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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4682541 | Postal mailing system having an adaptable postage meter A mailing system including a postage meter adaptable to either a high-speed mailing machine capable of parallel postal value selection or a low-speed mailing machine capable of serial value selection is disclosed. The postage meter includes a print drum w... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4641347 | System for printing encrypted messages with a character generator and bar-code representation A system for the metering of encrypted postage and similar indicia includes a device for printing such indicia and a device for reading such indicia. The printing is accomplished with a dot matrix printer and a bar-code printer driven by signals obtained ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4641346 | System for the printing and reading of encrypted messages A system for the metering of encrypted postage and similar indicia includes a device for printing such indicia and a device for reading such indicia. The printing is accomplished with a dot matrix printer driven by signals obtained by altering character g... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4641153 | Notched piezo-electric transducer for an ink jet device The ink ejecting portion of an ink jet printer is described, wherein a single ceramic transducer is used to create the pressure for the ink droplets. Unlike prior devices, the transducer is a one-piece member as opposed to use of a piezoceramic material a... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4637051 | System having a character generator for printing encrypted messages A system for the metering of encrypted postage and similar indicia includes a device for printing such indicia and a device for reading such indicia. The printing is accomplished with a dot matrix printer driven by signals obtained from a character genera... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635204 | Postal meter with date check reminder means In a postal meter adapted to be connected to a source of supply of power for energization, and having structures for printing postage values and a selected data, for displaying a plurality of segments, and for entering data, and having a computer electric... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4629871 | Electronic postage meter system settable by means of a remotely generated input device A microprocessor controlled postal meter system having a postal meter with a postage printer. An accounting means maintains an accurate record of account of an amount chargeable by the meter and used by the printing means, and a data entry means for enter... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4628476 | Completing an incomplete trip in an electronic postage meter A method and associated apparatus for completing an incomplete trip in an electronic postage meter, comprising the steps of reading the state of bistable member after the trip cycle has commenced, setting a fatal error if the bistable member is in its hom... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4628457 | Postal rate memory module with integral battery power A postal rate memory module is disclosed. The module includes a memory which stores current postal data and an integral battery. The module may be used in a postal scale which includes a scale for determining the weight of an item to be mailed, a memory m... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4627016 | Memory address location system for an electronic postage meter having multiple non-volatile memories A method and associated apparatus is provided for using data stored in one non-volatile memory to locate the next memory address in which to write data in another non-volatile memory of an electronic postage meter, comprising the steps of and associated a... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4626047 | Eccentric cam for module latching mechanism An adjustment device for a latching mechanism for releasably joining and locking together two separate modules located on a flat surface. The latching mechanism includes a first module having a pair of lower fingers projecting therefrom and a pair of uppe... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4625282 | Postage meter with keyboard keys for causing display of data pertaining to meter operation In a postage meter having structures for entering data, for displaying numerical values and other data, and for printing postage, and having a computer electrically connected to each of the aforesaid structures and programmed for processing data for contr... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4623987 | Postage meter with keyboard keys for commanding and requesting performance of meter operations A postage meter, adapted to be connected to a source of supply of power for energization, is provided. The postage meter includes improved structure for entering data. The data entering structure includes a keyboard having a plurality of numeric keys, a p... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622651 | Electronic postage meter having piezoelectric audio transducer energized by stepping motor driver circuit An electronic postage meter includes a settable mechanism for printing postage with electronic accounting circuits coupled to the printing mechanism and a value selection control circuit for controlling the value set on the printing mechanism. An audible ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621966 | Shingle compensating device A machine for accumulating and for stacking a plurality of documents in a first plane so that the leading end of the documents are in a shingled relationship. Upon actuation of a system of first and second pairs of feed rollers, the documents in a stack a... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621719 | Drive base for a postal mailing system A drive base which is utilized in conjunction with a postal mailing system is disclosed. The base comprises a mode selection arrangement which alternately actuates a postage metering unit or a tape drive unit located within a mailing machine. The arrangem... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621349 | Microcassette changer and printer apparatus Printer apparatus for use with a dictation system including a changer device having an input stack, a recording deck for recording dictated messages, and an output stack for storing recording media onto which dictated messages have been recorded. The chan... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4619101 | Sheet folding inserting machine A simplified sheet folding and envelope inserting machine is disclosed for folding and inserting of the folded sheets into envelopes. The machine is designed so that immediate access is gained when the top half is pivoted open. When opened, the first buck... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4618953 | Watchdog circuit A watchdog circuit for improving the possibility of recovery from failures, such as those caused by static discharge or RF interference, in a data processing system. A data processing system includes a main, multi-chip processor for handling the main comp... