EP0597770A1 - Modulare Frankiermaschine mit einer Vorrichtung zum Zusammenbauen und zur automatischen Verriegelung und Zentrierung von Modulen - Google Patents

Modulare Frankiermaschine mit einer Vorrichtung zum Zusammenbauen und zur automatischen Verriegelung und Zentrierung von Modulen Download PDF

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EP0597770A1
EP0597770A1 EP93402742A EP93402742A EP0597770A1 EP 0597770 A1 EP0597770 A1 EP 0597770A1 EP 93402742 A EP93402742 A EP 93402742A EP 93402742 A EP93402742 A EP 93402742A EP 0597770 A1 EP0597770 A1 EP 0597770A1
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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
    • G07B17/00185—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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/59—Manually releaseable latch type
    • Y10T403/591—Manually releaseable latch type having operating mechanism
    • Y10T403/592—Ball detent
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/59—Manually releaseable latch type
    • Y10T403/599—Spring biased manipulator

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  • the invention relates to a modular franking machine, comprising a first module, a second module, a module assembly device designed to hold the first module in line with the second module, the assembly device comprising at least one spindle fixed to the first module and projecting and a sheath arranged in the second module, the spindle and the sheath being arranged to be inserted one into the other by translation, and means for locking in position of the spindle relative to with the sheath when they are inserted one inside the other.
  • Document FR-2664722 discloses a modular franking machine comprising a print head, a base, and a device for assembling the print head with the base comprising a pin carried by the base and designed to be insert into a sheath arranged in the print head, and means for locking in position of the spindle relative to the sheath.
  • These locking means consist of a hook pivotally mounted on the base and cooperating with a retainer carried by the print head.
  • This known assembly device allows the centering of the printhead relative to the longitudinal axis of the spindle. Because the locking hook is distant from the longitudinal axis of the spindle, the operation of the hook to make it cooperate with the retainer can cause the spindle to bend.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy this drawback.
  • the assembly of these two modules is carried out first by bringing the print head facing the base of the franking machine so as to be able to insert the spindle into the sheath, then by operating the hook for the cooperate with the retainer when the pin is fully inserted into the sleeve. Consequently, the assembly of these two modules requires two separate operations.
  • the invention relates to a modular franking machine, characterized in that said locking means comprise, on the one hand, a piston movable axially inside the spindle to move a retractable member housed in the inside the spindle so that it protrudes towards the outside of the spindle, and on the other hand, a recess in the sheath to receive said protruding member in order to immobilize the spindle in the sheath.
  • the axial displacement of the piston thus allows locking of the spindle in the sleeve without the risk of bending the spindle.
  • the piston comprises a piston portion forming a ramp which moves the retractable member towards the outside of the spindle.
  • the retractable member can be a ball and the recess in the sleeve can be a bore.
  • the assembly device further comprises a piston operating assembly which axially and automatically displaces the piston in the spindle during the insertion of the spindle into the sheath.
  • a piston operating assembly which axially and automatically displaces the piston in the spindle during the insertion of the spindle into the sheath.
  • the machine further comprises an unlocking assembly which is arranged to exert an axial thrust force on the piston so as to automatically unlock the spindle in the sleeve and actuate the operating assembly so as to separate the first module from the second module.
  • an unlocking assembly which is arranged to exert an axial thrust force on the piston so as to automatically unlock the spindle in the sleeve and actuate the operating assembly so as to separate the first module from the second module.
  • Figures 1,2,3,4 schematically represent an assembly device and a locking / unlocking assembly, seen in section, during different phases of assembly and disassembly of two modules of a franking machine.
  • Figures 5,6,7 show in detail an assembly device and a locking / unlocking assembly for the assembly and disassembly of a franking machine print head and a franking machine base .
  • Figure 8 shows in more detail the retractable locking member.
  • Figures 1,2,3 show a part of a franking machine comprising two modules to be assembled one in the extension of the other, for example a module 1 constituting the base of a franking machine and a module 2 constituting for example a mail ply feeder of this franking machine.
  • the module 1 comprises a reference plate 10, having a relatively flat bearing surface 10A, and forming a part of the external structure of the module 1.
