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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172216 | Apparatus and method for gathering documents An apparatus and method in which documents and enclosures are fed by feeding stations to a supply track and subsequently transported along the supply track to a gathering station. A sensor downstream of the feeding stations is used for scanning markings. A divert st... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8122845 | Envelope flap moistener An envelope (5) flap (6) moistener has a moisture transfer member (4; 104) for transferring liquid adhering thereto to a flap (6) of an envelope (5). An encapsulation (11, 22; 110, 111, 122) containing the moisture transfer ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109067 | System for managing documents without printed mark recognition In a mail production system comprising at least one user workstation on which a document is generated, printer means for printing the pages of said document, and folding and insertion means for folding the pages once they have been printed and for inserting them int... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099256 | Method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece A method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece by means of a portable measuring device having a housing provided with an opening having a side reference surface along which the mailpiece is guided under a position sensor in a first pass along a first dimensio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083229 | Mailpiece feed device In a mailpiece feed device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck through which motor-driven conveyor members pass and on which a stack of mailpieces stands, and a monitoring and control circuit for actuating said motor-driven members at a determined drive speed in o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8060445 | Franking system with distributed metering In a mail franking system including a central secure metering device (PSD 20) connected to a remote credit reloading server (26) and a plurality of local franking management modules (22-1 to 22-N) each including a local secure mete... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056003 | Apparatus for designing and a machine for franking a personalized mail template A franking machine for franking a mail item includes an obtain and read component for obtaining and reading a computer file representing a certified personalized mail template, as created by design apparatus, on the basis of a general template and of personalization... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046579 | Secure gateway with redundent servers A secure gateway includes a TLS server for authenticating connecting devices, a connection manager for routing requests from the TLS server to service provider adapters, and a key management system for providing key management functions, wherein when a device provid... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046311 | Postal indicia generating system and method A method for generating a postal indicia associated with a mailpiece is disclosed. The method includes generating an indicia data stream including a postal information segment and a security segment that is based upon the postal information segment and modifying a p... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031070 | Automated system for producing location-based inventories A system for producing a location-based inventory of objects each furnished with an RFID transponder (24) designed to interact with an RFID reader/interrogator (30) and placed at different locations of a warehousing structure (10) including a pl... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027511 | System for virtually distributing mailpieces A method of enabling mailpieces to be distributed and consulted in electronic form, including the steps of scanning each of the mailpieces and transmitting the images of the mailpieces to a first server; displaying the images on a first viewing screen associated wit... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006635 | Adjustable water feed device for feeding water to a moistener in a mail handling machine A water feed device for feeding water to a moistener for moistening envelope flaps that is incorporated into a mail handling machine, the water feed device comprising a reserve stock of water from which a quantity of water flows to a reservoir of water with which th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991707 | Systems and methods for the provision of postage Systems and methods for providing postal services which allow customers to flexibly obtain postal services while also allowing customers to defer the payment of postage until the time of mailing or later. Information provided by a postal service is used to identify ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991706 | Virtual mailing system A virtual mailing system includes a virtual post office disposed in a virtual environment. A user in the virtual environment can request for the delivery of an electronic asset. A postage metering device, associated with the virtual post office, is operative to revi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989714 | High capacity and high resolution scale A scale can include a low capacity sensing mechanism operatively coupled to a load, wherein the low capacity sensing mechanism may detect movement of the load. A transfer mechanism can be operatively coupled to the low capacity sensing mechanism, wherein the low cap... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988144 | Device for selecting mailpieces with two cooperating comb-shaped guides A mailpiece selector device for separating mailpieces one-by-one from a stack of mailpieces and for transporting them downstream, the mailpiece selector device having a first guide followed by a second guide, both of which guides co-operate with a plurality of oppos... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987119 | Inventory management for postage supplies A mailpiece inventory management system. The system includes a franking machine, a mailpiece identification system coupled to the franking machine and a administration system adapted to communicate with the franking machine. There can be at least one mailpiece count... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984964 | Ink collection device for a servicing station An ink collection device for a servicing station of a franking machine, said ink collection device comprising: an ink collection reservoir for receiving the ink ejected, during a servicing stage, by ink ejection nozzles of at least one print module; at least one dra... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984903 | Device for automatically jogging mailpieces A jogging device for a feeder of a mail handling machine, which jogging device comprises a side jogging abutment mounted to move, under the action of a drive motor, along a guide rail that is disposed perpendicularly to a referencing wall, said side jogging abutment... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954630 | Conveyor belt A method of attaching a pawl to a region of a surface of a conveyor belt comprising pre-stressing the surface region and fixing the pawl to the surface region while it is in the pre-stressed state. