Benchmark location indicator
CA 2111513 A1 · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Lorenzo, John L.; Eckl, John K.
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Abstract of the Invention A method of initializing an optical scanning system by centering a benchmark code in an electrically adjustable benchmark window, the benchmark code being scanned by the optical scanning system while being transported through a paper handling machine. The improvement comprises the steps of providing an encoder for timing the machine cycles of the paper handling machine as a plurality of documents are processed therethrough; conveying a document containing a benchmark code to be scanned past a scanning device of the optical scanning system; enabling a counter at the lead edge of the electrically adjustable benchmark window: incrementing the counter once for every …
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- Filed December 15, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 15, 2013.
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