EP0087837B1 - Apparatus for printing information on a record carrier - Google Patents

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EP0087837B1
EP0087837B1 EP83200261A EP83200261A EP0087837B1 EP 0087837 B1 EP0087837 B1 EP 0087837B1 EP 83200261 A EP83200261 A EP 83200261A EP 83200261 A EP83200261 A EP 83200261A EP 0087837 B1 EP0087837 B1 EP 0087837B1
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stamp
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Claude Cassanas
Jean-Pierre Couot
Jacques Royer
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
    • B41K3/12—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact
    • B41K3/14—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact for relief stamping

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for marking information on an information carrier applying against a support piece, comprising a rotary stamp for printing the information support when the latter passes between said support piece. and said stamp, the stamp receiving its ink from an inking device and the marking of information on said support produced by a rolling of the stamp on said support, said support piece comprising at least one groove, provided with two edges and a bottom, arranged between planes which frame at least one circular plate of said stamp comprising printing signs, a part of the periphery of the stamp which comprises around said circular plate the printing signs penetrating at least in the absence for carrying information in said groove without touching the edges thereof and return means which act between the axis of the stamp and that of the support piece being provided to bring the stamp and the groove closer to each other .
  • the invention relates to office automation, more precisely to the processing of information, for example to the automated processing of documents and in particular commercial bills, such as checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, protestable invoices, etc. .
  • the devices intended for this processing of information are evolving both in the direction of an increasing improvement and in the direction of an increasingly reduced bulk.
  • the invention proposes to solve, at a lower cost and with a reduced footprint, a technical problem similar to that posed in the previous paragraph for stamping of information carriers but with less severe constraints than those indicated above: in certain cases, in particular when the stamping must be carried out on the back of the check (the check then having its front applied against the drum), it is admitted that the recording of information can be carried out on all the length of the check, without that synchronization is necessary between the passage of the check and the rotation of the stamp. In this case a precise location of the message on the check is not essential and the message to be written can possibly be repeated on the occasion of each revolution of the stamp.
  • the drawbacks of the prior art indicated lastly are avoided thanks to the fact that the information marking device defined in the preamble is remarkable in that the bottom of said groove comprises the inking device, said means reminder pressing one against the other the stamp and the back of the groove in the absence of information carrier and, said information carriers arriving between the Aimbre and the support piece with a certain gap between them to allow inking of the stamp.
  • the stamp When the front edge of the check reaches, during the advancement of the latter, at the level of the stamp, the part of this edge which covers the throat comes into contact with the stamp and lifts it slightly, a slight hollow then possibly forming on the surface of the check, at the place where the stamp presses against the check, that is to say the place where the printing takes place, the stamp being then driven in rotation, possibly thanks to the friction of its periphery against the check.
  • the stamp and check are in contact with each other, the stamp is already in rotation by contact with the inking device, which is desirable to ensure proper inking of the printing signs and also to avoid slipping during of the transient operating regime caused by the coming into contact of the stamp with the check.
  • An embodiment of the invention is remarkable in that the ink device is constituted by an ink pad inserted at the bottom of said groove.
  • said support piece consists of two parts made integral at the level of the groove, said ink pad, in the form of a ring, being slid at the bottom of the groove prior to the joining of said parts of the support piece.
  • FIGS. 1a and 1b is seen seen from above, and in section, an apparatus for marking information consisting of a support piece 1 rotating around an axis 2, of which only the left part is shown and a stamp. 3 consisting of a circular plate and whose axis 4 is rotatably supported by an arm 5 pivotable at its other end about an axis 6.
  • the stamp 3 is inked by any known means, not shown.
  • the axes 2 and 6 are supported by a base plate, not shown, parallel to the plane of the drawing.
  • the main piece 1, driven in rotation by any known means and, preferably, by a belt (not shown) applied on a part of its periphery, has the main function of passing an information support document, for example a commercial paper, such as 7 in FIG.
  • the part 1 can be either the main drum for transporting documents, or a simple roller placed along the path of the documents.
  • the support piece 1 is advantageously a roller of return of the document placed in the immediate vicinity of the main drum.
  • the support piece comprises, at the level of the circular plate of the stamp 3 a groove 8 whose section is of rectangular shape, for example, and in which the periphery of the stamp which has printing signs penetrates freely without touching the edges .
  • the stamp 3 is pressed in the direction of the groove 8 under the action of a spring 9 which exerts a restoring force against the arm 5, in the direction of the arrow 11 (see FIG. 1a).
  • the support piece rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow 12 when the information carrier, driven for example by the support piece 1 against which it is pressed, arrives at the level of the stamp 3, its front edge 10 meets , at the level of the groove 8 the part 14 of the stamp 3 located inside the groove (FIG. 1a), which has the effect of lifting the stamp against the action of the spring 9 in the direction of the arrow 13 , and during all the time of passage of the document 7 to the right of the stamp, the latter rolls without sliding on the document which is thus printed over its entire length.
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b which represent an apparatus for marking information in elevation and in top view, respectively, the main elements of FIGS. 1a and 1b appear, indicated by the same references.
  • the groove 8 formed in the support piece 1 has two edges 16 and a bottom 17.
  • a drive or driven belt 18 allows the documents to be pinched between itself and the support piece 1.
  • a base plate 19 rotatably supports the axis 2 of the support piece, 1, as well as a rigidly fixed upright 20.
  • On the upright 20 is rigidly fixed by one of its ends a leaf spring 21, the other end of which is notched to allow the passage of the stamp, is constituted by two arms 22 which rotationally support the axis 4 of the stamp.
  • FIGS. 3 to 6 the same references designate the same elements with the same functions as in FIGS. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and, to simplify the drawing, neither the base plate 19 nor the part right of the support piece 1, nor the elastic return means acting on the axis of the stamp which can be as shown in 5, 6 and 9 in Figures 1a and 1b or in 20, 21 and 22 in the figures 2a and 2b.
  • the return means can also act on the axis of the support piece, the axis of the stamp then being fixed relative to the base plate.
  • Figure 4 shows, in top view, possible means for driving the stamp.
  • a pulley 27, integral with the axis 4 is rotated by a belt 28, for example a round belt.
  • the belt 28 is itself driven by a pulley 29, the axis 31 of which is supported by the base plate.
  • the pulley 29 and the support piece 1 are linked in rotation in a desmodromic manner, that is to say that their amounts of rotation are proportional. Under these conditions, the respective diameters of the pulleys 27 and 29 are determined in such a way that, in operation, the tangential speeds at the periphery of the stamp and at the periphery of the support piece are equal.
  • the inking of the stamp is for example carried out in a manner known per se as indicated in FIG.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of the invention which makes it possible to simplify the apparatus notably: it is the bottom of the groove itself which comprises the ink device.
  • an ink pad consisting of an inked strip 32, for example of porous material impregnated with ink or of the agglomerated ink type, is bonded over the entire periphery of the bottom 17 of the groove, its width being substantially equal to the height of the groove. and its thickness less than the depth of the throat.
  • the return means press the stamp and strip 32 against each other so as to ensure correct inking.
  • the operation of the apparatus is that already described above except that during the passage of the document and its printing, the periphery of the stamp bearing the printing signs no longer receives ink.
  • the line printed on the document is clearer at the end than at the beginning. This effect is minimal, however, and the message to be written remains perfectly legible.
  • the inked strip 32 the elasticity of which is low, can be produced in the form of a ring.
  • the support piece is then produced in two parts which can be made integral at the level of the groove.
  • This verianta illustrated in FIG. 6, also makes it possible to develop in a simple manner several superimposed grooves for the inscription of several lines of text by means of an ink pad comprising several circular plates.
  • FIG. 6 also makes it possible to develop in a simple manner several superimposed grooves for the inscription of several lines of text by means of an ink pad comprising several circular plates.
  • the support piece is shown in two separate parts: an upper part 34 which comprises the upper edge and, for example, the bottom of the groove and a lower part 35 which comprises the lower edge of the groove, the bottom of the groove can, conversely, belong to the lower part 35.
  • the stamp 3 comprises for example two circular plates, the upper plate 36 and the lower plate 37.
  • the mounting of the support piece with two grooves with ink rings at the bottom of the groove is carried out as follows: the two parts 34 and 35 being separated, a first ink ring 38 is introduced on the bottom of the groove and pushed upwards until it is close to the upper edge of the groove, then a metal washer 39 is introduced in turn until it touches the ring 38, this washer having as internal diameter the diameter of the bottom of the groove and the same external diameter as that of the piece of support. The operation is repeated for a second ink ring 40. Sliding means being provided between the parts 34 and 35, the part 35 is engaged in the part 34 until the ink ring 38 is near the lower edge. throat: The parts 34 and 35, not shown, are joined together by any known means, for example by screwing one part into the other or by sliding one part into the other, followed by a fastening by bayonet mounting or by screw provided for this purpose.
  • the invention is not limited to the examples described above. During its passage between the stamp and the support piece, the information carrier does not necessarily rotate around the latter. On the other hand, for the embodiments described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the movement which is imparted to all of the elements such as the support piece, the stamp, the information medium and possibly the ink pad can be obtained from the drive of any one of these elements or from a combination of two of these driven elements, given the frictionless sliding contact which exists between them.
  • the support piece may also not be circular or rotary, but for example flat, being driven or not by a translational movement for printing the information carrier. In the latter case, the groove has for example the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.
  • the invention is not limited to check readers and counter markers and could also be implemented for example in a printing machine in general and for example in a labeling machine.

