Removable postage meter having an indicia cover
CA 1330408 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Holodnak, Richard S.; Riley, Gilbert N.; Malin, Richard A.
Overview
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A postage meter module is removable from the mailing machine base. In order to protect the print die a shutter, is provided to cover the die. The cover can be moved to expose the die only when the meter is installed on an appropriate meter base. At all other times the shutter is locked in position to cover the print die.
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- Granted June 28, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 28, 2011.
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