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Feeder module

CA 1292020 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Freeman, Gerald C.

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Abstract of the Disclosure A mailing system for metering batches of mixed weight mail. The system includes a demand feed for singulating mailpieces, a weighing module for weighing the singulated mailpieces and determining the appropriate postage amount and a postage meter responsive to the weighing module for metering each singulated mailpiece with the appropriate postage amount. A transport system sequentially transports singulated mailpieces from the feeder to the weighing module when the postage meter is set then stops during the weighing period. The postage meter is set for the next sequential mailpiece only after weighing and metering are both completed. In another embodiment a …

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  • Granted November 12, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 12, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1987
GrantedNovember 12, 1991
Term endedNovember 12, 2008
Patent numberCA 1292020 C
Classification (IPC)B65H3/06 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedSep 14, 1987Patent grantedNov 12, 1991Term endedNov 12, 2008

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