| 5793652 |
Dimensional weighing apparatus |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A dimensional weighing apparatus is disclosed which has a weighing scale for determining the actual weight of a carton placed thereon, and associated therewith is a measuring frame having movable carton... |
| 5787400 |
Method for implementing electronic data interchange (EDI) in the processing of manifests and parcel inquiry/responses for multiple carriers in a parcel processing system |
| Jul-28-1998 |
The subject invention relates to the generation, transmission, reception and/or use electronically, of parcel manifest and inquiry data over a carrier management or shipping system that utilizes electronic... |
| 5655023 |
Advanced postage payment system employing pre-computed digital tokens and with enhanced security |
| Aug-5-1997 |
A method and system for postage payment include the generation of a plurality of dispensable discrete items of encrypted data. Each of the items of encrypted data, which may be digital tokens, have a specific... |
| 5650934 |
System for preparing and franking a mail piece |
| Jul-22-1997 |
An apparatus and method for producing mail pieces. The apparatus includes a first printer for printing documents and a second printer for printing envelopes and a mail finishing unit for receiving the... |
| 5615120 |
Electronic postage scale system and method |
| Mar-25-1997 |
In an improved electronic postage scale system, non-keyboard devices are used to select shipping service options provided by the system. For example, a bar-code scanner, a voice-recognition device or a... |
| 5586037 |
Automated self-service mail processing and storing systems |
| Dec-17-1996 |
An automated self-service mail processing and storing system is disclosed which is capable of receiving input from and providing instructions to a user via a touch-sensitive screen or a digitized voice... |
| 5481464 |
System for collecting and shipping items |
| Jan-2-1996 |
Disclosed is an integrated, automated, unattended unit for collecting and securely holding items for collection and shipment by commercial delivery services, the unit including a scale for weighing the... |
| 5475603 |
Apparatus and method for mail qualification and traying |
| Dec-12-1995 |
Apparatus and method for providing dual sliding windows for the purpose of determining postage discount qualifications across invalid and unreadable mail pieces and determining the number of mail pieces... |
| 5459670 |
System and method for processing international mail |
| Oct-17-1995 |
There is provided a system for processing international mail. The system includes a weigh in station for weighing the total weight of received mail, a recordal station for recording the total number of... |
| 5406036 |
Franking machine |
| Apr-11-1995 |
For modifying the content of a postage rate memory of a franking machine (1) with weight input, which contains the relationship between the weight and the franking value, a loading plug (9) is provided,... |
| 5369221 |
System for mailing and collecting items |
| Nov-29-1994 |
A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier includes a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing... |
| 5367450 |
System and method for selecting optional inserts with optimal value in an inserting machine |
| Nov-22-1994 |
A method of making a selection of optional enclosures for a mailpiece including required enclosures. The method comprises the steps of assigning to each of the optional enclosures a weight, a cost and... |
| 5340948 |
System for mailing and collecting items |
| Aug-23-1994 |
A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier includes a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing... |
| 5324893 |
Mail processing system for verifying postage amount |
| Jun-28-1994 |
The method and apparatus for verifying that the correct postage has been paid includes a mail processing machine which is adapted to receive properly oriented mail via a transport from a racer apparatus.... |
| 5322977 |
Mail processing system for verifying postage amount |
| Jun-21-1994 |
The method and apparatus for verifying that the correct postage has been paid includes a mail processing machine which is adapted to receive properly oriented mail via a transport from a racer apparatus.... |
| 5313404 |
Automatic postal teller machine |
| May-17-1994 |
An automatic postal teller machine capable of automatically performing the postal operation in an unmanned condition, the operation procedure thereof including auto-conveying, auto-weighing, auto-postage... |
| 5308932 |
Mail processing system for verifying postage amount |
| May-3-1994 |
The method and apparatus for verifying that the correct postage has been paid includes a mail processing machine which is adapted to receive properly oriented mail via a transport from a facer apparatus.... |
