EP0405357A1 - Miniaturfrankiermaschine - Google Patents

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EP0405357A1
EP0405357A1 EP90111868A EP90111868A EP0405357A1 EP 0405357 A1 EP0405357 A1 EP 0405357A1 EP 90111868 A EP90111868 A EP 90111868A EP 90111868 A EP90111868 A EP 90111868A EP 0405357 A1 EP0405357 A1 EP 0405357A1
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Philippe Michel
Gilbert Sancenot
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    • 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
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00177—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a portable device, e.g. a card or a PCMCIA
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00217—Portable franking apparatus, i.e. the whole franking apparatus, not parts alone
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00233—Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00604—Printing of advert or logo

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  • the present invention relates to franking machines and more particularly to a franking machine of very small dimensions and low cost.
  • a miniature franking machine comprising a printing head with unitary printing elements in a row on a face called the base of the head, means for relative movement of the head on the article, means for detecting the article relative to the head, a data source to be printed coupled to the head and control means for printing the data, characterized in that: said source comprises at least one first source assigned to the matrix definition of a postage stamp and of a sticker of the machine's home office, for a printing area of defined transverse dimensions, said head has a limited number of printing elements, the row of which gives the direction of one of the dimensions of the area but is of length less than this dimension, said displacement means comprise first means of displacement of the article along the row of elements and second means of displacement of the head transversely to the row of elements, and - said control means are microprocessor-based and define a printing cycle, triggered and controlled by said detection means, during which the article advances in steps equal to the length of the row of elements and the head moves, between each step, alternately in one direction after
  • the machine equipped with a keyboard and a display mounted on one of its faces and coupled to the control circuit further comprises a second data source assigned to the matrix definition of an advertising flame in a part of said printing area, coupled to said head and controlled from a first selective command by the keyboard, for unlimited printing, with the stamp and the sticker, of the advertising flame at during said printing phase of said cycle.
  • the machine further comprises a third terminal card on a cord of an external circuit programmed for the composition of an advertising flame, known as a connection card, mounted in place of the smart card for loading advertising flame data produced by the external circuit into said second source, from a fourth selective command given by the keyboard for setting the machine in advertising flame recording operating mode.
  • a third terminal card on a cord of an external circuit programmed for the composition of an advertising flame known as a connection card, mounted in place of the smart card for loading advertising flame data produced by the external circuit into said second source, from a fourth selective command given by the keyboard for setting the machine in advertising flame recording operating mode.
  • the letter scale and the power supply of the machine form modules which can be connected on the one hand and on the other hand one and / or the other directly on the rear of a so-called module.
  • printing unit containing the head, the means for moving the article and the head and the control circuit, the card coupled to the control circuit itself forming another module which can be connected to the rear of the printing module being protected by the power supply module or the letter scale module connected to the printing module.
  • the franking module 1 has on its front face a slot 12 for introducing an article into the module 1.
  • This module 1 is also equipped on its inclined upper face, with a display screen 14, at the rear, with a keyboard 15, and with a hatch 16 for access to the print head 10, the front.
  • An arrow 10F illustrates the possible removal of the head 10 from the module 1, in particular for its replacement by another head.
  • the machine further includes, optionally, a memory module 2 ′, also of the smart card type, which is externally analogous to the accounting module 2 and has its connection pad 2′A and which is connected in place of the accounting module 2.
  • This memory module 2 ′ is also known as an advertising flame registration card.
  • Such a memory card 2 ′ published by a specialized service at the request of the user, allows the user to record the advertisement, which is defined there, in his machine.
  • the head 10 is carried by a support 20. It is removably and lockable mounted on its support by means not shown, by being connected through its support to the control circuit mounted in this module.
  • This printhead is as such known. It is a small component, such as an inkjet or needle print head. It is preferably an ink jet head such as that known under the name THINK JET from the company HEWLETT PACKARD. It has a limited number of ink ejection nozzles, with a small pitch between them and in a row on a face called the base of the head. It has an internal ink tank to supply its nozzles.
  • a drive pinion 52 drives a distribution shaft 53 which itself drives the means 23, 22 and the means 50.
  • This shaft 53 carries a wheel 54 at one of its ends, with continuous internal toothing 54A, on which the drive pinion 52 engages.
  • a cam mounted at the bottom of the shaft 53, at its other end and made integral with this shaft constitutes the means 23.
  • the cam bears this reference 23. It has its periphery in the shape of a heart, with a projecting point 23A and a notch 23B opposite.
