Printing – Rolling contact machines – Rotary
Patent
1994-11-04
1995-11-14
Eickholt, Eugene H.
Printing
Rolling contact machines
Rotary
101 91, 101 76, 271 2, 271245, 271246, 271227, 271259, B41F 1324
Patent
active
054656621
ABSTRACT:
An envelope positioning assembly for a postage meter. A typical postage meter includes a registration wall, a deck and a printing apparatus for printing a postage indicia on an envelope. The envelope positing assembly includes: (1) a pin fixably mounted to the registration wall and generally aligned perpendicular to the deck, (2) a stop having an obstructing surface and a cutout, (3) positioning apparatus and (4) a microcontroller in communication with the positioning apparatus. The stop is slidably mounted on the pin to move between a first position where the obstructing surface extends above the deck and provides an obstruction to the envelope and a second position where the cutout extends above the deck and does not obstruct the envelope. The microcontroller means causes the positioning apparatus to move the stop to the second position upon initiation of a print cycle.
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Keung Wing-Kwong
Kulpa Walter J.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Eickholt Eugene H.
Parks, Jr. Charles G.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
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