| 5307281 |
Device for weighing and automatically calculating postage for a mailing piece |
| Apr-26-1994 |
A device for weighing and automatically computing the postage due on all services offered by a postal authority of a given country, both domestically and internationally. The device computes postage due... |
| 5272640 |
Automatic mail-processing device with full functions |
| Dec-21-1993 |
An automatic mail-processing device with full functions, which can be operated by only one postal clerk, and wherein by means of a microprocessor, all kinds of delivery types and additional service types... |
| 5270938 |
Mail piece weight monitoring system and method |
| Dec-14-1993 |
This invention relates to a system for and method of determining the accuracy of mail piece weights. The weight of individual mail pieces during a mail run is displayed in real time. A high speed weighing... |
| 5264665 |
Postal processing system |
| Nov-23-1993 |
A computer directed system is disclosed for optimizing the tracking of mailing pieces containing various inserts and increasing the efficiency and cost benefits derived from utilizing a postal agency's... |
| 5262597 |
System and a method for processing international priority airmail |
| Nov-16-1993 |
There is provided a system for processing international priority airmail. The system includes a weigh in station for weighing the total weight of received priority airmail, a recordal station for recording... |
| 5255196 |
Custom rate pack for postage systems |
| Oct-19-1993 |
An improved postage scale (2). The scale contains a central processing unit (200) which calculates the amount of postage required for an article to be mailed. The central processing unit inputs rate information... |
| 5245545 |
Apparatus and method for variable weight mail processing |
| Sep-14-1993 |
This invention relates to apparatus and method for the presentation of mail to the post office with assurance that postage has been paid for each mail piece. It is more particularly concerned with mail... |
| 5233532 |
System for mailing and collecting items |
| Aug-3-1993 |
A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier may include a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing... |
| 5226496 |
Method and apparatus for fast determination of weights |
| Jul-13-1993 |
A scale for fast determination of weights including a platform and load cell transducer. Output of the transducer is converted to a digital signal, processed by a low pass digital filter, and weights computed... |
| 5216620 |
Requesting, reporting and verification system and method for mail carrier payment |
| Jun-1-1993 |
A system and method for reducing the amount of mail that is submitted to a local post office. A mailer sorts local mail from non local mail, identifies the destination of the non local mail and puts the... |
| 5191533 |
Franking machine |
| Mar-2-1993 |
To obviate the need for reading a postage rate table for franking purposes, its content is stored in the memory of the central control unit of the franking machine and the franking value is calculated... |
| 5177687 |
Insertion machine with postage categorization and selective merchandising |
| Jan-5-1993 |
In an insertion machine a track 20 moves groups of items past feed station 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, during respective machine cycles. The feed stations selectively feed items onto the tracks... |
| 5154246 |
Sensor processor for high-speed mail-handling machine |
| Oct-13-1992 |
A sensor processor for cooperating with a drive controller in a high-speed mail-handling machine. The sensor processor access periodically a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the machine, and... |
| 5142482 |
Mailing system with information feedback |
| Aug-25-1992 |
A system for processing mail pieces such as letter mail wherein the mail and the mail data are certified during such processing is provided. Information relative to the anticipated weight and thickness... |
| 5124926 |
Carrier management system having accounting registers |
| Jun-23-1992 |
A register system such as a carrier management system has a scale for weighing parcels, and a computer for determining shipping costs of the parcels. The computer has a memory including one or more accounting... |
| 5121328 |
Fee calculating apparatus for calculating delivery fee of parcel in accordance with its weight, length, and delivery area |
| Jun-9-1992 |
In a fee calculating apparatus for calculating a delivery fee, when weight data obtained by measurement in a weight measuring section such as an electronic scale, length data obtained by measurement in... |
| 5119306 |
Mail piece weight quality control system and method |
