Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Hayes, John W. (Department: 3639)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
C073S001180, C073S001130, C073S023280, C705S400000, C705S406000, C705S413000, C705S414000, C705S418000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10326511
ABSTRACT:
A weight estimating system for estimating the weight of a mailpiece and a postage metering system including such a weight estimating system. The weight estimating system includes a measuring system, a diverter mechanism and a microprocessor system. The measuring system includes a transport, a first plurality of detectors for measuring the dimensions of the mailpiece and a second plurality of detectors for measuring values of other characteristics of the mailpiece which are indicative of the presence of non-paper materials in the mailpiece as the mailpiece is transported. The microprocessor is responsive to the second detectors to determine if non-paper materials are included in the mailpiece and, if not, determines the volume from the dimensional measurements and estimates the weight as the product of the volume and a density for paper output an appropriate postage amount to the meter and the mailpiece to the printer. The postage metering system prints the mailpiece with a postal indicium and accounts for the postage amount expended. Otherwise the microprocessor controls the diverter mechanism to reject the mailpiece for separate processing.
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Cordery Robert A.
Massucci John E.
Miller John P.
Bass Jon
Chaclas Angelo N.
Hayes John W.
Lemm Brian A.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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