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L'invention concerne un appareil pour le marquage d'informations sur un support d'informations s'appliquant contre une pièce d'appui, comportant un timbre rotatif d'impression du support d'informations lorsque ce dernier passe entre ladite pièce d'appui et ledit timbre, le timbre recevant son encre d'un dispositif encreur et le marquage d'informations sur ledit support se produisant par un roulement du timbre sur ledit support, ladite pièce d'appui comportant au moins un gorge, munie de deux bords et d'un fond, agencée entre des plans qui encadrent au moins un plateau circulaire dudit timbre comportant des signes d'impression, une partie de la périphérie du timbre qui comporte autour dudit plateau circulaire les signes d'impression pénétrant au moins en l'absence de support d'informations dans ladite gorge sans en toucher les bords et des moyens de rappel qui agissent entre l'axe du timbre et celui de la pièce d'appui étant prévus pour rapprocher l'un de l'autre le timbre et la gorge.The invention relates to an apparatus for marking information on an information carrier applying against a support piece, comprising a rotary stamp for printing the information support when the latter passes between said support piece. and said stamp, the stamp receiving its ink from an inking device and the marking of information on said support produced by a rolling of the stamp on said support, said support piece comprising at least one groove, provided with two edges and a bottom, arranged between planes which frame at least one circular plate of said stamp comprising printing signs, a part of the periphery of the stamp which comprises around said circular plate the printing signs penetrating at least in the absence for carrying information in said groove without touching the edges thereof and return means which act between the axis of the stamp and that of the support piece being provided to bring the stamp and the groove closer to each other .

