Disposable postage meter assembly

US5359359A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Dietrich · Munich, DE
• Stephan Gunther · Berlin, DE
• Norbert Knoth · Berlin, DE
• Friedrich-Viktor Miehe · Berlin, DE
• Wolfgang Thiel · Köngen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 1992
• Grant date: Oct 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B2017/00516
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A disposable postage meter assembly for printing charges and captions on envelopes and/or postage strips includes a base unit and a non-rechargeable disposable module. The base unit and the disposable module have devices for setting variable information.