EP0123354B1 - Equipment for the repetitive printing of cheques - Google Patents

Equipment for the repetitive printing of cheques Download PDF

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EP0123354B1
EP0123354B1 EP84200530A EP84200530A EP0123354B1 EP 0123354 B1 EP0123354 B1 EP 0123354B1 EP 84200530 A EP84200530 A EP 84200530A EP 84200530 A EP84200530 A EP 84200530A EP 0123354 B1 EP0123354 B1 EP 0123354B1
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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
    • B41J11/36Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/42Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering

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  • the invention relates to an equipment for the repetitive printing of cheques and other similar forms according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a drawback of said conventional machines resides in that they do not allow to repetitively fill up cheques of different maximum values, for doing so the operator being compelled to change, whenever necessary, the continuous or band-like form fed to the machine.
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide an equipment which is simpler than that of the above DE-A-2826396 for the reason that instead of two only one actuating means is needed to obtain feeding of a form in the position, in which it is removed from the corresponding box and fed to the printing unit.
  • a frame 1 supports a rotating unit 4 comprising a plurality of circularly disposed boxes 2 each adapted to contain a plurality of cheques or similar forms 3 piled up with the side to be printed facing outwardly, each box containing cheques or forms of the same shape, type, color, denomination or the like.
  • the boxes 2 are in a number of eight and circularly disposed relative to a shaft 5 associated to a stepwise rotating motor 6 integral with the frame 1.
  • Each box 2 is provided with a transparent lid 7 having an opening 8 and a pair of triangular guides 9.
  • a drawing station-generally denoted at 10- is provided, said station comprising a first rotating roller 11 and a second rotating roller 12 the roller 11 is a motor-roller and is disposed in front of the opening 8 so as to contact with its rubber surface the first cheque 3 of each pile, while the roller 12 is associated with an idle counter-roller 13.
  • the first extremity 14 of a U-shaped track 15 ends near the drawing station 10 and said track 15 comprises, along its run, a plurality of pairs of rollers, generally denoted at 16, each comprising a motor roller 17 and an idle counter-roller 18, the axes of said rollers 17 and 18 being so oriented to apply on the passing cheques 3 a pressure directed along two components, i.e. one component determining the advancement of the cheque and the other being inclined relative to the first one so as to make said cheque adhering to the track 15.
  • the distance between consecutive pairs of rollers 16 is less than the length of a cheque 3 and, therefore, less than the length of boxes 2.
  • the second extremity 19 of track 15 ends in correspondence of a printing unit 20 comprising a pair of ring disposed pressing belts 21 and 22.
  • the pressing belt 21 is supported by driving rollers 23 and by an element 24, while the pressing belt 22 is supported by driving rollers 28 and is so conformed not to interfere with the printing heads 25 of unit 20.
  • said heads 25 are in number of six disposed at different levels (only three are visible in Fig. 1) so as to have each head in a position corresponding to each printing area of the cheques 3.
  • a printing tape 26 passes in front of the heads 25 fed by rollers 27.
  • a discharging track 30 is provided ending in a collecting container 31.
  • a key-board 29 makes part of the electronic circuit shown in Fig. 3 wherein said key-board is shown in the form of a block.
  • the block 29 is directly connected to a block 32 constituting the input of the printing unit 20 and is also connected to a block 33 which is the memory into which the necessary information are inserted, such as the amount of the cheques and other data.
  • the block 33 is directly connected to a block 34 controlling the rotation of rotating unit 4 so as to position the proper box 2 in front of drawing station 10, the proper box being selected depending on the information stored in block 32.
  • the block 35 controls the drawing station 10, in particular roller 11, while block 32, as above stated, controls the printing unit 20 and the output signal of said block 32 is returned to the block 29 through fed-back line 36.
  • the rotating unit 4 will position the proper box 2 in front of the drawing station 10 and rollers 11 and 12 will draw out from the opening 8 the first cheque 3 of the pile, this operation being facilitated by the guides 9, and said cheque is forwarded along the track 15 for rotation of rollers 17.
  • the inclined disposition of the rollers 17 and 18, as above stated, will keep the cheque 3 adhering with its lower edge to the track 15 so as to present the same cheque to the printing unit 20 correctly positioned.
  • the considered cheque reaches the extremity 19 of the track 15 and drawn in front of the printing heads 25 by the pressing belts 21 and 22, while passing in front of said heads will be printed "en bloque" without stopping.
  • the cheque considered When exiting from the printing unit 20, the cheque considered is conveyed along the discharging track 30 into the collecting container 31 from which it will be collected for the final operations, i.e. signature by an Officer of the bank.

