Automatic Total Print Patents (Class 235/60AP)
  • Patent number: 4843560
    Abstract: Cost counting apparatus wherein at each transaction a printing drum prints a consumed amount that is pre-set into the apparatus, a calculating section subtracts that amount from a balance that is initially set into an electronic memory, an electromechanical display section displays the resulting balance after each transaction and the positions of the elements of the display are communicated for use in restoring the balance information to memory in the event of power failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Autostamp Institution Limited
    Inventor: Kiyomichi Ichikawa