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LETTER OPENING MACHINE GUILLOTINE CUTTER [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A machine in which the envelopes are cut by a moving guillotine blade acting in conjunction with a fixed blade or by a cutting blade mounted on a rotating cylinder acting against a fixed blade. The envelopes remain stationary during the cutting process.

OBS

letter opening machine with guillotine cutter: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)
DEF

Machine destinée à couper les enveloppes à l'aide d'une lame mobile de massicot dont l'action est combinée avec celle d'une lame fixe, ou à l'aide d'une lame montée sur un cylindre rotatif agissant contre une lame fixe; les enveloppes restent à la même place pendant toute la durée de l'opération.

OBS

machine à ouvrir les enveloppes à l'aide d'une lame : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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