DE3071654D1 - Postage meter improvement - Google Patents

Postage meter improvement

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Publication number
DE3071654D1
DE3071654D1 DE8080300898T DE3071654T DE3071654D1 DE 3071654 D1 DE3071654 D1 DE 3071654D1 DE 8080300898 T DE8080300898 T DE 8080300898T DE 3071654 T DE3071654 T DE 3071654T DE 3071654 D1 DE3071654 D1 DE 3071654D1
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Prior art keywords
postage meter
improvement
meter improvement
postage
meter
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Expired
Application number
DE8080300898T
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English (en)
Inventor
Robert Bruce Mcfiggans
Alton Brooks Eckert
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00346—Power handling, e.g. power-down routine
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00395—Memory organization
DE8080300898T 1979-03-28 1980-03-21 Postage meter improvement Expired DE3071654D1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/024,812 US4253015A (en) 1979-03-28 1979-03-28 Electronic postage meter having an accounting system independent of power failure

Publications (1)

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DE3071654D1 true DE3071654D1 (de) 1986-07-31

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DE8080300898T Expired DE3071654D1 (de) 1979-03-28 1980-03-21 Postage meter improvement

Country Status (4)

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US (1) US4253015A (de)
EP (1) EP0017406B1 (de)
CA (1) CA1132710A (de)
DE (1) DE3071654D1 (de)

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US4916623A (en) * 1982-01-29 1990-04-10 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter having redundant memory
EP0231452B2 (de) * 1982-01-29 2002-01-16 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mikroprozessorsysteme für elektronische Frankiereinrichtungen
US5109507A (en) * 1982-01-29 1992-04-28 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter having redundant memory
CA1206619A (en) * 1982-01-29 1986-06-24 Frank T. Check, Jr. Electronic postage meter having redundant memory
US4573174A (en) * 1982-09-07 1986-02-25 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter having interlock between mechanical and electrical registers
US4628476A (en) * 1982-12-08 1986-12-09 Pitney Bowes Inc. Completing an incomplete trip in an electronic postage meter
CA1214275A (en) * 1982-12-08 1986-11-18 Alton B. Eckert Initializing the print wheels in an electronic postage meter
US4611282A (en) * 1983-07-18 1986-09-09 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter using a flag to indicate interuption of accounting register updating due to power failure or microprocessor failure
US4584647A (en) * 1983-10-17 1986-04-22 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter with a ring counter
US4731728A (en) * 1985-01-10 1988-03-15 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with means for preventing unauthorized postage printing
US4774881A (en) * 1985-09-23 1988-10-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Rotary operated character selection system for postage meters
US4807141A (en) * 1985-12-16 1989-02-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with microprocessor controlled reset inhibiting means
US4809186A (en) * 1986-09-19 1989-02-28 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter for metering mixed weight mail
US4933616A (en) * 1987-08-19 1990-06-12 Pitney Bowes Inc. Drive control system for imprinting apparatus
US5075852A (en) * 1989-10-18 1991-12-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Fraud detection in postage meter having unsecured print wheels
GB8929364D0 (en) * 1989-12-30 1990-02-28 Alcatel Business Systems Clutch and brake mechanism for franking machine
US5251554A (en) * 1991-12-19 1993-10-12 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mailing machine including shutter bar moving means
US5389863A (en) * 1993-02-08 1995-02-14 Ascom Autelca Ag Rotor movement sensing system
US5746133A (en) * 1995-05-22 1998-05-05 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with rotor movement and die cover sensor
US5585613A (en) * 1995-11-24 1996-12-17 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering apparatus including means for guarding against printing a postage value without accouting therefor
US8527285B2 (en) * 2006-06-28 2013-09-03 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage printing system for printing both postal and non-postal documents

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US2934009A (en) * 1956-10-22 1960-04-26 Pitney Bowes Inc Sheet feeding and treating
AT279945B (de) * 1968-04-16 1970-03-25 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Überwachung von Zählwerken
US3938095A (en) * 1971-11-04 1976-02-10 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Computer responsive postage meter
JPS5749937B2 (de) * 1974-09-25 1982-10-25
US3978457A (en) * 1974-12-23 1976-08-31 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Microcomputerized electronic postage meter system
GB1508623A (en) * 1976-12-06 1978-04-26 Vickers Ltd Franking machines
FR2377066A1 (fr) 1977-01-07 1978-08-04 Secap Perfectionnement aux dispositifs de securite dans une machine a affranchir electronique

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EP0017406A2 (de) 1980-10-15
CA1132710A (en) 1982-09-28
EP0017406B1 (de) 1986-06-25
EP0017406A3 (en) 1981-08-12
US4253015A (en) 1981-02-24

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