EP0105424A3 - Type wheel selection device for a printing system - Google Patents

Type wheel selection device for a printing system Download PDF

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EP0105424A3
EP0105424A3 EP83109467A EP83109467A EP0105424A3 EP 0105424 A3 EP0105424 A3 EP 0105424A3 EP 83109467 A EP83109467 A EP 83109467A EP 83109467 A EP83109467 A EP 83109467A EP 0105424 A3 EP0105424 A3 EP 0105424A3
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franking
type wheel
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Werner Haug
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J7/00—Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms
    • B41J7/48—Type carrier arrested in selected position by electromagnetic means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00354—Setting of date
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00548—Mechanical printhead

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Steering Control In Accordance With Driving Conditions (AREA)
  • Impact Printers (AREA)
  • Regulating Braking Force (AREA)
  • Power Steering Mechanism (AREA)
  • Labeling Devices (AREA)

Abstract

The type wheels provided on a postage or franking head of a postage meter or franking machine are adjusted in stepwise manner from outside the franking head by means of adjusting push rods, which in each case engage a pinion associated with a type wheel. The engagement and adjusting movement of the adjusting push rod is performed by electromagnets. The engagement movement takes place by pivoting a guide plate carrying the adjusting push rods, on which the rods are displaceable by means of the electromagnet counter to the tension of a tension spring. The electromagnets can be energized on the basis of an electrical pulse, which is simultaneously used for adjusting an electronic display, provided on the franking machine casing.
EP83109467A 1982-10-04 1983-09-23 Type wheel selection device for a printing system Expired - Lifetime EP0105424B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT83109467T ATE51312T1 (en) 1982-10-04 1983-09-23 ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR TYPE WHEELS OF A PRINTING EQUIPMENT.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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CH5827/82 1982-10-04
CH5827/82A CH663848A5 (en) 1982-10-04 1982-10-04 ADJUSTMENT FOR TYPE WHEELS.

Publications (3)

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EP0105424A2 EP0105424A2 (en) 1984-04-18
EP0105424A3 true EP0105424A3 (en) 1987-02-04
EP0105424B1 EP0105424B1 (en) 1990-03-21

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EP83109467A Expired - Lifetime EP0105424B1 (en) 1982-10-04 1983-09-23 Type wheel selection device for a printing system

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US (1) US4520725A (en)
EP (1) EP0105424B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH0643136B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE51312T1 (en)
CH (1) CH663848A5 (en)
DE (1) DE3381362D1 (en)

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CH669056A5 (en) * 1985-11-12 1989-02-15 Frama Ag Franking machine.
CH670524A5 (en) * 1985-12-20 1989-06-15 Hasler Ag Ascom
CH669684A5 (en) * 1986-03-05 1989-03-31 Frama Ag
US4875788A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-10-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter printwheel setting apparatus
US4852482A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-08-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Automatic printwheel setting system
CH678366A5 (en) * 1989-03-08 1991-08-30 Frama Ag
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CH678368A5 (en) * 1989-03-29 1991-08-30 Frama Ag
US5050495A (en) * 1989-05-05 1991-09-24 Wu Sheng J Print wheel setting mechanism
EP0431103B1 (en) * 1989-06-22 1994-11-09 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AG Rotor unit for franking machine
CH679088A5 (en) * 1989-07-21 1991-12-13 Frama Ag
DE59007926D1 (en) * 1989-10-13 1995-01-19 Ascom Hasler Mailing Sys Ag Device for setting the date stamp of a franking machine.
FR2665782B1 (en) * 1990-08-07 1993-06-11 Alcatel Satmam DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PRINTING WHEELS IN A POSTAGE MACHINE.
FR2665781B1 (en) * 1990-08-07 1993-06-11 Alcatel Satmam DEVICE FOR LOCKING WHEELS OF A POSTAGE MACHINE.
US5197042A (en) * 1991-10-31 1993-03-23 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter having auto dating device
US5495103A (en) * 1994-03-16 1996-02-27 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Optical mail piece sensor for postage meter
ATE285610T1 (en) * 1995-03-07 2005-01-15 Frama Ag DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A FANKING VALUE
US5749291A (en) * 1995-04-14 1998-05-12 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag System for setting date wheels in a postage meter
EP1065630A1 (en) * 1995-04-14 2001-01-03 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AG System for setting date wheels in a postage meter
US20080185225A1 (en) * 2003-01-15 2008-08-07 Spengler Robert G Step ladder stabilizers
US7216742B2 (en) * 2003-01-15 2007-05-15 Spengler Robert G Ladder stabilizers
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CH284624A (en) * 1950-05-17 1952-07-31 Pitney Bowes Inc Value printing device on franking machines.
DE1063841B (en) * 1955-05-21 1959-08-20 Kienzle Apparate Gmbh Method and arrangement for transferring counter values from electronic counter units to mechanical counter and / or printing units
DE1176406B (en) * 1961-08-31 1964-08-20 Licentia Gmbh Pulse counter
US3822640A (en) * 1971-08-17 1974-07-09 Seikosha Kk Electromagnetically-actuated printing mechanism
US3916785A (en) * 1974-06-03 1975-11-04 Ncr Co Imprinting means for a computer access terminal
US4050374A (en) * 1976-06-21 1977-09-27 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Meter setting mechanism
US4140055A (en) * 1976-06-09 1979-02-20 Societe d'Etude et de Construction d-Appareils de Precision (S.E.C.A.P.) Automatic device for the value-setting of printing wheels in a franking machine
GB2055698A (en) * 1979-08-07 1981-03-11 Postalia Gmbh Lockable drive arrangement for use in a franking machine
LU83626A1 (en) * 1981-03-23 1982-01-21 Francotyp Gmbh ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR franking and stamping machines

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CH284624A (en) * 1950-05-17 1952-07-31 Pitney Bowes Inc Value printing device on franking machines.
DE1063841B (en) * 1955-05-21 1959-08-20 Kienzle Apparate Gmbh Method and arrangement for transferring counter values from electronic counter units to mechanical counter and / or printing units
DE1176406B (en) * 1961-08-31 1964-08-20 Licentia Gmbh Pulse counter
US3822640A (en) * 1971-08-17 1974-07-09 Seikosha Kk Electromagnetically-actuated printing mechanism
US3916785A (en) * 1974-06-03 1975-11-04 Ncr Co Imprinting means for a computer access terminal
US4140055A (en) * 1976-06-09 1979-02-20 Societe d'Etude et de Construction d-Appareils de Precision (S.E.C.A.P.) Automatic device for the value-setting of printing wheels in a franking machine
US4050374A (en) * 1976-06-21 1977-09-27 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Meter setting mechanism
GB2055698A (en) * 1979-08-07 1981-03-11 Postalia Gmbh Lockable drive arrangement for use in a franking machine
LU83626A1 (en) * 1981-03-23 1982-01-21 Francotyp Gmbh ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR franking and stamping machines

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JPS59196274A (en) 1984-11-07
DE3381362D1 (en) 1990-04-26
EP0105424A2 (en) 1984-04-18
ATE51312T1 (en) 1990-04-15
CH663848A5 (en) 1988-01-15
EP0105424B1 (en) 1990-03-21
JPH0643136B2 (en) 1994-06-08
US4520725A (en) 1985-06-04

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