L'invention a trait à la bureautique, plus précisément au traitement d'informations, par exemple au traitement automatisé de documents et notamment des effets de commerce, tels que les chèques, lettres de change, billets à ordre, factures protestables, etc...The invention relates to office automation, more precisely to the processing of information, for example to the automated processing of documents and in particular commercial bills, such as checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, protestable invoices, etc. .

Les appareils destinés à ce traitement d'informations tels que des lecteurs de chèques ou des marqueuses de guichet, évoluent à la fois dans le sens d'un perfectionnement grandissant et dans le sens d'un encombrement de plus en plus réduit.The devices intended for this processing of information, such as check readers or counter markers, are evolving both in the direction of an increasing improvement and in the direction of an increasingly reduced bulk.

Lors du traitement par exemple d'un chèque, pour fixer les idées, il est souvent nécessaire d'inscrire des informations au recto, en un emplacement bien déterminé du chèque. Pour ce faire, lorsque l'inscription a lieu à partir d'un timbre rotatif encré, une synchronisation est nécessaire entre le passage du chèque et la rotation du timbre appliqué contre le chèqe qui est lui-mème en appui contre une pièce d'appui rotative, notamment un tambour en rotation. Par ailleurs, il faut faire en sorte qu'après l'inscription désirée sur le chèque, le timbre n'inscrive pas à nouveau la même information, à la révolution suivante, sur le tambour lui-même après le passage du chèque, ce qui, dans ce cas, provoquerait le maculage du chèque suivant.When processing a check, for example, to fix ideas, it is often necessary to write information on the front, in a specific location on the check. To do this, when the registration takes place from an inked rotary stamp, synchronization is necessary between the passage of the check and the rotation of the stamp applied against the check which is itself in abutment against a support piece rotary, in particular a rotating drum. In addition, it is necessary to make so that after the desired inscription on the check, the stamp does not write again the same information, with the following revolution, on the drum itself after the passage of the check, which , in this case, would cause the next check to be smeared.

L'invention se propose de résoudre, à moindre coût et avec un encombrement réduit, un problème technique semblable à celui posé dans le paragraphe précédent pour un timbrage de supports d'informations mais avec des contraintes moins sévères que celles indiquées ci-dessus: dans certains cas, notamment lorsque le timbrage doit être effectué au dos du chèque (le chèque ayant alors son recto appliqué contre le tambour), il est admis que l'inscription d'information puisse être effectuée sur toute la longueur du chèque, sans qu'une synchronisation soit nécessaire entre le passage du chèque et la rotation du timbre. Dans ce cas un emplacement précis du message sur le chèque n'est pas indispensable et le message à inscrire peut éventuellement être répété à l'occasion de chaque révolution du timbre. Le problème qui consiste à éviter l'encrage du tambour par le timbre après le passage du chèque et le maculage du chèque suivant par le tambour lui-même, subsiste cependant dans ce dernier cas. Pour résoudre ce dernier inconvénient, il est connu, du brevet des Etats-Unis d'Amérique no 3 090 302 de munir la pièce d'appui d'au moins une gorge comportant deux bords et un fond, telle qu'une partie de la périphérie du timbre pénètre, au moins en l'absence de support d'informations, dans la gorge sans en toucher les bords. Un tel appareil demeure cependant relativement encombrant et cher du fait qu'il utilise un dispositif encreur séparé, distinct du timbre et de la pièce d'appui.The invention proposes to solve, at a lower cost and with a reduced footprint, a technical problem similar to that posed in the previous paragraph for stamping of information carriers but with less severe constraints than those indicated above: in certain cases, in particular when the stamping must be carried out on the back of the check (the check then having its front applied against the drum), it is admitted that the recording of information can be carried out on all the length of the check, without that synchronization is necessary between the passage of the check and the rotation of the stamp. In this case a precise location of the message on the check is not essential and the message to be written can possibly be repeated on the occasion of each revolution of the stamp. The problem which consists in avoiding the inking of the drum by the stamp after the passage of the check and the smudging of the next check by the drum itself, however remains in the latter case. To resolve this last drawback, it is known from United States patent No. 3,090,302 to provide the support piece with at least one groove having two edges and a bottom, such as part of the periphery of the stamp penetrates, at least in the absence of information carrier, into the groove without touching the edges. However, such a device remains relatively bulky and expensive because it uses a separate ink device, separate from the stamp and the support piece.

