EP0364268A2 - Module à platine - Google Patents

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EP0364268A2
EP0364268A2 EP89310474A EP89310474A EP0364268A2 EP 0364268 A2 EP0364268 A2 EP 0364268A2 EP 89310474 A EP89310474 A EP 89310474A EP 89310474 A EP89310474 A EP 89310474A EP 0364268 A2 EP0364268 A2 EP 0364268A2
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Danilo P. Buan
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F1/00—Platen presses, i.e. presses in which printing is effected by at least one essentially-flat pressure-applying member co-operating with a flat type-bed
    • B41F1/26—Details
    • B41F1/38—Platens or type-beds
    • 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
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • 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
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00685—Measuring the dimensions of mailpieces

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  • This invention is generally concerned with printing apparatus for marking letters and more particularly with flat bed printing apparatus for marking letters including envelopes, stuffed envelopes, irregularly-shaped letters and letter mail, including self-mailers and stepped mail.
  • automatic separation equipment is available for separating such mail from the main stream of incoming mailpieces, but there has been a long felt need for reliable machinery for handling other processing tasks.
  • manual processing is heavily relied upon for performing such functions as cancelling the postage of stepped and other irregularly-shaped letter mail, and marking the same with appropriate destination bar codes for subsequent sorting.
  • the marking function imple­mented in the course of processing irregularly-shaped letter mail ranks amongst the highest of the labor inten­sive activities engaged in by Postal Services on a world-­wide basis.
  • mailing machines For marking letters, such as envelopes, stuffed envelopes, irregularly-shaped letters and letter mail including self-mailers and stepped mail, mailing machines have been provided with postage printing apparatus which includes indicia marking structure and platen structure including a platen having an elastomeric member mounted thereon. To accommodate marking letters of varying thicknesses fed to the platen structure, the platen is lowered to receive a given letter on the elastomeric member, and then raised towards the indicia marking structure for marking the letter.
  • indicia marking structure and platen structure including a platen having an elastomeric member mounted thereon.
  • the platen is lowered to receive a given letter on the elastomeric member, and then raised towards the indicia marking structure for marking the letter.
  • thermal transfer printing apparatus of the type which includes a thermal printhead and thermal ink transfer ribbon has been provided with a flexible roller for applying backing pressure to a letter fed between the ribbon and roller as the thermal printhead heats and applies pressure to the ribbon for transferring ink from the ribbon to the letter for marking the same.
  • US Patent No. 4 857 942 (Murphy et al Application No. 138,427) for Apparatus for Processing Irregularly-shaped Letter In A Thermal Printer.
  • the flexible roller embodiments shown in the aforesaid Patent No. 4 857 942 include those having a cylindrically-shaped body portion provided with one or more channels extending thereinto from the outer surface of the body portion, as a result of which a plurality of spaced apart portions of the roller body portion contact a given letter fed to the thermal printer along a line extending transverse to the path of travel of both the thermal ink transfer ribbon and the given letter.
  • one of the roller embodiments shown in the Murphy et al Patent has a cylindrically-­shaped roller body portion including one or more apertures formed therein and extending longitudinally of the length of the roller body portion.
  • the improved platen member is preferably a resilient member, made of an elastic material, and includes a plurality of intersecting channels which extend upwardly from the inner surface of the member, rather than downwardly from the outer surface of the member, whereby the member does not include the spaced-apart letter contacting portions, or the apertures, shown in the Murphy et al Patent.
  • the flexibility of the improved member in a flat bed printer affords the application of varying back pressure, against the printing die of the postage metering module, the grey scale level of the print on letters is substantially completely uniform.
  • a platen module including a plate, means for supporting the plate for reciprocable movement thereof, a platen member including an inner surface thereof faced toward and fixedly connected to the plate for movement of the platen member therewith, and the member having an outer surface thereof faced away from the plate, characterised by:
  • a mailing machine including a plurality of modules, wherein one of said modules is a printing module having a printing die and another of said modules is a platen module having a platen member, and wherein the platen module includes means for supporting the platen member for reciprocable movement toward and away from the printing die, characterised by:
  • a mailing machine 10 includes a base 12, and, conventionally removably connected to the base 12, a postage metering module 14, inking module 16, platen module 18, scale module 20 and letter transporting module 22.
  • the postage metering module 14 (Fig. 1) includes a conventional housing 24, and includes a plurality of printwheels 26 which are suitably connected to the housing 24 for rotation relative to the housing 24.
  • Each of the printwheels 26 includes a plurality of fonts 28, which are located at spaced intervals along the outer periphery of the printwheel 26.
