DE69217443T2 - Gerät zur Gebrauchsanalyse einer Frankiermaschine - Google Patents

Gerät zur Gebrauchsanalyse einer Frankiermaschine

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DE69217443T2
DE69217443T2 DE69217443T DE69217443T DE69217443T2 DE 69217443 T2 DE69217443 T2 DE 69217443T2 DE 69217443 T DE69217443 T DE 69217443T DE 69217443 T DE69217443 T DE 69217443T DE 69217443 T2 DE69217443 T2 DE 69217443T2
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franking machine
franking
machine
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DE69217443D1 (de
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Kevin D Hunter
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G07B2017/00443Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058Printing of code
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709Scanning mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00725Reading symbols, e.g. OCR
DE69217443T 1991-10-28 1992-10-27 Gerät zur Gebrauchsanalyse einer Frankiermaschine Expired - Fee Related DE69217443T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US07/783,805 US5280531A (en) 1991-10-28 1991-10-28 Apparatus for the analysis of postage meter usage

Publications (2)

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DE69217443D1 DE69217443D1 (de) 1997-03-27
DE69217443T2 true DE69217443T2 (de) 1997-05-28

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DE69217443T Expired - Fee Related DE69217443T2 (de) 1991-10-28 1992-10-27 Gerät zur Gebrauchsanalyse einer Frankiermaschine

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US (1) US5280531A (de)
EP (1) EP0540291B1 (de)
CA (1) CA2081288C (de)
DE (1) DE69217443T2 (de)

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EP0540291A3 (de) 1995-05-10
EP0540291B1 (de) 1997-02-12
CA2081288A1 (en) 1993-04-29
EP0540291A2 (de) 1993-05-05
DE69217443D1 (de) 1997-03-27
CA2081288C (en) 2000-06-06
US5280531A (en) 1994-01-18

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