EP0493948A3 - Franking machine - Google Patents

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EP0493948A3
EP0493948A3 EP19910311899 EP91311899A EP0493948A3 EP 0493948 A3 EP0493948 A3 EP 0493948A3 EP 19910311899 EP19910311899 EP 19910311899 EP 91311899 A EP91311899 A EP 91311899A EP 0493948 A3 EP0493948 A3 EP 0493948A3
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franking machine
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EP0493948B1 (en
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Dennis Thomas Gilham
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Neopost Ltd
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Alcatel Business Systems Ltd
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    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B17/00362—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
    • G07B2017/00427—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
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00596—Printing of address
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00604—Printing of advert or logo
EP19910311899 1990-12-31 1991-12-20 Franking machine Revoked EP0493948B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9028222 1990-12-31
GB9028222A GB2251211B (en) 1990-12-31 1990-12-31 Franking machine

Publications (3)

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EP0493948A2 EP0493948A2 (en) 1992-07-08
EP0493948A3 true EP0493948A3 (en) 1992-07-29
EP0493948B1 EP0493948B1 (en) 1996-10-16

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EP19910311899 Revoked EP0493948B1 (en) 1990-12-31 1991-12-20 Franking machine

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DE (1) DE69122733T2 (en)
GB (1) GB2251211B (en)

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EP0333043A1 (en) * 1988-03-14 1989-09-20 Neopost Industrie Parcels shipping processing system
EP0376488A2 (en) * 1988-12-30 1990-07-04 Pitney Bowes, Inc. EPM having an improvement in accounting update security
EP0400917A2 (en) * 1989-05-30 1990-12-05 Neopost Limited Mail item processing system

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GB9028222D0 (en) 1991-02-13
DE69122733D1 (en) 1996-11-21
GB2251211A (en) 1992-07-01
GB2251211B (en) 1994-08-24
DE69122733T2 (en) 1997-02-13
EP0493948A2 (en) 1992-07-08
EP0493948B1 (en) 1996-10-16

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