G - Physics – 07 – B
Patent
G - Physics
07
B
354/34
G07B 17/02 (2006.01) G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1220555
POSTAL METER WITH DATE CHECK REMINDER MEANS Abstract of the Disclosure In a postal meter adapted to be connected to a source of supply of power for energization, and having structures for printing postage values and a selected date, for display- ing a plurality of segments, and for entering data, and having a computer electrically connected to each of the aforesaid structures and programmed for processing data for controlling the operation thereof, and wherein the postal meter includes structure for selecting one of a plurality of dates; there is provided an improvement for reminding an operator of the postal meter to check the selected date. The improvement includes the computer being programmed for causing the display to start displaying at least one unique segment in response to energization of the postal meter, the data entering structure including a depressable key for entering data into the computer, and the computer being programmed for causing the display to stop displaying the at least one segment in response to the depression of the key. In addition, the postal meter preferably includes the computer being programmed for disabling the printing struc- ture in response to the energization of the postal meter, for causing the display to start displaying a postage setting in response to energization of the postal meter, for causing the display to start intermittently flashing the postage setting on display in response to energization of the postal meter, and for causing the display to stop intermittently flashing the postage setting on display in response to the depression of the key.
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Eckert Alton B.
Jones Howell A.
Nambudiri Easwaran C.n.
Soderberg John H.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Sim & Mcburney
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