Postage meter using two ascending registers in an accounting function
US6064992A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00395
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A postage meter includes a memory including an ascending credit register to store an accumulated value of credit and an ascending tote register to store an accumulated tote value of postage charge dispensed by the postage meter in franking mail items. Accounting means of the postage meter determines whether the sum of a required postage value to be applied to a mail item and the accumulated tote value is equal to or less than the accumulated total value of credit stored in the ascending credit register and, if the sum of the required postage value and the accumulated tote value is equal to or less than the accumulated credit value, operates printing means to print a franking impression on the mail item and increments the accumulated tote value stored in the tote register by an amount equal to the required postage value.
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