High throughput mailing machine timing
CA 2003699 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Silverberg, Morton; Digiulio, Peter C.; Bergman, Norman J.
Overview
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A mailing machine for high-speed processing of mixed mail, capable of high throughput, and of compact size. It includes mail piece processing at four main stations in a straight-through manner, under positive control at all times by separate drive units at each station, with the sequential processing actions timed to optimize mail piece throughput.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 23, 1989 and granted March 16, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 23, 2011.
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