公开(公告)号：US5715164A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-03

申请号：US355638

申请日：1994-12-14

申请人： Hans-Peter Liechti, deceased ,  Philipp Merz ,  Louis Baldisserotto

发明人： Hans-Peter Liechti, deceased ,  Philipp Merz ,  Louis Baldisserotto

IPC分类号： B65G61/00 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G07B17/00 ,  G07B17/02 ,  G09C1/00 ,  H04L9/06 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04M15/18

CPC分类号： G07B17/0008 ,  G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/00096 ,  G07B2017/00161 ,  G07B2017/00169 ,  G07B2017/00177 ,  G07B2017/00427 ,  G07B2017/00774

摘要： In a communications system, a host computer in a data center communicates with a multiplicity of electronic postage meters via telephone dial-up lines to conduct telemeter setting (TMS) transactions. Through the communications, the host computer may collect statistical data from each meter, and may impose a cumulative postage amount limit, a time limit and/or a piece limit on the meter. To ensure security and data integrity, the communicated data between the meters and the host computer is selectively encrypted and/or authenticated.

摘要翻译： 在通信系统中，数据中心中的主计算机通过电话拨号线与多个电子邮资计费器通信，以进行电报设置（TMS）交易。 通过通信，主机可以从每个仪表收集统计数据，并且可以在仪表上施加累积邮资数量限制，时间限制和/或零件限制。 为了确保安全性和数据完整性，仪表和主机之间的通信数据被选择性地加密和/或认证。

公开(公告)号：US5689098A

公开(公告)日：1997-11-18

申请号：US451511

申请日：1995-05-26

申请人： Christian Gillieron

发明人： Christian Gillieron

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G07G1/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00193 ,  G07B2017/00233

摘要： A postage meter has a secure housing and a printing means and accounting register within the secure housing. Formed in the secure housing is postal lock. In the postal lock, a door is movable between first and second positions relative to a cavity. When the door is closed (in its first position) it renders the cavity inaccessible, and when the door is open (in its second position) it renders the cavity accessible. The door has a latch. The latch is spring-loaded so that it engages a latch feature in the cavity and holds the door closed. Pushing the latch the other way (against the spring) causes the latch to engage a pawl in the cavity, and the pawl tends to push the door open. A protruberance on the rear of the door engages a locking gear in the cavity. The locking gear allows separation of two halves of the meter housing, or holds the two halves together. If the locking gear is in the position that permits separating the halves, then the door cannot be closed because the gear abuts with the protruberance. Only if the gear is in the locked position is it possible to close the door fully. The door is set up to accommodate postal regulations of many countries, including countries requiring a key and lead seal, a paper seal, a lead seal by itself, or a lead seal and paper seal.

摘要翻译： 邮资计费器具有安全的外壳和安全外壳内的打印装置和记账寄存器。 形成在安全的住房是邮政锁。 在邮政锁中，门可相对于空腔在第一和第二位置之间移动。 当门关闭时（处于其第一位置），使得空腔不能进入，并且当门打开时（处于其第二位置），使空腔可以进入。 门有一个闩锁。 闩锁是弹簧加载的，使得其接合空腔中的闩锁特征并保持门关闭。 以另一种方式（抵靠弹簧）推动闩锁导致闩锁接合空腔中的棘爪，并且棘爪倾向于将门推开。 门的后部的突起与腔中的锁定齿轮啮合。 锁定齿轮允许将仪表外壳的两半分开，或将两个半部保持在一起。 如果锁定齿轮处于允许分离两半的位置，则门不能闭合，因为齿轮与凸起接合。 只有当齿轮处于锁定位置时，才能完全关闭门。 该门的设立是为了适应许多国家的邮政规定，包括要求密钥和铅封的国家，纸张密封件，铅封本身或铅封和纸印。

