EP0345468B1 - Etikettenspender für Frankiermaschine - Google Patents

Etikettenspender für Frankiermaschine Download PDF

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EP0345468B1
EP0345468B1 EP89108091A EP89108091A EP0345468B1 EP 0345468 B1 EP0345468 B1 EP 0345468B1 EP 89108091 A EP89108091 A EP 89108091A EP 89108091 A EP89108091 A EP 89108091A EP 0345468 B1 EP0345468 B1 EP 0345468B1
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Erwin Berger
Christian Moy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/12—Removing separate labels from stacks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/0653—Rollers or like rotary separators for separating substantially vertically stacked articles
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a label dispenser for a franking machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a franking machine which is equipped with a strip dispenser. By means of manual lever printing, this delivers a self-adhesive label to the franking machine, which provides the label with a postage-worthy value imprint and possibly a date and an advertising stamp. The label is then used to frank a mail item, e.g. of a package.
  • the strip dispenser holds around one hundred labels in its removable container.
  • the lever which can be operated manually, is provided with a toothed rack which engages in a toothed wheel. This is arranged together with a pull-off roller on an axis, the pull-off roller being mounted on a freewheel bearing.
  • the pull-off roller When the lever is actuated, the pull-off roller is rotated via the toothed rack, the gearwheel and the freewheel bearing, whereby the label attached to it is pulled downwards until it can be grasped and removed by the transport roller of the franking machine.
  • the freewheel bearing gives the movement of the pull-off roller during removal free so that the label can move freely.
  • a return spring returns the lever to the starting position.
  • the above-mentioned strip dispenser is used worldwide in Hasler Mailmaster franking machines and donates labels whose size and design are adapted to various postal regulations and needs. However, it has the disadvantage that it is only insufficiently suitable for shorter labels, i.e. that they are not removed from the container with sufficient certainty.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of the label dispenser 10 for franking machines similar to a block diagram.
  • the dispenser 10 forms a closed assembly which can be inserted as a whole into the franking machine. This assembly is divided into different sub-groups that belong together according to different criteria. Mainly mechanical togetherness is indicated by double dashes, more functional togetherness by arrows.
  • the label dispenser 10 first comprises a storage container 13 into which the strip-shaped, self-adhesive labels 11 can be inserted as a bundle. They are held there by the pressure of a spring-loaded bracket 14. With their pressure side they rest on a take-off roller 15. This roller 15 is arranged together with a gear pinion 17 and a freewheel bearing 19 on an axis or shaft 21 which is held by two bearings 22 on the reservoir 13. Finally, a runner part 35 is also mechanically connected to the storage container 13 and is functionally associated with a return unit 31.
  • These other immovable units mainly comprise a rack 23 which is in engagement with the pinion 17. They also include a one arranged parallel to the rack 23 Guide 25, which guides the displaceable sub-group 45 linearly.
  • the immovable units also include a stand part 33 and an air valve 39 fastened to it.
  • the rotor part 35 and the stator part 33 interlock so that the air friction plays a role in movement.
  • the valve 39 reduces this friction when the return unit 31 is compressed manually. When pressed apart by the spring 37, the valve 39 locks, so that a braking effect is produced by the air friction.
  • Fig. 2 shows the label dispenser 10 in a schematic front view.
  • the storage container 13 and the rotor part 35 are formed side by side as closely connected units.
  • the storage container 13 has a cubic structure for receiving a stack of labels 11.
  • the runner part 35 forms a hollow cylinder which is open at the bottom and whose upper end face is designed as an operating plate 29 which can be pressed downwards by finger pressure in the direction of the wide arrow 43.
  • the stand part 33 interacts with the rotor part 35.
  • This also forms a hollow cylinder with a diameter is adapted to the diameter of the rotor part in such a way that these parts 33, 35 interlock with one another with little friction, but with a substantial lack of air.
  • the coil spring 37 is arranged in the interior of the two parts 33, 35 under prestress, the valve 39 in the bottom of the stand part 33. It opens when the parts 33, 35 are pressed together and closes when the parts are pushed apart.
  • the guide 25 leads in the form of e.g. a groove on the side wall of the storage container 13.
  • the take-off roller 15 contacts the stack of labels 11 through an opening of the container is freely rotatable.
  • the pinion 17 is in engagement with the toothed rack 23.
  • the label guide 27 is also arranged at the lower end of the storage container 13 or at its outlet.
  • Fig. 3 shows the label dispenser 10 in a schematic side view, cut approximately along the line AA of Fig. 2.
  • the label dispenser 10 In the partial figure 3a, the label dispenser 10 is in its rest position, in the partial figure 3b in a working position.
  • the stack of labels 11 In the cut storage container 13, the stack of labels 11 is pressed by the spring-loaded clamp 14 against the take-off roller 15 and thus held.
  • the roller 15 is arranged on the shaft 21 and the latter is mounted in the (hidden) bearing 22, which in turn is attached to the storage container.
  • the outlet 28 of the container 13 and the label guide 27 Located at the front lower end of the storage container 13 the outlet 28 of the container 13 and the label guide 27.
  • the pulling roller pair 41 of the franking machine is finally arranged laterally below the label dispenser 10.
  • the arrangement works as follows: If the control panel 29 is pressed down manually against the pressure of the spring 37, the storage container 13 thereby moves downward along its guide 25. The shaft 21 continues to move downward. The engagement of the pinion 17 in the rack 23 results in a rotation which is transmitted to the take-off roller 15 via the blocking freewheel bearing 19. The pull-off roller 15 now pulls down on the outermost label 11.1 due to the various static friction between the roller 15 and the outermost label or between the labels, where it is fed to the pair of pull-off rollers 41 via the guide 27.
  • the helical spring 37 presses the label dispenser 10 back into its rest position as soon as the finger pressure on the control panel 29 stops.
  • the pull-off roller 15 also rotates freely in the event of the backward movement thereby resulting.
  • the return unit 31 ensures that the backward movement is braked.
  • the nested stator 33 and rotor parts 35 and the valve 39 form the brake described here, which does not hinder the outflow of air from the cylinder space of the parts 33, 35, but the re-entry of the air in the reverse process.
  • the label dispenser 10 described is simple and works according to its task. Due to the linear movement of the dispenser 10, its outlet 28 is brought close to the peeling roller pair 41, so that the length of the separated labels can thereby be short.
  • the arrangement can be adapted to different spatial dimensions by a suitable choice of the diameter of the take-off roller 15 and the pinion 17.
  • the label dispenser is constructed in such a way that it is composed essentially of plastic injection molded parts. This enables relatively low manufacturing costs.

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