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US 6,456,776 B2Granted
Configuration for detecting mail items
AssigneeFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH
InventorUlrich Hetzer
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Abstract
A configuration for detecting mail items includes rigid optical waveguide elements between a monitoring location and transmitting and receiving devices on a main printed circuit board. The configuration makes use of a transmitted-light principle for detecting mail items to be franked.
Claims13
A configuration for detecting mail items, comprising:
- a main printed circuit board having a controller, said main printed circuit board defining a monitoring location spaced at a given distance from said main printed circuit board;
- a transmitter disposed on said main printed circuit board;
- a receiver disposed on said main printed circuit board;
- rigid optical waveguide elements provided between the monitoring location and a respective one of said transmitter and said receiver;
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- said rigid optical waveguide elements being configured, at the monitoring location, in accordance with a transmitted-light principle, for detecting mail items.
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A franking machine configuration, comprising:
- a franking machine including a housing, said housing having a slot-shaped opening formed therein;
- a main printed circuit board having a controller, said main printed circuit board defining a monitoring location spaced at a given distance from said main printed circuit board;
- a transmitter disposed on said main printed circuit board;
- a receiver disposed on said main printed circuit board;
- rigid optical waveguide elements provided between the monitoring location and a respective one of said transmitter and said receiver;
- said rigid optical waveguide elements being configured, at the monitoring location, in accordance with a transmitted-light principle, for detecting mail items;
- said main printed circuit board, said transmitter, said receiver, and said rigid optical waveguide elements form a detection device;
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- said housing encloses said detection device except at said slot-shaped opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.