公开(公告)号：US5712542A

公开(公告)日：1998-01-27

申请号：US562854

申请日：1995-11-27

申请人： Peter Stutz ,  Martin Muller ,  Andre Fluckiger

发明人： Peter Stutz ,  Martin Muller ,  Andre Fluckiger

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G07B17/02 ,  H02P5/46

CPC分类号： G07B17/00314 ,  G07B17/00661 ,  G07B2017/00338 ,  G07B2017/00346 ,  G07B2017/00669

摘要： A postage meter has a print rotor rotated by a motor and the motor is capable of being started and stopped under processor control. State variables are established within a nonvolatile memory. The rotor begins in its home position. When a mail piece such as a letter is detected by a letter sensor, the processor sets a state variable. At some point (either before loss of power, or after restoration of power) the postage value to be printed is booked into the accounting register. The rotor motor is started. At some point (either before loss of power, or after restoration of power) the rotor reaches its home position again. A state variable is cleared. In this way, it is possible, even after the loss and restoration of power, to distinguish between a rotor that is in its home position because it has not yet printed postage (but needs to do so) and a rotor that is in its home position because the printing of postage has been completed. Similarly it is possible, even after the loss and restoration of power, to distinguish between accounting registers that are quiescent because they have not yet had a postage amount booked, and registers that are quiescent because the booking of postage has been completed. The postage meter is thus quite unlikely to print postage that has not been booked, or book postage that does not get printed, even in the face of power losses at unpredictable times, and even in the absence of a large-capacity reserve power supply.

摘要翻译： 邮资计具有由电动机旋转的打印转子，并且电机能够在处理器控制下启动和停止。 在非易失性存储器中建立状态变量。 转子从其起始位置开始。 当通过字母传感器检测到诸如字母的邮件时，处理器设置状态变量。 在某些时候（在电力丧失或恢复电力之前），要打印的邮资值被记入会计登记册。 转子电机启动。 在某些时候（在功率损失或电源恢复之后）转子再次到达原来的位置。 状态变量被清除。 这样，即使在电力的损失和恢复之后，也可以区分由于尚未打印邮资（但需要这样做）的转子和位于其家中的转子而在其原位置的转子 因为邮资的打印已经完成。 同样地，即使在损失和恢复权力之后，也可能区分静止的会计登记册，因为它们还没有预订的邮资金额，而且由于订购邮资已经完成，所以登记成静止。 因此，即使在不可预测的时间内即使在没有大容量备用电源的情况下面对功率损失，邮资计费器也不太可能打印尚未预订的邮资，或者预订不打印的邮资。

公开(公告)号：US5719381A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-17

申请号：US421900

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： Daniel Fluckiger ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Kurt Nast

发明人： Daniel Fluckiger ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Kurt Nast

IPC分类号： B41K3/10 ,  G07B17/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  B41L47/46 ,  G06C25/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  B41K3/105 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A postage meter has a secure housing, an accounting register within the secure housing, and a print rotor the rotation of which defines a paper path. The rotor axle is formed of two halves, and within the two haves is a lengthwise cavity along which setting racks are capable of axial movement. The racks engage with print wheels at one end and are accessible to the main body of the postage meter at the other end. Each rack engages with its value wheel in a rack-and-pinion engagement. The axle halves are made of plastic and they snap together. The racks slide within grooves, and are held in place with pins. The axle has journal bearings and a thrust bearing defining its movement relative to the secure housing. A worm gear in the housing engages a worm wheel in the rotor to bring about rotation of the rotor for the printing of postage.

摘要翻译： 邮资计有一个牢固的外壳，一个记帐寄存器在安全的外壳内，一个打印转子，其旋转定义一个纸张通道。 转子轴由两半形成，并且在两个凹槽内是长度方向的腔，使齿条能够轴向移动。 机架在一端与打印轮啮合，另一端可与邮资计费器的主体接触。 每个机架与齿轮齿轮啮合的齿轮齿轮啮合。 车轴半部由塑料制成，它们卡在一起。 机架在凹槽内滑动，并用引脚固定。 轴具有轴颈轴承和推力轴承，其限定其相对于安全壳体的运动。 壳体中的蜗轮与转子中的蜗轮啮合以使转子旋转以便打印邮资。

公开(公告)号：US5654614A

公开(公告)日：1997-08-05

申请号：US422155

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： Daniel Fluckiger ,  Philippe Chollet ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Christian Moy ,  Martin Muller ,  Heinz Wuthrich

发明人： Daniel Fluckiger ,  Philippe Chollet ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Christian Moy ,  Martin Muller ,  Heinz Wuthrich

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  H02P1/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00193 ,  G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00233 ,  G07B2017/00354 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A self-contained postage meter does not have a base separable from a main body. The single secure housing contains everything that would be in the main body of a prior art postage meter and everything that would be in a prior art meter base. Despite containing all these things, the single secure housing is small enough and light enough in weight to permit the entire meter to be readily transported to the post office for inspection or resetting. Within the single secure housing are the print rotor with value wheels, all the mechanisms for setting the print wheels, the descending and/or ascending register and associated microprocessor, and all the mechanisms for transport of the mail piece through the meter. Only a handful of controlled elements are required, chiefly a single inexpensive DC motor for franking and value wheel setting and a few electromagnets. Two one-way clutches are used so that rotation of the motor in one direction accomplishes a setting cycle for the value wheels and rotation of the motor in the other direction accomplishes a printing (franking) cycle.

