公开(公告)号：US20170206488A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15399451

申请日：2017-01-05

Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES

Inventor： Patrice Montigny ,  Yann Le Rigoleur

IPC: G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 ,  G01G19/005 ,  G06Q2250/60 ,  G07B17/00661 ,  G07B2017/00241 ,  G07B2017/00701

Abstract: A franking machine having a throat for receiving items to be franked, a platform where an item not fitting into said throat is placed, a weighing scale integrated at a bottom of the franking machine in order to minimise the footprint, at least a control unit for operating the franking machine, separated power supply and data transmission modules, wherein the franking machine and the weighing scale are configured to be operated through the control unit of the franking machine, and the weighing scale is configured to be decoupled from the franking machine to allow the weighing of large items such as parcels.