Mailing machine utilizing ink jet printer
US5813326A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00637
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mailing machine is disclosed in which a digital printing device, preferably of the ink jet type, is mounted for movement between one of two printing positions, in one of which the printing device will print a postage indicia direction on envelopes being fed through the mailing machine, and in the other of which the printing device prints the postage indicia on a strip of tape which is extracted from the mailing machine and affixed to an envelope which is incapable of being fed through the mailing machine. There is also a third position for the printing device which is a maintenance position to which the printing device is moved after each or some other predetermined number of printing cycles for the purpose of cleaning the ink ejecting portion of the printing device and/or maintaining a suitable high ink solvent vapor atmosphere adjacent to the ink ejecting portion of the printing device.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.