EP0282357A3 - Letter processing apparatus - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0282357A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: processing apparatus; letter processing; letter; processing
Prior art date: 1987-03-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP88302221A

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EP0282357A2 (en

EP0282357B1 (en

Inventor

Robert T. Durst, Jr.

Alfred C. Schmidt

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Pitney Bowes Inc

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Pitney Bowes Inc

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1987-03-13

Filing date

1988-03-14

Publication date

1989-09-27

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1987-03-13 Priority claimed from US07/025,444 external-priority patent/US4852013A/en

1987-03-13 Priority claimed from US07/025,552 external-priority patent/US4800504A/en

1987-03-13 Priority claimed from US07/025,304 external-priority patent/US4796196A/en

1988-03-14 Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc filed Critical Pitney Bowes Inc

1988-09-14 Publication of EP0282357A2 publication Critical patent/EP0282357A2/en

1989-09-27 Publication of EP0282357A3 publication Critical patent/EP0282357A3/en

1994-07-06 Application granted granted Critical

1994-07-06 Publication of EP0282357B1 publication Critical patent/EP0282357B1/en

2008-03-14 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination

EP88302221A 1987-03-13 1988-03-14 Letter processing apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0282357B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US07/025,444 US4852013A (en)	1987-03-13	1987-03-13	Stationery item processing apparatus
US07/025,552 US4800504A (en)	1987-03-13	1987-03-13	Interactive outgoing and incoming mailpiece processing system
US25304		1987-03-13
US07/025,304 US4796196A (en)	1987-03-13	1987-03-13	Letter processing apparatus
US25552		1987-03-13
US25444		1987-03-13

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0282357A2 EP0282357A2 (en)	1988-09-14
EP0282357A3 true EP0282357A3 (en)	1989-09-27
EP0282357B1 EP0282357B1 (en)	1994-07-06

Family

ID=27362511

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP88302221A Expired - Lifetime EP0282357B1 (en)	1987-03-13	1988-03-14	Letter processing apparatus

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP0282357B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS63302982A (en)
DE (1)	DE3850513T2 (en)

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US4908768A (en) *	1987-08-07	1990-03-13	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Inserter based mail manifesting system
FR2646364B1 (en) *	1989-04-27	1991-08-23	Bertin & Cie	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SORTING OBJECTS BEARING INSCRIPTIONS, SUCH AS POSTAL ITEMS, CHECKS, MANDATES
NL9001534A (en) *	1990-07-05	1992-02-03	Nederland Ptt	POST PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE MESSAGE CONVERSION.
NL9100300A (en) *	1991-02-20	1992-09-16	Nederland Ptt	POST-ROUTING SYSTEM.
US5324927A (en) *	1993-01-08	1994-06-28	Board Of Regents-Univ. Of Nebraska	Return mail piece and method of marking the same
DE19644163A1 (en)	1996-10-24	1998-05-07	Siemens Ag	Method and device for online processing of mail items to be forwarded
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GB2382908A (en) *	2001-12-10	2003-06-11	Philip Grotsky	Postal system
GB2416516A (en) *	2004-07-27	2006-02-01	Neopost Ind Sa	High speed parallel printing using meters and intelligent sorting of printed materials
JP5948189B2 (en) *	2012-09-04	2016-07-06	日本郵便株式会社	Packaging box

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US4064954A (en) *	1974-09-30	1977-12-27	Rock Frank C	Computing postal scale and method with taring capability
US4122526A (en) *	1976-12-20	1978-10-24	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Calculating and postal zip code-to-postal zone converting apparatus
US4135662A (en) *	1977-06-15	1979-01-23	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Operator prompting system
US4511793A (en) *	1983-04-04	1985-04-16	Sylvester Racanelli	Mail metering process and machine

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1988
- 1988-03-14 JP JP6018188A patent/JPS63302982A/en active Pending
- 1988-03-14 DE DE19883850513 patent/DE3850513T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-03-14 EP EP88302221A patent/EP0282357B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3418455A (en) *	1964-03-05	1968-12-24	American Telephone & Telegraph	Matched mailing detection system
FR2134878A6 (en) *	1971-04-23	1972-12-08	Drouet Paul
US4064954A (en) *	1974-09-30	1977-12-27	Rock Frank C	Computing postal scale and method with taring capability
FR2295799A1 (en) *	1974-12-24	1976-07-23	Elbaz Claude	Object marking system for automatic sorter - uses separate letters numbers and other signs placed in order
US4122526A (en) *	1976-12-20	1978-10-24	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Calculating and postal zip code-to-postal zone converting apparatus
US4135662A (en) *	1977-06-15	1979-01-23	Pitney-Bowes, Inc.	Operator prompting system
US4511793A (en) *	1983-04-04	1985-04-16	Sylvester Racanelli	Mail metering process and machine

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0282357A2 (en)	1988-09-14
DE3850513D1 (en)	1994-08-11
DE3850513T2 (en)	1994-10-20
EP0282357B1 (en)	1994-07-06
JPS63302982A (en)	1988-12-09

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