EP0064963A1 - Dispositif pour annuler - Google Patents

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EP0064963A1
EP0064963A1 EP82850100A EP82850100A EP0064963A1 EP 0064963 A1 EP0064963 A1 EP 0064963A1 EP 82850100 A EP82850100 A EP 82850100A EP 82850100 A EP82850100 A EP 82850100A EP 0064963 A1 EP0064963 A1 EP 0064963A1
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Gill Söderström
Walter Derwén
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Almex AB
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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
    • B41J7/00—Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms
    • B41J7/34—Type-face selected by operation of rotary members
    • 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
    • B41K3/04—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped
    • B41K3/08—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped having adjustable type-carrying wheels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B11/00—Apparatus for validating or cancelling issued tickets
    • G07B11/02—Apparatus for validating or cancelling issued tickets for validating inserted tickets

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  • the present invention relates to a cancellor for tickets or the like, comprising a number of wheels being rotatably mounted on a common shaft and individually settable in locked positions each corresponding to a position of types disposed on the wheels for the printing of characters on a ticket or the like.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a cancellor of the kind stated above, wherein the mutual positions of the wheels can easily be determined automatically, e.g. by means of a micro processor.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a cancellor of the kind stated above, having a reliable and simple structure.
  • each wheel in every locked position has at least one zero position corresponding to said locked position, wherein the zero positions of each wheel are located at the same distance from the centre of the wheel, and wherein each zero position in the respective locked position permits free passage for a sensing means, and in that a code position is disposed on the wheel between each pair of adjacent zero positions for the determination of'the position of each wheel, so that when the wheel to be set is rotated between two adjacent locked positions, one of said code positions will pass by said sensing means.
  • Fig. 1 is a cross-section along line I - I in Fig. 2 of a portion of cancellor according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a partly sectional view as indicated by line II-II in Fig. 1.
  • a lead-screw 2 is journalled for rotation in either direction by means of a motor 3.
  • a guide 4 is movable back and forth on the lead-screw 2 so as to displace a drive wheel 5 along a shaft 6 driving the drive wheel, said shaft 6 being also journalled in the frame 1 and being driven by a motor 6a.
  • Another shaft 7 is journalled in the frame 1 and carries a number of individually rotatable type wheels 8. These type wheels are rotated intermittently into positions defined by a spring loaded locking pin 9 adapbd to engage with recesses 10 at the inside of the type wheel. As is best shown in Fig.
  • the type wheel is provided along its circumference with projections 11, at the outer ends of which types with characters, such as numerals and/or letters, are disposed. These characters are adapted to be transferred onto a ticket or the like at the location 12 by way of pressing a die 13 by means of a punch magnet 14 against a row of such projections.
  • the individual type wheels are driven by the drive wheel 5 in that the drive wheel is provided with teeth 15 engaging between the projections 11.
  • the surfaces16 located between the projections 11 on the circumference of the type wheel are intended for visual indication.
  • each type wheel has a zero position, which corresponds to the locked position and is constituted by a hole 17 extending axially through the type wheel.
  • a light beam generated by a transmitter 18, can reach a receiver 19 in each locked position by propagating through the whole package of type wheels, as is best shown in Fig.2.
  • the code of this code position is either another hole 21 made between two zero position holes or no such hole.
  • the receiver a signal "1" or a signal "0" when a code position passes by the receiver.
  • a toothed gear 22 is secured on the lead-screw 2 and meshes with a toothed gear 23 mounted on the shaft 7.
  • the position of the guide can also be determined by rotating the screw 2 by means of the motor 3 and sensing the position by means of the transmitter 18 and the receiver 19.
  • the receiver 19 is preferably connected to a micro processor which receives information on the positions of the. type wheels and the guide and thereupon, by actuating the motors 3 and 6a, sets the right characters at the type wheels.
  • each wheel In order to determine the correct positions of the type wheels, in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each wheel must be rotated to four consecutive locked positions, in view of the number of projections on the type wheels, in order to determine the particular position.
  • these four rotating steps can be reduced to only one rotation to the adjacent locked position in case four transmitters and four receivers are disposed on the one hand in registry with four consecutive holes corresponding to the holes 17 in the preferred embodiment or, on the other hand, in registry with four holes located along the radius of the type wheel repeatedly around the whole type wheel at the same location as the holes 17 of the preferred embodiment, wherein, e.g. in level with the location 12 in Fig. 1, four transmitters and receivers are arranged in a row along the radius of the type wheels.
  • the type wheels can have different widths in accordance with the particular character to be printed or, advantageously, distance wheels without characters can be placed between the type wheels.
  • a slot can be made instead of two adjacent holes, said slot extending through the hole 17 as well as the corresponding code position 20,21.

