Meter setting mechanism
US4050374A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 1976 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00548
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
For sequentially setting independently-rotatable spur gears which are coupled to print wheels in a postage meter, a yoke carrying a selectively-driven master gear is shifted along an axis parallel to the common axis of the adjacent gears. A rack attached to the yoke is driven by a pinion gear on a stepping motor shaft. The yoke is spring-biased to a disabled position in which the spur gears are mechanically locked into position by tooth troughs on the yoke surface. A print interlock mechanism permits printing only when the yoke is held in an enabled position against the force of the biasing spring.
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