EP0515127A2 - Machine postale avec cartouche d'encrage jetable - Google Patents

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EP0515127A2
EP0515127A2 EP92304488A EP92304488A EP0515127A2 EP 0515127 A2 EP0515127 A2 EP 0515127A2 EP 92304488 A EP92304488 A EP 92304488A EP 92304488 A EP92304488 A EP 92304488A EP 0515127 A2 EP0515127 A2 EP 0515127A2
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David Privin
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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
    • B41K3/54—Inking devices
    • B41K3/60—Inking devices using rollers, e.g. rollers with integral ink-supply devices
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00548—Mechanical printhead

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  • This invention is generally concerned with letter processing apparatus including an inking cartridge and more particularly with a mailing machine including a removably mountable, disposable inking cartridge.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,440,083 for a Disposable Inking Cartridge there is disclosed a disposable inking cartridge which is constructed and arranged to be removably connected to a mailing machine.
  • the inking cartridge includes an ink impregnated roller, known in the art as a reservoir roller.
  • the mailing machine includes a rotary postage printing drum and includes an ink impregnated roller known in the art as a transfer roller.
  • the reservoir roller is disposed in rolling engagement with the mailing machine's transfer roller when the cartridge is connected to the mailing machine. And, when the mailing machine is operated, the printing drum rotates into engagement with the transfer roller for transferring ink from the reservoir roller to the transfer roller, and from the transfer roller to the printing drum.
  • a mailing machine which includes a base, and includes an inking cartridge and postage meter which are removably connectable to the base.
  • the inking cartridge includes an ink impregnated roller, known in the art as a reservoir roller
  • the base includes an ink impregnated roller known in the art as a transfer roller.
  • the reservoir roller When the inking cartridge is connected to the base, the reservoir roller is disposed in rolling engagement with the transfer roller and, assuming the postage meter is mounted on the base, when the mailing machine is operated, the meter's printing drum rotates into engagement with the transfer roller for transferring ink therefrom to the printing drum as the reservoir roller replenishes the ink supply of the transfer roller.
  • the meter and base are complementarily configured for guiding the meter to a predetermined position on the base wherein the meter is disposed in close proximity to the transfer roller.
  • the Hopper inking system is limited to providing replacement inking cartridges having reservoir rollers which are impregnated with the same color of ink as previously used in the system. Further, the Hopper inking system is generally limited to utilization of an ink having the same chemical formula as the ink previously used in the system, in order to preclude the possibility of a chemical reaction between new reservoir roller ink and the old transfer roller ink.
  • the Hopper inking system does not account for aging, or wear and tear, of the ink transfer roller, which may result in unevenly transferring ink to the printing drum, or smearing ink thereon, whether or not a new reservoir roller is provided. And, customers have been found to be disappointed when a new reservoir roller is provided, due to not receiving an immediate significant enhancement of the quality of printing provided by the printing drum, inasmuch as the volume of residual ink impregnating the transfer roller is normally substantially reduced prior to the provision of the new reservoir roller and is only gradually increased thereafter as the new reservoir roller is used.
  • a mailing machine comprising a rotatable drum including a printing die peripherally extending therefrom, means for intermittently rotating the drum to move the printing die in a predetermined circularly-extending path of travel, a receptacle, and an inking cartridge removably mountable in the receptacle and comprising: a generally rectangularly-shaped hollow housing having opposed side walls and having an edge wall extending between the side walls, the walls defining an aperture formed in the housing; a reservoir roller impregnated with printing ink and rotatably connected to the side walls so as to extend therebetween; a transfer roller impregnated with printing ink and rotatably connected to the side walls so as to extend therebetween and be accessible via the housing aperture; the reservoir and transfer rollers being respectively dimensioned for rolling engagement with each other to cause ink from the reservoir roller to be transferred to the transfer roller, and the transfer roller being dimensioned for disposition in the path of travel of the printing die when the cartridge is mounted in the re
  • an improved inking system for use in letter processing apparatus; a disposable inking cartridge removably mountable in a mailing machine; a disposable inking cartridge which includes both a reservoir roller and a transfer roller; and a mailing machine including a removably mounted inking cartridge.
  • a mailing machine comprising:
  • a mailing machine which includes a postage meter removably connectable thereto, with an inking cartridge which includes a transfer roller and includes structure which is engaged by the meter for moving the inking cartridge, and thus the transfer roller, away from the meter when the meter is mounted on, and dismounted from, the machine.
