EP1811462A2 - Franking machine with vertical transportpath - Google Patents

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EP1811462A2
EP1811462A2 EP07100391A EP07100391A EP1811462A2 EP 1811462 A2 EP1811462 A2 EP 1811462A2 EP 07100391 A EP07100391 A EP 07100391A EP 07100391 A EP07100391 A EP 07100391A EP 1811462 A2 EP1811462 A2 EP 1811462A2
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    • 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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/12—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
    • 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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/14—Aprons or guides for the printing section
    • 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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/26—Registering devices
    • B41J13/28—Front lays, stops, or gauges
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a franking machine of simple and inexpensive design for use in an office environment for the printing of mail items in small numbers.
  • the present invention relates to a franking machine whose components, with the exception of the print head, are reduced to their simplest expression.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a franking machine low cost and small size for the postage of a few tens of mail per day.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a machine without motorization of the transport of mail items.
  • the inclination in two directions of the feed tray eliminates the drive means of the mail items and directing these items to a single printing position.
  • the machine thus obtained is particularly simple and robust because devoid of any moving parts.
  • said plate is inclined at an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a first direction (X) and an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a second direction (Y).
  • the retractable jogging flap is movable and retracts after printing the postal imprint to allow under the effect of the automatic descent of the mail item in a tray receiving mail items.
  • said mail item feed tray integrates a weigh module delivering a weight value of the mail piece placed on said feed tray and to be stamped.
  • FIGS 1 and 2 illustrate in perspective a franking machine of mail items according to the invention.
  • This mail item, envelope or label has at least one printed thumbprint, as is customary, at the top right of this mail item.
  • a machine comprises printing means 10 of the mail article, typically an inkjet print head, a tray or feed tray 12 for feeding mail items such printing means and a receiving tray 14 for receiving mail items once these are freed by the means of printing.
  • this machine includes a user interface 16 for entering and displaying the postage amount or, if it is determined automatically, postal data necessary for its determination (weight class, geographical area of destination, services requested, etc.) and secure processing means 18 including, inter alia, postage accounting data, in particular ascending and descending counters, and the reloading data. It may also include means of connection to a remote server system which then makes it a communicating machine including reloading and sending statistics.
  • the feed tray can integrate a weighing module 22 delivering the weight of the mail piece placed on the tray and to be stamped.
  • the user will only have to enter the geographical code of destination of the mail item and possibly the requested service so that the postage amount of the mail item is determined.
  • the feed tray 12 is not only inclined but has a double inclination so that, after its fall process, the envelope or the label is found in abutment against a longitudinal reference wall 12A and a retractable jogging flap 20, always in the same position regardless of its initial position on the feed tray (being of course understood that the mail item has a predefined orientation).
  • the franking machine of the present invention is particularly adapted to small numbers (at most a few tens per day) and, by its simplified and robust structure, it can be implemented in various environments, not only office, but also industrial or commercial.

Abstract

The machine has printing module (10) e.g. print head with ink jet, for printing mail items, and a bag or supplying plate (12) for supplying the mail items to the printing module. The plate includes a dual slant for bringing the mail items against a jogging retractable flap (20) by gravity in a printing position at which the printing module affixes a post-marking. The flap is movable and is retracted after the printing for permitting, under the effect of the gravity, an automatic descend of the items in a mail item receiving bag.

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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

La présente invention se rapporte exclusivement au domaine du traitement de courrier et elle concerne plus particulièrement une machine à affranchir de conception simple et peu coûteuse destinée à être utilisée dans un cadre bureautique pour l'impression d'articles de courrier en petit nombre.The present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a franking machine of simple and inexpensive design for use in an office environment for the printing of mail items in small numbers.

