EP0199333B1 - Etikettenwähler für Frankiermaschinen - Google Patents

Etikettenwähler für Frankiermaschinen Download PDF

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EP0199333B1
EP0199333B1 EP86105516A EP86105516A EP0199333B1 EP 0199333 B1 EP0199333 B1 EP 0199333B1 EP 86105516 A EP86105516 A EP 86105516A EP 86105516 A EP86105516 A EP 86105516A EP 0199333 B1 EP0199333 B1 EP 0199333B1
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Claude Gerbaud
Claude Tetard
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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/0025—Storage of, e.g. ribbon
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00612—Attaching item on mailpiece
    • G07B2017/0062—Label

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  • the present invention relates generally to franking machines. Its purpose is a label selector for the selective supply of short or long labels of a franking machine, depending on whether one wishes to print a postage stamp alone or a postage stamp accompanied by a additional fixed information such as an advertising flame for example.
  • the existing franking machines comprise, in a known manner, in a rotary drum printing head, first means assigned to printing a franking stamp and second retractable means assigned to printing fixed information. , such as an advertising flame, for example.
  • This same head is also equipped with a control lever linked to these second printing means, for their retraction or not.
  • the control lever is mounted at the end of the head for its accessibility; it can be actuated manually in a first position, for which the second means are retracted and the head will then only ensure the printing of the postage stamp alone, and in a second position for which the second printing means are not retracted and the print head will print the postage stamp and the advertising flame one after the other.
  • This single or double printing is carried out either directly on envelopes or on short or long labels depending on the impression they should receive.
  • the labels after printing will be stuck on folds or packages.
  • the print head and an associated counter-roller are mounted to receive between them the envelopes driven by a transport mechanism as well as the labels to be printed.
  • These labels are issued by an automatic label dispenser fitted to franking machines.
  • the labels are advantageously taken on demand from a continuous postage tape cut to the length of the desired labels.
  • the postage tape is intermittently driven, response to an external command, to release in response to another external command for selecting a short or long label a first or a second length of ribbon which is cut by a knife.
  • a crank rod of the label strip length advance mechanism has a button for selecting the label length for the operator and takes one of two possible positions to which correspond the two lengths of labels.
  • a plate, belonging to this crank rod and having a lug ensures in correspondence the opening of a microswitch during the selection of long labels and its closure during the selection of short labels.
  • This microswitch is inserted in the supply circuit of the electromagnet for controlling the retractable printing means, for placing them in the retracted or raised position depending on whether the armature of the electromagnet is energized or at rest.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a safe and reliable selection control between short labels and long labels which a label dispenser delivers to a franking machine, to exclude double printing while the franking machine is supplied. in short labels, for which part of the double printing would pass on the backing roller.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a label selector for a distributor of short and long labels ensuring, in response to a manual command, the selective feeding of a franking machine coupled to the dispenser and comprising a printing drum equipped with first fixed means for printing a franking stamp and second retractable means for printing of additional information known as an advertising flame and control means mechanically coupled to said second printing means for their selective actuation in a first retracted position of non-printing of advertising flame and in a second raised position of advertising flame printing, said selector being coupled to said control means of the second printing means and characterized in that it comprises said control means constituted by a manual lever with two positions for the two positions of the second printing means, mounted at the end of the drum , said advertising lever and also constituting said manual selector control , and a position detector of said lever, said position detector comprising a transmitter and a receiver mounted relative to said advertising lever to be coupled to each other in a single chosen one of the two positions of the lever and being connected to said label dispenser, to directly deliver a signal for
  • said transmitter and receiver are both mounted at a distance from the lever and form the same opto-electronic head, and said lever carries a mirror ensuring their coupling for that of the positions of the lever for which said second means assigned at the printing of the advertising flame are retracted, for the non-printing of the advertising flame.
  • the franking machine being as such of known type, it has simply been shown schematically by illustrating in the figure a printing drum 1, integral with a shaft 2 for its drive in rotation, according to arrow 3.
