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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7668784 | Printing of postal indicia and detection thereof The invention provides a method of detection of an imprint of a postal indicium at a location on a mail piece. The method involves utilizing a sensor to scan along a band on the mail piece to detect a sequence of transitions between light and dark reflectance areas ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7568696 | Item printing system An item printing system for printing imprints on moving items, comprising: an item transport path through which items are in use transported in a transport direction; an item transport unit for transporting items through the item transport path; a printing unit (... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7369659 | Item handling system An item handling system, comprising: at least one item preparation station for printing machine-readable symbols on items; and at least one item handling station for receiving items from the at least one item preparation station and being operable to machine read an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7337152 | Accounting for postal charges A method of accounting for postage charges in respect of batches of mail items is disclosed. The method includes storing an accumulated aggregate value of postage dispensed in applying postage charges to mail items and storing an accumulated pending value of postage... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6409326 | Digital print head An ink jet print head includes an ink jet print module contained in a cartridge housing. The ink jet print module includes a surface containing a plurality of ink jet nozzles and this surface extends in a aperture of the cartridge housing. An element exte... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409297 | Alignment of imprints A method of controlling operation of a print head to align imprints printed by the print head in two traverses in opposite directions is disclosed. The print head includes a row of printing elements that are operated selectively in a plurality of print cy... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6308165 | Method of and apparatus for generating and authenticating postal indicia Methods and apparatus for authentication of postage indicia are disclosed. A secret key is read from store and modified in dependence upon postage data to be printed in a postage indicium. The modified key is then utilized to generate an authentication co... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6212505 | Postage meter with removable print head and means to check that print head is authorized A postage meter includes a printing device, for example an inkjet print head cartridge having an integral ink supply, removable from the postage meter by a user of the postage meter whereby a cartridge with a depleted ink supply can be replaced with a car... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6102592 | Method and apparatus for printing and prevention of copying of postage indicia Postage indicia are printed on mail items using an ink having a characteristic such that the ink is rendered invisible when subjected to light or light and heat of sufficient intensity. When an attempt is made to copy the imprint of a postage indicia on a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102534 | Postage meter with removable print head A postage meter includes a printing device including a removable ink supply carried by the printing device. The printing device is movable on a carriage over an area in which printing of a postage indicia is to be effected and is movable to a location bey... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6092190 | Electronic apparatus including a memory device and method of reprogramming the memory device A method of reprogramming memory storing program instruction code for controlling operation of a microprocessor in which new data can be written to the memory by the microprocessor only in a write cycle and stored data can be read from the memory by the m... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065883 | Franking apparatus and printing means thereof A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling energization of a take-up motor driving a take-up spool of used ink ribbon in thermal printing apparatus. Prior to a printing cycle, the take-up motor is energized to rotate the take-up spool until terns... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6064992 | Postage meter using two ascending registers in an accounting function A postage meter includes a memory including an ascending credit register to store an accumulated value of credit and an ascending tote register to store an accumulated tote value of postage charge dispensed by the postage meter in franking mail items. Acc... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6027205 | Ink jet printing device An ink jet printing device is disclosed in which a bore providing a nozzle for the ejection of droplets of ink is closed by a pin to prevent ejection of ink. The pin is movable into a retracted position in which the pin is withdrawn from the bore to permi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6019526 | Thermal printing apparatus Printing apparatus is disclosed for printing on articles of non-uniform thickness. The printing apparatus includes a thermal transfer print head to print on the article and the article is pressed toward thermal printing elements of the thermal print head ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5999096 | Metering apparatus with tamper detector Apparatus, for example postage metering apparatus is described as being provided with tamper detection means. The tamper detection means may comprise an electrically conductive or resistive first layer extending between a wall of a secure housing and comp... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996890 | Postage metering apparatus A postage meter provided with a credit register is also provided with a debit register. When credit value in the credit register is insufficient for a postage charge to be applied to a mail item in a franking operation, the debit register is incremented b... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5964538 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus Thermal transfer printing apparatus is provided with a driven impression roller movable into an operative position to urge a print receiving medium into engagement with an ink layer of an ink transfer ribbon and the ribbon into heat transfer engagement wi... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5963927 | Mailing system A mail item is disclosed comprising a cover for carrying contents and formed of flexible electrically insulating material. The cover acts as a substrate on which semi-conductor elements and electrical connections are formed or deposited. The electronic ci... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5953712 | Mail franking apparatus Apparatus for franking mail items is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a computer with a diskette drive for receiving magnetic diskettes for the recording of data therein and a device having the external shape and form of a magnetic diskette located in t... