Meter base drive assembly

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1989-02-01

1990-01-30

Fuller, B. R.

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235 10, 101 92, 101234, 242 58, G06C 502, G06F 100

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048975303

ABSTRACT:
A meter base drive assembly (4) is a part of a postage meter base (2), to which a postage meter is mounted. The assembly includes envelope drive (62), a tape dispenser (86) and a print head drive (84) mounted to a base frame (12). The drive assembly includes a motor drive (6), pivotally mounted (10, 14) to the frame, which drive a pulley (8) in a first rotary direction. First, second and third driven pulleys (16, 18, 56) are operably coupled to the envelope drive, print head drive tape dispenser respectively. A dual pulley (20), including first and second ppulley element (28, 53), is pivotally mounted (34, 36; 102, 104) to the frame. One side (30) of a first drive belt (26) engages the drive pulley and the second driven pulley. The second side (32) of the first drive belt engages the first pulley element. A second drive belt (52) engages the second pulley element and the second driven pulley so that the first and second driven pulleys are rotated in opposite rotary directions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3556001 (1971-01-01), Kinney
patent: 3626846 (1971-12-01), Wiegert
patent: 3791293 (1974-02-01), Rastorguyegg et al.
patent: 4658122 (1987-04-01), Payn et al.
patent: 4763823 (1988-08-01), Eden et al.

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