  • the letter processing apparatus comprises a mailing machine 10 which generally includes a base 12, having a housing 14, and a postage meter 16.
  • the base 12 includes a plurality of posts 18 and the meter 16 includes a like number of apertures 20, which are respectively dimensioned for engagement with, and disengagement from, one another for guiding and positioning the meter 16 relative to the base 12 in the course of mounting and dismounting the meter 16.
  • the postage meter 16 When mounted on the base 12, the postage meter 16 forms therewith a slot 22, through which letters 24, including sheets, mailpieces, envelopes and cards, and the like, are fed to the machine 10, either by hand or by means of suitable feeding apparatus 26, for feeding thereby in a downstream path of travel 28.
  • the base 12 additionally comprises aligning structure including a registration fence 30 against which an edge of a given letter 24 is normally urged when fed to the mailing machine 10.
  • the base 12 includes structure for sensing letters 24 fed to the machine 10, including a trip lever 34 which extends upwardly through a housing aperture 36 and into the path of travel 28 of letters 24 fed to the machine 10.
  • the postage meter 16 (Fig. 1) comprises printing structure 40 including a rotary printing drum 42 having a conventional postage printing die 44 peripherally extending therefrom, and having other conventional structure (not shown) extending therefrom, for engaging respective letters 24 beneath the drum 42 and feeding the letters 24 downstream in the path of travel 28 as the printing die 44 prints postage indicia thereon.
  • the meter 16 includes a shaft 46, extending from the drum 42, and a drive gear 48, mounted on the shaft 46 for rotation thereof and thus of the printing structure 40.
  • the meter 16 preferably includes guard structure 45 which is conventionally connected to the meter 16 beneath and laterally to one side of the printing structure 40.
  • the guard structure 45 preferably includes an elongate rod 47, having the opposite ends thereof suitably fixedly secured to the meter 16.
  • the rod 47 extends substantially parallel to the drum drive shaft 46 and is radially spaced from and beneath the drum 42.
  • the guard structure 45 includes an elongate, generally rectangularly-shaped, shield member 49, having a longitudinally extending marginal edge portion thereof which is conventionally wrapped about the rod 47 for connection thereto. As thus constructed and arranged the shield member 49 laterally extends from the rod 47 and beneath the printing structure 40.
  • the base 12 (Fig. 1) includes an input feed roller 50, known in the art as an impression roller, and a shaft 52 on which the impression roller 50 is mounted for rotation.
  • the shaft 52 is preferably resiliently connected to the housing for movement toward and away from the drum 42, as hereinafter discussed, to permit the impression roller 50 to yieldably extend upwardly through the housing aperture 36, and into the path of travel 28, for urging respective letters 24 into printing engagement with the printing die 44.
  • the base 12 additionally includes a conventional ejection roller 54, which includes a cylindrically-shaped outer member 56 and a coaxially-extending coil spring 57 having one end connected thereto.
  • the base 12 includes an drive shaft 58, extending coaxially of the roller 54, on which the outer roller member 56 is rotatably mounted and to which the other end of the spring 57 is connected for transmitting drive to the outer roller member 56 and thus to the roller 54.
  • the base 12 may include any suitable structure 60, such as a pair of parallel-spaced, interconnected, pivot arms 62 having one end thereof conventionally rotatably connected to the ejection roller shaft 58 as by means of bearings 64, one of which is shown, and having the other ends resiliently connected to the housing 14, by means of a depending spring 66, and provided with bearings 68 for rotatably supporting the impression roller shaft 52.
  • any suitable structure 60 such as a pair of parallel-spaced, interconnected, pivot arms 62 having one end thereof conventionally rotatably connected to the ejection roller shaft 58 as by means of bearings 64, one of which is shown, and having the other ends resiliently connected to the housing 14, by means of a depending spring 66, and provided with bearings 68 for rotatably supporting the impression roller shaft 52.
  • the postage meter 16 preferably includes a suitable idler roller 70, conventionally mounted for rotation on a shaft 72 which is suitably resiliently mounted to yieldably support the roller 70 above the ejection roller 54 for receiving therebetween mixed thickness letters 24.
  • the base 12 (Fig. 1) includes an intermittently operable system 80 for driving the drum drive gear 48, and thus the drum 42, the impression roller shaft 52, and thus the impression roller 50, and the ejection roller shaft 58, in timed relationship with one another in response to movement of the trip lever 34 by a letter 24 fed to the machine 10.