Selon l'invention, les inconvénients de l'art antérieur indiqués en dernier lieu sont évités grâce au fait que l'appareil de marquage d'informations défini en préambule est remarquable en ce que le fond de ladite gorge comporte le dispositif encreur, lesdits moyens de rappel pressant l'un contre l'autre le timbre et le fond de la gorge en l'absence de support d'informations et, lesdits supports d'information arrivant entre le Aimbre et la pièce d'appui avec un certain ecart entre eux pour permettre l'encrage du timbre.According to the invention, the drawbacks of the prior art indicated lastly are avoided thanks to the fact that the information marking device defined in the preamble is remarkable in that the bottom of said groove comprises the inking device, said means reminder pressing one against the other the stamp and the back of the groove in the absence of information carrier and, said information carriers arriving between the Aimbre and the support piece with a certain gap between them to allow inking of the stamp.

Lorsque le bord avant du chèque parvient, lors de l'avancement de ce dernier, au niveau du timbre, la partie de ce bord qui recouvre la gorge entre en contact avec le timbre et le soulève légèrement, un léger creux se formant alors éventuellement sur la surface du chèque, à l'emplacement où le timbre appuie contre le chèque, c'est-à-dire l'endroit où s'effectue l'impression, le timbre étant alors entraîné en rotation, éventuellement grâce au frottement de sa périphérie contre le chèque. Avant que timbre et chèque soient au çontact l'un de l'autre, le timbre est déjà en rotation par contact avec le dispositif encreur, ce qui est souhaitable pour assurer un bon encrage des signes d'impression et aussi pour éviter un glissement lors du régime transitoire de fonctionnement provoqué par l'entrée en contact du timbre avec le chèque.When the front edge of the check reaches, during the advancement of the latter, at the level of the stamp, the part of this edge which covers the throat comes into contact with the stamp and lifts it slightly, a slight hollow then possibly forming on the surface of the check, at the place where the stamp presses against the check, that is to say the place where the printing takes place, the stamp being then driven in rotation, possibly thanks to the friction of its periphery against the check. Before the stamp and check are in contact with each other, the stamp is already in rotation by contact with the inking device, which is desirable to ensure proper inking of the printing signs and also to avoid slipping during of the transient operating regime caused by the coming into contact of the stamp with the check.

Un mode de réalisation de l'invention est remarquable en ce que le dispositif encreur est constitué par un tampon encreur inséré au fond de ladite gorge.An embodiment of the invention is remarkable in that the ink device is constituted by an ink pad inserted at the bottom of said groove.

Selon un mode de réalisation compatible avec le précédent, ladite pièce d'appui est constituée en deux parties rendues solidaires au niveau de la gorge, ledit tampon encreur, sous forme d'un anneau, étant glissé au fond de la gorge préalabe- ment à la solidarisation desdites parties de la pièce d'appui.According to an embodiment compatible with the previous one, said support piece consists of two parts made integral at the level of the groove, said ink pad, in the form of a ring, being slid at the bottom of the groove prior to the joining of said parts of the support piece.

La description qui suit en regard des dessins annexés, le tout donné à titre d'exemple, fera bien comprendre comment l'invention peut être réalisée.The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, all given by way of example, will make it clear how the invention can be implemented.

  • Les figures 1a et 1b montrent, en vue de dessus et en coupe partielle, l'art antérieur connu.Figures 1a and 1b show, in top view and in partial section, the known prior art.
  • Les figures 2a et 2b montrent, respectivement en élévation et en vue de dessus un mode de réalisation des moyens de rappel agissant par exemple sur l'axe du timbre.Figures 2a and 2b show, respectively in elevation and in top view, an embodiment of the return means acting for example on the axis of the stamp.
  • La figure 3 illustre, en élévation un mode de réalisation du timbre.FIG. 3 illustrates, in elevation, an embodiment of the stamp.
  • La figure 4 illustre, en vue de dessus avec interruption unmode de réalisation des moyens d'entraînement du timbre.FIG. 4 illustrates, in top view with interruption an embodiment of the drive means of the stamp.
  • La figure 5 illustre, en élévation avec coupe partielle et interruption, un mode de réalisation de l'invention.FIG. 5 illustrates, in elevation with partial section and interruption, an embodiment of the invention.
  • La figure 6 montre, en élévation avec coupe partielle et interruption, une possibilité de réalisation de la pièce d'appui rotative, notamment pour l'inscription simultanée de plusieurs lignes de texte.FIG. 6 shows, in elevation with partial section and interruption, a possibility of making the rotary support piece, in particular for the simultaneous recording of several lines of text.

