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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Michel Fajour, Chatillon, FR;
Michel Fajour, Chatillon, FR;
NEOPOST Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
A device for determining the category of mail of a mailpiece, which device comprises: an stand designed to receive said mailpiece; at least one gauge fastened to said stand and provided with a slot of predetermined length and of predetermined height, which length and which height are suitable for defining a determined maximum width and a determined maximum thickness for the mailpiece; means for automatically estimating a length of the mailpiece depending on its position on the stand, and relative to the gauge; and means for acting, on the basis of that single estimate of the length of the mailpiece, to deliver, to a franking machine, information about the category of mail to which said mailpiece belongs.