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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis T Gilham, Brentwood, GB;
Thomas D Williams, Billericay, GB;
Assignee:
Roneo Alcatel Limited, Romford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 91 ; 235101 ;
Abstract
A low cost compact franking machine includes a rotatable member comprising a print drum and an enclosure housing print element setting means and electronic accounting means, the rotatable member being rotatably mounted on a base. The rotatable member may be rotated by a manually operated lever coupled to the rotatable member through a one-way clutch to allow the lever to return to a rest position without rotation of the rotatable member, the return of the lever may operate a feed to eject a franked mail item.