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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1983
William W Coville, Stamford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An electronic postage meter employs a membrane switch mechanism. The postage meter is of the type having a mechanism for printing postage and accounting circuits for accounting for postage printed by the printing mechanism. A membrane switch is coupled between the printing mechanism and accounting circuits to provide print wheel setting information to the accounting circuits. The membrane switch mechanism may in one embodiment include a plurality of switch contacts and a plurality of switch contact actuating structures to activate different ones of the switch contacts. The membrane switch is mounted such that different ones of the plurality of the actuating structure activates a predetermined one of the plurality of switch contacts depending upon the position of the print wheels.