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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Malin, Westport, CT (US);
Pasquale Cuozzo, Stamford, CT (US);
Stephen Rigo, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 91 ; 101 76 ; 101110 ;
Abstract
A value selection and printing apparatus includes a printing device having a printing wheel; a movable rack gear operatively engaged with the printing wheel such that at times when the rack gear moves along a normal linear operative path of travel the printing wheel is repositioned, the rack gear including a stress concentration area where the rack gear deforms when subjected to a force sufficient to disassociate the printing wheel from the rack gear; and a device, interfering with the deformed rack gear, for preventing the deformed rack gear from traversing the normal linear operative path.