  • the driving system 80 includes suitable control structure 82 and trip structure 84, which are respectively conventionally connected to the housing 14.
  • the trip structure 84 is suitably connected between the trip lever 34 and control structure 82 for providing conventional input thereto indicative that a letter 24 has been fed to the machine 10.
  • the drive system 80 also includes a motor 86, which is conventionally connected to the control structure 82 for operation thereof in response to conventional input from the trip structure 84, and which has an output shaft 88.
  • the drive system 80 includes a pinion gear 90, mounted on the output shaft 88, and a drive gear 92, mounted on the ejection roller shaft 58. Further the drive system 80 includes a drive gear 94, which is conventionally rotatably connected to the housing 14, as by means of a shaft 95 suitably rotatably connected thereto, and protrudes upwardly therefrom through an aperture 96 formed in the housing 14 for disposition in meshing engagement with the drum drive gear 48 when the postage meter 16 is mounted on the base 12.
  • the drive system 80 includes a drive gear (not shown), which is conventionally fixedly attached to the drive gear 94, and a gear belt 98 looped thereabout and about the pinion gear 90 for transmitting motor drive from the pinion gear 90 to the drive gear 94, and thus to the postage meter drum 42. Still further, the drive gear 92 is disposed in meshing engagement with the gear belt 98 for transmitting motor drive therefrom to the drive gear 92, and thus to the ejection roller shaft 58.
  • a drive gear (not shown), which is conventionally fixedly attached to the drive gear 94, and a gear belt 98 looped thereabout and about the pinion gear 90 for transmitting motor drive from the pinion gear 90 to the drive gear 94, and thus to the postage meter drum 42.
  • the drive gear 92 is disposed in meshing engagement with the gear belt 98 for transmitting motor drive therefrom to the drive gear 92, and thus to the ejection roller shaft 58.
  • the drive system 80 also includes a driven gear 100 mounted on the ejection roller shaft 58, a drive gear 102 mounted on the impression roller shaft 52, and a gear belt 104 which is looped about the gears, 100 and 102, for transmitting motor drive from the ejection roller shaft 58 to the impression roller shaft 52, and thus to the impression roller 50.
  • the printing die 44 rotates through a predetermined circularly-extending path of travel 106 and into engagement with the letter 24, followed by cooperating with the impression roller 50 to feed the letter 24 therebetween and to the ejection and idler rollers, 56 and 70, as the printing die 44 prints postage indicia on the letter 24.
  • the ejection roller 56 also feeds the letter 24 downstream in the path of travel 28, and, in addition, stores excess energy in the ejection roller spring 57 until the upstream, trailing edge of the letter 24 is released due to the drum 42 rotating out of engagement with the letter 24.
  • the excess energy stored in the ejection roller spring 57 rapidly rotates the outer roller member 56 in engagement with the letter 24, for ejecting the letter 24 from the machine 10.
  • the base 12 (Fig. 1) and thus the mailing machine 10, also includes a receptacle 110, formed in the housing 14, and a disposable inking cartridge 112, removably mountable in the receptacle 110.
  • the receptacle 110 (Fig. 2) is preferably an elongate, substantially vertically oriented slot-like cavity defined in the housing 14 by mean of a lower wall 114, and by means of a rear wall 116 and oppositely facing side walls 118 which respectively extend upwardly from the lower wall 114 and define an open upper end 120, opposite the lower wall 114, and a front opening 122, opposite the rear wall 116.
  • the lower wall 114 preferably includes a T-shaped channel 124 formed therein, including a laterally-extending front portion 126, intersected by an elongate, rearwardly-extending, rear portion 128, having a pair of elongate oppositely facing side surfaces 130.
  • the lower wall 114 includes a pair of elongate, parallel-spaced, horizontally-extending base surfaces 132, from which the channel side surfaces 130 downwardly extend.
  • the rear wall 116 includes a vertically-extending lower portion 136, having a rectangularly-shaped aperture 138 formed therein.
  • the rear wall 116 includes an upper portion 140, which is inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the lower portion 136 to the receptacle's upper open end 120, and has a slot 142 formed downwardly and rearwardly therein.
  • the opposed side walls 118 each include a substantially L-shaped channel 144 formed therein, having a vertically extending leg 146 defined by oppositely facing side surfaces, 148 and 150, and having a horizontally extending leg 152 defined by an upper, horizontally-extending, lip surface 154 and by one of the lower wall base surfaces 132.