Art antérieurPrior art

On connaît avec les brevets US 4,892,162 et US 4,893,249 des machines à affranchir dont le chemin de transport des articles de courrier est incliné pour permettre une diminution de la surface au sol de ces machines et ainsi faciliter leur utilisation dans un cadre bureautique. Ces machines sont toutefois encore relativement complexes avec différentes motorisations et commandes de synchronisation évoluées.We know with patents US 4,892,162 and US 4,893,249 franking machines whose transport path mail items is inclined to allow a reduction of the floor space of these machines and thus facilitate their use in an office environment. These machines are however still relatively complex with different engines and advanced synchronization controls.

Objet et définition de l'inventionObject and definition of the invention

La présente invention a pour objet une machine à affranchir dont les composants, à l'exception de la tête d'impression, sont réduits à leur plus simple expression. Un but de l'invention est de proposer une machine à affranchir de faible coût et de faible dimension permettant l'affranchissement de quelques dizaines de courrier par jour. Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer une machine sans motorisation du transport des articles de courrier.
Ces buts sont atteints avec une machine à affranchir comportant un module d'impression d'articles de courrier et un plateau d'alimentation pour alimenter en articles de courrier lesdits moyens d'impression, caractérisé en ce que ledit plateau d'alimentation comporte une double inclinaison pour amener par gravité les articles de courrier disposés sur ce plateau contre un volet rétractable de taquage dans une même position déterminée au niveau de laquelle ledit module d'impression appose une empreinte postale.The present invention relates to a franking machine whose components, with the exception of the print head, are reduced to their simplest expression. An object of the invention is to provide a franking machine low cost and small size for the postage of a few tens of mail per day. Another object of the invention is to provide a machine without motorization of the transport of mail items.
These objects are achieved with a franking machine comprising a mail item printing module and a feed tray for supplying mail items with said printing means, characterized in that said feed tray comprises a double inclination to bring by gravity the mail items disposed on the plate against a retractable jogging flap in the same determined position at which said print module affixes a postal imprint.

Ainsi, l'inclinaison selon deux directions du plateau d'alimentation permet de s'affranchir des moyens d'entraînement des articles de courrier et de diriger ces articles vers une position unique d'impression. La machine ainsi obtenue s'avère particulièrement simple et robuste car dépourvue de toute pièce mobile.
Avantageusement, ledit plateau est incliné d'un angle compris entre 60 et 90 ° selon une première direction (X) et d'un angle compris entre 60 et 90 ° selon une seconde direction (Y).
De préférence, le volet rétractable de taquage est mobile et s'escamote après l'impression de l'empreinte postale pour permettre sous l'effet de la une descente automatique de l'article de courrier dans un bac de réception des articles de courrier.
Selon un mode de réalisation préférentiel, ledit plateau d'alimentation en articles de courrier intègre un module de pesée délivrant une valeur de poids de l'article de courrier posé sur ledit plateau d'alimentation et devant être affranchi.Thus, the inclination in two directions of the feed tray eliminates the drive means of the mail items and directing these items to a single printing position. The machine thus obtained is particularly simple and robust because devoid of any moving parts.
Advantageously, said plate is inclined at an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a first direction (X) and an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a second direction (Y).
Preferably, the retractable jogging flap is movable and retracts after printing the postal imprint to allow under the effect of the automatic descent of the mail item in a tray receiving mail items.
According to a preferred embodiment, said mail item feed tray integrates a weigh module delivering a weight value of the mail piece placed on said feed tray and to be stamped.

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Les caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention ressortiront mieux de la description suivante, faite à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • les figures 1 et 2 sont deux vues en perspective illustrant la machine à affranchir selon l'invention avant et après une opération d'affranchissement.
The features and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the following description, given by way of non-limiting indication, with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figures 1 and 2 are two perspective views illustrating the franking machine according to the invention before and after a franking operation.

