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Ink tray drive

CA 2002664 C · Owner: Buan, Danilo P. · Inventors: Eventoff, Arnold; Buan, Danilo P.

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An inker module for a high speed mailing machine is disclosed. The inker module includes a drive for moving an ink pad horizontally and vertically from a horizontal home position to a horizontal inking position in which the ink pad is tamped against a printing device which imprints postage indicia. The drive includes a single drive motor, cam wheels and links which cooperate to move the ink pad in the two directions. An ink pump is provided to pump ink to the ink pad each time that the ink pad is tamped against the printing device. The drive includes a further link to actuate the pump from the same motor. A platten device and its drive are disposed adjacent the ink pad drive to tamp an …

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  • Filed November 9, 1989 and granted July 21, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 2009.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 9, 2011.
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FiledNovember 9, 1989
GrantedJuly 21, 1998
Term endedNovember 9, 2009
Patent numberCA 2002664 C
Classification (IPC)B41L27/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 9, 1989Patent grantedJuly 21, 1998Term endedNov 9, 2009

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