Franking machines
CA 1065677 A · Owner: Vickers Limited · Inventors: Shacklady, Michael; Basu, Samir; Fuller, Paul
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A franking machine for example a postal, franking machine has a digital electronic inout register for storing a selected franking value fed in for use in the next franking operation of the machine and a digital, electronic total register which accumulates an indication of the total of the respective franking values used for such operations of the machine since this register was last reset. The machine also has an electrically adjustable printing device, for printing the selected franking value in each franking operation, which device may be housed in a relatively massive stationary unit of the machine the electronic registers and associated circuitry being optionally housed in a relatively …
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- Granted November 6, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 6, 1996.
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