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Configuration for detecting mail items

US6456776B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 23, 2001
Grant dateSep 24, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00669
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A configuration for detecting mail items includes rigid optical waveguide elements between a monitoring location and transmitting and receiving devices on a main printed circuit board. The configuration makes use of a transmitted-light principle for detecting mail items to be franked.

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