Patent ID: 6176178
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A postage meter comprising a main body and a rotor rotatable relative to the main body for imprinting postage indicia on a mail piece through rotation thereof, the main body shaped to provide a secure housing for the postage meter, the meter further comprising a processor operative to control rotation of the rotor, the meter further comprising a cover movable between a first position in which a user has access to the rotor and a second position in which the user has no access to the rotor, the meter further comprising a switch disposed with respect to the cover to generate a signal indicative of the cover being in the first position, the signal made available as an input to the processor, the secure housing further characterized in that the switch is within the secure housing whereby the user is substantially unable to affect the generation of the signal indicative of the cover being in the first position.