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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis Coret, Gournay sur Marne, FR;
Thierry Le Jaoudour, Verrieres le Buisson, FR;
Assignee:
Neopost Industrie, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a label dispenser for franking machine comprising, on the one hand, a delivery roller on which a continuous tape of labels is wound and a drive means for conveying this tape along a dispenser conveying path from this delivery roller towards a label inlet of the franking machine, and, on the other hand, first means for measuring a displacement of the drive means, second means for measuring a displacement of the delivery roller and processing means for determining a remaining length of the continuous tape of labels from the first and second displacement measuring means.