  • each of the opposed side walls 118 includes a stop surface 156 which vertically extends between the lip and base surfaces, 154 and 132.
  • the cartridge 112 generally includes a hollow housing 164 having rotatably mounted therein an ink impregnated reservoir roller 166 (Fig. 3) and an ink impregnated transfer roller 168.
  • the housing 164 (Fig. 2) is preferably an elongate, upright, generally rectangularly-shaped, structure, having opposed, upright side walls 172, and having an elongate perimeter edge wall 174 which extends between the side walls 172.
  • the rollers, 161 and 168 respectively extend between the side walls 172, are rotatably connected thereto and are disposed in rolling engagement with one another.
  • the edge wall 174 (Fig. 2)
  • each of the side walls 172 includes an elongate, upright, generally rectangularly-shaped ridge 184 formed therein, substantially midway between the front and rear edge portions, 178 and 180, so as to extend laterally outwardly of the housing 164.
  • Each of the ridges 184 has opposed, elongate, upright, parallel-spaced, front and rear guide edges, 186 and 188, and has an upper guide edge 190 extending transversely between the front and rear guide edges, 186 and 188.
  • each of the ridges 184 has a V-shaped, downwardly pointing, lower guide edge 192, extending between the front and rear guide edges, 186 and 188, for visually indicating the direction of insertion, and guiding insertion, of the housing 164, and thus the cartridge 112, into the receptacle 110.
  • the cartridge 112 additionally includes spring structure 192 comprising an elongate, generally rectangularly-shaped, leaf spring 194, which is fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the housing 164 and has a free end 196.
  • the leaf spring 192 is integrally formed with the upper edge wall portion 175 of the housing 164 so as to extend outwardly thereof and downwardly therefrom, alongside of the rear edge wall portion 180, to permit resilient movement thereof toward and away from the housing's rear edge wall portion 180.
  • the free end 196 of the spring 192 includes a latch portion 198 extending transversely therefrom.
  • the housing's opposed, lower, pointed, ridge edges 192 are oriented downwardly, and the housing's ridge edges, 186 and 188, are respectively vertically aligned with the receptacle's vertically oriented channel leg surfaces, 150 and 148.
  • the free end 196 of the leaf spring 192 is located vertically above the inclined upper portion 140 of the receptacle's rear wall 116.
  • the housing 164 For further holding the cartridge 112 (Fig. 2) in the receptacle 110 and for guiding forward and rearward movement of the housing 164 within the receptacle 110, the housing 164 includes the aforesaid upper guide edges 190, and, in addition, the lower edge wall portion 176 of the housing 164 includes an elongate ridge 200 formed therein which is generally U-shaped in transverse cross-section.
  • the ridge 200 longitudinally extends between the front and rear edge portions, 178 and 180, of the edge wall 174 and is located substantially midway between the opposed side walls 172.
  • the ridge 200 extends downwardly and outwardly of the housing 164, and has opposed, longitudinally-extending, side surfaces 252.
  • the housing's upper ridge edges 190 slidably engages the receptacle's upper lip surfaces 154, and the housing's lower edge portion 176 is disposed in sliding relationship with respect to the receptacle's base surfaces 132.
  • the cartridge leaf spring 192 releases sufficient stored energy to cause the leaf spring 192 to resiliently urge the housing 164 forwardly within the receptacle 110 until the housing's front edge portion 178 is urged into engagement with the receptacle's stop surfaces 156.
  • the drum 42 carries the printing die 44, in the circularly-extending path of travel 106 thereof, into engagement with the cartridge's transfer roller 168.
  • the die 44 urges the housing 164 out of engagement with the receptacle stop surfaces 156 and rearwardly within the receptacle 112, against the forwardly directed resilient force 209 exerted by the leaf spring 194.
  • the spring 194 resiliently urges the transfer roller 168 into engagement with the printing die 44 for transferring ink thereto from the transfer roller 168.
  • the leaf spring 194 resiliently urges the housing 164 forwardly within the receptacle 110 and back into engagement with the receptacle's stop surfaces 156.
  • the housing 164 is thus reciprocably moved within the receptacle 110 in response to the printing die 44 engaging and disengining the transfer roller 168, the housing's opposed ridge edges 190 slidably move against the receptacle's upper lip surfaces 154, and the housing's lower edge portion 176 slidably moves against the receptacle's lower wall base surfaces 132, for guiding movement of the housing 168 within the receptacle 110.
