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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015121 | System for franking mail items with data document or file associated therewith This invention relates to a machine for franking mail items, comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mail item and means for also printing on this mail item a unique identification number for this mail item, means for creating at least one data document or... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7925596 | High-rate franking machine This invention relates to a high-rate franking machine comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mailpiece and means for transporting this mailpiece along a mailpiece-conveying path, said printing means comprising, arranged side by side transversely to a dir... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7809654 | Universal modular mail handling system This invention relates to a mail handling system intended for printing postal indicia on a mail item, comprising a franked label dispenser allowing the print of postal indicia on a label intended thereafter to be stuck on the mail item, and a control computer termin... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7474762 | Franking machine provided with a device for monitoring conformity of the postal indicia This invention relates to a machine for franking mail items, comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mail item, means for detecting the position of this mail item along a path of travel of this item and control means linked to said detection means and to s... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7349855 | System for statistical follow-up of postal products This invention relates to a device for statistically following up postal products for electronic franking system, comprising a random access memory (RAM) used for recording communication statements, in which a saved part of this RAM contains a plurality of communica... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7310621 | System for guaranteeing print of postal indicia This invention relates to a process for recording an extension of guarantee of print for a system for franking mailpieces, comprising a display of an indication of “end of initial guarantee” at the level of the franking system; comparing a remaining volume of in... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301460 | Packaging that can be checked for tampering The invention relates to packaging, e.g. an envelope or a parcel, that can be checked for tampering, which packaging includes a hermetically sealed body, the body being formed by folding a sheet of material that has been cut to a predefined shape. In order to track ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7255342 | Anti-skew device for mail processing machine In a mail processing machine comprising a reception plate for receiving, in the form of a stack of items, the mail items to be printed, a jogging means for jogging this stack of items against a reference wall, a selection means for extracting the mail items to be pr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7216804 | Postage metering system A postage metering system for applying indicia including postage value on mail items, the system including: a keyboard for inputting information; a printer for printing indicia; an accounting module for accounting for postage value applied to mail items; and a secur... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7182428 | Device for cleaning ink injection nozzles This invention relates to a device for cleaning the ink ejection nozzles of an inkjet printer head of a mail handling machine, comprising, on the one hand, a scraping means arranged in a path of travel of the mail items opposite the ink ejection nozzles and actuated... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166809 | Lockdown device for immobilizing a loadcell during transport This invention relates to a weighing module comprising a weighing cell incorporating strain gauges disposed between a lower platform connected to a body of the module and an upper platform connected to a weighing deck and immobilization means for immobilizing the we... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7125454 | Device for selectively moistening envelope flaps This invention relates to a device for moistening envelope flaps, comprising a reservoir of liquid, means for pumping this liquid and, disposed transversely with respect to a direction of advance of the envelopes and inclined with respect to a horizontal plane for s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7107836 | Radio frequency tagging for indicia printing and product information A method and apparatus for detecting a level of a content in a vessel using an RFID tag. In one embodiment, an RFID tag located on one side of the vessel opposite a side on which the reader is, is interrogated. A reply signal, if any, received from the RFID tag is i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098410 | Weighing module for weighing on the fly A weighing module comprising a weighing platform incorporating a weighing cell and a motorized drive belt for transporting a mail item from one side to the other of the weighing platform, means for sensing the format of said mail item and processing means for calcul... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7034685 | Garment incorporating antenna for identifying articles to be sorted This invention relates to an interrogator device for identifying articles each provided with a transponder, comprising radio-frequency (RF) interrogation means for obtaining identifying information on each of the articles, these RF interrogation means comprising an ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6971645 | Device for selecting mail items The present invention relates to a selection device for separating one by one, or singulating, the items of a stack of mail items, comprising a support surface, conveying means for driving these mail items over the support surface, a mobile presser plate cooperating... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6942144 | Secure remote access to metering product enclosure A system for providing remote control access to internal components of a device. The system comprises a housing comprising a cover and a base, at least one device being located within the housing and at least one latching mechanism internal to the housing adapted to... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6915909 | Device for receiving multi-format envelopes This invention relates to a device for receiving envelopes, or stacker, for a mail handling machine, comprising a conveyor belt arranged at the exit of the mail handling machine, for receiving these envelopes and conveying them perpendicularly to a direction of adva... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6900824 | Print technology based on high energy beams A system for printing on a print media. The device comprises at least one high energy emitting device and a parameter estimation device. The parameter estimation device is coupled to the high energy emitting device and is adapted to classify the print media and quan... