Pitney Bowes Inc.

Henry Bleggi

Richard P Schoonmaker

Yakup J Igval

Wayne W Pritchett

Louis J Loglisci

John A Toto

Richard A Potoczek

Terence G Beer

A system controls the downloading of images from a portable device into a postage meter so that the downloaded images can be subsequently printed by the postage meter. The portable device is useable in conjunction with a fixed number of meter serial numbers and can be used for downloading of images into any meter until the fixed number has been met and accounted for by the portable device. At this point in time, the portable device is only capable of downloading the image into the specific meters that previously had the images downloaded from the portable device.

Method and apparatus for controlling use of the downloading of graphical

A system for continuously transporting individual articles or a succession of uniformly-spaced articles on a moving conveyor surface through one or more work stations and for providing a warning signal when the normal location of any one of said articles changes relative to said conveyor surface by more than a predetermined permissible distance at a predetermined work station where such changes in spacing are most objectionable or dangerous. The system comprises a pulse-supplying means or machine clock for supplying pulses having a variable frequency proportional to the rate of movement of the conveyor surface, a delay means for providing a conveyor displacement signal when said conveyor surface has moved a predetermined distance and sensing means activated by each of said articles as they travel said predetermined distance to provide an article travel time signal. The system comprises means for comparing the timing difference, if any, between the conveyor travel time signal and the article travel time signal and for providing a warning signal when said signal times vary by more than a variable predetermined amount. According to another embodiment, the present system provides gap detecting means for comparing the web travel signals with the article travel signals for each of the succession of articles to detect the presence of spacing between articles in a particular work station and provide an alternative warning signal which, like the first warning signal, can be used as desired, such as to deactivate the particular work station, or stop the conveyor, or sound an alarm.

Jam-sensing system and apparatus

A compensating or correcting arrangement for electronically adjusting the resetting of a paper gate device in a xerographic machine; such arrangement eliminates the problem which occurs, under certain conditions, when the trailing edge of a copy sheet is clipped by the projections or fingers controlled by the solenoid of the paper gate device. The arrangement includes a time delay circuit for delaying the application of the reset signal to the solenoid thereby extending its activation period.

Compensating means for adjusting the resetting of paper gate device

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Fairfield, CT, United States of America

Henry Bleggi