Sur les figures 1a et 1b est représenté vu de dessus, et en coupe, un appareil pour le marquage d'informations constitué par une pièce d'appui 1 rotative autour d'un axe 2, dont seule la partie gauche est figurée et un timbre 3 constitué par un plateau circulaire et dont l'axe 4 est supporté à rotation par un bras 5 pivotable à son autre extrémité autour d'un axe 6. Le timbre 3 est encré par tout moyen connu, non représenté. Les axes 2 et 6 sont supportés par une plaque de base, non représentée, parallèle au plan du dessin. La pièce d'appui 1, entraînée en rotation par tout moyen connu et, de préférence, par une courroie (non représentée) appliquée sur une partie de sa périphérie, a pour fonction principale de faire transiter un document support d'information, par exemple un effet de commerce, tel que 7 à la figure 1b, tout en permettant d'y apposer des inscriptions selon diverses techniques connues et notamment au moyen du timbre-encreur 3. La pièce 1 peut être soit le tambour principal de transport des documents, soit un simple galet disposé le long du trajet des documents. Notamment, si la place disponible autour du tambour principal est exiguë et/ou si l'on désire inscrire au dos du document alors que le tambour principal serait au contact de son verso, la pièce d'appui 1 est, avantageusement, un galet de renvoi du document disposé à proximité immédiate du tambour principal. La pièce d'appui comporte, au niveau du plateau circulaire du timbre 3 une gorge 8 dont la section est de forme rectangulaire, par exemple, et dans laquelle la péiphérie du timbre qui comporte des signes d'impression pénètre librement sans en toucher les bords. Le timbre 3 est pressé en direction de la gorge 8 sous l'action d'un ressort 9 qui exerce une force de rappel contre le bras 5, dans la direction de la flèche 11 (voir figure 1a). La pièce d'appui tournant dans le sens indiqué par la flèche 12, lorsque le support d'informations, entraîné par exemple par la pièce d'appui 1 contre laquelle il est plaqué, arrive au niveau du timbre 3, son bord avant 10 rencontre, au niveau de la gorge 8 la partie 14 du timbre 3 se trouvant à l'intérieur de la gorge (figure 1a), ce qui a pour effet de soulever le timbre contre l'action du ressort 9 dans la direction de la fléche 13, et pendant tout le temps de passage du cocument 7 au droit du timbre, ce dernier roule sans glissement sur le document qui est ainsi imprimé sur toute sa longueur. Pendant l'impression, un léger creux se forme généralement au point de contact entre le document et le timbre et le document rentre, à cet endroit, légèrement dans la gorge. Pour éviter un enfoncement trop important du document qui résulterait en une mauvaise impression, la hauteur de la gorge d'un bord à l'autre, est à peine supérieure à l'épaisseur du timbre qui est centré par rapport à la gorge de façon à ne jamais entrer en contact avec les bords, en l'absence de document. Cette caractéristique technique apparaît clairement sur la figure 2a. Un enfoncement trop important pouvant entraîner une impression irrégulière des caractères et notamment très faible en leur centre, un moyen relativement simple de pallier cet inconvénient consiste à utiliser des caractères à profil bombé dans le sens vertical, comme représenté ci-après en 30 à la figure 3. Il est par exemple possible, entre autres solutions, de coller des caractères flexibles plats sur un support (périphérie du plateau circulaire) bombé. On notera que la section de la gorge pourraît être en forme de demi-cercle ou autre, pourvu qu'il soit possible d'en définir deux bords et un fond.In FIGS. 1a and 1b is seen seen from above, and in section, an apparatus for marking information consisting of a support piece 1 rotating around an axis 2, of which only the left part is shown and a stamp. 3 consisting of a circular plate and whose axis 4 is rotatably supported by an arm 5 pivotable at its other end about an axis 6. The stamp 3 is inked by any known means, not shown. The axes 2 and 6 are supported by a base plate, not shown, parallel to the plane of the drawing. The main piece 1, driven in rotation by any known means and, preferably, by a belt (not shown) applied on a part of its periphery, has the main function of passing an information support document, for example a commercial paper, such as 7 in FIG. 1b, while making it possible to affix inscriptions thereon according to various known techniques and in particular by means of the ink-stamp 3. The part 1 can be either the main drum for transporting documents, or a simple roller placed along the path of the documents. In particular, if the space available around the main drum is cramped and / or if it is desired to write on the back of the document while the main drum is in contact with its back, the support piece 1 is advantageously a roller of return of the document placed in the immediate vicinity of the main drum. The support piece comprises, at the level of the circular plate of the stamp 3 a groove 8 whose section is of rectangular shape, for example, and in which the periphery of the stamp which has printing signs penetrates freely without touching the edges . The stamp 3 is pressed in the direction of the groove 8 under the action of a spring 9 which exerts a restoring force against the arm 5, in the direction of the arrow 11 (see FIG. 1a). The support piece rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow 12, when the information carrier, driven for example by the support piece 1 against which it is pressed, arrives at the level of the stamp 3, its front edge 10 meets , at the level of the groove 8 the part 14 of the stamp 3 located inside the groove (FIG. 1a), which has the effect of lifting the stamp against the action of the spring 9 in the direction of the arrow 13 , and during all the time of passage of the document 7 to the right of the stamp, the latter rolls without sliding on the document which is thus printed over its entire length. During printing, a slight indentation usually forms at the point of contact between the document and the stamp and the document enters, at this point, slightly in the groove. To avoid too much sinking of the document which would result in a bad impression, the height of the groove from one edge to the other, is barely greater than the thickness of the stamp which is centered relative to the groove so as to never come into contact with the edges, in the absence of a document. This technical characteristic is clearly shown in Figure 2a. Too much depression can cause irregular printing of the characters and especially very weak in their center, a relatively simple way to overcome this drawback is to use characters with a curved profile in the vertical direction, as shown below in 30 in the figure 3. It is for example possible, among other solutions, to stick flexible flat characters on a curved support (periphery of the circular plate). It will be noted that the section of the groove could be in the form of a semicircle or the like, provided that it is possible to define two edges and a bottom thereof.

