EP0560716B1 - Dispositif pour transporter des étiquettes - Google Patents

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EP0560716B1
EP0560716B1 EP93810146A EP93810146A EP0560716B1 EP 0560716 B1 EP0560716 B1 EP 0560716B1 EP 93810146 A EP93810146 A EP 93810146A EP 93810146 A EP93810146 A EP 93810146A EP 0560716 B1 EP0560716 B1 EP 0560716B1
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Werner Haug
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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
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip

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  • the invention relates to a device for transporting labels with the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a device of this type in a conventional design has the disadvantage that when the label transport is not being used, the label tape remains in the deflecting guideways and is bent there. If it is not used for a long time, the label provided on this band area is permanently deformed, so that after leaving the device, its arcuate shape makes it difficult to stick to an article, e.g. a letter that can be handled.
  • This disadvantage has a particular effect on franking machines which are equipped with such a device, since the franking machine usually applies the franking imprint directly to an envelope instead of to a value label, so that the said transport device generally has longer downtimes.
  • the invention has for its object to eliminate the disadvantage mentioned and consequently to find a device that allows the delivery of undeformed labels even after downtimes.
  • a device for label transport is known in which the label tape receives only a slight deflection by approximately 30 ° when it is conveyed in the device, ie without reversing the direction.
  • This device is equipped to cut labels of two different lengths from the label tape.
  • the label tape In order to change from the larger label length to the smaller label length, the label tape is moved back by the difference in length by briefly reversing the direction of rotation of the motor without leaving the area of the deflection.
  • a device for issuing tickets in which a cardboard-like strip material is drawn off from a zigzag-shaped stack form over a first, slight deflection and after separation along pre-perforated fold lines in the form of individual tickets is further conveyed through two further deflections of 90 °.
  • This device provides for the strip material to be returned to the storage container by reversing the direction of rotation of a motor, so that it stacks again in a zigzag shape.
  • a renewed use of strip material from the storage container in question makes it necessary to push it back into the conveyor track by hand after opening the device until it is gripped by conveyor rollers.
  • the device according to the invention is arranged in the example shown under the franking table 1 of a franking machine having the print head 2.
  • the adhesive labels are stuck on a label tape 3, which is 50 mm wide, for example.
  • the label tape bears 3 markings that are read by the photocell 6.
  • the label tape 3 runs from the label roll 5 through a lower guide track 8 to a deflection guide 10 enclosing a transport roller 9 and from there to an upper guide track 11 which is arranged at an acute angle to the lower one.
  • the label strip 3 reaches the pressure roller 12 of the franking table, which can be pivoted upwards against the franking head 2 for franking.
  • the lower and upper guide tracks 8, 11 each have two mutually parallel guide plates 14, 15, 16, 17, which form the guide gap between them.
  • Two springs 24 and 25 respectively press or pull the axis 26, 27 of the pressure roller 18, 20, which can be moved in a slot, in the direction of the driven roller, so that the label strip 3 is gripped and transported between the rollers.
  • the drive takes place starting from the electric motor 29 via the toothed wheels 30 to 34.
  • the motor is controlled by a schematically indicated, programmed electronic control unit 36, which among other things.
  • a cutting device 40 is provided at the beginning of the upper straight guide track 11 or at the end of the deflecting guide 10 for severing a length of the label strip 3 having a label. It has a movable knife 43, which is guided between two fixed knife plates 41, 41. For this purpose, the label strip 3 runs through a slot 44 in the knife plate 42.
  • the drive of the knife 43 can start done by a separate motor. When used on a franking machine, the drive is removed from the movement mechanism 45 of the pressure roller 12 of the franking machine that is movable against the print head 2 and is guided via a drive rod 46 to a crank 47 which rotates a crankshaft 48 for the knife actuation. For this purpose, a drive fork is attached to the crankshaft, which engages with its two ends in slots of the knife 43.
  • the workflow of the device it is first necessary to push the free end of the label roll 5 into the lower rectilinear guideway 8 up to the first pair of transport rollers 18, 19 and to start the motor 29 by pressing the "label” button.
  • the label tape 3 is thereby transported further around the deflection guide 10 to the second pair of transport rollers 9, 20 and then through the slot 44 of the cutting device 40 into the upper, straight, obliquely upward guide track 11 below so that the photocell 6 is switched on.
  • the transport continues until a marking on the label strip 3 is detected by the photocell.
  • the signal from the photo cell 6 stops the drive of the label tape by the electric motor 29, and the main motor of the franking machine is started.
  • the motor 29 reverses the polarity each time the print is carried out, so that the motor in FIG part of the label tape 3 located in the deflection guide 10 is transported back into the lower, linear tape guide 8 by approximately 40 to 60 mm.
  • the free or front end of the label strip 3 is then between the first and second pair of transport rollers 18, 19; 9.20. A curvature of part of the label tape 3 is thus avoided. If the label button is pressed again, the label tape 3 is transported forward in the manner described until the photocell 6 detects a mark again.