Description détaillée d'un mode de réalisation préférentielDetailed description of a preferred embodiment

Les figures 1 et 2 illustrent en perspective une machine à affranchir des articles de courrier selon l'invention. Cet article de courrier, enveloppe ou étiquette, comporte au moins une empreinte postale imprimée, comme il est de coutume, en haut et à droite de cet article de courrier. classiquement, une telle machine comporte des moyens 10 d'impression de l'article de courrier, typiquement une tête d'impression à jet d'encre, un bac ou plateau d'alimentation 12 pour alimenter en articles de courrier ces moyens d'impression et un bac de réception 14 pour recevoir les articles de courrier une fois ceux-ci affranchis par les moyens d'impression. Bien entendu, cette machine comporte une interface utilisateur 16 pour la saisie et l'affichage du montant d'affranchissement ou, si celui-ci est déterminé automatiquement, des données postales nécessaires à sa détermination (classe de poids, zone géographique de destination, services demandés, etc.) et des moyens de traitement sécurisé 18 comportant entre autres les données de comptabilisation des affranchissements, compteurs ascendant et descendant notamment, et les données de rechargement. Elle peut aussi comporter des moyens de connexion à un système serveur distant qui en fait alors une machine communicante notamment pour le rechargement et l'envoi de statistiques.
Le plateau d'alimentation peut intégrer un module de pesée 22 délivrant le poids de l'article de courrier posé sur le plateau et devant être affranchi. Ainsi, avec cette variante de réalisation, l'utilisateur n'aura qu'à saisir le code géographique de destination de l'article de courrier et éventuellement le service demandé pour que le montant de l'affranchissement de l'article de courrier soit déterminé automatiquement et l'impression lancée une fois le calcul du poids achevé.
Dans les machines à affranchir de l'art antérieur, des moyens de motorisation synchronisés sont prévus pour transporter les articles de courrier au travers de la machine du bac d'alimentation vers le bac de réception en passant par les moyens d'impression. Au contraire, avec la présente l'invention qui repose sur l'utilisation de la gravité (l'effet gravitationnel) pour déplacer l'article de courrier du bac d'alimentation à une position d'impression et pour éjecter ensuite l'article de courrier ainsi imprimé vers le bac de réception, il n'est plus nécessaire de recourir à ces moyens de motorisation habituellement indispensables lorsque le chemin de transport des articles de courrier est horizontal. Il en résulte une machine à affranchir de conception plus simple et de grande fiabilité du fait de l'absence de ces pièces mécaniques mobiles et de leurs commandes complexes de synchronisation.
En outre, l'utilisation de la gravité qui implique la forte inclinaison (typiquement de 60° à 90°) du chemin de transport des articles de courrier a pour conséquence de diminuer notablement la surface au sol (foot print size) de la machine et donc de faciliter son utilisation dans un environnement bureautique.
Pour garantir un parfait positionnement de l'article de courrier devant les moyens d'impression, le plateau d'alimentation 12 est non seulement incliné mais il comporte une double inclinaison de telle sorte que, à l'issue de son processus de chute, l'enveloppe ou l'étiquette se retrouve en appui contre une paroi longitudinale de référence 12A et un volet de taquage rétractable 20, toujours dans une même position quelle que soit sa position initiale sur le plateau d'alimentation (étant bien sûr entendu que l'article de courrier présente une orientation prédéfinie). Dans cette position, elle est affranchie par les moyens fixes d'impression 10 puis, une fois l'impression achevée, la rétractation du volet 20 entraîne automatiquement sa chute du fait de la gravité dans le bac de réception 14 comme l'illustre la figure 2.
La machine à affranchir de la présente invention est particulièrement adaptée à des affranchissements en petit nombre (au plus quelque dizaines par jour) et, de par sa structure simplifiée et robuste, elle peut être mise en oeuvre dans des environnements divers, non seulement bureautique, mais aussi industriels ou commerciaux.Figures 1 and 2 illustrate in perspective a franking machine of mail items according to the invention. This mail item, envelope or label, has at least one printed thumbprint, as is customary, at the top right of this mail item. conventionally, such a machine comprises printing means 10 of the mail article, typically an inkjet print head, a tray or feed tray 12 for feeding mail items such printing means and a receiving tray 14 for receiving mail items once these are freed by the means of printing. Of course, this machine includes a user interface 16 for entering and displaying the postage amount or, if it is determined automatically, postal data necessary for its determination (weight class, geographical area of destination, services requested, etc.) and secure processing means 18 including, inter alia, postage accounting data, in particular ascending and descending counters, and the reloading data. It may also include means of connection to a remote server system which then makes it a communicating machine including reloading and sending statistics.
The feed tray can integrate a weighing module 22 delivering the weight of the mail piece placed on the tray and to be stamped. Thus, with this variant embodiment, the user will only have to enter the geographical code of destination of the mail item and possibly the requested service so that the postage amount of the mail item is determined. automatically and printing started once the weight calculation is complete.
In franking machines of the prior art, synchronized motorization means are provided for transporting mail items through the machine of the feed tray to the receiving tray through the printing means. In contrast, with the present invention which relies on the use of gravity (the gravitational effect) to move the mail item from the input tray to a print position and then eject the article from mail and printed to the receiving tray, it is no longer necessary to use these motorization means usually indispensable when the transport path of mail items is horizontal. This results in a postage meter of simpler design and high reliability due to the absence of these moving mechanical parts and their complex timing controls.
In addition, the use of gravity which involves the high inclination (typically 60 ° to 90 °) of the transport path of the mail items has the effect of significantly reducing the footprint of the machine and therefore to facilitate its use in an office environment.
To ensure perfect positioning of the mail article in front of the printing means, the feed tray 12 is not only inclined but has a double inclination so that, after its fall process, the envelope or the label is found in abutment against a longitudinal reference wall 12A and a retractable jogging flap 20, always in the same position regardless of its initial position on the feed tray (being of course understood that the mail item has a predefined orientation). In this position, it is franked by the fixed printing means 10 and, once the printing is complete, the retraction of the shutter 20 automatically causes its fall due to the gravity in the receiving tray 14 as shown in FIG. 2.
The franking machine of the present invention is particularly adapted to small numbers (at most a few tens per day) and, by its simplified and robust structure, it can be implemented in various environments, not only office, but also industrial or commercial.