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950646 | Method for adjusting a folding station and inserting system For determining a setting of an apparatus for folding documents to be inserted into windowed envelopes, a tentative folding setting is determined. Then, an overlay image representing the envelope and at least a portion of a side of the folded document that would be ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7925595 | Method for postage payment A postage funds credit system in which the customer pays for postage funds after they are used in franking mailpieces. A postal device is initialized with postage funds advanced to the customer by a third party. The value of a descending register of the postal devic... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917453 | Mail franking system with a secure external printing mode To print a postal imprint by an external imprint label dispenser connected via a communications link to a postage meter, during an initialization step for initializing the communications link, the postage meter authenticates the imprint label dispenser by exchanging... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916871 | Technique for split knowledge backup and recovery of a cryptographic key In a secure cryptographic environment, a private key in a private/public key cryptographic scheme needs to be backed up and recovered in case of a loss or corruption of the private key. To back up the private key, multiple key segments are generated based on the pri... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7890432 | Infrastructure with meter communication capabilities A system for providing franking services includes one or more networks, one or more postage meters, and a postal infrastructure data center connected to the one or more meters through the one or more networks, wherein the postal infrastructure data center establishe... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887052 | Mailpiece feed device having an integrated image sensor In a mailpiece feed device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck for receiving a stack of mailpieces for printing, selector means for extracting the mailpieces for printing one-by-one from said stack, and superposed conveyor rollers including movable upper rollers f... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7853537 | Letter flow control A modular franking system including at least one module and a module sensor adapted to sense objects fed to the module. The module can include information on the distance between a position of the sensor and at least one edge of the module, and a location of at leas... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853426 | Device for automatically determining a category of mail to which a mailpiece delivered to a franking system belongs A device for determining the category of mail of a mailpiece, which device comprises: an stand designed to receive said mailpiece; at least one gauge fastened to said stand and provided with a slot of predetermined length and of predetermined height, which length an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837106 | System for collecting and automatically checking ordered articles This invention relates to a mobile device for collecting and validating collected articles, each equipped with a transponder and including rollers for moving along a runway in a predetermined path, a horizontal beam for receiving the articles collected during this d... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828284 | Mailpiece selector device having an adjustable guide A mailpiece selector device including at least one guide co-operating with a plurality of opposite selector rollers passing through a deck for receiving a stack of mailpieces. The guide co-operating with the rollers to select the mailpieces one-by-one and to transpo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823305 | Mail processor machine casing having a detachable identity plate A mail processor machine casing having an identity plate for identifying the machine, which identity plate is formed by a portion of said casing that is connected to the remainder of said casing by a peripheral zone of weakness that, on being broken, makes it possib... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821416 | Detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a determined boundary zone The invention relates to a goods transport vehicle including a detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a loading/unloading door on the vehicle, the detector system including: a first read-interro... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818263 | Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information In a mailing system for franking a postage indicium serving as a proof of postage, postal data including the postage needs to be communicated through such an indicium. Illustratively, the postal data is categorized into (a) invariable postal data, e.g, a device ID i... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815185 | Device for optimally selecting mailpieces A mailpiece selector device for separating mailpieces one-by-one from a stack of mailpieces and for transporting them downstream. The mailpiece selector device includes a first guide cooperating with a plurality of opposite selector rollers to select the mailpieces ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814031 | Apparatus for handling mail on the fly This mail-handling apparatus includes a feed module for feeding in mail items, a weigh module and a franking module. The weigh module includes regulator means for regulating the speed of advance of the conveyor means of the weigh module, which regulator means are ad... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7792765 | Method of controlling the operation of an automated postage meter Disclosed is an improved work-ahead method for efficiently operating a software-controlled, automated postage meter of the type used to print postage and other digital data on batches of mail that are run through the meter during successive jobs which originate from... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769694 | Secure postage payment system and method In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765017 | Function-wise control of an apparatus for processing physical documents An apparatus for processing physical documents, comprising: at least two processing modules, at least two module control units, each arranged for controlling a processing module. The module control units are each provided with a function memory for storing function ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758037 | Device for automatically loading envelopes An envelope loader device comprising a mail-receiving bed provided with conveyor rollers and serving to receive a stack of mail items, jogger means for holding the mail items against a referencing wall, a drive motor for driving said conveyor rollers in rotation, an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752009 | Method and apparatus for checking the height of a mail item on the fly for franking purposes A method of checking the height of a mail item relative to at least one dimensional threshold SH defining a change in postage. The mail items are advanced at a constant speed V along a reference surface. The presence of a mail item is detected relative to a given po... | 07/06/2010 |