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946671 | Postage meter A postage meter having facilities for departmental accounting is disclosed. A non-volatile department memory is provided for each department, each department memory storing data relating to a specific department. An additional single non-volatile memory i... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937762 | Apparatus for printing postal impressions and method of identifying origin of postal impression A method of identifying a franking machine used to print franking impressions is disclosed. Ink used by the franking machine contains an identification tag unique to each franking machine, or to a group of franking machines, and the impression printed by ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5918990 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus A thermal print head has thermal print elements located along an edge of a substrate between two faces thereof. An impression roller resiliently urges a print receiving medium, for example a mail item in a postage meter, into ink transfer engagement with ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917924 | Postage metering system A postage meter system including a postage meter is provided with recognition means to recognise a personal characteristic. The recognition means is operated in an initial phase to read a personal characteristic of a person and generates and stores a pers... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5907833 | Apparatus for franking mail Apparatus for franking mail items is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display constructed for co-operation with a photocopier in which the display is controlled to display a franking pattern to be printed, the display being located as an original image... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901644 | Apparatus with removable print head Secure printing apparatus, for example printing apparatus of a postage meter, is disclosed in which an ink jet print head with integral ink supply is removable by a user of the apparatus. In order to maintain security of the apparatus, a parking station r... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5884293 | Postage meter and method of forming franking indicia on mail Apparatus and a method of forming a franking indicium on a mail item is disclosed. An area of ink is deposited on the mail item at a first station and at a second station the deposited ink is selectively removed to leave a required franking indicium on th... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5774554 | Postage meter system and verification of postage charges Methods of verifying use of postage charges in respect of mail items are disclosed. An authentication code is derived from a secret identification of a sender and a part of the destination address of the item. The code is printed on the mail item together... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5762427 | Franking machine A franking machine stores first data relating to a first impression second data relating to a second impression. Printing of both impressions or omission of the first impression and printing of only the second impression may be selected by a user. When bo... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5719775 | Franking machine and franking machine system A franking machine is provided with means to communicate with a postal authority station and with sensors response to mis-treatment or mal-function of the franking machine. The machine is operated periodically to establish communication with the postal au... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5684705 | Mailing system A mailing system is disclosed in which a mail item includes or carries a smart device. The smart device stores data relating to postal information and destination address. A mailing machine similar to a franking machine is used by a user to enter data in ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683190 | Franking apparatus and mail transport thereof A mail transport for a franking machine is disclosed in which mail is fed toward a printing head by input rollers, is fed past the printing head by an impression roller and is ejected from the franking machine by ejection rollers. Drive to the input rolle... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5668729 | Franking machine A franking machine is provided with display means capable of retaining and displaying information even when power supply to the franking machine is terminated. Part of the display means may be utilised to display information to be inspected only by author... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660111 | Franking machine and method of identifying franking machine A method of identifying a franking machine used to print franking impressions is disclosed. Ink used by the franking machine contains a chemical tag unique to each franking machine, or to a group of franking machines, and the impression printed by the fra... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657689 | Franking machine system A franking machine system is disclosed in which a signal is transmitted for reception only in a predetermined location. A franking machine intended to be operated at the predetermined location is inoperative to carry out franking operations unless it rece... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5638283 | Franking machine A franking machine is provided with receiver means to receive positional signals from a global positioning system. The franking machine may be operated to print positional data as part of a franking impression printed on mail items whereby the postal auth... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5617519 | Franking machine A franking machine is provided with a memory to store slogan print data and scanning means whereby a medium bearing a slogan desired to be printed is fed by mail item feed means of the franking machine past the scanning means to generate slogan print data... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5602977 | Franking machine A franking machine is provided with a slogan memory to store one or more slogans for inclusion in impressions containing postage information on mail items. The slogan may be changed by input of audio signals representing print data for a new slogan throug... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5526271 | Franking machine A franking machine is constructed such that only those electronic circuit elements carrying out functions for which there is a need for security are housed in a secure housing. Thus means for accounting and storing accounting data and for controlling a pr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5513112 | Database system A database system for maintaining accounting records in relation to usage of postage meters is disclosed. The database system is provided with two computers, both of which provide access to the system from remote postage meters via a telephone network, an... | 04/30/1996 |