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Abstract

The method for the repetitive printing of cheques and similar forms, according to the invention, comprises the steps of: (a) piling up a plurality of cheques in a plurality of boxes, each box containing cheques of the same shape, type, color, denomination and the like disposed with the front side thereof facing outwardly; (b) transferring a selected one of said boxes in front of a drawing station for drawing the first cheque of the pile out of the related box; (c) conveying said first cheque along a track leading to a printing unit; (d) printing said front side of said first cheque while the same passes through said printing unit; and (e) discharging said printed cheque into a collecting zone. The equipment for carrying out the above method comprises a rotating unit (4) having a plurality of boxes (2) circularly disposed, each box having an opening (8) and each adapt to contain a plurality of cheques (3) of the same shape, type, color, denomination and the like disposed with the front side thereof facing outwardly, a drawing station (10) positioned near said rotating unit (4), a track (15) for conveying individual cheques from said drawing station to a printing unit (20), means (30) for transferring said printed cheques from said printing unit to a collecting zone (31), and electronic means (29-36) for controlling the operation of said equipment.

Description

  • The invention relates to an equipment for the repetitive printing of cheques and other similar forms according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • In the banking transactions it's necessary to quicken all those operations which are carried out by the counter clerk, in particular those operations concerning the issuing of cheques to the clients, which cheques have to be filled up by inserting a plurality of information.
  • Actually the cheques issued at a bank counter are filled up by using conventional typewriters and said cheques have to be completed by inserting the date, the amount both in letters and numerals as well as information concerning the beneficiary and others.
  • In order to hasten up the above operations are already known machines associated to a computer which are able to quickly print a high number of cheques all assembled in a continuous or band-like form.
  • A drawback of said conventional machines resides in that they do not allow to repetitively fill up cheques of different maximum values, for doing so the operator being compelled to change, whenever necessary, the continuous or band-like form fed to the machine.
  • Said drawback is eliminated by a printing machine for the repetitive printing of forms according to the preamble of claim 1 and known from DE-A-2826396. This known device involves:
  • a) means for moving a selected box in front of the input opening of a printing unit, and b) means for moving the selected box into said opening. Thus, two means are needed that a form is brought in the position in which it is removed from the corresponding box and fed to the printing unit.
  • The main object of the present invention is to provide an equipment which is simpler than that of the above DE-A-2826396 for the reason that instead of two only one actuating means is needed to obtain feeding of a form in the position, in which it is removed from the corresponding box and fed to the printing unit.
  • The above object is obtained by an equipment according to the invention having the features recited in the characterizing clause of the appended claim 1.
  • One way for carrying out the invention is described below with reference to drawings which illustrate only one specific embodiment. In the drawings:
    • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of the equipment according to the invention;
    • Fig. 2 is a side view of the equipment of Fig. 1; and
    • Fig. 3 is a flow diagram in block form of the piloting electronic circuit.
  • With particular reference to Figs. 1 and 2, a frame 1 supports a rotating unit 4 comprising a plurality of circularly disposed boxes 2 each adapted to contain a plurality of cheques or similar forms 3 piled up with the side to be printed facing outwardly, each box containing cheques or forms of the same shape, type, color, denomination or the like. In the embodiment shown, the boxes 2 are in a number of eight and circularly disposed relative to a shaft 5 associated to a stepwise rotating motor 6 integral with the frame 1.
  • Each box 2 is provided with a transparent lid 7 having an opening 8 and a pair of triangular guides 9. Integral with the frame 1 and near the rotating unit 4 a drawing station-generally denoted at 10-is provided, said station comprising a first rotating roller 11 and a second rotating roller 12 the roller 11 is a motor-roller and is disposed in front of the opening 8 so as to contact with its rubber surface the first cheque 3 of each pile, while the roller 12 is associated with an idle counter-roller 13.
  • The first extremity 14 of a U-shaped track 15 ends near the drawing station 10 and said track 15 comprises, along its run, a plurality of pairs of rollers, generally denoted at 16, each comprising a motor roller 17 and an idle counter-roller 18, the axes of said rollers 17 and 18 being so oriented to apply on the passing cheques 3 a pressure directed along two components, i.e. one component determining the advancement of the cheque and the other being inclined relative to the first one so as to make said cheque adhering to the track 15. The distance between consecutive pairs of rollers 16 is less than the length of a cheque 3 and, therefore, less than the length of boxes 2.
  • The second extremity 19 of track 15 ends in correspondence of a printing unit 20 comprising a pair of ring disposed pressing belts 21 and 22. The pressing belt 21 is supported by driving rollers 23 and by an element 24, while the pressing belt 22 is supported by driving rollers 28 and is so conformed not to interfere with the printing heads 25 of unit 20.
  • In the embodiment shown, said heads 25 are in number of six disposed at different levels (only three are visible in Fig. 1) so as to have each head in a position corresponding to each printing area of the cheques 3. A printing tape 26 passes in front of the heads 25 fed by rollers 27.
  • Downstream of the printing unit 20 a discharging track 30 is provided ending in a collecting container 31.
  • A key-board 29 makes part of the electronic circuit shown in Fig. 3 wherein said key-board is shown in the form of a block. With particular reference to Fig. 3, the block 29 is directly connected to a block 32 constituting the input of the printing unit 20 and is also connected to a block 33 which is the memory into which the necessary information are inserted, such as the amount of the cheques and other data. The block 33 is directly connected to a block 34 controlling the rotation of rotating unit 4 so as to position the proper box 2 in front of drawing station 10, the proper box being selected depending on the information stored in block 32. The block 35 controls the drawing station 10, in particular roller 11, while block 32, as above stated, controls the printing unit 20 and the output signal of said block 32 is returned to the block 29 through fed-back line 36.
  • Every morning the operator inserts in block 33 the date and, through keyboard 29, he inserts the numerical data corresponding to the amount of the cheque, the name of the beneficiary and possible other information. The amount inserted by numerical parameters is automatically converted by the electronic circuit in letters, thus avoiding the insertion twice of the same datum.
  • Depending on the amount inserted, the rotating unit 4 will position the proper box 2 in front of the drawing station 10 and rollers 11 and 12 will draw out from the opening 8 the first cheque 3 of the pile, this operation being facilitated by the guides 9, and said cheque is forwarded along the track 15 for rotation of rollers 17. The inclined disposition of the rollers 17 and 18, as above stated, will keep the cheque 3 adhering with its lower edge to the track 15 so as to present the same cheque to the printing unit 20 correctly positioned.
  • The considered cheque reaches the extremity 19 of the track 15 and drawn in front of the printing heads 25 by the pressing belts 21 and 22, while passing in front of said heads will be printed "en bloque" without stopping.
  • When exiting from the printing unit 20, the cheque considered is conveyed along the discharging track 30 into the collecting container 31 from which it will be collected for the final operations, i.e. signature by an Officer of the bank.
  • In the above description reference is made in particular to cheques, but the method and equipment of the invention can obviously be used for other forms which have to be filed up in a manner similar to the filling up of the cheques.

