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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6431778 | Device for symbol printing and franking machine comprising same The invention concerns a device comprising a belt with one side opposite unsprung support means and extending between an upstream roller and a downstream roller both suspended so that the object can be sandwiched between the unsprung support means and sai... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422554 | Document feeder with pivoted lever A document feeder employs a lifting lever to lift stacked documents away from a feed roller each time a document is being fed away from the stack. In this way the separation of documents is enhanced, providing a mechanism that more readily accommodates do... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6409294 | Digital postage franking with coherent light velocimetry A postage meter (franking machine) uses a digital print head such as an ink-jet or thermal transfer or dot-matrix print head, for which it is necessary to know the velocity of the mail piece passing by the print head. Two collimated monochromatic beams st... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6295523 | Man-machine interface A postage meter (franking machine) is provided having a limited number of physical (mechanical) keys associated with frequently performed tasks, and a touch-sensitive display of limited size with regions associated with rarely performed tasks. Optionally ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6220686 | Measurement of paper speed using laser speckle detection In a postage printing device, a printer is employed to print postage indicia on mail pieces. The printer is preferably a noncontact printer such as an ink-jet printer. Printing occurs as the mail piece moves relative to the print head of the printer, whic... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6201361 | High-speed postage meter base A mail piece handler defines a paper path having a downstream direction. A first motor is mechanically coupled with the mail piece handler, and an encoder is operatively coupled with the mail piece handler. A mail piece sensor is positioned at the paper p... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6176178 | Tamper-resistant postage meter A postage meter has a locking cam follower so that locking arms on the print wheels of the postage meter are able to lock the wheels from unintended movement when the print rotor is out of its home position. Stiff runners are provided below guide rods of ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5749291 | System for setting date wheels in a postage meter A date-setting method for use in a postage meter having date wheels includes the steps of setting the date wheels, printing a date on a mail piece, requesting an input indicating whether the date printed on the mail piece is correct, receiving a response ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5715164 | System and method for communications with postage meters In a communications system, a host computer in a data center communicates with a multiplicity of electronic postage meters via telephone dial-up lines to conduct telemeter setting (TMS) transactions. Through the communications, the host computer may colle... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712542 | Postage meter with improved handling of power failure A postage meter has a print rotor rotated by a motor and the motor is capable of being started and stopped under processor control. State variables are established within a nonvolatile memory. The rotor begins in its home position. When a mail piece such ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5689098 | Postage meter with improved postal lock A postage meter has a secure housing and a printing means and accounting register within the secure housing. Formed in the secure housing is postal lock. In the postal lock, a door is movable between first and second positions relative to a cavity. When t... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5668973 | Protection system for critical memory information A computer system for protecting memory comprising a processor having address outputs and executing a stored program, a memory having a control input, an address-decoder for providing a control signal to the control input of the memory in response to asso... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5654614 | Single-motor setting and printing postage meter A self-contained postage meter does not have a base separable from a main body. The single secure housing contains everything that would be in the main body of a prior art postage meter and everything that would be in a prior art meter base. Despite conta... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5495103 | Optical mail piece sensor for postage meter An optical trigger is provided for use in a postage meter having a planar paper path. A light source with controllable intensity is mounted above the paper path and shines toward the paper path. A light sensor mounted above the paper path detects the refl... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5359273 | Load-control circuit for a mains-powered asynchronous single-phase capacitor motor Disclosed is a circuit for controlling the load of an asynchronous motor (11), the circuit comprising two capacitors (19, 20), one of which (20) can be connected, by means of a switch (70), in parallel with the other (19). Control is provided by a current... | 10/25/1994 |