摘要翻译： 独立的邮资计不具有与主体分离的基座。 单个安全壳体包含现有技术邮资计费器的主体中的所有内容，以及现有技术的仪表基座中的所有内容。 尽管包含所有这些东西，单个安全的房屋足够小，​​重量轻，允许整个仪表易于运送到邮局进行检查或重新设置。 在单个安全壳体内是具有值轮的打印转子，用于设置打印轮，下降和/或上升寄存器和相关联的微处理器的所有机构以及用于通过仪表传送邮件的所有机构。 只需要少量的受控元件，主要是一种廉价的直流电动机，用于压印和价值车轮定位以及几个电磁铁。 使用两个单向离合器，使得电机在一个方向上的旋转实现了值轮的设定循环，并且电动机沿另一方向的旋转实现了打印（压印）循环。

公开(公告)号：US5495103A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-27

申请号：US213929

申请日：1994-03-16

申请人： Mark Utiger ,  Anton Poschung

发明人： Mark Utiger ,  Anton Poschung

IPC分类号： B41K3/00 ,  G07B17/00 ,  H01J40/14 ,  B41L47/46

CPC分类号： G07B17/00661 ,  G07B2017/00669

摘要： An optical trigger is provided for use in a postage meter having a planar paper path. A light source with controllable intensity is mounted above the paper path and shines toward the paper path. A light sensor mounted above the paper path detects the reflected light if any. A dark region is provided below the paper path. More power is supplied to the light source when the sensor detects some light. An actuator is coupled with the printing mechanism of the meter to actuate it for printing of postage. When light is reflected from a mail piece, a timer is started, and when the timer reaches its programmed interval the actuator is actuated. The interval is adjustable by a trimmer adjustment, and two preprogrammed intervals may be selected by a front-panel switch.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于具有平面纸路径的邮资计费器中的光学触发器。 具有可控强度的光源安装在纸张路径上方并朝向纸张路径发光。 安装在纸张路径上方的光传感器检测到反射光（如果有的话）。 在纸张路径下方提供一个暗区域。 当传感器检测到一些光线时，会向光源提供更多的电力。 致动器与仪表的打印机构相结合以致动其打印邮资。 当光从邮件反射时，启动定时器，当定时器达到其编程间隔时，致动器被致动。 间隔可通过微调调节进行调节，并可通过前面板开关选择两个预编程间隔。

公开(公告)号：US5668973A

公开(公告)日：1997-09-16

申请号：US422435

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： Peter Stutz ,  Martin Muller ,  Daniel Fluckiger

发明人： Peter Stutz ,  Martin Muller ,  Daniel Fluckiger

IPC分类号： G06F12/14 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G07B17/00 ,  G06F12/16 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00193 ,  G07B2017/00258 ,  G07B2017/00403 ,  G07B2017/00967

摘要： A computer system for protecting memory comprising a processor having address outputs and executing a stored program, a memory having a control input, an address-decoder for providing a control signal to the control input of the memory in response to associated address outputs from the processor, and a window circuit. The window circuit comprises a range detector responsive to the address outputs for generating a range-detection signal indicative of an address from the processor being within a protected range, the protected range non-identical to the entirety of the space of addresses within the memory. Access to memory locations within the protected range is permitted only if a request signal is received from the processor. If the request signal is asserted for an unexpectedly long time an error condition is annunciated, for example the processor is reset.

