G - Physics – 06 – F
Patent
G - Physics
06
F
354/34
G06F 3/12 (2006.01) G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1214276
STAND-ALONE ELECTRONIC MAILING MACHINE Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to a stand-alone electronic mailing machine that includes a postage metering device. The invention has particular utility when utilized in a mailing machine of the reciprocating platen type. The entire drive mechanism, setting mechanism, and control devices as well as the postage metering mechanisms are all contained in one housing so that there is no need for a separate base. In the mailing machine of this invention, a single central processing unit is utilized along With memory for the purpose of accounting for the postage value that has been charged into the mailing machine as well as the amount that has been used. Non-volatile memory is provided for permanent storage in case of power failure. A pair of stepper motors is used for the purpose of adjusting the print dies with the amounts that are to be imprinted. One of the stepper motors is also used to trip a single revolution clutch which is utilized to affect the printing operation.
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Buan Danilo P.
Eckert Alton B.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Sim & Mcburney
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