  • the means 22 couple the cam 23 and the slide 20. They comprise a small lever 60 articulated at one end and with a bent end spout 60A, opposite, bearing on the periphery, a connecting rod 61 for driving the slide 20 and a vertical shaft 62 for coupling between the lever 60 and the link rod 61. Springs 63 act on the shaft 62, in order to request the maintenance of the lever 60 in abutment against the periphery of the cam 23. A finger 20D on the slide 20 is retained in an oblong slot 61D of the rod 61, for fixing the rod 61 on the slide ( Figure 5).
  • the means 50 in turn ensure the drive of the rollers 31 and 32 and therefore of the article along the slot of the machine when the slide 20 with the head 10 is stopped or practically stopped.
  • the machine control circuit has been illustrated in the form of a block diagram.
  • This control circuit is housed in the printing module 1. It is designated under the global reference 17 of the card illustrated in FIG. 1. It comprises: a set of memories 70, in which the memories 71 to 74 specified below are illustrated separately - a microprocessor 80, coupled to the memories of the assembly 70 according to the arrows indicated - Interface circuits 81 to 87 coupled on the one hand to the microprocessor 80 and on the other hand to the commanded or control elements of the machine.
  • These machine elements are the display screen for the display interface circuit 81, the keyboard for the keyboard interface circuit 82, the print head for the head interface circuit 83, the motor for the motor interface circuit 84, the three sensors for the sensor interface circuit 85, the accounting module for the financial interface circuit 86 and the memory module or the external circuit for defining advertising flame data for the circuit of advertising interface 87.
  • the references of these elements described with reference to the preceding figures are recalled in parentheses on the links they have with the interface circuits, with arrows translating the direction of the coupling, in this figure 6.
  • the memory 71 is called the memory of the financial meters and of the franking operations of the machine.
  • the memory 72 constitutes a source of data for the matrix definition of the imprints of the postage stamp and of the sticker of the home office of the machine, without their variable data of value and date in these imprints.
  • the memory 73 constitutes a data source for defining an advertising flame.
  • the memory 74 constitutes a source for other fixed data, in particular address definition data. of the sender and recipients of mail folds.
  • the financial and advertising interface circuits 86 and 87 are carried by a first control card mounted in the franking module on its rear wall, the other interface circuits, the microprocessor and the set of memories are on the second control card 17 also mounted in the franking module but on one of its side walls.
  • the miniature franking machine has several possible operating modes.
  • the selection of one of the operating modes is ensured by the keyboard 15 (FIGS. 1, 2).
  • These different operating modes are in particular: - a franking operating mode, which is the main and normal operating mode of use of the machine, for which the head 10 prints the franking stamp at the appropriate amount, the sticker of the home office at the date of the day and optionally, the advertising flame, in a corresponding zone of dimensions defined on the articles or of labels to be opposed on the articles, introduced successively into the machine;
  • - a procedure for editing an accounting slip for which the head 10 prints the states of the counters of the machine, from memory 71, at the last edition carried out and at the time of the current edition, with possibly the individual financial transactions between this last edition and the current one, on one or more successive sheets or on one or more successive labels introduced into the machine;
  • - a procedure for addressing articles for which the head 10 prints the address of the sender or recipient of the article concerned, from memory 74 and also selected from
  • These last two recording operating modes consist of a simple data transfer, from module 2 ′ or keyboard 15, or through module 2 ⁇ , then connected to the postage 1, to memory 73 or 74 concerned.
  • the transfer procedure with modules 2 ′ and 2 ⁇ is delivered with modules 2 ′, 2 ⁇ .
  • the one with the keyboard is integrated into the control circuit 17 in the form of a suitable processing unit, not shown, which processes the ordered data to be recorded in response to the alphanumeric data entered, for subsequent printing.
  • this preliminary step consists in the simple introduction of the article into the 3D slot of the letter-weighing module, giving rise to the automatic calculation of the postage amount by the machine, with the amount displayed on the screen, then confirming the amount displayed using the keyboard.
  • this preliminary step consists of entering the postage amount directly by the keyboard, entering this amount giving rise to its display on the screen, then validating the amount displayed, by the keyboard.
  • the timing shaft 53 defines by complete rotation a same repetitive sequence, in advance of the article by 2 steps and movement of the head on the same race traveled in one direction after the first of two steps and in the other after the other step.
  • Each advance of the article made along the row of nozzles is equal to the length of the row of nozzles. The movement of the head is transverse to the row of nozzles, therefore to the direction of advance of the article.
  • the number of lines scanned, since the start of printing, is also detected from sensor 42. This number allows the microprocessor to control the end of printing of the stamp, the home office sticker and the advertising flame. .
  • this printing phase is given by a defined number of lines scanned during this printing cycle, for each operating mode this number cannot exceed a given maximum number. It gives rise to the article ejection phase.
  • the end of this ejection phase is given by the sensor 41 after the article has passed under this sensor. The sensor 41 controls the stopping of the motor 51.

