FR2407536B1 - ELECTRONIC POSTAGE MACHINE - Google Patents

ELECTRONIC POSTAGE MACHINE

Info

Publication number: FR2407536B1
Authority: FR; France
Prior art keywords: electronic postage; postage machine; machine; electronic; postage
Prior art date: 1977-10-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

FR7830751A

Other languages

French (fr)

Other versions

FR2407536A1 (en

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Pitney Bowes Inc

Original Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1977-10-28

Filing date

1978-10-30

Publication date

1989-04-28

Family has litigation

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1978-10-16 Priority claimed from US05/950,302 external-priority patent/US4251874A/en

1978-10-30 Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc filed Critical Pitney Bowes Inc

1979-05-25 Publication of FR2407536A1 publication Critical patent/FR2407536A1/en

1989-04-28 Application granted granted Critical

1989-04-28 Publication of FR2407536B1 publication Critical patent/FR2407536B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
- G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
- G06F11/08—Error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation, e.g. by using checking codes
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
- G07B2017/00233—Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
- G07B2017/00241—Modular design
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
- G07B2017/00322—Communication between components/modules/parts, e.g. printer, printhead, keyboard, conveyor or central unit
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
- G07B2017/00338—Error detection or handling
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
- G07B2017/00427—Special accounting procedures, e.g. storing special information

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mathematical Physics (AREA)
Quality & Reliability (AREA)
Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
Detection And Correction Of Errors (AREA)
Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)

FR7830751A 1977-10-28 1978-10-30 ELECTRONIC POSTAGE MACHINE Expired FR2407536B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US84652677A	1977-10-28	1977-10-28
US05/950,302 US4251874A (en)	1978-10-16	1978-10-16	Electronic postal meter system

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
FR2407536A1 FR2407536A1 (en)	1979-05-25
FR2407536B1 true FR2407536B1 (en)	1989-04-28

Family

ID=27126644

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
FR7830751A Expired FR2407536B1 (en)	1977-10-28	1978-10-30	ELECTRONIC POSTAGE MACHINE

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
FR (1)	FR2407536B1 (en)
GB (4)	GB2066734B (en)

Families Citing this family (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4302821A (en) *	1979-10-30	1981-11-24	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Interposer control for electronic postage meter
GB2063160B (en) *	1979-10-30	1984-01-11	Pitney Bowes Inc	Electronic postage meter
US4301507A (en) *	1979-10-30	1981-11-17	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Electronic postage meter having plural computing systems
AT398649B (en) *	1979-10-30	1995-01-25	Pitney Bowes Inc	Franking machine control device
US4310755A (en) *	1979-12-26	1982-01-12	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Electronic postage meter radiant energy device circuit
US4506329A (en) *	1982-03-08	1985-03-19	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Non-volatile memory serial number lock for electronic postage meter
EP0133004A3 (en) *	1983-07-29	1987-03-04	Westinghouse Brake And Signal Company Limited	Proving of the safe operation of a single channel processing arrangement
US4500083A (en) *	1983-12-08	1985-02-19	R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company	Collating and binding system and method with postage indication
US4674052A (en) *	1983-12-08	1987-06-16	R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company	Collating and binding system and method with postage indication
USRE32690E (en) *	1983-12-08	1988-06-07	R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company	Collating and binding system and method with postage indication
GB2153165A (en) *	1984-01-20	1985-08-14	Avx Corp	Connector assembly
US4760532A (en) *	1985-12-26	1988-07-26	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Mailing system with postage value transfer and accounting capability
GB2256396B (en) *	1991-05-29	1995-03-29	Alcatel Business Systems	Method of remote diagnostics for franking machines
FR2702068B1 (en) *	1993-02-26	1995-06-30	Secap	Franking machine with additional displays.
EP0675463B1 (en) *	1994-03-31	2004-09-29	Secap	Franking machine with additional displays

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE1250164B (en) *	1962-06-14	1967-09-14
US3820068A (en) *	1972-06-29	1974-06-25	Westinghouse Learning Corp	Background reference level system and method for document scanners
GB1476338A (en) *	1974-06-07	1977-06-10	Pitney Bowes Inc	Flat bed printer and apparatus including same
US3978457A (en) *	1974-12-23	1976-08-31	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Microcomputerized electronic postage meter system
CA1077171A (en) *	1976-07-14	1980-05-06	Frank T. Check (Jr.)	Electronic postal meter having noise-rejecting input/output channel
FR2375670A1 (en) *	1976-12-21	1978-07-21	Vickers Ltd	Electronic franking machine with digital registers - has print unit, postage paid value selector and tote register containing accumulated value and summing device

1978
- 1978-10-27 GB GB8039108A patent/GB2066734B/en not_active Expired
- 1978-10-27 GB GB7842183A patent/GB2008030B/en not_active Expired
- 1978-10-27 GB GB8039253A patent/GB2066735B/en not_active Expired
- 1978-10-27 GB GB7940874A patent/GB2033627B/en not_active Expired
- 1978-10-30 FR FR7830751A patent/FR2407536B1/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB2008030A (en)	1979-05-31
GB2033627B (en)	1982-08-11
GB2008030B (en)	1982-06-09
GB2066734B (en)	1982-12-01
GB2066735B (en)	1983-07-13
GB2033627A (en)	1980-05-21
GB2066735A (en)	1981-07-15
GB2066734A (en)	1981-07-15
FR2407536A1 (en)	1979-05-25

Publication	Publication Date	Title
FR2317705A1 (en)	1977-02-04	ELECTRONIC CALCULATING MACHINE
FR2406987B1 (en)	1985-11-22	IMPROVEMENT TO AN ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER
NL7901350A (en)	1979-08-23	ELECTRONIC SEWING MACHINE.
ATA97380A (en)	1993-07-15	ELECTRONIC SEWING MACHINE
DK179280A (en)	1980-10-27	ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED FRANKING MACHINE
SE7804278L (en)	1978-10-16	ELECTRONIC SEWING MACHINE
DK450578A (en)	1979-04-12	SLOT MACHINE
FR2335002A1 (en)	1977-07-08	ELECTRONIC METERING POSTAGE MACHINE
FR2407536B1 (en)	1989-04-28	ELECTRONIC POSTAGE MACHINE
IT1103768B (en)	1985-10-14	ELECTRONIC COUNTER
FR2340649A1 (en)	1977-09-02	ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMER
JPS5290968A (en)	1977-07-30	Electronic weighing machine
FR2342497A1 (en)	1977-09-23	ELECTRONIC CAPTURE DETECTOR
BR7802397A (en)	1978-12-12	IMPROVEMENTS IN A SHOE CONFORMING MACHINE
BE845003A (en)	1976-12-01	ELECTRONIC HAND GRENADE
RO76717A (en)	1981-05-30	STAMPING MACHINE
BE870297A (en)	1979-01-02	COATING MACHINE
BE832630A (en)	1976-02-23	ELECTRONIC CALCULATING MACHINE
DK272178A (en)	1978-12-19	Coughing machine
DK199078A (en)	1978-11-11	CASE FILLING MACHINE
JPS53106466A (en)	1978-09-16	Electronic part inserting machine
IT1099209B (en)	1985-09-18	ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMER
AT359004B (en)	1980-10-10	HYDROELECTRIC MACHINE SET
JPS5339164A (en)	1978-04-10	Electronic weighing machine
JPS53149362A (en)	1978-12-26	Electronic weighing machine