Franking machine including an alarm
AssigneeSociete Anonyme dite : SMH Alcatel
InventorBernard Vermesse
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Abstract
The invention relates to a franking machine comprising a keyboard (1), a display (2), a calendar clock (3), a microprocessor (4), a program memory (5), a text memory (6), and a working memory (7), interconnected by a bus (B). Messages enabling normal franking operations and special operations are provided in the text memory, and each message has a corresponding program in the program memory. The machine includes an operator-warning alarm buzzer (8) operated by the message program whenever the message is a warning message. Alarm indications contained in the program are loaded into the working memory (7) which is read cyclically by a specific audible alarm program.
Claims7
A franking machine comprising a keyboard, a display of the alphanumeric type, a calendar clock, a microprocessor, a program memory, a text memory, and a working memory interconnected by a bus, the text memory including a first set of messages for normal franking operations and a second set of messages for special operations which are accessible by means of a Menu key on the keyboard, the program memory containing programs with each program relating to one of the messages in the first and second sets of messages, each message being split into screens each having as many lines as the display can display, with the screens of a message being displayed successively on the display, wherein the machine includes an audible alarm connected to said bus and controlled by alarm indications contained in the program relating to a message whenever said message is a warning message for warning an operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.