EP0459159A3 - Franking module - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0459159A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: franking module; franking; module
Prior art date: 1990-06-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19910106946

Other languages

German (de)

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EP0459159A2 (en

EP0459159B1 (en

Inventor

Stephan Guenther

Werner Dr. Hesshaus

Hanspeter Reichelt

Juergen Volle

Hans-Peter Rogge

Hans-Juergen Hudetzka

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Francotyp Postalia GmbH

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Francotyp Postalia GmbH

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1990-06-01

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1991-04-29

Publication date

1992-02-05

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1991-04-29 Application filed by Francotyp Postalia GmbH filed Critical Francotyp Postalia GmbH

1991-12-04 Publication of EP0459159A2 publication Critical patent/EP0459159A2/en

1992-02-05 Publication of EP0459159A3 publication Critical patent/EP0459159A3/en

1994-09-14 Application granted granted Critical

1994-09-14 Publication of EP0459159B1 publication Critical patent/EP0459159B1/en

2011-04-29 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
- B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
- B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
- B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
- G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
- G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
- G07B2017/00088—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines
- G07B2017/00096—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines via phone lines
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
- G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
- G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
- G07B2017/00177—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a portable device, e.g. a card or a PCMCIA
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
- G07B2017/00241—Modular design
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- 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
- G07B2017/00322—Communication between components/modules/parts, e.g. printer, printhead, keyboard, conveyor or central unit

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)

EP91106946A 1990-06-01 1991-04-29 Franking module Expired - Lifetime EP0459159B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4018166A DE4018166C2 (en)	1990-06-01	1990-06-01	Franking module
DE4018166		1990-06-01

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0459159A2 EP0459159A2 (en)	1991-12-04
EP0459159A3 true EP0459159A3 (en)	1992-02-05
EP0459159B1 EP0459159B1 (en)	1994-09-14

Family

ID=6407911

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91106946A Expired - Lifetime EP0459159B1 (en)	1990-06-01	1991-04-29	Franking module

Country Status (9)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5257197A (en)
EP (1)	EP0459159B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR920001366A (en)
CA (1)	CA2043677A1 (en)
CS (1)	CS162091A3 (en)
DE (2)	DE4018166C2 (en)
HU (1)	HUT57924A (en)
PL (1)	PL290464A1 (en)
ZA (1)	ZA914163B (en)

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GB9226812D0 (en) *	1992-12-23	1993-02-17	Neopost Ltd	Franking machine
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GB9601937D0 (en) *	1996-01-31	1996-04-03	Neopost Ltd	Mail franking apparatus
DE19617473A1 (en)	1996-05-02	1997-11-06	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Method and arrangement for data processing in a mail processing system with a franking machine
DE19617476A1 (en)	1996-05-02	1997-11-06	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Method and arrangement for data processing in a mail processing system with a franking machine
DE19617586A1 (en)	1996-05-02	1997-11-06	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Method for data processing in a mail processing system with a franking machine and arrangement
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DE19711998A1 (en) *	1997-03-13	1998-09-17	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Mail processing system with a printing machine base station controlled by a personal computer
US5988897A (en) *	1997-09-03	1999-11-23	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Method for preventing fraudulent printing of a postage indicium displayed on a personal computer
DE19740396A1 (en)	1997-09-05	1999-03-11	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Printing device and method for printing on a printing medium
GB9723967D0 (en) *	1997-11-14	1998-01-07	Imagik Limited	A thermal printer
US6233565B1 (en)	1998-02-13	2001-05-15	Saranac Software, Inc.	Methods and apparatus for internet based financial transactions with evidence of payment
DE19812902A1 (en)	1998-03-18	1999-09-23	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Method for a franking and addressing machine
DE19812903A1 (en)	1998-03-18	1999-09-23	Francotyp Postalia Gmbh	Franking device and a method for generating valid data for franking imprints
US6315470B1 (en) *	2000-09-20	2001-11-13	National Mailing Systems	Personal computer having a built-in printer, and a system and method for computing rate information using the computer
WO2002049269A1 (en) *	2000-12-15	2002-06-20	United States Postal Service	Electronic postmarking without directly utilizing an electronic postmark server
US20020133471A1 (en) *	2001-02-23	2002-09-19	Fetneh Eskandari	Configuration enablement of franking system
US20020169728A1 (en) *	2001-02-23	2002-11-14	Christian Moy	Modular franking system
CA2494124A1 (en)	2002-07-29	2004-02-05	United States Postal Service	Pc postage(trademark) service indicia design for shipping label
WO2004021287A1 (en) *	2002-08-29	2004-03-11	United States Postal Service	Systems and methods for re-estimating the postage fee of a mailpiece during processing
FR2890217B1 (en) *	2005-08-31	2007-11-09	Neopost Ind Sa	EASY MAINTENANCE NETWORK POSTAGE SYSTEM
DE102018128360A1 (en) *	2018-11-13	2020-05-14	Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh	Good processing device

