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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Thomas David Reid Ford, Royston, GB;
Piers Harding, Alconbury Weston, GB;
Thomas David Reid Ford, Royston, GB;
Piers Harding, Alconbury Weston, GB;
Neopost Limited, Romford, GB;
Abstract
Mail location apparatus for a postal meter is disclosed in which a required location of a mail piece to receive a postal indicium imprint is defined by guide walls which are engaged by adjacent edges of the mail piece when the mail piece is in the required location. A sensor is provided to provide an indication when the mail piece is in the required location. The sensor includes a sensor element having a face inclined to both guide walls. When a mail piece is inserted, a corner of the mail piece between the two edges of the mail piece engages the face of the sensor element and displaces the sensor element to output an electrical signal when the mail piece is in the required location with the edges thereof engaging the guide walls.