Registers – Platform operated – Platform actuated traffic counters
Patent
1979-02-23
1981-02-24
Thesz, Joseph M.
Registers
Platform operated
Platform actuated traffic counters
235 92EA, 235 92ST, G06M 1274
Patent
active
042530148
ABSTRACT:
In a postage meter which can be set to imprint a selected value of postage on individual mail pieces, two counters are typically provided for accounting purposes. One counter is an accumulating counter into which the postage value imprinted during each operation is added. The second counter is settable by the Postal Service to the amount of postage purchased by the meter user. As postage is imprinted by the meter, the value of the postage is subtracted from the second counter. Thus, this counter continuously indicates the amount of postage that remains available for imprinting. The meter of the present invention additionally provides an operator resettable counter to indicate the total value of postage imprinted on any group of consecutive mail pieces. The function and operation of the original counters are completely separate and unaffected by the present invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3624362 (1971-11-01), Kelch
patent: 3896298 (1975-07-01), Haydon
patent: 3914583 (1975-10-01), Einem et al.
patent: 4090063 (1978-05-01), Martin
Meyer Robert E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scribner Albert W.
Soltow, Jr. William D.
Thesz Joseph M.
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