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4615519 | Mail separating device In a mail processing machine, there is at least one mail piece separating and feeding device for handling vertically oriented mail pieces to assure that only one mail piece at a time is fed into the mail processing machine. A feeding roller is positioned ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4613945 | Method and apparatus for creating fonts for an electronic character generator A system for creating font memory banks to be used as look-up tables in a character generator of a dot matrix printer. This system involves the combination of memory and operator input whereby memory banks of individualized fonts may be designed. The prin... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4611736 | Tape feeding apparatus for mailing machine A tape feeding apparatus is provided for preventing the feeding of successive strips of tape unless and until the manual activator for the tape feeding mechanism has been allowed to return to its manual in operative position. There is a tape feeding appar... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4611297 | Bus grant circuit A bus grant circuit for controlling access by a digital device connected to a common bi-directional bus and a bus arbitration system incorporating such circuit. The bus arbitration system comprises a common bus request, a common bus busy line, a bus grant... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4611282 | Postage meter using a flag to indicate interuption of accounting register updating due to power failure or microprocessor failure In an electronic postage meter having a program for updating accounting memory in a printing cycle, flags are set in the accounting memory at each of a plurality of steps during the updating of the accounting registers, the flags providing an indication i... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608923 | Postal meter value selector sequencing system A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The print wheels are adjusted by displacing respective transmission members; e.g. gears, which are driven by a pinion which is shifted from gear to ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608484 | Postage meter This invention discloses a structure for preventing unwanted migration of postage meter ink through the spaces separating various plastic components of the structure.... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4606270 | Inking apparatus for a value printing device An improved value print device having incorporated within the device improved linkages for imparting a reciprocal motion to the carriage, housing and inking roller.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606003 | Mailing system peripheral interface with replaceable prom for accessing memories An interface between a system processor of an automated mailing system and selected peripheral devices carries peripheral support hardware and software for communication with the peripherals. The interface includes a board having a memory wherein programs... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4605939 | Ink jet array An ink jet printing head comprising an array of successive pairs of cavity plates and transducer plates. The transducer plates are one-piece elements composed of piezo-ceramic material and can have multiple diaphragms on opposing faces matching with cavit... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4605937 | Postal meter thermal printer control A postage meter which includes a thermal print head for printing indicia, postal value, and the like is disclosed. In accordance with the invention, thermal elements in the thermal print head are electronically pulsed in appropriate serially timed patters... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4604950 | Worm gear rack movement system A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The positions of the print wheels are controlled by the positions of rack gears. The racks are displaced by a pinion which is shifted from rack to r... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4603627 | Rotary shutter device for a postal mailing system A mailing system including a postage meter adaptable to either a high-speed mailing machine capable of parallel postal value selection or a low-speed mailing machine capable of serial value selection is disclosed. The postage meter includes a print drum w... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4603400 | Mailing system interface interprocessor communications channel In a mailing system including a postage value determining system processor which communicates along parallel channels and peripheral subsystem processors adapted to communicate with a system processor along a serial data bus, an interface is provided betw... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601240 | Print drum security system A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The print wheels are adjusted by displacing respective rack gears through an annular drive member and a pinion, and the print drum is rotated for pr... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4600987 | Monitoring circuit for an electronic postage meter A monitoring circuit for an electronic postage meter operating under control of a programmed microprocessor, including a transistor switch for receiving an output signal from the programmed microprocessor and generating an output signal in response theret... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4598781 | Load cell having a flexure connector A load cell having a flexure connector that provides connection between the load beam of the load cell and the sensing beam. The structure has a low profile and provides an adjusting feature that compensates for the variations in resistance of the load ce... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4598639 | Postal meter value selector system A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The positions of the print wheels are controlled by the positions of a plurality of axially displaceable rack gears. The racks are displaced by a pi... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4595984 | Apparatus and method for determining special postage fees A postage calculator system and method comprising means for introducing postal information to the system; a means for obtaining weight information of the article to be mailed; a memory means for storing information indicative of special feed categories; a... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4594042 | Device for stacking microcassettes An improvement in a changer apparatus of the type having a recording deck to which individual recording media are transported, one at a time, and an output stack for receiving and storing in stack configuration recording media that have been removed from ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4590557 | Method and apparatus for controlling software configurations in data processing systems A data processing system including a method and apparatus for controlling software configurations. A plurality of software programs and routines are stored in a mass storage device. Which software accessed by the system is controlled by non-volatile infor... | 05/20/1986 |
