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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. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Hetzer, Berlin, DE;
Tilmann Schilling, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Francotyp Postalia AG & Co., Birkenwerder, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A configuration for an optical device interface makes use of the employment of rigid pieces of optical waveguide disposed between a measuring location and a transmitting location in an optical device. A transmitting and receiving device is provided on the main circuit board of a franking machine for the purpose of communicating with the device in which optical signals are transmitted. The optical signals are led back to the main circuit board of the franking machine through the rigid pieces of optical waveguide in the optional device and in the franking machine.