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US 5,313,404 AGranted
Automatic postal teller machine
OwnerSheng J. Wuinventor
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Abstract
An automatic postal teller machine capable of automatically performing the postal operation in an unmanned condition, the operation procedure thereof including auto-conveying, auto-weighing, auto-postage calculation, auto-fast postal stamp adjusting, auto-money identification, auto-money receiving, auto-money coin changing, auto-stamping, auto-mail classification, auto-ZIP code printing and auto-data recording, wherein by means of commands of a microcomputer, whole mail-processing operation of each mail can be completed in about several seconds.
Claims29
An automatic postal teller machine comprising:
- a housing having a front face, a mail drop, mail returning opening, coin slot and coin returning opening;
- a microprocessor for controlling said teller machine disposed inside said housing;
- a keyboard system operatively connected to said microprocessor for inputting operation commands to said microprocessor;
- a display disposed on said front face of said housing and operatively connected to said microprocessor for communicating with the mailer;
- an automatic weighing device operatively connected to said microprocessor for receiving the mail dropped from the mail drop and conveying the mail to a weighing area for weighing, said automatic weighing device including an automatic conveying means, a weighing scale and a movable and vertically displaceable stand for supporting the mail, the mail being completely separated from said conveying means when the mail is weighed by said weighing scale, wherein said microprocessor calculates postage due according to said operation commands and the weight of the mail;
- an automatic postal stamp device adjacent to said automatic weighing device, having postage stamp numeral wheel means and date stamp numeral wheel means;
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- a money receiving means disposed behind said coin slot for receiving the postage paid by the mailer.
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