EP0219847A3 - Automatic ink level control system - Google Patents

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EP0219847A3
EP0219847A3 EP86114531A EP86114531A EP0219847A3 EP 0219847 A3 EP0219847 A3 EP 0219847A3 EP 86114531 A EP86114531 A EP 86114531A EP 86114531 A EP86114531 A EP 86114531A EP 0219847 A3 EP0219847 A3 EP 0219847A3
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indicia
level
postage
phosphorescent
ink
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EP0219847A2 (en
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Robert R. Reid
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L27/00—Inking arrangements or devices
    • B41L27/04—Ducts, containers, or supply devices or ink-level control devices
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00653—Special inks, e.g. fluorescent

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  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)

Abstract

Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the inking level of the printed indicia of a value print­ ing machine particularly suitable for postage meters. An ink (41) including a phosphorescent component is used to print the indicia and a sensing unit (54) measures the phosphorescent level of the resulting printed indicia. This measured phosphorescent level is used to control the transfer of ink (41) from an ink reservoir (42) to an inking roller (48) which inks the postage indicia die (31). The mailing machine (10) includes a document feeding bin, an automatic document feeder, a document transport mechanism and a postage meter (20), which when activated, prints postage indicia onto the document (52) using the method and apparatus for controlling the inking level.
EP86114531A 1985-10-21 1986-10-21 Automatic ink level control system Withdrawn EP0219847A3 (en)

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US78988185A 1985-10-21 1985-10-21
US789881 1985-10-21

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EP0219847A2 EP0219847A2 (en) 1987-04-29
EP0219847A3 true EP0219847A3 (en) 1988-01-07

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CA1304984C (en) * 1987-12-17 1992-07-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Inker module for a modular mailing machine
US5611630A (en) * 1995-12-27 1997-03-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and apparatus for securely printing a postal indicia image having a different dot density in two dimensions thereof
GB2312873B (en) * 1996-05-08 1999-09-22 Neopost Ltd Apparatus for printing postal impressions and method of identifying origin of postal impression
US6312072B1 (en) * 1997-05-01 2001-11-06 Pitney Bowes Inc. Disabling a printing mechanism in response to an out of ink condition
US6188996B1 (en) * 1998-05-22 2001-02-13 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for metering permit mail
JP2004332794A (en) 2003-05-02 2004-11-25 Ooka Giken Kk Gear for transmission, and manufacturing method thereof
US7438378B2 (en) 2004-08-30 2008-10-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. Fluorescent ink detector
US8342625B2 (en) * 2004-08-30 2013-01-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Printer ink identification system and method
US7878615B2 (en) 2005-12-14 2011-02-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. System and method for detecting defective ink jet nozzles

Citations (8)

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CH113837A (en) * 1925-04-22 1926-05-17 Henry Baer & Co Inking unit for office printing machines, in particular for stamp printing and franking machines.
US3567923A (en) * 1968-04-03 1971-03-02 Hurlectron Inc System for monitoring and controlling the color density of ink during printing
US3835777A (en) * 1973-01-16 1974-09-17 Harris Intertype Corp Ink density control system
DE2524023A1 (en) * 1974-06-05 1975-12-18 Pitney Bowes Movable printing platen mechanism - has two platens moving apart as items pass but remaining parallel
GB1536403A (en) * 1975-12-12 1978-12-20 Pitney Bowes Inc Fluorescent machine readable ink compositions
DE3241489A1 (en) * 1982-11-10 1984-05-10 Dirk H Dickfeld Method for marking and identifying transparent containers for liquid pharmaceutical compositions and the like
EP0129768A2 (en) * 1983-06-23 1985-01-02 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Colour density measuring device
EP0143744B1 (en) * 1983-11-04 1988-01-13 GRETAG Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for rating the printing quality and/or controlling the ink supply in an offset printing machine, and offset printing machine with such a device

Patent Citations (8)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH113837A (en) * 1925-04-22 1926-05-17 Henry Baer & Co Inking unit for office printing machines, in particular for stamp printing and franking machines.
US3567923A (en) * 1968-04-03 1971-03-02 Hurlectron Inc System for monitoring and controlling the color density of ink during printing
US3835777A (en) * 1973-01-16 1974-09-17 Harris Intertype Corp Ink density control system
DE2524023A1 (en) * 1974-06-05 1975-12-18 Pitney Bowes Movable printing platen mechanism - has two platens moving apart as items pass but remaining parallel
GB1536403A (en) * 1975-12-12 1978-12-20 Pitney Bowes Inc Fluorescent machine readable ink compositions
DE3241489A1 (en) * 1982-11-10 1984-05-10 Dirk H Dickfeld Method for marking and identifying transparent containers for liquid pharmaceutical compositions and the like
EP0129768A2 (en) * 1983-06-23 1985-01-02 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Colour density measuring device
EP0143744B1 (en) * 1983-11-04 1988-01-13 GRETAG Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for rating the printing quality and/or controlling the ink supply in an offset printing machine, and offset printing machine with such a device

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
DER POLYGRAPH, vol. 16, no. 11, 5th June 1963, pages 624-625, Frankfurt/Main, DE; "Automatische Farbkontrolle und Farbsteuerung beim Bogendruck" *

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