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  • Labeling Devices (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)
  • Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)

Claims (1)

  1. Dispositif pour transporter des étiquettes, notamment des étiquettes adhésives d'une machine à affranchir, avec un support de rouleau d'étiquettes (5) pour des étiquettes stockées en bande, avec au moins deux trajets de guidage (8, 11) pour la bande d'étiquettes (3) disposés en angle l'un par rapport à l'autre et raccordés l'un à l'autre par un trajet de guidage de renvoi (10), avec au moins une paire de rouleaux de transport (18, 19; 9, 20) disposée dans un trajet de guidage (8, 10) et reliée à un moteur électrique (29), avec un dispositif de coupe (40) pour découper les étiquettes individuelles, avec une unité de commande électronique (36) pour la commande du moteur électrique et avec un dispositif de repérage (6) relié à l'unité de commande (36) et disposé sur l'un des trajets de guidage (10, 11),
    caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande (36) commande le moteur électrique (29) de manière telle qu'après la découpe d'une étiquette et le début d'un temps d'arrêt de son mouvement de transport, la bande d'étiquettes (3) est ramenée dans le trajet de guidage rectiligne (8) disposé, dans le direction de transport, en amont du trajet de renvoi (10) jusqu'au moins le commencement du trajet de guidage de renvoi (10).
EP93810146A 1992-03-10 1993-03-01 Dispositif pour transporter des étiquettes Revoked EP0560716B1 (fr)

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CH755/92A CH685693A5 (de) 1992-03-10 1992-03-10 Vorrichtung zum Etikettentransport.
CH755/92 1992-03-10

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EP0560716A1 EP0560716A1 (fr) 1993-09-15
EP0560716B1 true EP0560716B1 (fr) 1996-07-03

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EP (1) EP0560716B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE139965T1 (fr)
CH (1) CH685693A5 (fr)
DE (1) DE59303099D1 (fr)

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DE59510980D1 (de) * 1995-03-07 2005-01-27 Frama Ag Vorrichtung für die Bestimmung eines Frankierwertes
WO1997015501A1 (fr) * 1995-10-23 1997-05-01 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Distributeur d'etiquettes sans revetement
FR2768366B1 (fr) * 1997-09-12 1999-11-12 Secap Machine d'impression d'objets plats, notamment d'enveloppes, a tambour d'impression et dispositif compensateur d'epaisseur
US6224280B1 (en) 1998-05-06 2001-05-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines
US6814126B1 (en) * 2003-09-10 2004-11-09 Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Sheet member impression structure for labeling machine

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US4568950A (en) * 1984-06-19 1986-02-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter-thermal tape pressure and drive control printer
FR2616127B1 (fr) * 1987-06-05 1990-11-16 Smh Alcatel Machine a affranchir des etiquettes
JP2666973B2 (ja) * 1988-05-16 1997-10-22 株式会社リコー 記録紙搬送制御装置
US4981378A (en) * 1988-12-29 1991-01-01 Kraemer Wilfried Apparatus for printing a strip
US5133615A (en) * 1989-09-07 1992-07-28 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Ticket issuing machine

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EP0560716A1 (fr) 1993-09-15
ATE139965T1 (de) 1996-07-15

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