Abstract: A process for interconnecting a postage meter and apparatus for operating the postage meter; wherein the postage meter includes a lever which is positionable in a plurality of postage value selecting positions, and the apparatus includes a member for positioning the postage meter lever. The process comprises the steps of fixing the spatial relationship between the postage meter and meter operating apparatus, and then fixing the spatial relationship between the postage meter lever and lever positioning member.

Abstract: The combination of a pressure fixing roller for an electrophotocopying machine and a scraping device operatively associated with the roller for removing toner material accumulated on the roller. The scraping device includes an angled blade having a scraping portion and a supporting portion oriented at an acute angle with respect to the scraping portion, and a plastic bracket surrounding the supporting portion of the angled blade and having a first, angled, reinforcing member extending along most of the downstream side of the scraping portion of the angled blade relative to the rotation of the roller and a second, smaller, angled, stiffening member extending along a small portion of the upstream surface of the scraping portion of the angled blade and terminating in a direction substantially parallel to the scraping portion of the angled blade.

Abstract: In apparatus for separating and feeding sheets, which includes a sheet feeding deck, a sheet separating stone and structure for carrying the stone in overhanging relationship with respect to the deck. There is provided an improvement for controlling the height of the stone above the deck. The improvement includes a movable frame connected to the stone carrying structure, a manually rotatable shaft connected so as to threadably engage the frame for moving the same to move the stone to a selected height above said deck, and apparatus for permitting the shaft to be pushed, without rotating the same, for raising the stone above the selected height.

Abstract: In a machine having a printing cycle, and including an inking mechanism, there is provided apparatus for controlling operation of the inking mechanism. The control apparatus comprises a latch including a manually operable switch, a pulse generator coupled to the latch and adapted to be enabled thereby to commence generating pulses in response to momentary operation of the switch, a counter for counting a predetermined number of pulses, instrumentalities for providing an inking enabling signal for a predetermined time interval during at least one of the printing cycles, a gate for gating the pulses to the counter during at least one of the aforesaid time intervals, and means for operating the inking mechanism during the time period the predetermined number of pulses are being counted.

Abstract: A system for accurately stopping a motor operated positioning device permits satisfactory motor tolerance limits for economical production by incorporation of a processor controlled motor plugging routine. The plugging routine includes an initial reverse polarity pulse to the motor of a duration sufficient to brake an ideal motor operating in the device. To accommodate motor characteristics within tolerance limits, a plurality of alternating bursts of positive and reverse polarity are applied to the motor following the initial pulse. Each of the alternating bursts is for a duration less than the system response time.