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1. An equipment for the repetitive printing of cheques and similar forms comprising: a printing unit (20), a plurality of form containing boxes (2) having a form outlet opening (8) and mounted on a controllably movable structure (4) moving a preselected one of said boxes (2) towards a means (10) for drawing a form from the outlet opening (8) of said preselected box (2), means (17, 18) for conveying it along a track (15) to the printing unit (20), means (30) for transferring it to a collecting zone (31), and electronic means (29-36) for controlling the operation of the equipment, characterised in that:
a) the controllably movable structure (4) is rotatably mounted and has said plurality of boxes (2) circularly disposed with their outlet openings (8) facing outwards; and
b) the drawing means (10) are located substantially tangentially to the circular trajectory of said boxes (21) on a level with the openings (8) of said boxes (2) so that the opening (8) of a preselected box (2) is moved directly in front of said drawing means (10) enabling itto draw a form from said box (2).
2. An equipment according to claim 1, characterised in that the conveying means comprises pair of rollers (17-18), the axes of said rollers being so oriented to apply pressure on the passing form (3) directed along two components, one component determining the advancement of the cheque and the other being inclined relative to the first one to make said passing form (3) adhering to said track (15).
3. An equipment according to claim 1, characterised in that said printing unit (20) comprises a plurality of printing heads (25) disposed at different levels corresponding to the levels of the printing area of the forms (3).
4. An equipment according to claim 3, characterised in that said printing unit (20) comprises means (21,22) for advancing individual cheques in front of said printing heads.
5. An equipment according to claim 4, characterised in that said means comprises driven pressing belts (21, 22).
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AT84200530T ATE37687T1 (en) 1983-04-21 1984-04-13 ARRANGEMENT FOR REPEATING CHECKS.

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IT02909/83A IT1172523B (en) 1983-04-21 1983-04-21 METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR REPETITIVE CHECK PRINTING
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