EP0459159B1 - Module d'affranchissement - Google Patents

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EP0459159B1
EP0459159B1 EP91106946A EP91106946A EP0459159B1 EP 0459159 B1 EP0459159 B1 EP 0459159B1 EP 91106946 A EP91106946 A EP 91106946A EP 91106946 A EP91106946 A EP 91106946A EP 0459159 B1 EP0459159 B1 EP 0459159B1
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Stephan Günther
Werner Dr. Hesshaus
Hanspeter Reichelt
Jürgen Vollé
Hans-Peter Rogge
Hans-Jürgen Hudetzka
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00088—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines
    • G07B2017/00096—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines via phone lines
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00241—Modular design
    • 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
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00322—Communication between components/modules/parts, e.g. printer, printhead, keyboard, conveyor or central unit

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  • the invention relates to a franking module for franking mail, which contains a printing unit and a processor system for controlling the printing unit, for storing the information to be printed and for billing.
  • a franking module which has a printing unit and a processor system for controlling the printing unit for storing the information to be printed and for billing (FR-A-2 622 325).
  • This franking module has its own keyboard and display and can be plugged into a mail processing machine and coupled to its information and energy supply networks.
  • PC personal computers
  • the accounting office sends a code back to the PC that enables franking printing via a connected printer (GB-A-2 173 741).
  • the invention was based on the object of developing a franking module which is easy to handle, is suitable for widespread use and in particular also for users with a low volume of mail and uses existing technical means, in particular means of PC computing technology and telecommunications, thereby saving costs.
  • the solution according to the invention takes into account the fact that a constantly growing proportion of postal customers is equipped with computing means, in particular in the form of personal computers.
  • a complete integration of all the main functions of a franking machine into a personal computer system is achieved by the invention, and functional groups such as power supply, internal information network, keyboard and monitor are also used in this.
  • the arrangement of the franking module according to the invention in a slot of a drive insert avoids the additional space required as is associated with the installation of conventional franking machines.
  • the franking module 1 (FIG. 1) has the dimensions of a drive insert of a personal computer.
  • the franking module For processing letters in the size of the standard format, the franking module has the dimensions of a 5 1/4 "drive slot and is installed instead of one in a free slot on the front of the PC case.
  • the franking module is equipped with an insertion slot 4 for letters. These are introduced in their longitudinal direction, the side of the letter to be printed facing the printing unit, that is to say that in the case of a printing unit acting downwards in the vertical direction, the letter is inserted with the side to be printed upwards.
  • a stop up to which the letters are inserted. Reaching the stop is detected by a light barrier installed there, whereupon a holding device is activated which fixes the letter in this position for the duration of the printing process and then releases it for removal.
  • the personal computer is usually equipped with a keyboard and a monitor.
  • the operator communication required for franking is processed via these two peripheral devices, the franking program to be called advantageously being based on a menu-oriented operator guidance.
  • the processor system of the franking module consists of a writable non-volatile fee memory 10, a writable memory 9 for the graphic data of the advertising imprint and control electronics for this Printing unit 11.
  • This processor system is connected to the system bus of the personal computer via information lines 3 (FIG. 1) which are guided in the housing of the personal computer.
  • This connection consists, for example, of flexible data lines which are routed to a plug connector for expansion circuits of a circuit board 6, which in turn are connected to the system bus.
  • a connection of the processor system of the franking module to a telecommunication circuit 5 installed in the personal computer in an expansion slot can be established via the system bus of the personal computer.
  • Such circuits are used, for example, as a PC fax card to send information created by means of a personal computer directly via the telephone network 7 to a receiver with a fax machine.
  • Circuits are also known which implement other transmission protocols, in particular with higher transmission rates. Via the direct connection between the franking module and the telecommunications circuit, as they are realized by the solution according to the invention, a remote value transmission of the fee data to a higher-level clearing house or a remote value specification for a specific franking value is possible.
  • address data entered from the keyboard or retrieved from a memory of the personal computer can be transmitted to the processor system, which are processed and finally printed. Furthermore, in a special embodiment variant, these address data or parts of this information are printed as a barcode on the envelope or a franking strip in order to enable automatic sorting of the mail.
  • the processor 16 in turn stores fee data in the separate fee memory 17 and the data of the current advertising field in the memory for graphic data 18.
  • the latter process makes it possible to select the respective current advertising fields stored in the personal computer.
  • the printing unit 19 receives the franking data to be printed on the mail item 20 from the processor system and acknowledges receipt. It also exchanges the control data relevant to the printing process.
  • self-adhesive strips can be printed in a special design variant.
  • a manual version of a pull-in device for inserting individual strips into the franking module is provided; another version is coupled to a strip dispenser, which causes the strips to be separated and fed automatically.