Sur les figures 2a et 2b qui représentent un appareil pour le marquage d'informations en élévation et en vue de dessus, respectivement, figurent les principaux éléments des figures 1a et 1b, indiquées par les mêmes références. La gorge 8 pratiquée dans la pièce d'appui 1 comporte deux bords 16 et un fond 17. Par exemple une courroie d'entraînement ou entraînée 18 permet le pincement des documents entre elle-même et la pièce d'appui 1. Une plaque debase 19 supporte à rotation l'axe 2 de la pièce d'appui, 1, ainsi qu'un montant rigidement fixé 20. Sur le montant 20 est rigidement fixée par une de ses extrémités une lame ressort 21 dont l'autre extrémité, échancrée pour permettre le passage du timbre, est constituée par deux bras 22 qui supportent à rotation l'axe 4 du timbre. En l'absence de document, une petite partie de la périphérie du timbre pénètre dans la gorge en touchant ou non le fond 17 de cette dernière. Sur la figure 2b, on a représenté, par exemple, le timbre 3 en contact avec le fond de la gorge. Lors du passage d'un document, le fonctionnement de l'appareil est celui indiqué ci-dessus en référence aux figures 1a et 1b; après le passage d'un document et son marquage simultané, la présence de la gorge 8 permet qu'aucune partie de la pièce d'appui devant entrer en contact avec le document suivant ne soit maculée et ne risque de maculer ce document suivant. L'appareil selon l'invention est destiné à inscrire un texte sur des documents en un emplacement déterminé de leur hauteur mais sans la nécessité d'avoir à respecter un emplacement précis par rapport à leur longueur. La seule contrainte à respecter est que le texte à imprimer figure au moins une fois en entier sur chaque document. Etant donnée l'absence de synchronisation entre le mouvement du document et celui du timbre, il faut donc s'assurer que la circonférence du timbre soit au plus égale à la moitié de la longueur du document.In FIGS. 2a and 2b which represent an apparatus for marking information in elevation and in top view, respectively, the main elements of FIGS. 1a and 1b appear, indicated by the same references. The groove 8 formed in the support piece 1 has two edges 16 and a bottom 17. For example a drive or driven belt 18 allows the documents to be pinched between itself and the support piece 1. A base plate 19 rotatably supports the axis 2 of the support piece, 1, as well as a rigidly fixed upright 20. On the upright 20 is rigidly fixed by one of its ends a leaf spring 21, the other end of which is notched to allow the passage of the stamp, is constituted by two arms 22 which rotationally support the axis 4 of the stamp. In the absence of a document, a small part of the periphery of the stamp enters the groove, touching or not touching the bottom 17 of the latter. In Figure 2b, there is shown, for example, the stamp 3 in contact with the bottom of the groove. When passing a document, the operation of the device is that indicated above with reference to Figures 1a and 1b; after the passage of a document and its simultaneous marking, the presence of the groove 8 allows that no part of the support piece having to come into contact with the next document is smeared and does not risk smearing this next document. The apparatus according to the invention is intended to write text on documents at a determined location of their height but without the need to have to respect a precise location with respect to their length. The only constraint to be respected is that the text to be printed appears at least once in full on each document. Given the lack of synchronization between the movement of the document and that of the stamp, you must therefore ensure that the circumference of the stamp is at most equal to half the length of the document.

Sur les figures 3 à 6 les mêmes références désignent les mêmes éléments avec les mêmes fonctions qu'aux figures 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b et on n'a représenté, pour simplifier le dessin, ni la plaque de base 19, ni la partie droite de la pièce d'appui 1, ni les moyens élastiques de rappel agissant sur l'axe du timbre qui peuvent être tels que représentés en 5, 6 et 9 aux figures 1 a et 1 b ou en 20, 21 et 22 aux figures 2a et 2b. Les moyens de rappel peuvent aussi agir sur l'axe de la pièce d'appui, l'axe du timbre étant alors fixe par rapport à la plaque de base.In FIGS. 3 to 6, the same references designate the same elements with the same functions as in FIGS. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and, to simplify the drawing, neither the base plate 19 nor the part right of the support piece 1, nor the elastic return means acting on the axis of the stamp which can be as shown in 5, 6 and 9 in Figures 1a and 1b or in 20, 21 and 22 in the figures 2a and 2b. The return means can also act on the axis of the support piece, the axis of the stamp then being fixed relative to the base plate.

