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US 4,908,768 AGranted
Inserter based mail manifesting system
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsGeorge G. Gelfer, William G. Hart, Jr.
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Abstract
An inserter based mail manifesting system includes a controller that processes sensed information and generates a manifest that can accompany mail to a postal depository.
Claims14
A system for processing a batch of mail, said system comprising:
- an inserter, said inserter including a controller, said controller including means for storing rate information, said rate storing means being nonvolatile;
- means for sensing information in the form of dash code from a document, said information including at least a zip code of the intended recipient of said document, said sensing means being in communication with said controller of said inserter;
- means for changing said stored rate information;
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- means for printing a manifest, said manifest printing means being controlled by said controller of said inserter such that a manifest can be printed based on some of said sensed information.
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A system for processing mail, said system comprising:
- a plurality of inserters, each said inserter including a controller, each said controller including means for storing rate information, each said rate storing means being non-volatile, said controllers being connected to a master controller;
- means, associated with each said inserter, for sensing information in the form of dash code from documents provided thereto, each said information including at least a zip code of the intended recipient of said document, said sensing means being in communication with said controller of said associated inserter;
- means for changing said stored rate information;
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- means, in communication with said master controller, for printing a manifest such that a manifest can be printed based on some of said sensed information from said information sensing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.