Franking machine in two portions
US5586035A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00548
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A postage machine includes a first meter portion comprising postage means commanded by a first microprocessor (50), a keyboard (22) and a display (21 ), and a second base portion comprising a second Microprocessor (53). The first and second microprocessors, in a normal mode, mode carry into practice a communications protocol adapted to have transmitted to the base messages representative of at least some of the commands acquired on the keyboard (22) and to have retransmitted from the base to the meter the commands executable by said meter, in such a way that, from the keyboard (22) of the meter, at least certain functions cannot be commanded unless the commands relative to such functions pass through pass through the base (12).
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