Leo L Wologodzew

6435498, Aug 20, 2002

Sep 26, 2001

09/964791

Christopher Julius Stefan - Derby CT
Eric A. Belec - Southbury CT
James A. Salomon - Cheshire CT
Steven A. Supron - Middlebury CT
Shae Lynn Wilson - Hamden CT
Leo Wologodzew - Shelton CT
Anthony E. Yap - Danbury CT

PItney Bowes, Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 2968

271 2, 271 312, 271 311, 271182, 271403, 271 1003, 27126502, 271129, 27125801

The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming an alley along the document feed path in which the documents are relieved of interdocument forces allowing bottom edge alignment of the documents with the document feed path. A trap assembly including first and second trap levers is lever mounted along the document feed path on a side of the guide wall and when actuated, cause opposing forces on one-another in order to grab the documents as they move along the feed path in the aligner apparatus so as to control the gap between the documents. It apparatus further provides an adequate gap between documents while reducing noise. Each trap lever has a head portion which is fitted with a resilient pad which is attached to the trap arm in a manner that forms a gap between the head and the pad.

6536756, Mar 25, 2003

Sep 26, 2001

09/965241

Christopher Julius Stefan - Derby CT
Eric A. Belec - Southbury CT
James A. Salomon - Cheshire CT
Steven A. Supron - Middlebury CT
Shae Lynn Wilson - Hamden CT
Leo Wologodzew - Shelton CT
Anthony E. Yap - Danbury CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 2968

271 2, 271 312, 271 311, 271182, 271 403, 271 1003, 27126502

The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming an alley along the document feed path in which the documents are relieved of interdocument forces allowing bottom edge alignment of the documents with the document feed path. A trap assembly including first and second trap levers is lever mounted along the document feed path on a side of the guide wall and when actuated, cause opposing forces on one-another in order to grab the documents as they move along the feed path in the aligner apparatus so as to control the gap between the documents. It apparatus further provides an adequate gap between documents while reducing noise. Each trap lever has a head portion, which is fitted with a resilient pad, which is attached to the trap arm in a manner that forms a gap between the head and the pad.

6328300, Dec 11, 2001

Oct 4, 1999

9/411064

Christopher Julius Stefan - Derby CT
Eric A. Belec - Southbury CT
John J. Mercede - Easton CT
James A. Salomon - Cheshire CT
Steven A. Supron - Middlebury CT
Shae Lynn Wilson - Hamden CT
Leo Wologodzew - Shelton CT
Anthony E. Yap - Danbury CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 2968

271 2

The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming an alley along the document feed path in which the documents are relieved of interdocument forces allowing bottom edge alignment of the documents with the document feed path. A trap assembly including first and second trap levers is lever mounted along the document feed path on a side of the guide wall and when actuated, cause opposing forces on one-another in order to grab the documents as they move along the feed path in the aligner apparatus so as to control the gap between the documents. It apparatus further provides an adequate gap between documents while reducing noise. Each trap lever has a head portion which is fitted with a resilient pad which is attached to the trap arm in a manner that forms a gap between the head and the pad.

44064489, Sep 27, 1983

Jul 24, 1981

6/286486

Walter J. Kulpa - Norwalk CT
Leo Wologodzew - Huntington CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 112

271160

A removable paper cassette for feeding different lengths of cut paper sheets seriatim to a machine operatively associated with the cassette. The cassette includes a chutelike base having a bottom panel, and a pair of sidewalls contiguous with the front wall and extending only along a portion of the bottom panel. The cassette further includes an upwardly biased paper elevating plate pivotably secured at its rearward section to the base, the plate having a pair of detents situated in the forward section thereof adjacent the sidewalls, and a cassette cover pivotably secured to the sidewalls of the base. The cover includes a pair of inwardly projecting camming fingers integral therewith, one on each side of the forward section thereof. The detents engage the fingers when the cover is raised to the open position whereby the cover is held in the open position and the elevating pate is maintained in a depressed position ready for paper loading.

51748240, Dec 29, 1992

Oct 31, 1990

7/606978

William A. Salancy - Norwalk CT
Steven A. Supron - Norwalk CT
Bret K. Taylor - Shelton CT
Leo L. Wologodzew - Huntington CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B05C 100

118253

The improved tape advancing system includes a conveyor having a moving surface, a motor having an output shaft, means coupled to said motor for driving said moving surface. A frame is locate opposite said moving surface and includes a plurality of wheel assemblies rotatively supported by said frame for assuring positive communication between the tape shaft carrying a first and second wheel fixably mounted to respective ends of the shaft and are spaced apart, a distance such that said wheels will contact an edge portion of the tape which has not been printed upon by an associated postage meter.

44705301, Sep 11, 1984

Mar 21, 1983

6/477096

Leo Wologodzew - Huntington CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 908
B65H 1720

226165

A mailing machine including a postage meter for printing postage impressions on tape, a removable tape dispensing module, and a device for receiving the removable tape dispensing module. The removable tape dispensing module includes a support housing, a shaft translatably mounted in the housing, an advance roller slidably mounted on the inner end of and rotatably with the shaft, a paddle pivotably mounted on the housing and biased downwardly onto the advance roller to thereby clamp the tape, a cam fixedly mounted on the interior portion of the shaft, the cam being engagable with the paddle to lift the paddle away from the advance roller, a rotatable knob mounted on the outer end of the shaft and capable of rotating the advance roller, and a device for effecting translation of the cam in the direction of the axis of the shaft.

53544072, Oct 11, 1994

Jul 2, 1993

8/085370

David W. Hubbard - Stamford CT
Susan E. Perrin - Seymour CT
Steven A. Supron - New Haven CT
Leo L. Wologodzew - Shelton CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B43M 500

1564421

Apparatus for supplying moisture to an envelope, having a body portion and a flap portion, the apparatus including, a substantially solid-rectangle-shaped pad made of a material capable of upwardly transferring fluid by capillary action, a device for supplying fluid to the pad, the fluid supplying device including a source of supply of fluid, the fluid supplying device including an elongate well having an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped base wall, the well including a fluid inlet tube depending from the base wall and removably connected in fluid flow communication with the fluid supply source, the well including a pair of elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced side walls, the well including a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced end walls extending between the side walls, the side and end walls extending upwardly from the base wall, the well including a plurality of upright posts located at spaced intervals longitudinally of the length of the base wall, the posts dividing the well into an elongate receptacle for receiving the pad and an elongate fluid inlet channel connected in fluid flow communication with the inlet tube, the pad removably mounted in the receptacle, a device for supporting the well, the supporting device including a bracket, and the well removably slidably connected to the bracket to facilitate disconnecting the well therefrom.

46117369, Sep 16, 1986

Feb 25, 1985

6/704839

German Gavronsky - Stamford CT
Leo Wologodzew - Huntington CT

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

B65H 2004

226134

A tape feeding apparatus is provided for preventing the feeding of successive strips of tape unless and until the manual activator for the tape feeding mechanism has been allowed to return to its manual in operative position. There is a tape feeding apparatus, a drive apparatus for driving the tape feeding apparatus, and a clutch interposed there between. A latching mechanism normally maintains the clutch disengaged to prevent the driving apparatus from driving the tape feeding apparatus. A second clutch is interposed between the latching mechanism and a manually movable actuator for normally engaging and providing a direct connection between the movable actuator and the latching mechanism so as to disable the latching mechanism when the actuator is moved to the actuating position, and thus allowing the first clutch to engage and cause the driving apparatus to drive the tape feeding apparatus.