CA1052312A - Insertion device for booking machines - Google Patents

Insertion device for booking machines

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Publication number
CA1052312A
CA1052312A CA234,421A CA234421A CA1052312A CA 1052312 A CA1052312 A CA 1052312A CA 234421 A CA234421 A CA 234421A CA 1052312 A CA1052312 A CA 1052312A
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Prior art keywords
funnels
insertion device
funnel
halves
coupling pin
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Application number
CA234,421A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Josef Euteneuer
Horst Wurscher
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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Priority claimed from DE19742441861 external-priority patent/DE2441861C3/en
Priority claimed from DE19742442337 external-priority patent/DE2442337C3/en
Priority claimed from DE2443240A external-priority patent/DE2443240A1/en
Application filed by Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV filed Critical Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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Publication of CA1052312A publication Critical patent/CA1052312A/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/48Apparatus for condensed record, tally strip, or like work using two or more papers, or sets of papers, e.g. devices for switching over from handling of copy material in sheet form to handling of copy material in continuous form and vice versa or point-of-sale printers comprising means for printing on continuous copy material, e.g. journal for tills, and on single sheets, e.g. cheques or receipts
    • B41J11/54Apparatus for condensed record, tally strip, or like work using two or more papers, or sets of papers, e.g. devices for switching over from handling of copy material in sheet form to handling of copy material in continuous form and vice versa or point-of-sale printers comprising means for printing on continuous copy material, e.g. journal for tills, and on single sheets, e.g. cheques or receipts in which one paper or set is fed towards printing position from the front of the apparatus

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  • Handling Of Cut Paper (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Conveying Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Common Mechanisms (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract An insertion device for booking machines, comprising two input funnels for record carriers, the said funnels arranged above the printing roller being laterally displaceable on guide rails over the full printing width after the release of a lock and two further adjacently arranged funnels which are mounted underneath the printing roller and which serve to support the reading and recording devices and the transport devices, locking devices being provided whereby the upper funnels can be coupled to the associated lower funnels.

Description

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The invention relates to an insertion device for booking machines, comprising insertion funnels for manually insertab:Le record carriers, the said funnels being laterally displaceable on guide rails over the printing width after the release of a lock.
The insertion device for booking machines are known to be formed from two separate slidable funnel halves, so that :record carriers of different width can be inserted. The two funnel halves are journal]ed on guide rails above the printing roller of a series printing device whereon they can be locked after adjustment of the form wid~h. The insertion device then projects above the booking machine, thus disturbing the overall appearance. This also hampers the insertion of a record carrier by the operator.
The invention has for its object to construct the insertion device such that the insertion funnel projects only slightly from the booking machine and that the insertion of the record carrier is substantially facilitated, accurately straight insertion and ejection being possible without special devices being required.
According to the present invention, then, there is provided an insertion device for booking machines, comprising two upper input funnels for manually insertable record carriers) the said funnels being mounted to be adjacent above a printing platen and being laterally displaceable on guide rails over the full printing width, and two further adjacently arranged lower funnels which are mounted underneath the printing platen and are also laterally adjustable, characterized in that locking devices are provided , .

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whereby the upper funnels can be coupled to the associated lower funnels for lateral adjustment together and whereby the funnels can be locked in the positions to which they are adjusted.
Because the intake and ejection devices of ~his insertion device, consisting of various parts, are situated below the printing plane of the printing device, it may occur that, after the ejection of the record carrier, the record carrier becomes stuck above the ejection device within the reach of the printing device, if the record carrier is not immediately removed from the insertion device.
In accordance with a further embodiment according to the invention, therefore, an additional ejection device is provided in one of the funnel halves situated above the printing roller, this additional device serving to maintain the ejected record carrier in a position above the printing area, so that vertical ejection of the record carrier is ensured.
~le invention will be described in detail hereina-fter with reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the complete insertion device according to the invention.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the additional ejec~ion device.
The complete insertion device consists of two funnel halves 1 and
2 which are provided above the printing roller 5, and lower funnel halves
3 and 4 which are situated underneath the printing roller 5. The two lower funnel halves 3 and 4 are accommodated in a common housing 9 wherein they are laterally displaceable. Each of the two upper funnel halves 1 and 2 is slidable on a guide rail 6 by way of the rollers 7 and 8. The housing 9 of the lower funnel halves 3 P11~.7~-163 C

