Franking machine incorporating an integrated ink supply device
US7404629B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00532
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A franking machine including a printer for printing postal indicia on a mail item, a supplier for supplying postage printing ink to allow a refill of the printer with postage printing ink, and a self-obturating connection connected to the postage ink supply by an ink transferor and intended either to place the postage ink supply in communication with the printer in the case of postage ink printing or to isolate the postage ink supply from the printer in other cases of printing.
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