Patents by Inventor Raymond L. Bannister

Raymond L. Bannister 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).

  • Print drum for a postage meter
    Patent number: 5024153
    Abstract: A print drum for a postage meter has a drum structure provided with a plurality of recesses in its periphery. One of these recesses accommodates a print wheel assembly and at least some of the other recesses are provided with axially extending means whereby imprinting dies can be slid in and out. The movement in and out of the recesses is in a direction substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the print drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Bannister, Frederick C. Close, Peter J. Loeber
  • Apparatus for franking mail
    Patent number: 4368814
    Abstract: A coin freed apparatus for franking mail having a cabinet with two entry slots for the introduction of mail and coins respectively. A franking machine is mounted in the cabinet and is automatically operable to mark each item of mail fed through the appropriate entry slot with a stamp of a predetermined value. A mechanism is operable in response to the insertion of a coin of the predetermined value to forward an item of mail introduced into the appropriate entry slot through the franking machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond L. Bannister