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and 4 is sliclable on a rail 10. The two lower fllnnel halves 3 and ~I can t`ur-~hermore be la-terally displaced over gulde ralls 11 and 12. The hollsing ~ of` the lower funnel halves 3 and 4 accommodates the transport rollers 13 and 14 for the insertion and the ejection of the record carrier, and also the printing - and reading devices. The upper guide rail 6 and the lower rail 10 are secured to the housing of the booking machine in a manner not shown. On -the upper guide rail 6 -there is provided a plate 15 which extends over the entire ~orm wid-th and which is provided with teeth on the fron side for locking the funnel - halves 1 and 2~ The lower funnel halves 3 and 4 can be arrested on a shaft 26 which is secured ln the housing 9.
In each of the upper fllnnel halves 1 and 2 a loclcing pawl 17 is provided which is ~journalled on a shaft 18 1~ and which is also provided with -teeth on the end 1~ for loclcing purposes. The spring 20 keeps the pawl 17 in the locking posi~
tion. Via a lever 21 and a connecting rod 22, the relevant funnel half 1 or 2 can be manually slid in the lateral direc--tion. As a result, the upper funnel halves 1 and 2 can be aligned with respect to the associated lower funnel halves 3 and 4; this is necessary, for example, during assembly.
On the outer edge of each lower funnel half 3 and 4 a locklng pawl 23 is provided, one end 24 of which is situated below the opening of a coupling element 27, the other end 25 thereof being provided with teeth which engage the teeth of the shaft 26. ~ike for the upper funnelhalves 1 and 2 this locking position is maintained by a spring 2~.
On each upper funnel half 1 and 2 there is provided a locking button 30 and 31 which can be moved down-wards on both sides. A coupling pin 32, 33 is connected to the upper portion of these but-tons. The lower end of the coupling pin 32 as well as 33 is accornmodated in a bush 34. The reset Pl{~.71~ _ l 6~ c 105'~3~2 3-7--l975 sprlng 35 bears against the busll 34, and kee~ps the button 30 in tlle starting position.
The adjustment of the form width is effec-ted by means of the locking buttons 30 and 31. If one of these buttons is pressed downwards, the end of the coupling pin 32 engages, viathe associated coupling element 27, 28, the snd 24 of the pawl 23, thus un~ocking -this pawl against -the force of the spring 29. Before the end of the coupling pin 32 ~ 33 engages the pawl 23, but after this pin has been guided into -the ele-ments 27, 28, the obligue side 36 of the button 30, 31 slides over the end 37 of the pawl 17, thlls turning this pawl against the force of the spring 20. As a result, first the locking of the upper funnel half 1, 2 and subsequently the locking of the lower ~unnel half 3, 4 is effected. In this operating position f the 'loclcing buttons 30, 31, the upper funnel half 1, 2 and the associate'd lower funnel half 3, 4 can be adjusted in the lateral direction on the guide rails 6, 11 and 12 in dependence of the~form. When the locking buttons are allowed to snap upwards again, the two pawls 17 and 23 engage each other again by way of their teeth.
In one of the two upper f`unnel halves, in the left-hand'funnel hal~ q in the relevant example, moreover, an ejection device is provided which is'slightly wider for this reason. In a housing 38 there is provided an electric rnotor ' 39 which drives a shaft 41 via a drive 40. On this shaft 41 two bearing houses 42 and 43 are journalled to be rotatable;
therebetween gearwheels 44, 45 are provided which are rigidly connected to the drive shaft 41. These gearwheels 44 and 45 are linked to the two transport rollers 46 and 1~7 which are journalled in the bearing housings and-which can rotate about the shaft 41 together with these housings. In the centre between the two bearing housings 1l~ and 1l3 on the shaft 41 -~ PI~ 163 C
10~3~Z ` 3~7~.l975 there is provided a brake ll8, on the prolongation ~l~ of which a trip 50 is pivotably journalled. This trip 50 is also pivo-tably cormected to the two bearing housings 42 and 1~3, 1~hen the shaf-t 4l is driven in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 3) 9 the bralce 48 is talcen along so ~ar in the direction of the guide slot 51 for the record carrier,and hence also the trip 50 and the bearing housings ~l2 and 43, that the two transport rollers 46 and 47 contact the record carrier and eject the record carrier in the upwards direction in co-operation with the counter roller 52. The pivotable journalling of the housings-42 and 43 ensures that the two transport rollers 46 and l~7 always contact -the record carrier at the same pressure. Moreover, it is achieved that the two rollers ~6 and 1~7 0xert a wedging effect on the counter roller 52 which each time acts against the ejection direction, and hence agains-t the direction of rotation of the transport rollers 46 and 47. ~ue to this wedging ef~ect it is achieved that the record carrier present between the transport rollers 46 and 47 and the counter roller 52 can follow the direction of the rotation of the transport rollers and is ultimately e~ected.
. The contact lever 53 of a microswitch 54 pro-jects into the guide s:Lot 51. This microswitch is operated by the record carrier present in the slot 51. Because of the presence of this contact lever 53 and by utilizing a corres-25~ ponding programming, it is achieved that the electric motor 39 of the ejection device is switches on only when the record carrier is moved in the ejection direction by the transport rollers 13 and 14. A~-ter depar-ture from the transport rollers . 13 and 14, the record carrier is moved .further only by the transport roller 46 anc1 47, until -the lower edge of the record carrier is above these transport rollers 46 and 47. In this case the elect:ric motor remains switched on for as long as the P~1~.74-163 C