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Machine à affranchir comportant un module d'impression d'articles de courrier (10) et un plateau d'alimentation (12) pour alimenter en articles de courrier lesdits moyens d'impression, caractérisé en ce que ledit plateau d'alimentation comporte une double inclinaison pour amener par gravité les articles de courrier disposés sur ce plateau contre un volet rétractable de taquage (20) dans une même position déterminée au niveau de laquelle ledit module d'impression appose une empreinte postale.A postage meter comprising a mail item printing module (10) and a feed tray (12) for supplying mail items with said printing means, characterized in that said feed tray comprises a double mailer tilting to bring by gravity the mail items disposed on this plate against a retractable jogging flap (20) in the same determined position at which said print module affixes a postal imprint. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit plateau est incliné d'un angle compris entre 60 et 90 ° selon une première direction (X) et d'un angle compris entre 60 et 90 ° selon une seconde direction (Y).Franking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate is inclined at an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a first direction (X) and at an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a second direction (Y ). Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit volet rétractable de taquage est mobile et s'escamote après l'impression de l'empreinte postale pour permettre sous l'effet de la gravité une descente automatique de l'article de courrier dans un bac de réception (14) des articles de courrier.Franking machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said retractable jogging flap is movable and retracts after the printing of the postal impression to allow under the effect of gravity an automatic descent of the article of mail in a receiving tray (14) of mail items. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit plateau d'alimentation en articles de courrier intègre un module de pesée (22) délivrant une valeur de poids de l'article de courrier posé sur ledit plateau d'alimentation et devant être affranchi.A franking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said mail piece feed tray incorporates a weigh module (22) delivering a weight value of the mail piece placed on said feed tray and to be freed.
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