  • the housing's upper edge wall portion 174 has formed therein or marked thereon, an arrow 210 which directionally extends away from the housing's front edge wall portion 178 and towards the housing's rear edge wall portion 180, for visually indicating the direction in which the housing 164 is to be moved within the receptacle 110 for removing the cartridge 112 therefrom.
  • the outer surface 212 of the housing's front edge wall portion 178 and the outer surface 214 of the leaf spring 192 each have formed therein a plurality of parallel-spaced, transversely-extending, ridges 216, which are serrated in transverse cross-section, to facilitate simultaneously manually grasping the housing 164 and leaf spring 192, and then resiliently urging the leaf spring latch portion 198 toward the housing's rear edge wall portion 180, for releasing the leaf spring 192 from the receptacle's lower rear wall aperture 138, and slidably moving the housing 164 rearwardly within the receptacle 110 until the housing's opposed upper ridge edges 190 are rearwardly moved out from beneath the receptacle's lip surfaces 154. Whereupon the cartridge 112 may be manually vertically raised out of the receptacle 110 for removal therefrom.
  • the postage meter 16 (Fig. 1) on the base 12
  • the postage meter apertures 20 and mailing machine base posts 18 are respectively aligned with each other and the postage meter 16 is vertically lowered, in the path of travel 21 defined by the apertures 20 and posts 18 to the predetermined position 17 thereof on the base 12.
  • the cam-shaped portions 173 thereof are located in the path of travel 21 of the postage meter 16.
  • the meter guard structure 45 is located in the meter's path of travel 21.
  • the shield member 49 urges the housing 164 out of engagement with the receptacle stop surfaces 156 and rearwardly within the receptacle 112, against the forwardly directed resilient force 209 exerted by the leaf spring 194.
  • the transfer roller 168 is carried by housing 164 therewith, the transfer roller 168 is urged out of the path of travel 21 of the postage meter 16 in response to the guard structure 45 engaging the cartridge 116.
  • the guard structure 45 prevents ink from the transfer roller 168 from being smeared onto the postage meter 16 as the postage meter 16 is mounted on the base 12. As shown in Fig.
  • the guard structure 45 when the postage meter 16 lowered onto the base 16 the guard structure 45 is disposed of engagement with the cam surfaces 175 and the leaf spring 194 has resiliently urged the housing 164, and thus transfer roller 168, toward the printing die 44 to permit ink to be transferred from the roller 168 to the printing die 44 when the printing die 44 rotates into engagement with the transfer roller 168.
  • the leaf spring 194 resiliently urges the housing 164 forwardly within the receptacle 110 and back out into engagement with the receptacle's stop surfaces 156 in response to the guard structure 45 disengaging the cam surfaces 175.
  • the housing 164 is thus reciprocably moved within the receptacle 110 in response to the guard structure 45 engaging and disengaging the cam surfaces 175, the housing's opposed ridge edges 190 slidably move against the receptacle's upper lip surfaces 154, and the housing's lower edge portion 176 slidably moves against the receptacle's lower wall base surfaces 132, for guiding movement of the housing 164 within the receptacle 110.
  • the meter apertures 20 (Fig. 1) and base posts 18 are disposed in alignment with one another and the postage meter 16 is located in the predetermined position 17 thereof on the base 12.
  • the meter 16 is vertically raised in the path of travel 21 defined by the apertures 20 and posts 18, out of the position 17 thereof on the base 12.
  • the guard structure 45 engages the cam surfaces 175 and laterally moves the cartridge housing 164 out of engagement with the receptacle stop surfaces 156 and rearwardly within the receptacle 110, against the force 209 exerted by the spring 194.
  • the guard structure 45 (Fig. 5) is moved out of engagement with the cam surfaces 175.
  • the leaf spring 194 laterally moves the cartridge housing 164 forwardly within the receptacle 110 and into engagement with the receptacle stop surfaces 156.

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US07/703,306 US5353700A (en) 1991-05-20 1991-05-20 Mailing machine including movable inking cartridge
US07/703,316 US5427023A (en) 1991-05-20 1991-05-20 Mailing machine having a disposable inking cartridge
US703316 1991-05-20

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FR2766757A1 (fr) * 1997-08-01 1999-02-05 Secap Dispositif pour imprimer un signe et machine a affranchir le comportant

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FR2545420A1 (fr) * 1983-05-06 1984-11-09 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Mecanisme d'encrage pour machines a affranchir et a timbrer
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