  • the postage metering module 14 includes print wheel indexing structure 30, including a plurality of gears 32, one of which is shown.
  • Each of the gears 32 is operably connected on a one-for-one basis to each of the printwheels 26, and is conventionally driven by the indexing structure 30 for independently indexing the printwheels 26 to selectively locate any given font 28, of any given printwheel 26, in a printing location situated along a line 34 extending parallel to the rotational axis 36 of the printwheels 26.
  • the postage metering module 14 also includes printing structure 38 which includes a plurality of fixed printing elements 40. The printing elements 40 are located in a flat plane extending through the printing location of the aforesaid selectively located fonts 28, when such fonts 28 are situated in their printing location, whereby such fonts 28 and printing elements 40 collectively form a printing die, 28,40.
  • the printing structure 38 may also include an additional set of printwheels 26, each including a plurality of fonts 28, for date printing purposes.
  • a more detailed description of the postage metering module 14 may be found in UK Published Patent Application No. 2 211 468 for A Removable Postage Meter Having An Indicia Cover.
  • the inking module 16 (Fig. 1) includes an ink bearing member 42, which is movable into and out of engagement with the printing die, 28, 40, when the selected fonts 28 are situated in the aforesaid printing location, for applying ink to the printing die, 28, 40, prior to each printing cycle.
  • the scale module 20 (Fig. 1) includes a horizontally-­extending deck 44 for receiving letters 46 fed to the mailing machine 10.
  • the letters 46 may be envelopes, stuffed envelopes, irregularly-shaped letters or letter mail, including self-mailers or stepped mail.
  • a given letter 46 may include either a longitudinally-extending step or ridge 47A, or transversely-extending step or ridge 47B, or both.
  • the deck 44 has a rectangularly-shaped aperture 48 formed therein, which is partially defined by a forwardly located, longitudinally-extending, edge 50.
  • the deck 44 has a plurality of smaller, rectangularly-shaped apertures 52 formed therein at spaced intervals situated along a line (not shown) which extends parallel to the aperture edge 50.
  • the scale module 20 also includes a bar 54, which overhangs the deck 44 and has a plurality of slots 56 formed therein at evenly spaced intervals along the length of the bar 54. Further, the scale module 20 includes a plurality of ski-supporting arms 58. The upper ends of the arms 58 are located on a one-­for-one basis within the slots 56 and are conventionally pivotably attached to the bar 54. The scale module 20 additionally includes a plurality of coil springs 60 which are suitably connected to the upper ends of the ski-sup­porting arms 58, on a one-for-one basis, and to the bar 54, for resiliently urging the lower ends of the arms 58 towards the deck 44.
  • the scale module 20 in­cludes a plurality of upwardly curved ski members 62 which are connected to the lower ends of the ski supporting arms 58, on a one-for-one basis, such that the ski members 62 overhang the deck apertures 52 on a one-for-one basis.
  • the transporting module 22 (Fig. 1), includes a first plurality of rollers 70, which are rotatably supported at spaced intervals beneath the deck 44, such that their peripheries respectively extend upwardly into the deck apertures 52 on a one-for-one basis when the rollers 70 are rotating in one direction.
  • the rollers 70 are suitably mounted to permit their being lowered in response to rotation thereof in the opposite direction.
  • the transporting module 22 including a second plurality of rollers 72, which are rotatably supported at spaced inter­vals beneath the deck 44 and below the level of the first rollers 70.
  • the transporting module 22 also includes an endless belt 74 which is alternately looped about each of the first and second rollers, 70 and 72, whereby the belt 74 protrudes through the deck apertures 52, when the rollers are rotating in the aforesaid one direction and does not protrude through the deck apertures 52 when the rollers 70 are rotated in the opposite direction. Further, the transporting module 22 includes driving structure 76 for moving the belt 74 in one direction about the first rollers 70 for engaging and feeding a letter 46 which is fed to the deck 44, and for moving the belt 74 in the opposite direction, whereby the rollers 70 and thus the belt 74, are lowered for disengaging the belt 74 from the letter 46 to thereby position the letter in a predetermined location on the deck 44.
  • driving structure 76 for moving the belt 74 in one direction about the first rollers 70 for engaging and feeding a letter 46 which is fed to the deck 44, and for moving the belt 74 in the opposite direction, whereby the rollers 70 and thus the belt 74, are
  • the platen module 18 (Fig. 1) includes framework 80 which is conventionally removably attached to the mailing machine base 12, for removably connecting the platen module 18 to the remainder of the mailing machine 10.
