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Postage metering system having weight checking capability

  • US 4,516,209 A
  • Filed: 02/09/1983
  • Issued: 05/07/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A postage metering system, comprising:

  • (a) a postage meter subsystem, said meter subsystem further comprising printing means for printing indicia corresponding to a particular postage value selected for an item to be mailed;

    (b) weighing means for determining if the weight of said item is within a preselected range, said weighing means being operatively associated with said printing means so that said printing means may print said indicia only if the weight of such item is within said range;

    (c) setting means for setting said printing means so that said indicia correspond to a particular selected postage value; and

    ,(d) determining means, operatively connected to said weighing means, for receiving data from which said particular selected postage value may be determined, and for determining said particular value, and for setting said preselected range as a predetermined function of said particular value.

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