EP0409780A3 - Franking machine - Google Patents

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EP0409780A3
EP0409780A3 EP19900810532 EP90810532A EP0409780A3 EP 0409780 A3 EP0409780 A3 EP 0409780A3 EP 19900810532 EP19900810532 EP 19900810532 EP 90810532 A EP90810532 A EP 90810532A EP 0409780 A3 EP0409780 A3 EP 0409780A3
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housing
franking machine
memory
main memory
storage content
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EP0409780A2 (en
EP0409780B1 (en
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Werner Haug
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Frama AG
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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
    • G07B17/00362—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
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00233—Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00411—Redundant storage, e.g. back-up of registers
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00427—Special accounting procedures, e.g. storing special information
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00548—Mechanical printhead

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Iron Core Of Rotating Electric Machines (AREA)
  • Holo Graphy (AREA)
  • Manufacturing And Processing Devices For Dough (AREA)
  • Lubrication Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)

Abstract

The franking machine has, in addition to a main memory, a background memory, by which the storage content of the main memory is taken over during the opening of the housing or of a housing cover of the franking machine. The return of the storage content to the main memory takes place after the closing of the housing or of the housing cover. The exchange of the memory contents is initiated by the signal from an electrical switch provided on the housing. The background memory ensures that the accounting of postage values with the Post Office cannot be falsified as a result of service work.
EP90810532A 1989-07-21 1990-07-12 Franking machine Expired - Lifetime EP0409780B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH2719/89A CH679088A5 (en) 1989-07-21 1989-07-21
CH2719/89 1989-07-21
US07/754,030 US5307280A (en) 1989-07-21 1991-09-03 Franking machine

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EP0409780A2 EP0409780A2 (en) 1991-01-23
EP0409780A3 true EP0409780A3 (en) 1992-03-11
EP0409780B1 EP0409780B1 (en) 1994-06-08

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EP90810532A Expired - Lifetime EP0409780B1 (en) 1989-07-21 1990-07-12 Franking machine

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US (1) US5307280A (en)
EP (1) EP0409780B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE107059T1 (en)
CH (1) CH679088A5 (en)
DE (1) DE59006001D1 (en)

Families Citing this family (8)

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DE4129302A1 (en) * 1991-09-03 1993-03-04 Helmut Lembens Franking machine
CH683652A5 (en) * 1992-03-10 1994-04-15 Frama Ag Franking machine.
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
GB9601588D0 (en) * 1996-01-26 1996-03-27 Neopost Ltd Postage meter
US6050486A (en) * 1996-08-23 2000-04-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter system separable printer and accounting arrangement incorporating partition of indicia and accounting information
US5731980A (en) * 1996-08-23 1998-03-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter system having internal accounting system and removable external accounting system
GB9801743D0 (en) * 1998-01-28 1998-03-25 Neopost Ltd Digital print head data registration
DE202006008952U1 (en) * 2006-05-31 2006-08-03 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh Arrangement for changing the customer data of a franking machine for tranmsitting data serially to a customer card

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GB2062311A (en) * 1979-10-30 1981-05-20 Pitney Bowes Inc Electronic postage meter operating voltage variation sensing system
US4347506A (en) * 1981-02-24 1982-08-31 Pitney Bowes, Inc. Electronic postage meter having check date warning with control for overriding the check date warning
EP0173249A2 (en) * 1984-08-22 1986-03-05 Pitney Bowes Inc. Non-volatile memory system with real time and power down data storage capability for an electronic postage meter
US4843560A (en) * 1986-10-16 1989-06-27 Autostamp Institution Limited Cost counter with a cost meter capable of reading stored data
EP0285956B1 (en) * 1987-03-31 1992-10-14 Alcatel Satmam Postage meter with administration of periodic cycles

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FR2486687B1 (en) * 1980-07-09 1986-08-22 Roneo Alcatel Ltd POSTAL POSTAGE COUNTER
CH663848A5 (en) * 1982-10-04 1988-01-15 Frama Ag ADJUSTMENT FOR TYPE WHEELS.
JPS625874A (en) * 1985-07-01 1987-01-12 Brother Ind Ltd Printer
CH669426A5 (en) * 1985-09-12 1989-03-15 Frama Ag
US5075852A (en) * 1989-10-18 1991-12-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Fraud detection in postage meter having unsecured print wheels

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2062311A (en) * 1979-10-30 1981-05-20 Pitney Bowes Inc Electronic postage meter operating voltage variation sensing system
US4347506A (en) * 1981-02-24 1982-08-31 Pitney Bowes, Inc. Electronic postage meter having check date warning with control for overriding the check date warning
EP0173249A2 (en) * 1984-08-22 1986-03-05 Pitney Bowes Inc. Non-volatile memory system with real time and power down data storage capability for an electronic postage meter
US4843560A (en) * 1986-10-16 1989-06-27 Autostamp Institution Limited Cost counter with a cost meter capable of reading stored data
EP0285956B1 (en) * 1987-03-31 1992-10-14 Alcatel Satmam Postage meter with administration of periodic cycles

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US5307280A (en) 1994-04-26
EP0409780A2 (en) 1991-01-23
CH679088A5 (en) 1991-12-13
ATE107059T1 (en) 1994-06-15
DE59006001D1 (en) 1994-07-14
EP0409780B1 (en) 1994-06-08

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