| Jun-2-1992 |
This invention relates to a system for certifying the accuracy of postage payments based on the weights of mail pieces. The expected weight of each mail piece is determined and a mail processing unit receives... |
| 5117364 |
Carrier management method and system having auto-rate shopping |
| May-26-1992 |
A carrier management system includes a scale for weighing parcels to be shipped, a computer connected to receive data from the scale related to the weight of a parcel thereon, and first input keys enabling... |
| 5079712 |
Register setting arrangement for carrier management system |
| Jan-7-1992 |
A carrier management system includes accounting registers, and a program for setting the registers. The program may be responsive to the input of coded values for decoding these values and storing them... |
| 5072400 |
Mail delivery system with package integrity monitoring |
| Dec-10-1991 |
A system for monitoring the integrity of mail pieces passing through multiple stages of a mail delivery system. A database is created when the mail piece enters the system that includes its initial weight... |
| 5065000 |
Automated electronic postage meter having a direct acess bar code printer |
| Nov-12-1991 |
The present invention discloses an automated electronically controlled postage meter including a mail weighting means, an alphanumerical keyboard, a direct access bar code thermal transfer printer, a magnetic... |
| 5052504 |
Sales data transmission system |
| Oct-1-1991 |
A sales data transmission system includes a sales data processor such as a scale of the type capable of calculating and displaying a sales price from a unit price and a measured weight, a communication... |
| 5040132 |
System for preparing shipping documents |
| Aug-13-1991 |
A system for preparing shipping documents includes a processor, a keyboard, a display, a memory and a printer. Associated with the printer are a single sheet feeder, a batch feeder and an endless form... |
| 5025386 |
Automated mail collecting and telecommunication machine II |
| Jun-18-1991 |
The present invention discloses an automated mail collecting machine comprising the functions of an automated, electronically controlled postage meter having a bar code printer, a pay-phone device, a data... |
| 5024282 |
Electronic postal rating scale operable in metric and avoirdupois weight units |
| Jun-18-1991 |
An electronic postal scale measures the weight of an item in metric or in avoirdupois units, at the user's election. The scale also calculates a postal or shipping rate for the item, in accordance with... |
| 5021964 |
Franking machine |
| Jun-4-1991 |
A franking machine includes a printer for impressing postal franks on articles such as letters. The machine further includes a weighing pan coupled to a load cell, a microprocessor operative to respond... |
| 5019991 |
Certified weigher-short paid mail |
| May-28-1991 |
A system for certifying correctly accounted postage payment, the system includes an input for entering transactional mail run data and a data processor coupled to the input. Documents to be certified are... |
| 5001648 |
Method and apparatus for a mail processing system |
| Mar-19-1991 |
Mail handling or processing systems are disclosed wherein the entire lot or batch of mail pieces is loaded into a bin for processing. Each mail piece is individually removed by an operator while the computer... |
| 4959795 |
Insertion machine with distributed chargeback |
| Sep-25-1990 |
In a document insertion machine, third-party advertising documents are fed from downstream insert stations (36, 37, 38, 39). The third party insert stations include an optional insert station (39) from... |
| 4956782 |
Mailing system for mixed weight mail |
| Sep-11-1990 |
A mailing system for metering batches of mixed weight mail. The system includes a demand feed for singulating mailpieces, a weighing module for weighing the singulated mailpieces and determining the appropriate... |
| 4940887 |
Automatic mail handling and postage vending machine |
| Jul-10-1990 |
A computerized handling device automatically processes mail items. The device includes a housing, a coin identifying and changing device, and a microcomputer controller, and has an inlet for mail items.... |
| 4923022 |
Automatic mailing apparatus |
| May-8-1990 |
An automatic mailing apparatus comprises a transfer device, a weighing device, a stamping device, a detecting device and a collecting device. The automatic mailing apparatus is an automatic machine in... |
| 4910686 |
Postage meter with non-dollar amount indicia |
| Mar-20-1990 |
A postage meter which imprints non-dollar amount indicia representative of postage value determining information. The meter receives postage value determining information, such as mail piece weight, associated... |
