Method and device for processing postal articles
CA 2462522 A1 · Owner: Deutsche Post Ag · Inventors: Stumm, Dieter; Helmus, Jurgen; Fery, Peter
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The invention relates to a method and device for processing postal articles. According to the invention, the method is characterized in that an automated verification of whether the postal article has an expected franking is executed, and in that the execution of the verification of the postal article is indicated by placing a code on the postal article. The presence of this code is verified in a subsequent sorting method. In addition a comparing , means is provided that compares the used up cumulative franking amounts of all postal articles of a customer with the paid value specifications.
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- Filed October 15, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 15, 2022.
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