  • the framework 80 includes a horizontally-extending base plate 82, and includes a pair of oppositely-spaced, upright, members 84, each of which has an inner surface 86.
  • the inner surfaces 86 face each other and are vertically oriented parallel to one another.
  • the upright members 84 each include a verti­cally oriented channel 88, which is formed in the member 84 from the inner surfaces 86 thereof.
  • the channels 88 are each U-shaped in transverse cross-section and spaced-para­llel to each other, such that the longitudinally-extending openings into the channels 88 are oriented in facing relationship with respect to each other.
  • the platen module 18 (Fig. 1) additionally includes a drive motor 90 having a housing 92 which is conventionally connected to the framework 80.
  • the motor 90 includes a horizontally-extending output shaft 94.
  • the platen module 80 includes an output drive gear 96, which is conventionally fixedly mounted on the motor output shaft 94, and includes first, second and third pinion gears, respectively designated 98A, 98B and 98C.
  • the platen module 18 includes a horizontally-extending pinion gear shaft 100 on which the gears 98A, 98B and 98C are conventionally fixedly mounted, at spaced intervals along the length of the shaft 100.
  • the pinion gear shaft 100 is suitably rotatably connected to the framework 80, such that the pinion gear 98A is disposed in meshing engagement with the drive gear 96.
  • the platen module 18 includes a pair of vertically oriented rack gears 110 which are spaced parallel to each other.
  • the platen module 18 includes rack gear supporting structure 112, preferably a strut in the form of a wall, which extends between and is fixedly connected to the rack gears 112.
  • the rack gears 112 are disposed in sliding engagement with the upright numbers 84, on a one-for-one basis, as hereinafter dis­cussed in greater detail.
  • the rack gears 110 are also disposed in meshing engagement with the pinion gears 98B and 98C, on a one-for-one basis.
  • appropri­ate rotation of the pinion gear 98A by the drive motor 90 results in raising or lowering the respective rack gears 110.
  • the rack gears 110 are raised or lowered, as the case may be, in unison with one another.
  • the platen module 18 includes a pair of para­llel spaced, horizontally-extending members 114, preferably dowels, which are fixedly connected to each of the rack gears 110. Each of the dowels 114 extends from the rack gear 114 to which it is connected and into the U-shaped channel 88 of the associated upright member 84. Moreover, the platen module 18 preferably includes a plurality of replaceable, solid rectangularly-shaped bearing members 116, preferably made of a plastic material. The bearing members 116 are rotatably mounted on the dowels 114 on a one-for-one basis.
  • the members 116 are each externally dimensioned for sliding engagement with each of the chan­nels 88 to permit the members 116 to be interchangeably mounted on the dowels 114.
  • the dowels 114 may be dimensioned for disposition in sliding engagement with the channels 88, in which instance the provision of bearing members 116 will have been obviated due to the dowels 114 acting as bearing members.
  • the platen module 18 (Fig. 1) further includes a rectangularly-shaped plate 120 which is fixedly mounted on sthe upper ends each of the rack gears 110 for movement therewith.
  • the plate 120 has opposed front and rear edges, 122 and 124 respectively, which extend lengthwise of the plate 120, and has opposed end edges 126, which extend transversely between the front and rear edges 122 and 124.
  • the platen module 18 additionally includes a resilient platen member 130, which is preferably made of an elastic material, such as rubber or a rubber-like material, including but not limited to an elastomeric material.
  • the platen member 130 is preferably rectangularly-shaped and has lower and upper surfaces, 132 and 134 respectively, which are preferably flat surfaces.
  • the platen member 130 has front and rear edges, 136 and 138 respectively, which extend lengthwise of the member 130, and has opposed leading and trailing end edges, 140 and 142 respectively, which extend transverse to and between the front and rear edges 136 and 138.
  • the platen member 130 includes a plura­lity of intersecting channels 144 (Fig. 2) formed therein.
  • the channels 144 (Fig. 2) each extend into the platen member 130 from the lower surface 132 thereof, and preferivelyably have an inverted U-shape transverse cross-section, as viewed from the front edge 136 of the platen member 130 when the upper surface 134 thereof is facing upwardly.
  • the channels 144 preferably comprise a plurality of parallel-­spaced, transversely-extending, channels 144A which are located at evenly spaced intervals between the opposed end edges 140 and 142.
  • the channels 144A intersect the platen member's front edge 136, but not the rear edge 138, as a result of which the front edge 136 tends to flex more readily than the rear edge 138 when downward pressure is exerted on the upper surface 134 of the platen member 130.
