Print wheel setting control in postage meters

Claim 1

IN A POSTAGE METER, A FRAME, AN INDICIA PRINT DRUM INCLUDING VALVE TYPE WHEELS MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME AND CYCLICALLY ROTATABLE FROM A NORMAL FULL-CYCLE POSITION, A SERIES OF DATE TYPE WHEELS MOUNTED IN SAID PRINT DRUM AND INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE TO EACH OF PLURALITY OF ANGULAR POSITIONS TO EFFECT PRINTING OF A DATE UPON EACH ROTATION OF SAID DRUM, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID DATE TYPE WHEELS FOR CONTROLLING THE ADJUSTMENT THEREOF, A MANUALLY OPERABLE SETTING MEANS NORMALLY ENGAGED WITH SAID ASSOCIATED MEANS TO SELECTIVELY CONTROL THE ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT OF EACH OF SAID DATE TYPE WHEELS AND DISENGAGEABLE THEREFROM TO ENABLE CYCLIC ROTATION OF SAID PRINT DRUM, AND A MANIPULATIVE MEMBER OPERABLE TO DISENGAGE SAID SETTING MEANS FROM SAID ASSOCIATED MEANS AND TO EFFECT CYCLIC OPERATION OF SAID PRINT DRUM.