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GB2173741A (en) *	1985-04-17	1986-10-22	Pitney Bowes Inc	Unsecured postage applying system
FR2622325A1 (en) *	1987-10-27	1989-04-28	Pitney Bowes Inc	REMOVABLE POSTAGE APPARATUS HAVING A COVER OF THE PRINTING MATRIX OF POSTAGE VALUES
FR2622559A1 (en) *	1987-10-29	1989-05-05	Pitney Bowes Inc	MAIL SENDING MACHINE SYSTEM AND DETECTION DEVICE INCORPORATED IN THIS MACHINE
EP0331352A2 (en) *	1988-02-29	1989-09-06	Neopost Limited	Franking system
EP0352498A1 (en) *	1988-07-14	1990-01-31	Ascom Hasler AG	Franking machine

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1990
- 1990-06-01 DE DE4018166A patent/DE4018166C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1991
- 1991-04-29 DE DE59102901T patent/DE59102901D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-04-29 EP EP91106946A patent/EP0459159B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-05-17 HU HU911659A patent/HUT57924A/en unknown
- 1991-05-29 PL PL29046491A patent/PL290464A1/en unknown
- 1991-05-30 ZA ZA914163A patent/ZA914163B/en unknown
- 1991-05-30 CS CS911620A patent/CS162091A3/en unknown
- 1991-05-30 KR KR1019910008873A patent/KR920001366A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1991-05-31 CA CA002043677A patent/CA2043677A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1991-06-03 US US07/709,653 patent/US5257197A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2173741A (en) *	1985-04-17	1986-10-22	Pitney Bowes Inc	Unsecured postage applying system
FR2622325A1 (en) *	1987-10-27	1989-04-28	Pitney Bowes Inc	REMOVABLE POSTAGE APPARATUS HAVING A COVER OF THE PRINTING MATRIX OF POSTAGE VALUES
FR2622559A1 (en) *	1987-10-29	1989-05-05	Pitney Bowes Inc	MAIL SENDING MACHINE SYSTEM AND DETECTION DEVICE INCORPORATED IN THIS MACHINE
EP0331352A2 (en) *	1988-02-29	1989-09-06	Neopost Limited	Franking system
EP0352498A1 (en) *	1988-07-14	1990-01-31	Ascom Hasler AG	Franking machine

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Publication number	Publication date
HU911659D0 (en)	1991-11-28
DE4018166C2 (en)	1994-12-01
DE59102901D1 (en)	1994-10-20
EP0459159A2 (en)	1991-12-04
PL290464A1 (en)	1991-12-02
DE4018166A1 (en)	1991-12-05
ZA914163B (en)	1992-03-25
CS162091A3 (en)	1992-02-19
HUT57924A (en)	1991-12-30
KR920001366A (en)	1992-01-30
US5257197A (en)	1993-10-26
EP0459159B1 (en)	1994-09-14
CA2043677A1 (en)	1991-12-02

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0459159A3 (en)	1992-02-05	Franking module
GB2276038B (en)	1996-04-17	Meter module
GB2244240B (en)	1992-08-05	Mailing card
GB2251211B (en)	1994-08-24	Franking machine
GB2246098B (en)	1994-05-25	Franking machine
EP0491262A3 (en)	1994-07-13	Semiconductor module
EP0440493A3 (en)	1992-04-29	Tape-cartridge case
GB9015578D0 (en)	1990-09-05	Fermentorbioreactor module
GB2247376B (en)	1994-08-03	Franking device
GB9028225D0 (en)	1991-02-13	Postage meter
EP0421248A3 (en)	1991-07-24	Solar module
EP0492933A3 (en)	1993-03-03	Multichip module
EP0433742A3 (en)	1992-04-22	Photo module
GB9009497D0 (en)	1990-06-20	Case
AU106701S (en)	1990-02-06	Construction module
EP0454899A3 (en)	1992-01-02	Radiator module
BG95203A (en)	1994-08-15	Decoretive module
GB9027741D0 (en)	1991-02-13	"sebac"module
CA66119S (en)	1990-05-22	Heater module
PL285543A1 (en)	1991-12-16	Precession module
BG45987A1 (en)	1989-09-15	Piezotranslational module
AU111016S (en)	1991-05-15	Conveyor module
AU109034S (en)	1990-09-20	Ticket
BG95696A (en)	1994-10-14	Accumulation module
CA66527S (en)	1990-07-24	Case

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