  • the channels 144 also preferably comprise a plurality of parallel-spaced, longitudinally-extending, channels 144B which are located at evenly spaced intervals between the front and rear edges 136 and 138.
  • the channels 144B intersect the platen member's leading end edge 140 and each of the channels 144A, but do not intersect the trailing end edge 142, as a result of which the leading end edge 140 tends to flex more readily than the trailing end edge 142 when downward pressure is exerted on the upper surface of the platen member 130.
  • the platen member 130 includes a longitudinally-extending rear portion 150, which is bounded by the rear edge 138 and a plane extending through the rear ends of the channels 144A.
  • the platen member 130 includes a transversely-­extending trailing end portion 152 which is bounded by the trailing end edge 142 and a plane extending through the trailing ends of the channels 144B. Moreover, the longitu­dinally-extending rear portion 150, and transversely-­extending trailing end portion 152, are each less flexible than the remainder of the platen member 130.
  • the platen member 130 includes an elongate, rectangularly-­shaped ledge 160 formed therein, which longitudinally extends from the trailing end edge 142, along the front edge 136 but not to the leading end edge 140. Thus, the ledge 160 is not coextensive in length with the front edge 136.
  • the platen module 18 additionally includes a rectan­gularly-shaped, flat member 162 which is made of a substan­tially inflexible metal, metallic or plastic material, and has substantially the same dimensions as the ledge 160.
  • the member 162 is mounted on the ledge 160 and is suitably fixedly attached to the platen member 130 as by means of an adhesive substance. As thus mounted, the member 162 extends marginally along the front edge 136 of the platen member 130, and the upper surface 164 of the member 162 lies in the same plane as the upper surface 134 of the platen member 130.
  • the platen member 130 may either include a plurality of additional channels 170 which extend into the platen member 130 from the lower surface 132 thereof or a plurality of apertures 172 formed in the plate 120.
  • the channels 170 are preferably semi-circularly shaped in transverse cross-section, para­llel-spaced with respect to one another and transversely-­extend into the platen member 130, from the front edge 136 thereof, at evenly spaced intervals between the opposed end edges 140 and 142.
  • the channels 170 extend parallel to the channels 144A and intersect each of the channels 144B.
  • the apertures 172 are preferably located at the intersections of the respective channels 144A and 144B.
  • the rack gears 110 (Figs. 1 and 2), supporting wall 112 and plate 120 are preferably manufactured as a single piece-­part made of a molded plastic material which includes portions corresponding to the gears 110, wall 112 and plate, 120.
  • the gear portions 110 depend from the inner surface of the plate, and the strut, or wall, portion 112 extends between the inner surfaces of the respective gear portions 110.
  • the piece-part, 110, 112, 120 is preferably provided as a piece-part 110, 112, 120 of a platen assembly which also includes the platen member 130, fixedly connected to the plate portion 120, and includes the flat member 162 fixedly connected to and embedded in the platen member 130.
  • the piece part 110, 112, 120 may additionally include as portions thereof, the two pairs of horizontally-extending members or dowel portions 114. In which instance the dowell portions 114 would extend from the outer surfaces of the rack gear portions 110.
  • the piece-part 110, 112, 114, 120 is preferably combined with the platen member 130 and flat member 162 as a replaceable platen assembly of the platen module 18.
  • the dowel portions 114 of the piece-part 110, 112, 114, 120 may be either dimensioned for sliding engagement with the upright member channels 88 (Fig. 1) or, assuming the provision of replaceable bearing members 88, dimensioned for rotatably mounting replacement bearing members 88 thereon, as needed, when the platen assembly is slidably connected to the remainder of the platen module 18.
  • a letter 46 fed to the mailing machine 10 is fed between the first ski member 62 and the portion of the belt 74 which protrudes through the first deck aperture 52.
  • the ski member 62 urges the letter 46 into engagement with the moving belt 74 against the force exerted thereagainst by the spring loaded arm 58.
  • the belt 74 feeds the letter 46 the letter 46 is moved down­stream on the deck 44 beneath the postage metering module 14 and into overlying relationship with the deck aperture 48.
  • the remaining ski members 62 successively engage the upper surface of the letter 46 for urging the letter 46 into continuous engagement with the moving belt 74.
  • the platen module 18 enters into a printing cycle of operation during which the motor 90 is conventionally energized for appro­priately rotating the output shaft 94 to cause the drive gear 96 to drive the gear 98A, and thus the connected shaft 100, pinion gears 98B and 98C and meshing rack gears 110.
