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EP0064963B1
EP0064963B1 EP19820850100 EP82850100A EP0064963B1 EP 0064963 B1 EP0064963 B1 EP 0064963B1 EP 19820850100 EP19820850100 EP 19820850100 EP 82850100 A EP82850100 A EP 82850100A EP 0064963 B1 EP0064963 B1 EP 0064963B1
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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.
  • US-A-3 015 265 describes a print wheel device comprising a number of wheels 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, each wheel has a zero position defined by a slot which is detected by a magnetic head and in the zero position light may pass from lamp to a photosensitive element through an aperture.
  • a print wheel device comprising a number of wheels 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, each wheel has a zero position defined by a slot which is detected by a magnetic head and in the zero position light may pass from lamp to a photosensitive element through an aperture.
  • US-A-3 399 297 describes a device having the printing wheels formed from a material which permit light to pass therethrough.
  • 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 comprises at least one zero location for each locked position, corresponding to said locked position, the zero locations of each wheel being located at the same distance from the centre of the wheel and each zero location in the respective locked position permitting free passage for a sensing means, and in that on the wheel, at the same distance from the center of the wheel and between each pair of adjacent zero locations, there is a code position representing either a "1" or a "0" and being arranged such that when the wheel to be set is rotated a predetermined number of consecutive locked positions, starting from anyone of the locked positions, the predetermined number of code positions will pass the passway of the sensing means and the starting position will be identified.
  • Preferred embodiments are defined A-i the subclaims.
  • 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 adapted 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 surfaces 16 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 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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SE8102805A SE8102805L (sv) 1981-05-05 1981-05-05 Legesbestemningsanordning
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FR2572827B1 (fr) * 1984-11-05 1986-12-26 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
US4852482A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-08-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Automatic printwheel setting system

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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
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