La figure 4 représente, en vue de dessus, des moyens possibles pour l'entrânement du timbre. Une poulie 27, solidaire de l'axe 4 est intraînée en rotation par une courroie 28, par exemple une courroie ronde. La courroie 28 est elle-même entraînée par une poulie 29 dont l'axe 31 est supporté par la plaque de base. La poulie 29 et la pièce d'appui 1 sont liées en rotation de façon desmodromique, c'est-à-dire que leurs quantités de de rotation sont proportionnelles. Dans ces conditions, les diamètres respectifs des poulies 27 et 29 sont déterminés, de façon telle, qu'en fonctionnement, les vitessses tangentielles à la périphérie du timbre et à ta périphérie de la pièce d'appui soient égales. L'encrage du timbre est par exemple réalisé de façon connue en soi comme indiqué à figure 4, par un tampon rotatif séparé 25, cet encrage étant permanent, c'est-à-dire qu'il s'effectue pendant qu'un document est en cours d'impression et en l'absence de document. L'axe du tampon encreur est alors monté à rotation sur l'axe 5 (figure 1) ou sur une pièce solidaire de la lame ressort (figure 2), Le fonctionnement de l'appareil est, pour l'essentiel, celui indiqué ci-dessus en référence aux figures 1a, 1b, 2a et 2b.Figure 4 shows, in top view, possible means for driving the stamp. A pulley 27, integral with the axis 4 is rotated by a belt 28, for example a round belt. The belt 28 is itself driven by a pulley 29, the axis 31 of which is supported by the base plate. The pulley 29 and the support piece 1 are linked in rotation in a desmodromic manner, that is to say that their amounts of rotation are proportional. Under these conditions, the respective diameters of the pulleys 27 and 29 are determined in such a way that, in operation, the tangential speeds at the periphery of the stamp and at the periphery of the support piece are equal. The inking of the stamp is for example carried out in a manner known per se as indicated in FIG. 4, by a separate rotary pad 25, this inking being permanent, that is to say that it takes place while a document is being printed and there is no document. The axis of the ink pad is then rotatably mounted on axis 5 (Figure 1) or on a part secured to the spring blade (Figure 2). The operation of the device is essentially that indicated above with reference to Figures 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b.

La figure 5 illustre un mode de réalisation de l'invention qui permet de simplifier notablement l'appareil: c'est le fond de la gorge elle-même qui comporte le dispositif encreur. En pratique, un tampon encreur constitué par une band encrée 32 par exemple en matériau poreux imprégnée d'encre ou du type encre agglomérée est collé sur toute la périphérie du fond 17 de la gorge, sa largeur étant sensiblement égale à la hauteur de la gorge et son épaisseur inférieure à la profondeur de la gorge. En l'absence de document, les moyens de rappel pressent l'un contre l'autre le timbre et bande 32 de façon propre à assurer un encrage correct. Pour le reste le fonctionnement de l'appareil est celui déjà décrit ci-dessus à ceci près que pendant le passage du document et son impression, la périphérie du timbre portant les signes d'impression ne reçoit plus d'encre. Il s'ensuit que la ligne imprimée sur le document est plus claire à la fin qu'au début. Cet effet est cependant minime et le message à inscrire demeure parfaitement lisible. A titre de variante, la bande encrée 32, dont l'élasticité est faible peut être réalisée sous la forme d'un anneau. La pièce d'appui est alors réalisée en deux parties qui peuvent être rendues solidaires au niveau de la gorge. Cette veriante, illustrée à la figure 6, permet en outre d'élaborer de façon simple plusieurs gorges superposées pour l'inscription de plusieurs lignes de texte au moyen d'un tampon encreur comportant plusieurs plateaux circulaires. Sur la figure 6, la pièce d'appui est représentée en deux parties séparées: une partie supérieure 34 qui comporte le bord supérieure et, par exemple, le fond de la gorge et une partie inférieure 35 qui comporte le bord inférieur de la gorge, le fond de la gorge pouvant, à l'inverse, appartenir à la partie inférieure 35. Le timbre 3 comporte par exemple deux plateaux circulaires, le plateau supérieur 36 et le plateau inférieur 37. Le montage de la pièce d'appui à deux gorges avec anneaux encreurs à fond de gorge s'effectue de la manière suivante: les deux parties 34 et 35 étant séparées, un premier anneau encreur 38 est introduit sur le fond de la gorge et repoussé vers le haut jusqu'a se trouver à proximité du bord supérieur de la gorge, puis une rondelle métallique 39 est introduite à son tour jusqu'à toucher l'anneau 38, cette rondelle ayant comme diamètre intérieur le diamètre du fond de la gorge et le même diamètre extérieur que celui de la pièce d'appui. L'opération est répétée pour un deuxième anneau encreur 40. Des moyens de coulissement étant prévus entre les parties 34 et 35, la partie 35 est engagée dans la partie 34 jusqu'à ce que l'anneau encreur 38 soit à proximité du bord inférieur de la gorge: La solidarisation des parties 34 et 35, non représentée, s'effectue par tout moyen connu, par exemple par vissage d'une partie dans l'autre ou par coulissement d'une partie dans l'autre, suivi d'une solidarisation par montage à baïonnette ou par vis prévue à cet effet.FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of the invention which makes it possible to simplify the apparatus notably: it is the bottom of the groove itself which comprises the ink device. In practice, an ink pad consisting of an inked strip 32, for example of porous material impregnated with ink or of the agglomerated ink type, is bonded over the entire periphery of the bottom 17 of the groove, its width being substantially equal to the height of the groove. and its thickness less than the depth of the throat. In the absence of a document, the return means press the stamp and strip 32 against each other so as to ensure correct inking. For the rest, the operation of the apparatus is that already described above except that during the passage of the document and its printing, the periphery of the stamp bearing the printing signs no longer receives ink. It follows that the line printed on the document is clearer at the end than at the beginning. This effect is minimal, however, and the message to be written remains perfectly legible. As a variant, the inked strip 32, the elasticity of which is low, can be produced in the form of a ring. The support piece is then produced in two parts which can be made integral at the level of the groove. This verianta, illustrated in FIG. 6, also makes it possible to develop in a simple manner several superimposed grooves for the inscription of several lines of text by means of an ink pad comprising several circular plates. In FIG. 6, the support piece is shown in two separate parts: an upper part 34 which comprises the upper edge and, for example, the bottom of the groove and a lower part 35 which comprises the lower edge of the groove, the bottom of the groove can, conversely, belong to the lower part 35. The stamp 3 comprises for example two circular plates, the upper plate 36 and the lower plate 37. The mounting of the support piece with two grooves with ink rings at the bottom of the groove is carried out as follows: the two parts 34 and 35 being separated, a first ink ring 38 is introduced on the bottom of the groove and pushed upwards until it is close to the upper edge of the groove, then a metal washer 39 is introduced in turn until it touches the ring 38, this washer having as internal diameter the diameter of the bottom of the groove and the same external diameter as that of the piece of support. The operation is repeated for a second ink ring 40. Sliding means being provided between the parts 34 and 35, the part 35 is engaged in the part 34 until the ink ring 38 is near the lower edge. throat: The parts 34 and 35, not shown, are joined together by any known means, for example by screwing one part into the other or by sliding one part into the other, followed by a fastening by bayonet mounting or by screw provided for this purpose.

