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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5049727 | Locking device for removable postage meter A postage meter having a movable shutter covering the printing die of the meter and mechanisms associated either with the postage meter or a meter base for locking the shutter and moving it, are disclosed. In one embodiment a keyswitch is provided which c... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4922085 | Mailing machine tape module and tape drive thereof A tape advancing system for advancing a tape past a printing device in a mailing machine selective draws one of two tapes, from a supply reeled and presents the selected tape for postage indicia printing. The tape system includes, a first motor for select... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4857712 | Slip table with integrated slip guide An integrated slip guide member and slip table assembly for use with business machines. The slip table has a first and second groups of parallel grooves thereon which are spaced apart in parallel relationship. The slip guide member has first and second me... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4851655 | Check positioning system for use in an automatic check printing apparatus The check positioning system includes a guide tray (12) which in turn includes a guiding edge (31). Roller assemblies (18,20,22) in combination with associated lower gripping wheels (40,42,44) and a system (16) for driving the roller assemblies (18,20,22)... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4816650 | Display of information at service stations A service station installation is disclosed in which the fuel amount and cost registers of the dispensing pump are connected by an information link to a hand-portable unit which displays the same information. The unit can be affixed to the windscreen of t... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4808800 | Printer-equipped electronic device An electronic printer calculator containing rolls of paper outside and inside the calculator and a printer for printing out data on either of the rolls of paper. The paper rolls can be set inside and outside the calculator main body, respectively. A passa... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4787567 | Apparatus for holding recording medium The invention relates to a recording medium holding apparatus to stably fix a recording medium onto which the recording is performed by a recording member by a holding member when the recording medium is used. When the recording medium is not used, the ho... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4582984 | Wire marker printer A wire marker printer is formed from a commercially available electronic calculator. The calculator having both computation and printing capabilities is modified to function as a wire marker printer. The computation capabilities are deactivated and the pa... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4356386 | Desk-top calculator A desk-top calculator wherein a printer of the type having a movable character wheel is designed so as to effect printing on paper on a desk and when the calculator is moved, the character wheel is returned to its initial position.... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4319128 | Microprocessor controlled dispensing metering apparatus Microprocessor controlled flow metering apparatus employs mechanically coupled registers driven by a positive displacement or other flow meter to display fluid volume dispensed during a monitored transaction--and as a cumulative total over time. User adju... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4246643 | Low cost postage applicator A low cost postage applicator includes postage printing wheels which can be manually set by thumbwheels accessible through an access opening in a housing. Encoders provide electrical signals representative of the position of each printing wheel. The housi... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4240345 | Selective drum printer with axially divided multicolor ink roller A printing device of a construction, wherein a plurality of printing hammers are arranged in parallel facing toward a character wheel provided on its outer peripheral surface with a plurality of character types to be struck by the printing hammers through... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4160899 | Detent remover for a postage meter A postage meter is provided with a combination whereby the detent members retarding the selector gears of the postage meter are removed immediately prior to the changing of the postage amount. The combination is also able to engage a bail lock-out mechani... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4101366 | Electronic digital display scale with label printer An electronic digital display scale with a label printer adapted to weigh an article, to print a measured weight of said article on a label and to adhere said label onto said article weighed, wherein the printed label is held by a label transfer device by... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4034669 | Postage meter setting mechanism A setting mechanism for a postage meter for use in a continuous mail sorting and postage imprinting system which automatically weighs and meters each piece of mail. The system is designed to rapidly handle a large quantity of mixed mail. Mixed mail is con... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3993892 | Device for transmitting information in the form of electrical signals to at least one mechanism for displaying or printing this information A device for transmitting information in the form of an electrical signal to at least one mechanism for giving a readout of the information, comprises a readout mechanism which has at least one symbol wheel which carries symbols on its circumference. A pl... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3949203 | Selection mechanism for a postage meter This invention relates to a selection mechanism for a postage meter in which a single Thomas-type mutilated drum actuator is rigidly mounted on a hollow cylindrical drive shaft on which is also mounted the postage meter printing head, and comprises a seri... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3938737 | Counter for measuring apparatus such as a water meter or the like A counter for measuring apparatus such as a water meter or the like includes a first number wheel for a low decade; a drive shaft for driving the first number wheel; an additional number wheel for values of a lowest decade; a clutch coupling for coupling ... | 02/17/1976 |
