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US 7,404,629 B2Granted
Franking machine incorporating an integrated ink supply device
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorsRégis Desire, Hervé Duval, Fabien Torche
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Abstract
A franking machine including a printer for printing postal indicia on a mail item, a supplier for supplying postage printing ink to allow a refill of the printer with postage printing ink, and a self-obturating connection connected to the postage ink supply by an ink transferor and intended either to place the postage ink supply in communication with the printer in the case of postage ink printing or to isolate the postage ink supply from the printer in other cases of printing.
Claims3
Franking machine comprising:
- means for printing postal indicia on a mail item;
- means for supplying postage printing ink to allow a refill of said printing means with postage printing ink;
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- self-obturating connection means connected to said postage ink supply means by ink transfer means, the self-obturating connection means being configured to place said postage ink supply means in communication with said printing means in the case of postage ink printing and to isolate said postage ink supply means from said printing means in other cases of printing,
- wherein said printing means comprise a receiving housing rendered air-tight by closure means and provided with at least one postage ink cartridge having an ink inlet port;
- wherein said air-tight receiving housing comprises two postage ink cartridges each comprising an ink inlet port and connection means of “T” type allowing the transfer of the ink from the self-obturating connection means towards the inlet ports of each of these two ink cartridges.
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