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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond L Bannister, Richmond, GB;
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194 / ; 194D / ;
Abstract
A coin freed apparatus for franking mail having a cabinet with two entry slots for the introduction of mail and coins respectively. A franking machine is mounted in the cabinet and is automatically operable to mark each item of mail fed through the appropriate entry slot with a stamp of a predetermined value. A mechanism is operable in response to the insertion of a coin of the predetermined value to forward an item of mail introduced into the appropriate entry slot through the franking machine.