  • This drum belongs to the printing head of the machine. It carries a first engraved printing plate, called a franking plate; this first curved plate 4 is fixed on the periphery of the drum.
  • Means for printing the postage amount and generally the date for example of the type with internal printing wheels of the drum and adjustable in position or of the type with ink jet printing device controlled in synchronism with the drum, not shown, associated with it, for printing through suitable windows that it has corresponding indications of postage.
  • the printing drum 1 also carries a second engraved printing plate 5 retractably mounted on its periphery.
  • This second printing plate 5, called the advertising flame plate is intended for the possible printing of fixed additional information, such as an advertising flame for example.
  • This advertising flame plate is linked by a set of articulated rods symbolized by the connection in dashed lines 6 to a control lever 7.
  • the control lever 7, called the advertising lever is mounted at the end of the printing drum 1 and is actuable by an operator in a first position, given in dotted lines, for which the advertising flame plate 5 is put in the retracted position also illustrated in correspondence in dotted lines, and in a second position, given in solid lines, for which the plate advertising flame 5 is placed in the non-retracted or printing position given in correspondence in solid lines.
  • a flat 8 on the printing drum makes it possible to define a rest position of the drum and the location of this rest position. It is in this drum rest position that the advertising lever 7 is placed in one of its first and second positions for controlling the positioning of the advertising flame plate.
  • guide means of the end ball type, resiliently biased are provided on the rear face of the lever 7 and two cylinder imprints connected by a groove in an arc of a circle are provided in the end face of the drum so that the first and second positions of the lever are stable positions.
  • This counter-roller 10 like the drum 1, is supported by the chassis not shown in the machine.
  • the counter-roller 10 is in practice elastically urged to cooperate effectively with the drum during printing; when the print head is at rest, the flat part 8 of the drum faces the counter-roller, leaving a relatively wide gap between them.
  • a table 14 called the envelope printing table, defines the path for guiding and driving envelopes between the printing drum 1 and the printing counter-roller 10.
  • the envelopes are driven along arrow 15 between the drum and the counter-roller; once the printing is done, they are evacuated according to arrow 16.
  • an inlet chute 20 defines the path for guiding and driving labels between the printing drum and the counter-roller and a chute 21 defines the output of the printed labels.
  • a part 22 with window guides the labels only by their edges, on the upper part of the counter-roller facing the printing drum.
  • the labels are driven along arrow 23 in the chute 20; a roller 24 shown arranged under pressure with the counter-roller ensures their drive on the counter-roller, once printed they are discharged according to arrow 25.
  • the inlet chute 20 is constituted by the outlet of an automatic label dispenser 30, of known general type, which in practice equips the franking machine.
  • This dispenser 30, ensures, from a continuous franking tape 31, mounted in a roll, the supply of the franking machine with short and long labels, on demand.
  • it comprises a first external control input 32, for controlling the distribution of labels, and a second control input 33 for controlling the selection between short or long label.
  • a mechanism 34 ensures the driving of the ribbon over a first or second given length for the removal from the ribbon of the suitable label.
  • the franking machine is furthermore equipped with a label selector 40 which directly controls the input 33 to which its output is connected.
  • the selector 40 constitutes a detector of a single chosen position of the advertising lever 7, for the rest position of the drum 1. It comprises a transmitter E and a receiver R mounted relative to the lever 7 so as not to be coupled to it. to each other only when the lever is in the chosen position of the lever.
  • this transmitter and this receiver are mounted remotely from the lever in the same opto-electronic detection head 41, E / R transmitter-receiver, incorporating or connected to amplification and processing circuits of the electrical output signal. of the receiver.
  • the lever carries, meanwhile a reflecting mirror 42 receiving the light from the transmitter and returning it to the receiver when the lever 7 is in said first position, for which the advertising flame printing plate 5 is in the retracted position or not printing.
