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Self service postal apparatus and method

  • US 4,024,380 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1975
  • Issued: 05/17/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a self service parcel mailing apparatus for entering to the postal system postal information manually entered by a postal customer for application to a parcel, said apparatus comprising scale means for receiving a package and producing a first signal corresponding to the weight thereof, zipcode number input means for manually entering all of the digits of a zipcode number, means responsive to a zipcode number manually entered on said zipcode number input means by said postal customer for producing a signal corresponding to the postage rate applicable to said parcel for the zipcode address manually entered by the postal customer, the improvement comprisingmeans coupled to said zipcode number input means for indicating to said postal customer the geographical locality to which the manually inputted zipcode number corresponds as assurance that his manually entered zipcode number corresponds to the desired geographical locality,printing means responsive to said zipcode number for printing the manually entered zipcode number in machine readable form for application to said parcel at the point of entry of said parcel into the postal system for subsequent automatic parcel sorting in the postal system, anda postal customer operated means for generating a print signal for controlling said printing means to print said postal customer verified zipcode number in machine readable form on the parcel.

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