L'invention ne se limite pas aux exemples décrits ci-dessus. Lors de son passage entre le timbre et la pièce d'appui, le support d'informations ne tourne pas nécessairement autour de cette dernière. D'autre part, pour les modes de réalisation décrits ci-dessus en référence aux figures 5 et 6 le mouvement qui est imprimé à l'ensemble des éléments tels que la pièce d'appui, le timbre, le support d'informations et éventuellement le tampon encreur, peut être obtenu à partir de l'entraînement de l'un quelconque de ces éléments ou d'une combinaison de deux de ces éléments entraînés, étant donné le contact à frottement sans glissement qui existe entre eux. La pièce d'appui peut aussi ne pas être circulaire ni rotative, mais par exemple plane, étant animée ou non d'un mouvement de translation pour l'impression du support d'informations. Dans ce dernier cas, la gorge a par exemple la forme d'un parallélépipède rectangle. En outre, l'invention ne se limite pas aux lecteurs de chèques et aux marqueuses de guichet et pourrât aussi être mise en oeuvre par exemple dans une machine à imprimer en général et par exemple dans une machine étiqueteuse.The invention is not limited to the examples described above. During its passage between the stamp and the support piece, the information carrier does not necessarily rotate around the latter. On the other hand, for the embodiments described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the movement which is imparted to all of the elements such as the support piece, the stamp, the information medium and possibly the ink pad can be obtained from the drive of any one of these elements or from a combination of two of these driven elements, given the frictionless sliding contact which exists between them. The support piece may also not be circular or rotary, but for example flat, being driven or not by a translational movement for printing the information carrier. In the latter case, the groove has for example the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. In addition, the invention is not limited to check readers and counter markers and could also be implemented for example in a printing machine in general and for example in a labeling machine.

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1. An apparatus for printing information on record carrier (7) engaging a supporting member (1), comprising a rotary stamp (3) for printing on the record carrier when the latter passes between the said supporting member and the said stamp, the said stamp receiving its ink from an inking device (32, 38, 40) and the recording of information on the said carrier being obtained by a rolling movement of the stamp on the said carrier, the said supporting member (1) comprising at least one groove (8) provided with two edges (16) and a bottom (17) and arranged between planes enclosing at least one circular surface of the said stamp comprising the printing symbols, a part of the periphery of the stamp, which has along the said circular surface the printing symbols, penetrating at least in the absence of a record carrier into the said groove without touching its edges and return means (20, 21, 22), which act between the axis of the stamp and that of the supporting member, being provided for ensuring that the stamp and the groove approach each other, characterized in that the bottom (17) of the said groove (8) comprises the said inking device (32, 38,40), the said return means (20, 21, 22) pressing the stamp and the bottom of the groove against each other in the absence of a record carrier and the said record carriers arriving between- the stamp and the supporting member with a certain relative distance so as to allow the supply of ink to the stamp.
2. An apparatus for printing information on record carrier as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the inking device (32, 38, 40) is constituted by an inking pad inserted into the bottom of the said groove.
3. An apparatus for printing information on a record carrier comprising a rotatable supporting member (1) as claimed in Claim 2, characterized in that the said supporting member is constituted by two parts (34, 35) united at the level of the groove (8), the said inking pad (38, 40) in the form of a ring being slid into the bottom of the groove before the unification of the said parts of the supporting member.
4. An apparatus for printing information on a record carrier as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, in which a first pulley (27) for taking along the said stamp (3) having the same shaft (4) as the latter with which it is rotatively combined, is taken along by a belt (28) which is moved on a second pulley (29), whose rotary movement is connected with that of the supporting member, so as to obtain a positive drive in such a manner that the peripheral speeds of the supporting member and of the circular surface of the stamp are equal on first approximation.
5. An apparatus for printing information on a record carrier comprising a stamp for printing several superimposed lines as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a groove is formed opposite to the plane of each text line of the stamp.
6. An apparatus for printing information on record carrier as claimed in any one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the printing symbols disposed at the periphery of the stamp have a curved profile in the vertical direction.
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