摘要翻译： 一种用于保护存储器的计算机系统，包括具有地址输出和执行存储的程序的处理器，具有控制输入的存储器，地址解码器，用于响应于来自处理器的相关联的地址输出向存储器的控制输入提供控制信号 ，和一个窗口电路。 窗口电路包括响应于地址输出的范围检测器，用于产生指示来自处理器的地址在范围检测范围内的范围检测信号，受保护范围与存储器内的地址空间的整体不相同。 仅当从处理器接收到请求信号时才允许访问受保护范围内的存储单元。 如果请求信号在意外长时间被断言，则报告错误状态，例如处理器被复位。

公开(公告)号：USD380770S

公开(公告)日：1997-07-08

申请号：US43520

申请日：1995-09-06

申请人： Ernest Muchenberger ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Kurt Nast

设计人： Ernest Muchenberger ,  Christian Gillieron ,  Kurt Nast

公开(公告)号：US5359273A

公开(公告)日：1994-10-25

申请号：US969169

申请日：1993-02-02

申请人： Daniel Fluckiger

发明人： Daniel Fluckiger

IPC分类号： H02P25/04 ,  H02P7/622

CPC分类号： H02P25/04

摘要： Disclosed is a circuit for controlling the load of an asynchronous motor (11), the circuit comprising two capacitors (19, 20), one of which (20) can be connected, by means of a switch (70), in parallel with the other (19). Control is provided by a current sensor (30) and a voltage sensor (40), whose signals (S.sub.1, S.sub.2) are compared by a comparator (25). Depending on the relative size of the signals (S.sub.1, S.sub.2) a switch control unit (60) with relaxation hysteresis characteristics switches the switch (70) on or off. The circuit is simple, operates independently of the mains voltage (U) being used and its switch point can be adjusted by means of the current sensor (30).

摘要翻译： PCT No.PCT / CH92 / 00107 Sec。 371日期：1993年2月2日 102（e）日期1993年2月2日PCT提交1992年6月4日PCT公布。 出版物WO92 / 22126 日期为1992年12月10日。公开是用于控制异步电动机（11）的负载的电路，该电路包括两个电容器（19,20），其中一个电容器（20）可以通过开关（ 70），与另一个（19）并行。 控制由电流传感器（30）和电压传感器（40）提供，其信号（S1，S2）由比较器（25）进行比较。 根据信号（S1，S2）的相对尺寸，具有松弛滞后特性的开关控制单元（60）开关开关（70）。 该电路简单，独立于所使用的电源电压（U）运行，其开关点可通过电流传感器（30）进行调节。

公开(公告)号：US5749291A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-12

申请号：US421902

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： Kurt Nast ,  Erwin Berger ,  Stefan Etter ,  Christian Moy ,  Martin Muller

发明人： Kurt Nast ,  Erwin Berger ,  Stefan Etter ,  Christian Moy ,  Martin Muller

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  B41L47/46

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00354 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A date-setting method for use in a postage meter having date wheels includes the steps of setting the date wheels, printing a date on a mail piece, requesting an input indicating whether the date printed on the mail piece is correct, receiving a response in the negative, receiving information indicative of the date printed on the mail piece, resetting the date wheels, logging a record indicative of the negative response and the resetting action, printing another date on a mail piece, requesting an input indicating whether the date printed on the mail piece is correct, receiving a response in the negative, receiving information indicative of the date printed on the mail piece, resetting the date wheels, logging another record indicative of the negative response and the resetting action; and annunciating the records indicative of negative responses. Another date-setting method for use in a postage meter having date wheels capable of printing a date on a mail piece includes the steps of setting at least one date wheel, waiting until after the first time that postage has been printed on a mail piece subsequent to the setting of a date wheel, and thereafter, requesting an input indicating whether the date printed on the mail piece is correct.

摘要翻译： 在具有日期轮的邮资计费器中使用的日期设定方法包括以下步骤：设置日期轮，在邮件上打印日期，请求输入，指示打印在邮件上的日期是否正确，接收到 负的，接收指示邮件上打印的日期的信息，重新设定日期轮，记录表示否定响应的记录和复位动作，在邮件上打印另一个日期，请求输入指示是否打印日期 邮件正确，接收到消极的响应，接收表示打印在邮件上的日期的信息，重新设置日期轮，登录指示否定响应的记录和复位动作; 并陈述指示负面反应的记录。 用于具有能够在邮件上打印日期的日期轮的邮资计费器的另一个日期设置方法包括以下步骤：设置至少一个日期轮，等待直到第一次邮寄已经被打印在邮件之后 到日历轮的设置，然后请求指示打印在邮件上的日期是否正确的输入。