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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:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard Vermesse, L'Hay les Roses, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Anonyme dite : SMH Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446402 ; 364518 ;
Abstract
A franking machine comprising a microprocessor (5), control memories (6, 7) and a working memory (8), together with at least one first non-volatile memory (9) for recording the meters of the machine, said memory being a machine state memory, characterized in that it further includes a second non-volatile memory (10) for recording at defined time intervals successive machine state trails in a plurality of compartments, said trail memory being updated and consulted under the control of the control memories (6, 7). The machine state trail can thus be consulted and optionally printed out.