Electronic postage meter controllable by mailing machine
US4524426A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00322
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic postage meter system includes a postage meter in a secure housing enclosing only an electronic accounting system having registers and a printer. All control for the postage meter is effected by way of a connector on the housing for connecting a mailing machine or service unit to the postage meter. In operation, a sole input to the meter is by way of a keyboard of the mailing machine and a sole signal output is to the mailing machine, for example, to a display. The postage meter has a program to continuously read out its registers to the connector upon an initial application of power to the connector and a service unit which may be adapted solely to display such signals.
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