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EP0550225A2 (de) * 1991-12-30 1993-07-07 Neopost Limited Frankiermaschine
EP0566225A2 (de) * 1992-04-16 1993-10-20 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Verfahren zur Dateneingabe in einer Frankiermaschine, Anordnung zum Frankieren von Postgut und zur Erzeugung eines jeweils einer Kostenstelle zugeordneten Frankierbildes
EP0658861A1 (de) * 1993-12-16 1995-06-21 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Frankiermaschine
US5490077A (en) * 1993-01-20 1996-02-06 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh Method for data input into a postage meter machine, arrangement for franking postal matter and for producing an advert mark respectively allocated to a cost allocation account
US5606508A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-02-25 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Assembly for franking postal matter
US5699258A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-12-16 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co Assembly for franking postal matter, and multi-carrier shipping system
EP1615177A1 (de) * 2004-07-08 2006-01-11 Neopost Industrie Elektronischer Frankierstempel

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GB2206082A (en) * 1987-06-17 1988-12-29 Alcatel Business Systems Franking machine incorporating ink-jet printer and microprocessor for accounting and control
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BE850225R (fr) * 1977-01-07 1977-07-07 Photronic Internat Establishme Machine postale combinee
GB2142876A (en) * 1983-07-08 1985-01-30 Telefonia Automazione Elettron Stamping set
GB2188878A (en) * 1986-04-10 1987-10-14 Pitney Bowes Inc Postage meter message printing system
FR2603408A1 (fr) * 1986-09-02 1988-03-04 Pitney Bowes Inc Imprimante de securite pour l'impression de valeurs
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EP0550225A3 (en) * 1991-12-30 1995-04-19 Neopost Ltd Franking machine
EP0550225A2 (de) * 1991-12-30 1993-07-07 Neopost Limited Frankiermaschine
EP0911767A2 (de) * 1992-04-16 1999-04-28 Francotyp-Postalia Aktiengesellschaft & Co. Verfahren zur Dateneingabe in eine Frankiermaschine und Anordnung zum Frankieren von Postgut
EP0566225A3 (de) * 1992-04-16 1995-04-05 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Verfahren zur Dateneingabe in einer Frankiermaschine, Anordnung zum Frankieren von Postgut und zur Erzeugung eines jeweils einer Kostenstelle zugeordneten Frankierbildes.
US5606508A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-02-25 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Assembly for franking postal matter
US5699258A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-12-16 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co Assembly for franking postal matter, and multi-carrier shipping system
EP0566225A2 (de) * 1992-04-16 1993-10-20 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Verfahren zur Dateneingabe in einer Frankiermaschine, Anordnung zum Frankieren von Postgut und zur Erzeugung eines jeweils einer Kostenstelle zugeordneten Frankierbildes
EP0911767A3 (de) * 1992-04-16 2000-09-27 Francotyp-Postalia Aktiengesellschaft & Co. Verfahren zur Dateneingabe in eine Frankiermaschine und Anordnung zum Frankieren von Postgut
US5490077A (en) * 1993-01-20 1996-02-06 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh Method for data input into a postage meter machine, arrangement for franking postal matter and for producing an advert mark respectively allocated to a cost allocation account
US5602743A (en) * 1993-01-20 1997-02-11 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co. Method for data input into a postage meter machine, arrangement for franking postal matter and for producing a franking design respectively allocated to a cost center
EP0658861A1 (de) * 1993-12-16 1995-06-21 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Frankiermaschine
EP1615177A1 (de) * 2004-07-08 2006-01-11 Neopost Industrie Elektronischer Frankierstempel
FR2872947A1 (fr) * 2004-07-08 2006-01-13 Neopost Ind Sa Tampon a affranchir electronique

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