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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Bertus Karel Edens, Drachten, NL;
Gerhard Hidding, Heerenveen, NL;
Bertus Karel Edens, Drachten, NL;
Gerhard Hidding, Heerenveen, NL;
Neopost B.V., , NL;
Abstract
A system for opening or extracting postal items and for franking postal items includes a franking apparatus for franking postal items, an opener or extractor for at least opening postal items, and a transport structure for transporting the postal items. The franking apparatus and the opener or extractor are arranged along the transport structure at least when in an operating condition. A method for opening or extracting postal items and for franking other postal items involves serially transporting the postal items to be opened or extracted along a transport path, opening or extracting each one of the postal items that is passed along the transport path, also transporting each of the other postal items to be franked along the transport path, and applying at least one postage mark on each of the postal items to be franked that is passed along the transport path.