Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Hinman

Bruce E. Hinman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer responsive postage meter
    Patent number: 3938095
    Abstract: A high volume mailing installation is disclosed in which the output of a programmable high speed electronic digital computer provides destination and postage amount information, a high speed chain printer driven by the computer prints the destination information on address labels, and an authorized postage printing meter is mounted piggy-back fashion on the chain printer and responds to the same computer for automatic printing of authorized postage impressions of the calculated amount on the same mailing labels. The meter includes a fast, rugged solenoid-actuated segmented flat bed postage printer unit and fixed-program electronic digital postal accounting circuitry, with appropriate security features to prevent or detect postal fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Pitney-Bowes, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank T. Check, Jr., Alton B. Eckert, Jr., Bruce E. Hinman, Howell A. Jones, Jr., Raymond R. Lupkas, Robert B. McFiggans
  • Computer responsive postage meter
    Patent number: RE31875
    Abstract: A high volume mailing installation is disclosed in which the output of a programmable high speed electronic digital computer provides destination and postage amount information, a high speed chain printer driven by the computer prints the destination information on address labels, and an authorized postage printing meter is mounted piggy-back fashion on the chain printer and responds to the same computer for automatic printing of authorized postage impressions of the calculated amount on the same mailing labels. The meter includes a fast, rugged solenoid-actuated segmented flat bed postage printer unit and fixed-program electronic digital postal accounting circuitry, with appropriate security features to prevent or detect postal fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Frank T. Check, Jr., Alton B. Eckert, Jr., Bruce E. Hinman, Howell A. Jones, Jr., Raymond R. Lupkas, Robert B. McFiggans