  • the pinion gears, 98B and 98C are initially appropriately rotated to drive the rack gears 110 upwardly, thereby raising the platen member 130 vertically upward and through the deck aperture 48, for urging the letter 46 on the platen member 130 into printing engagement with the print­ing die, 28, 40.
  • the pinion gears, 98B and 98C are appropriately rotated to drive the rack gears 110 downwardly, thereby lowering the platen member 130 verti­cally downward and through the deck aperture 48, for lowering the letter 46 out of printing engagement with the printing die, 28, 40 and back into engagement with the deck 44.
  • the platen member 162 is reciprocably raised and lowered during the printing cycle.
  • the trans­porting module 22 is conventionally operated for feeding the letter 46 downstream from beneath the postage metering module 14 and thus away from the mailing machine 10.
  • the flat member 162 mounted on the platen member ledge 160, engages and lifts the ski members 62 upwardly against the force exerted thereon by the spring loaded arms 58, to prevent the ski members 62 from holding the letter 46 down against the force exerted on the letter 46 by the platen member 130, as the platen member 130 resiliently urges the letter 46 into engagement with the printing die, 28, 40.
  • the platen member 130 resiliently compressed against the letter 46, the upper surface 134 of the member 130 deforms to accommodate variations in thickness of the letter 46.
  • the upper surface 134 of the letter 46 is flattened against the sprinting die, 28, 40.
  • the platen member 130 deforms, air that may otherwise be trapped at the intersections of the channels 144A and 144B, due to collapse of the walls thereof, is vented from beneath the member 130 via the channels 170, or via the apertures 172.
  • the speed with which the platen member 130 is compressed, during each printing cycle varies from about 15 milliseconds for thick letters 46, i.e., those having a thickness of about three-quarters of an inch, to about 30 milliseconds for thin letters 46, i.e., those having a thickness of about one-sixteenth of an inch.
  • the upper surface of the letter 46 in the vicinity of the ridges, 47A and 47B, is marked with the same degree of clarity as the remainder of the letter 46 is marked by the printing die 28, 40.
  • the grey scale level of printing on letters, including stepped letters and stepped mail, having either or both types of ridges, 47A or 47B, is substantially completely uniform.
  • improved printing apparatus including structure for enhancing the quality of printing on letters in flat bed printing apparatus, and improved apparatus for marking letters including structure for resiliently urging a letter into engagement with a printing die, as exemplified by the provision of a reciprocable platen having a resilient, channelled, member mounted thereon.
  • article of manufacture which includes a pair of rack gears, having integrally connected thereto a platen and supporting structure extending between the gears, in combination with a resilient platen member.
  • apparatus for enhancing the printing quality provided by flat bed printers apparatus including improved means for resiliently urging a letter into engagement with a printing die; means for variably, resiliently supporting letters against the force exerted thereon by a printing die; providing a reciprocable platen, having a resilient, channelled, member mounted thereon, for use in flat bed printing apparatus; providing a platen assembly which includes a pair of rack gears, a platen integrally connected to the upper ends of the rack gear and supporting structure extending between the rack gears, which are manufactured as a single piece part, in combination with a resilient platen member; and providing flat bed printing apparatus which includes a flexible member, having a plurality of intersecting channels formed therein, mounted on platen which is reciprocable for movement of the member toward and away from a printing die.

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GB235974A (en) * 1924-03-31 1925-06-30 Edward Ernest Morris Improvements in coinfreed franking machines
US3791293A (en) * 1971-03-18 1974-02-12 Pitney Bowes Inc Printing selectively on letters or on tape with flat bed printing means
FR2497248A1 (fr) * 1980-12-31 1982-07-02 Brissonneau & Lotz Moyens elastiques pour dispositif elevateur mecanique de plate-forme marine
FR2527341A1 (fr) * 1982-04-26 1983-11-25 Leitz Ernst Gmbh Commande pour la mise au point d'un microscope
GB2213771A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-08-23 Pitney Bowes Inc Platen module for a modular mailing machine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB235974A (en) * 1924-03-31 1925-06-30 Edward Ernest Morris Improvements in coinfreed franking machines
US3791293A (en) * 1971-03-18 1974-02-12 Pitney Bowes Inc Printing selectively on letters or on tape with flat bed printing means
FR2497248A1 (fr) * 1980-12-31 1982-07-02 Brissonneau & Lotz Moyens elastiques pour dispositif elevateur mecanique de plate-forme marine
FR2527341A1 (fr) * 1982-04-26 1983-11-25 Leitz Ernst Gmbh Commande pour la mise au point d'un microscope
GB2213771A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-08-23 Pitney Bowes Inc Platen module for a modular mailing machine

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