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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis M Gallagher, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446402 ;
Abstract
A mailing machine which incorporates the method in includes a postage meter having a postage meter drum. There is a sensor for detecting tape in the tape path and a knife for cutting the tape and means for ejecting a cut segment of tape. The method for initializing the machine includes the steps of testing for each of the conditions which may indicate that there was a failure to complete a proper sequence of ejection of a cut tape prior to the machine shutting down. A plurality of recovery sequences of steps are provided to eject the cut tape and place the end of the tape roll into a known position.