Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1986-10-20
1990-07-10
Faber, Alan
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235375, 235432, 235383, 36446403, 364478, G06F 1521, G06F 1530
Patent
active
049408879
ABSTRACT:
A computerized handling device automatically processes mail items. The device includes a housing, a coin identifying and changing device, and a microcomputer controller, and has an inlet for mail items. Also included are mechanisms for causing the return of a mail item to a user, for conveying a mail item to a weighing station, to enable a user to select a desired mail classification, for calculating the appropriate postage for a mail item, for indicating to a user the weight of and postage due on a mail item, for receiving payment from a user, for verifying the payment against the postage due on a mail item, for automatic stamping a postage marking on the mail item at a postage marking station and for sorting mail items in accordance with their classification. The device is constructed so that varied weight and classifications of mail items can be processed through an interactive action with the user.
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Faber Alan
Weinhardt Robert A.
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