Postage meter for metering mixed weight mail
CA 1281137 C · Owner: Crowley, Raymond R. · Inventors: Feinland, Seymour; Crowley, Raymond R.; Freeman, Gerald C.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A postage meter having an improved throughput for processing mixed weight mail. A postage meter is provided with a communications link for receiving signals from a system for determining postage amounts and transporting mailpieces. A first signal is provided indicating that a next postage amount will be detemined, and in response the postage meter performs common, preliminary steps to enable setting indicia to correspond to the next postage amount. A second signal defining the next postage amount is then received and the postage meter sets its indicia to correspond. In one embodiment of the subject invention the meter may then send a signal requesting transport …
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- Granted March 5, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 5, 2008.
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