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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claude Gerbaud, Massy, FR;
Claude Tetard, Maurepas, FR;
Assignee:
SMH Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156361 ; 101 91 ; 101 92 ; 101228 ; 156350 ; 156387 ;
Abstract
A franking machine has a control lever (7) which is operable between a first position and a second position to cause a slogan to be printed or not to be printed respectively. When said franking machine is being fed with labels, the label selector selects a short label or a long label depending on whether the label is to receive a slogan. The label selector comprises an emitter (E) and a receiver (R) which are mounted in an opto-electronic detector head (41) at a distance from said lever (7) and which are coupled to each other by means of a mirror (42) mounted on the lever (7), but only when the lever is in one of its two specified positions.