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  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Ticket-Dispensing Machines (AREA)
EP19820850100 1981-05-05 1982-05-05 Dispositif pour annuler Expired EP0064963B1 (fr)

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SE8102805 1981-05-05
SE8102805A SE8102805L (sv) 1981-05-05 1981-05-05 Legesbestemningsanordning

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EP0064963A1 true EP0064963A1 (fr) 1982-11-17
EP0064963B1 EP0064963B1 (fr) 1986-10-01

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FR2572827A1 (fr) * 1984-11-05 1986-05-09 Etude Const App Precision Dispositif de positionnement angulaire automatique d'une pluralite d'organes rotatifs indexables de machine, et machine, notamment machine d'affranchissement postal comportant un tel dispositif
FR2625138A1 (fr) * 1987-12-21 1989-06-30 Pitney Bowes Inc Systeme automatique de composition de roue d'impression

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US3015265A (en) * 1960-08-11 1962-01-02 Ibm Driving apparatus
US3399297A (en) * 1964-01-17 1968-08-27 Brunswick Corp Printing apparatus
US3747517A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-07-24 Maks Apparatebau Brede F Type wheel setting and locking means and print actuating means in selective printers
US3929276A (en) * 1973-04-17 1975-12-30 Hugin Kassaregister Ab Device for setting type carrying means in a printing device having at least one printing position, especially for cash registers
GB2018684A (en) * 1978-01-20 1979-10-24 Mccorquodale Machine Systens L Printing apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3015265A (en) * 1960-08-11 1962-01-02 Ibm Driving apparatus
US3399297A (en) * 1964-01-17 1968-08-27 Brunswick Corp Printing apparatus
US3747517A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-07-24 Maks Apparatebau Brede F Type wheel setting and locking means and print actuating means in selective printers
US3929276A (en) * 1973-04-17 1975-12-30 Hugin Kassaregister Ab Device for setting type carrying means in a printing device having at least one printing position, especially for cash registers
GB2018684A (en) * 1978-01-20 1979-10-24 Mccorquodale Machine Systens L Printing apparatus

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2572827A1 (fr) * 1984-11-05 1986-05-09 Etude Const App Precision Dispositif de positionnement angulaire automatique d'une pluralite d'organes rotatifs indexables de machine, et machine, notamment machine d'affranchissement postal comportant un tel dispositif
EP0181804A1 (fr) * 1984-11-05 1986-05-21 Societe D'etude Et De Construction D'appareils De Precision (S.E.C.A.P.) Dispositif de positionnement angulaire automatique d'une pluralité d'organes rotatifs indexables de machine, et machine, notamment machine d'affranchissement postal, comportant un tel dispositif
US4723486A (en) * 1984-11-05 1988-02-09 Societe D'etude Et De Construction D'appareils De Precision (S.E.C.A.P.) Device for automatic angular positioning of a plurality of indexable rotary machine elements, and a machine comprising a device of this type, especially a postal franking machine
FR2625138A1 (fr) * 1987-12-21 1989-06-30 Pitney Bowes Inc Systeme automatique de composition de roue d'impression
US4852482A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-08-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Automatic printwheel setting system

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ES8304335A1 (es) 1983-02-16
EP0064963B1 (fr) 1986-10-01
DE3273518D1 (de) 1986-11-06
SE8102805L (sv) 1982-11-06
ES511940A0 (es) 1983-02-16

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