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Assembly for franking postal matter

  • US 5,606,508 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1995
  • Issued: 02/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for franking postal matter, comprising:

  • a control module and a printer module;

    internal memory means having predetermined memory regions connected to said control module, receiving means communicatingly connected with said internal memory means for receiving complete rate tables transmitted via transmission means;

    said receiving means including means for downloading at least one table of data from the transmission means, wherein the table of data contains information linked to at least one condition;

    said control module having means for storing the at least one table of data received by said receiving means into one of said predetermined memory regions of said internal memory means when the assembly is put into operation;

    said control module including further means for selecting from the at least one table of data a suitable table of data satisfying the at least one condition; and

    wherein the at least one table of data includes at least one postal rate table;

    said downloading and storing means, when the assembly is put into operation, loading the at least one postal rate table from the transmission means, via the receiving means, into one of said predetermined memory regions of said internal memory means; and

    said control module having further means for reading, from the table stored in said memory regions of said internal memory means, an applicable postage from the postal rate table.

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