  • the detection head 41 is mounted under the envelope printing table 14, in which is formed a window 43 transparent to light rays, on the path of the radiation light emitted by the head and reflected back by the mirror. This trajectory is illustrated at 44; it is in the figure substantially perpendicular to the mirror for this first position of the lever.
  • a support 45 fixed on the head 41 maintains the head 41 on the chassis of the machine.
  • the head delivers on the input 33 of the distributor a short label selection signal .
  • the signal delivered by the head translates the absence of coupling between the transmitter and the receiver, this signal on the input 33 constitutes the long label selection signal.
  • the signal on the short or long label selection input 33 will only be taken into account when the printing drum 1 is in the rest position and a distribution command d the label will be applied to the input 32.
  • a circuit 35 controlled by the label distribution signal present on the input 32 ensures sampling or detection of the signal level applied by the head 41 to the input 33, to control said means 34 for driving the ribbon accordingly.
  • the label selector is mounted to ensure the remote detection of the position of non-printing flame advertising of the lever 7 for which the distributor issues a short label. Detecting this precise position rather than the other is particularly advantageous. Indeed, in the event of a possible failure of the head, its output signal applied to input 33 will translate a long label selection command, this even if the lever is in the first position for which the flame plate advertising is retracted. The opposite choice, consisting in detecting the other position of the lever, would lead, on the other hand, in the event of a possible failure of the head, to the selection of a short label and then to a transfer Advertising flame on the backing roll may occur if the sensor head fails.

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  1. Etikettenwähler für einen Spender von kurzen und langen Aufklebern, der aufgrund einer manuellen Bedienung die selektive Versorgung einer mit dem Spender gekoppelten Frankiermaschine bewirkt und eine Druckwalze (1), die erste feststehende Mittel (4) zum Drucken einer Frankiermarke und zweite zurückziehbare Mittel (5) zum Drucken einer zusätzlichen Information, Werbeslogan genannt, sowie Steuermittel (7) aufweist, die mit den zweiten Druckmitteln zu deren selektiver Einstellung in einer ersten zurückgezogenen Position des Nichtdruckens des Werbeslogans und in einer zweiten ausgerückten Position des Druckens des Werbeslogans mechanisch gekoppelt ist, wobei der Etiketten-Wähler mit den Steuermitteln (7) der zweiten Druckmittel gekoppelt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Etikettenwähler die Steuermittel (7) , bestehend aus einem Handhebel mit zwei Stellungen für die beiden Positionen der zweiten Druckmittel, der am Ende der Walze angebracht ist, Werbehebel genannt wird und zugleich die genannte manuelle Bedienung des Wählers bildet, sowie einen Stellungsdetektor (41) für den Hebel aufweist, wobei der Stellungsdetektor einen Sender und einen Empfänger aufweist, die relativ zum Werbehebel angebracht sind, um in nur einer einzigen gewählten der beiden Stellungen des Hebels miteinander gekoppelt zu sein, und wobei der Detektor mit dem Etikettenspender (30) verbunden ist, um ihm direkt ein Wählsignal für die Etikettenlänge zu liefern.
  2. Etikettenwähler nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Sender und der Empfänger (41) für diejenige der beiden Stellungen des Werbehebels (7) miteinander gekoppelt sind, die der ersten zurückgezogenen Position der zweiten Druckmittel (5) entspricht.
  3. Etikettenwähler nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Sender und der Empfänger (41) opto-elektronischer Natur sind und beide im Abstand vom Werbehebel (7) in einem gemeinsamen Sender-Empfänger-Kopf angebracht sind, und daß der Hebel (7) mit einem Mittel (42) versehen ist, das deren Kopplung für diese gewählte Stellung des Hebels bewirkt.
  4. Etikettenwähler nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er eine Schaltung (35) zur Erfassung des Pegels des Wählsignals aufweist, das durch ein Steuersignal des Etikettenspenders ausgelöst wird.
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