Tape storage apparatus for mailing machine
CA 2115081 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Doeberl, Terrence M.; Gelb, Joseph, Jr.
Overview
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A tape storage apparatus is used with a mailing machine for printing postage indicia on a discrete portion of a strip of tape of indefinite length which is fed along a tape path extending through the mailing machine by tape feeding means mounted within the mailing machine. The tape storage apparatus includes a base having vertical guide rails and a tape holding device mounted on the guide rails for movement therealong. A releasable latching means holds the tape holding device in a lowermost position against the force of a plurality of resilient spring device for moving the tape holding means upwardly to a position in which the tape holding means becomes accessible to an operator or s ervice …
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- Filed February 7, 1994 and granted September 30, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 7, 2014.
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