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contac-t lever 23 rernains c1eflected by the recor~ carrier, i e_ for as lon~ as the record carrler has not been removed Irom the :Lnser-tion device or1 if this record carrler need not be reinserted (if so programmed), i-t is maintained in the position above the printing roller 5 by the continuously rotating rollers 46 and 47.
The fact that the transport rollers 46 and 47 are arranged to be pivotable enables the record carrier -to be accurately vertically ejec-ted. Irregularities of the record carrier have no effect because, due to the wedging ef~ect, the two transport rollers 46 and 47 adapt themsel~es independent of eachother -to the circumstances at the contact area with the record carrier. ~ue to the trip-like jo1lrnalling of the trans-port rollers 46 and 47, not only irregularlties in the record carrler but also differences and tolerances in the insertion fu~nel and differences in the parallelity o~ the counter roller 52 with respect to the bearings on the shaft are compensated for. The e~jection of the record carrier is thus smoothly ef~ected.
~ After the switching off of t~e electric motor 39, the brake 48 is returned to the rest position shown in ~ig. 3 by the spring 55.

Claims (6)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An insertion device for booking machines, comprising two upper input funnels for manually insertable record carriers, the said funnels being mounted to be adjacent above a printing platen and being laterally displaceable on guide rails over the full printing width, and two further adjacently arranged lower funnels which are mounted underneath the printing platen and are also laterally adjustable, characterized in that locking devices are provided whereby the upper funnels can be coupled to the associated lower funnels for lateral adjustment together and whereby the funnels can be locked in the posi-tions to which they are adjusted.
2. An insertion device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the lower funnel halves are slidably arranged in a common housing, the housing also being slidable.
3. An insertion device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the locking devices comprise two slidable locking buttons each provided with a coupling pin, and each button being provided on one of the upper funnel halves and engaging in a coupling element of the associated lower funnel half after sliding.
4. An insertion device as claimed in Claim 3, characterized in that each funnel half supports a pawl lever, one end of which engages in a locking rail, their other end co-operating with the associated coupling pin.
5. An insertion device as claimed in Claim 4, characterized in that each coupling pin is constructed such that it operates the pawl lever of the associated upper funnel half before operating the pawl lever of the associated lower funnel half, the said coupling pin being maintained in the uncoupled position by a spring.
6 An insertion device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that one of the upper funnel halves is provided with an additional ejection device and two transport rollers which are journalled to be rotatable towards the record carrier and which are coupled to be pivotable with respect to each other and are driven by a permanently journalled drive shaft.
CA234,421A 1974-08-31 1975-08-28 Insertion device for booking machines Expired CA1052312A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19742441861 DE2441861C3 (en) 1974-08-31 1974-08-31 Plug-in device on booking machines
DE19742442337 DE2442337C3 (en) 1974-09-04 Ejection device on a plug-in device on booking machines
DE2443240A DE2443240A1 (en) 1974-09-10 1974-09-10 Accounting machine entry mechanism - has half-hoppers above and below platen accommodating registration carriers and mechanisms

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CA1052312A true CA1052312A (en) 1979-04-10

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JP (1) JPS5150798A (en)
CA (1) CA1052312A (en)
FR (1) FR2283007A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1523608A (en)
IT (1) IT1042146B (en)
NL (1) NL7510034A (en)
SE (1) SE411869B (en)

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DE3423195A1 (en) * 1984-06-22 1986-01-02 Gerald 2000 Hamburg Russbült Device for producing at least one labelling of a flat printing carrier

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IT1042146B (en) 1980-01-30
JPS5150798A (en) 1976-05-04
FR2283007B1 (en) 1982-11-12
SE7509538L (en) 1976-03-01
SE411869B (en) 1980-02-11
FR2283007A1 (en) 1976-03-26
GB1523608A (en) 1978-09-06
NL7510034A (en) 1976-03-02

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