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  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
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  1. Module d'affranchissement pour affranchir du courrier, comprenant une imprimante et un système de processeur commandant l'imprimante, enregistrant l'information à imprimer et effectuant la calculation des tarifs, caractérisé par le module d'affranchissement disposé dans une ouverture (slot) dans un lecteur d'un ordinateur individuel, et par le système de processeur du module d'affranchissement relié au réseau interne d'informations et d'approvisionnement en électricité de l'ordinateur individuel par des conduits passant à l'intérieur du boitier de l'ordinateur.
  2. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce qui'il comporte sur sa partie frontale une ouverture en forme de fente d'au moins la largeur d'une lettre de dimension standard pour l'admission d'un courrier introduit manuellement.
  3. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce qu'en bout de l'overture en forme de fente il y a un appui contre lequel est conduit le courrier, muni de moyens de sondage, qui enregistrent l'arrivée à la position sur l'appui et provoquent un signal déblocage pour le processus d'impression.
  4. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 3, caractérisé par une barrière lumineuse servant de moyen de sondage.
  5. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce que le système de processeur du module d'affranchissement échange des données pour la calculation des tarifs de port passant par le réseau interne d'informations de l'ordinateur individuel avec une commande de mise en circuit de télécommunication installée sur une prise de l'ordinateur individuel, (informations) qui sont amenées à un poste de compensation placé au-dessus pour la réalisation d'une avancée de valeur longues distances et/ou compensation de valeur longues distances des tarifs de port.
  6. Module d'affranchissement d'après les revendications 1 et 5, caractérisé par ce qu'une carte télécopieur d'ordinateur individuel sert de commande de mise en circuit de télécommunication, qui dispose d'un modem-fax-standard.
  7. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce que les informations d'adresses sont données au moyen du clavier de l'ordinateur individuel ou lues d'une mémoire régie par l'ordinateur individuel, passant par le réseau interne d'informations transmises au système de processeur du module d'affranchissement.
  8. Module d'affranchissement d'après les revandications 1 et 7, caractérisé par ce que les données d'adresses ou des parties de celles-ci sont imprimées en code barres.
  9. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce que des bandes autocollantes d'affranchissement sont imprimées pour affranchir un courrier dont la taille diffère de la norme, au lieu que le courrier lui-meme soit imprimé.
  10. Module d'affranchissement d'après les revendications 1 et 9, caractérisé par ce qu'il comporte un dispositif manuel d'insertion pour des bandes d'affranchissement mises de l'extérieur une à une.
  11. Module d'affranchissement d'après les revendications 1 et 9, caractérisé par ce qu'il est relié à un distributeur de bandes.
  12. Module d'affranchissement d'après la revendication 1, caractérisé par ce que les données graphiques d'un ou plusieurs emplacements de publicité sont mémorisées dans l'ordinateur individuel, qu'au choix et par l'intermédiaire de l'utilisateur les données graphiques de l'emplacement de publicité choise entrent dans la mémoire des graphiques du système de processeur du module d'affranchissement par le réseau interne d'informations, et que les données graphiques qui y ont été mémorisées auparavant sont transcrites.
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