Electronic manual postage meter machine having a recharging and cleaning adapter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5880448
SERIAL NO

08661956

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An arrangement for an electronic manual franking machine having an ink printer head and having an integrated system for controlling and supplying the ink printer head includes a housing containing a first assembly composed of a carriage, an ink printer head with a replaceable ink tank, and a second assembly composed of a write-read unit for a postage credit card, a microprocessor as well as a rechargeable battery with charging terminal, and an adapter with a mains terminal and, as needed, a data terminal. The adapter includes a battery charging device and a cleaning device and is fashioned as a deposit and docking station for recharging, cleaning and sealing of the manual franking machine. The carriage is fashioned so that the recording medium is rendered taut in the printing region. The cleaning ensues by ink ejection and/or extraction into the sealing cap, by sucking the sealing cap empty with a suction pump and wiping the ink printer head at a wiper lip.

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FRANCOTYP POSTALIA AG & COTRIFTWEG 21 26 D-16547 BIRKENWERDER

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Herbig, Volker Berlin, DE 2 13
Hetzer, Ulrich Berlin, DE 57 698
Quass, Juergen Berlin, DE 1 11

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