. A certified electronic record is created from the record entries of the uncertified electronic record and the visually identifiable certification mark.

Abstract: In a mail processing machine having a receive deck for receiving a stack of mail items for printing, jogging means for jogging the stack of items against a reference wall, selection means for extracting mail items for printing one by one from stack of items, and print means for printing a postal imprint on the selected mail item, a jogging device is provided that includes an external strip slidably mounted on a moving slideway and having a jogging flat mounted at the terminal end thereof, a brake-forming friction shoe secured to the stationary slideway and mounted between the stationary slideway and the moving slideway, and a resilient element having one end connected to the moving slideway and its other end connected to the external strip in order to cause the external strip to back off automatically through a determined distance from the moving slideway once the jogging flap has been brought into contact with the stack of mail items.

Abstract: A feed module for feeding envelopes into a mail handling machine, which feed module comprises envelope conveyor means for conveying said envelopes through the feed module, separator means for selecting said envelopes one-by-one, moistener means for moistening a flap of the envelope selected in this way, and closure means for pressing the envelope closed and for ejecting it from the feed module, said closure means comprising two superposed extractor rollers, each of which has a respective ribbed portion that is made of a hydrophobic material and that extends over a width corresponding to at least the width of a print zone in which the postal imprint is to be printed.

Abstract: In a feeder of a mail handling machine, a conveyor device is provided that includes a plurality of a drive members controlled by a suitable drive mechanism and designed to pass through a mail item receiver bed of said feeder, and each of said drive members is constituted by a cylindrical wheel provided with a set of straight teeth formed by a plurality of teeth between which there are interposed a plurality of independent small rollers having axes perpendicular to the axis of the wheel.

Abstract: In a mail processing machine comprising a reception plate for receiving, in the form of a stack of items, the mail items to be printed, a jogging means for jogging this stack of items against a reference wall, a selection means for extracting the mail items to be printed from this stack of items one by one, and a printing means for printing a postal stamp on the selected mail item, an anti-skew device is provided, comprising a plurality of pivoting levers which are each positioned at a defined distance from the reference wall and a first end of which extends through an orifice made in the reception plate, in order to form, above the plate, a removable lateral obstacle for the mail items. These defined distances each correspond to a width of envelope of different format.

Abstract: A feeder module for feeding envelopes into a mail handling machine, which feeder module has, from upstream to downstream relative to a direction of advance of the mail items, a tray for receiving a stack of envelopes, a device for selecting said envelopes one-by-one, a separator having an active separation zone formed by a sharp cutting portion for separating the envelop flaps from the envelope bodies, and a moistener for moistening the flaps separated in this way.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for moistening envelope flaps, comprising a reservoir of liquid, means for pumping this liquid and, disposed transversely with respect to a direction of advance of the envelopes and inclined with respect to a horizontal plane for supporting these envelopes, means for spraying on the envelope flaps a part of the liquid pumped from the reservoir of liquid. This inclination of the spray means corresponds to the angle of inclination of the flaps of envelopes with folded down flaps.

Abstract: In a mail processing machine comprising a reception plate for receiving, in the form of a stack of items, the mail items to be printed, a jogging means for jogging this stack of items against a reference wall, a selection means for extracting the mail items to be printed from this stack of items one by one, -and a printing means for printing a postal stamp on the selected mail item, an anti-skew device is provided, comprising a plurality of pivoting levers which are each positioned at a defined distance from the reference wall and a first end of which extends through an orifice made in the reception plate, in order to form, above the plate, a removable lateral obstacle for the mail items. These defined distances each correspond to a width of envelope of different format.

Abstract: In a mail processing machine having a receive deck for receiving a stack of mail items for printing, jogging means for jogging the stack of items against a reference wall, selection means for extracting mail items for printing one by one from stack of items, and print means for printing a postal imprint on the selected mail item, a jogging device is provided that includes an external strip slidably mounted on a moving slideway and having a jogging flat mounted at the terminal end thereof, a brake-forming friction shoe secured to the stationary slideway and mounted between the stationary slideway and the moving slideway, and a resilient element having one end connected to the moving slideway and its other end connected to the external strip in order to cause the external strip to back off automatically through a determined distance from the moving slideway once the jogging flap has been brought into contact with the stack of mail items.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for moistening envelope flaps, comprising a reservoir of liquid, means for pumping this liquid and, disposed transversely with respect to a direction of advance of the envelopes and inclined with respect to a horizontal plane for supporting these envelopes, means for spraying on the envelope flaps a part of the liquid pumped from the reservoir of liquid. This inclination of the spray means corresponds to the angle of inclination of the flaps of envelopes with folded down flaps.

Abstract: A moistening system suitable for mail handling systems comprises a moistening member mounted vertically on a water reservoir from which it is fed with water and on which it has a projecting part. The reservoir is mounted with the moistening member below the path, the length of the reservoir substantially corresponding to the width of the path. The reservoir is divided along its length into independent individual departments into which the moistening member dips.

Abstract: Device for unjamming mail items retained in the transportation path of a mail handling machine, the mail items being transported by several series of drive rollers distributed all along this transportation path and at least two series of rollers (12, 14) of which are placed, with respect to the direction of advance of the mail items, respectively upstream and downstream of means (16) for printing the postal imprint. This device comprises manual control means in order, in a first position, to partly clear the transportation path for the mail items by simultaneously lowering the upstream and downstream drive rollers, and in order, in a second position, to completely clear the transportation path for the mail items by completely withdrawing all of the drive rollers.

Abstract: A device for offsetting a postage imprint in a mail-handling machine, the device comprising detection means for detecting an edge of a mail item, print means for printing a postage imprint on the mail item, and monitoring and control means connected firstly to said detection means and secondly to said print means so as to control printing of said postage imprint on said mail item as a function of a predetermined standard offset &Dgr;0 on the basis of the detection of said edge of the mail item, the detection means for detecting an edge of the mail item comprising means for retarding the detection of the edge of the mail item as a function of the thickness of the mail item, which thickness is determined using said detection means for detecting an edge of a mail item.

Abstract: A moistening system suitable for mail handling systems comprises a moistening member mounted vertically on a water reservoir from which it is fed with water and on which it has a projecting part. The reservoir is mounted with the moistening member below the path, the length of the reservoir substantially corresponding to the width of the path. The reservoir is divided along its length into independent individual departments into which the moistening member dips.