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GB1516394A - Automatic continuous mail handling system - Google Patents

Automatic continuous mail handling system

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Publication number
GB1516394A
GB1516394A GB24243/75A GB2424375A GB1516394A GB 1516394 A GB1516394 A GB 1516394A GB 24243/75 A GB24243/75 A GB 24243/75A GB 2424375 A GB2424375 A GB 2424375A GB 1516394 A GB1516394 A GB 1516394A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
station
postage
weighing
meter
photo
Prior art date
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GB24243/75A
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Publication of GB1516394A publication Critical patent/GB1516394A/en
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    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
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    • B07C5/165—Sorting according to weight of letters
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    • G01G—WEIGHING
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    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G01G23/361—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells using photoelectric cells
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    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
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    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G3/00—Weighing apparatus characterised by the use of elastically-deformable members, e.g. spring balances
    • G01G3/08—Weighing apparatus characterised by the use of elastically-deformable members, e.g. spring balances wherein the weighing element is in the form of a leaf spring
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00241—Modular design
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    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00258—Electronic hardware aspects, e.g. type of circuits used
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
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    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00338—Error detection or handling
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
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    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00475—Sorting mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00491—Mail/envelope/insert handling system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
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    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/005—Measures for preventing or handling mailpieces stoppages
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00669—Sensing the position of mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00677—Keeping track of mailpieces inside apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00701—Measuring the weight of mailpieces

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)

Abstract

1516394 Automatic mail weighing PITNEYBOWES Inc 5 June 1975 [5 June 1974] 24243/75 Heading G1W A mail handling system automatically weighs and imprints.the relevant postage upon individual envelopes as they are fed through the system. The general arrangement is shown in Fig. 1 where envelopes are stacked on edge on feeder deck 11 separated at 14, if desired the flaps sealed at 17, weighed individually on scale 19 at station 20 and passed to postage meter station 28 where the imprint is provided through meter 24 controlled by signals received from weighing station 20. Overweight mail is diverted out of the feed path to stack 26 prior to being fed to meter 24. Weighing station and photo-detector system (Fig. 2) An individual envelope 30 advanced by rollers 32 is stopped by sets of fingers 37, 38, 39 and then released so as to stand on edge in the trough 35 of weighing tray 33. Deflection of leaf-springs 45, 46 under the weight of the envelope is sensed by a bank of photo-detectors 57 an arm 51 attached to tray 33 interrupting the light path 55 from source 53 through prism 56 to the detectors. Before each envelope is weighed, an automatic device including motor 63 and spring 65 resets the zero datum with respect to the photo-conductors. Postage meter station Fig. 7 (not shown) A conventional postage meter with printing units manually settable to the required postage rates is modified by the provision of automatic stepping motors controlled directly from the weighing station with an intervening multiplier device converting the weights into postage rates.
GB24243/75A 1974-06-05 1975-06-05 Automatic continuous mail handling system Expired GB1516394A (en)

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US476618A US3877531A (en) 1974-06-05 1974-06-05 Automatic continuous mail handling system

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US (1) US3877531A (en)
JP (1) JPS6236749B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1040666A (en)
DE (1) DE2524670A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1516394A (en)

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DE3836038A1 (en) * 1988-10-19 1990-04-26 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Accessory device for balances in post-processing systems
GB2310292A (en) * 1996-02-16 1997-08-20 Fordview Limited Check weighing device for loaded containers

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JPS5111000A (en) 1976-01-28
CA1040666A (en) 1978-10-17
DE2524670C2 (en) 1989-02-02
DE2524670A1 (en) 1975-12-18
US3877531A (en) 1975-04-15

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 19950604