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893534 | Universal device for moistening envelope flaps This invention relates to a device for moistening envelope flaps integrated in a mail item feed module and successively comprising, along a path of travel of these mail items, at least one pair of drive rollers for conveying these mail items, a separator for separat... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6877743 | Accumulation device with pivot roller This invention relates to a document accumulation device comprising an accumulation receptacle provided with a mobile accumulation guide for receiving a bundle of documents to be folded and drive means constituted by a motor roller driven in rotation by motor means ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868443 | Process for monitoring the consumptions of franking machines According to the process for monitoring the consumptions of a plurality of franking machines through a public communication network, at least one franking machine not being connected to this network, a link is firstly established with a management server, through th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6826447 | Process for the creation and enrichment of a data base of a post sorting system This invention relates to a process for automatically creating and enriching a data base in a system for sorting mail items linked, through an INTRANET communications network, to computer stations of addressees of these mail items and comprising reading means for re... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6764235 | Label dispenser for franking machine The present invention relates to a label dispenser for franking machine comprising, on the one hand, a delivery roller on which a continuous tape of labels is wound and a drive means for conveying this tape along a dispenser conveying path from this delivery roller ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6741971 | Self-contained multi-function system for preparing mail A self-contained multi-function system for preparing mail items, the system comprising a general-purpose computer for preparing a document to be sent and for preparing secure postage metering or “franking” information, a digital imaging device connected to the g... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6709178 | Adapter for mailpiece preparation assembly This invention relates to an adapter device comprising a platform intended to receive a digital printer and capable of receiving a folder/inserter, and an adapter assembly cooperating with the platform to support the digital printer and to position it in space (in h... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701693 | System for the optimalized closure of envelope flaps This invention relates to a supply module in a mail processing machine including a conveyor for conveying the mailpieces and a moistening device ensuring wetting of a flap of an envelope after the latter has been slightly moved apart from the body of the ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6659579 | System for controlling the ink level in franking machine In a franking machine comprising a base and a disposable head provided with ink jet printing means, a method of printing postal indicia is proposed, comprising the following steps: activating said disposable head in response to determined parameters of ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651978 | Frontally and laterally loaded feed bin This invention relates to a laterally and frontally loaded document feed bin, comprising mobile means for pushing these documents against a supporting wall and a lever for selecting a mode of operation in order to select a first and a second position, the... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647580 | Maintenance device for folding/insertion machine This invention relates to a device for maintaining the take-up rollers of document feeders of a folding/insertion machine, comprising a sheet imbibed with a liquid maintenance product and intended to be entrained inside the machine by the take-up rollers,... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622624 | Automated system for producing booklets on demand Automated process for producing booklets from digital documents associated with these booklets and having to be printed beforehand, wherein firstly the number of pages in the booklet to be bound is determined on the basis of the recognition of first contr... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607095 | Module for transferring mailpieces between a folding/inserting machine and a franking machine This invention relates to a transfer module for transporting mailpieces between an exit of a folding/inserting machine delivering a mailpiece at a first upper level in a transverse direction and an entry of a franking machine receiving this mailpiece at a... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6579021 | Polyvalent franking machine This invention relates to a machine for franking mailpieces or labels, comprising a base and a franking module connected to this base, the base comprising first transport means for conveying the mailpieces along a mailpiece-conveying path, from a mailpiec... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6523822 | Aligning device for document feeder This invention relates to an aligning device for a feeder of a mailing machine, comprising a first rear aligning guide mobile in one direction of advance of the mailpieces and a second lateral aligning guide mobile in a direction perpendicular to this dir... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6469262 | Dynamic weighing module provided with a device for holding and guiding mailpieces A dynamic weighing module including a weighing platform, a vertical, longitudinal registration wall, drive belts for transporting the mailpieces from a position upstream of this platform towards a downstream position, and a support fast with the dynamic w... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6468114 | Secured accounting module for franking machine This invention relates to a secured accounting module of a franking machine comprising a printed circuit card intended to receive accounting circuits and mounted between a module base and a module cover, the base including a plurality of crimping studs on... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6453642 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine comprising at least firstly a postage-metering or "franking" module comprising at least print means for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and conveyor means for conveying said mail item along a mail item conveyor path defin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6390577 | Franking machine incorporating an inkjet print head A franking machine includes an inkjet print head including a row of nozzles operated selectively to print a postal mark on a mail item passing under the print head. Only consecutive first nozzles of the row of nozzles forming a subset of the set of availa... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6370446 | Apparatus for assisting manual sorting of mail articles Apparatus for providing assistance in manual sorting of articles of mail performed by one or more operators having at their disposition storage elements or pigeon-holes corresponding to determined destinations, each article of mail containing at least one... | 04/09/2002 |