  • the module 2 comprises a reference plate 20, having a surface of relatively flat support 20A, forming part of the external structure of module 2.
  • the franking machine also includes an assembly device designed to hold the module 1 in the extension of the module 2, the plates 10 and 20 then being contiguous.
  • This assembly device comprises at least one pin 11 formed by a hollow tube passing through the plate 10 perpendicular to its bearing surface and integral with the plate 10.
  • the pin 11 protrudes relative to the bearing surface of the plate 10, that is to say that it extends towards the outside of the module 1. It has a frustoconical end 11A.
  • the assembly device also comprises a sheath 21 passing through the plate 20 and formed of two bores 21A, 21B having different diameters and connected by a frustoconical portion 21C.
  • the diameter of the bore 21A constituting the inlet of the sleeve is substantially larger than the outside diameter of the pin 11 and adjusted so that the pin 11 fits into the bore 21A with the least possible play .
  • a piston 12 is mounted to slide axially inside the spindle 11.
  • This piston 12 consists of two cylinders 12A, 12D having different diameters connected by a portion of piston 12C of frustoconical shape forming a ramp.
  • the cylinder 12A constitutes an end part of the piston 12 and has a larger diameter than that of the cylinder 12D.
  • One (or more) ball 13 is housed inside the spindle in an associated housing 17 and cooperates with the cylinders 12A, 12D and the tapered piston portion 12C.
  • the housing 17 opens out so that the ball 13 can project outwards from the spindle 11 when the ball rests on the cylinder 12A.
  • An operating assembly 14 is provided for axially moving the piston in the spindle during the insertion of the spindle 11 into the sheath 21.
  • the operating assembly 14 comprises two shafts 14B passing through the plate 10 perpendicularly to the bearing surface 10A of the plate 10.
  • the shafts 14B are slidably mounted through the plate 10 and are arranged on either side of the spindle.
  • the two thrust shafts 14B are interconnected by a plate 14A sliding along the cylinder 12D of the piston 12.
  • a compression spring 15 is mounted on the piston 12 between the plate 14A and a stop end 12B of the piston.
  • the spring 15 works in compression against the movement of the plate 14A to move the piston 12 axially in the spindle 11 when the ball 13 faces the bore 21B distant from the inlet of the sleeve 21, the spindle 11 then being completely inserted into the sheath 21.
  • An unlocking assembly 16 is also provided for exerting an axial thrust force on the end 12B of the piston 12 so as to retract the ball 13 to automatically unlock the pin 11 of the sleeve 21 and separate the two plates 10 and 20.
  • the unlocking assembly 16 comprises a lever 16A articulated on the plate 10 around an axis 16C, and subjected to a return spring 16B fixed by one end to the plate 10.
  • the assembly of the two modules 1,2 takes place as follows.
  • the plate 10 of the module 1 remains fixed.
  • the plate 20 of the module 2 is brought closer to the plate 10 in the direction indicated by the arrow F as visible in FIG. 1, the opening of the sheath 21 facing the frustoconical end part 11A of the spindle 11.
  • the plate 20 is automatically centered on the longitudinal axis of the spindle 11 by the insertion of the frustoconical end portion 11A of the spindle 11 into the bore 21A.
  • the pin 11 is inserted into the sheath 21 and the bearing surface of the plate 20 comes into contact against the free end of the thrust shafts 14B as visible in FIG. 2.
  • the entry of the the bore 21A is located substantially above the middle 13C of the ball 13, which keeps the ball 13 in the retracted position in its housing 17.
  • the thrust shafts 14B are pushed by the plate 20 and slide therein. They drive the plate 14A which slides along the axis of the piston 12. Because the ball 13 is in its housing 17, it prevents the axial displacement of the piston 12 in the direction F in the spindle 11. The spring 15 compresses until the ball 13 faces the bore 21B. At this instant, the two bearing surfaces 10A, 20A are perfectly contiguous.
  • the compressed spring 15 relaxes which causes the axial displacement of the piston 12 in the spindle 11 in the direction indicated by the arrow F.
  • the ball 13 is then moved towards the outside of the spindle 11 by raising the frustoconical portion 12C and s 'engages in the bore 21B as visible in Figure 4. It is held in this position by resting on the cylinder 12A to lock in position the spindle in the sleeve.
  • the displacement of the piston 12 under the action of the spring 15, causes the lever 16A to pivot about the axis 16C along the arrow P in FIG. 3.
  • the return spring 16B keeps the end of the lever 16A in contact with the end 12B of the piston opposing the movement of the lever 16A in the direction indicated by the arrow F.
  • the compression spring 15 has a much lower coefficient of elasticity than that of the return spring 16B.
  • the unlocking of the spindle in the sleeve takes place as follows.
  • the lever 16B is maneuvered manually or by an operating member so as to exert a pushing force on the end 12A of the piston.
  • the piston 12 slides in the spindle in the direction indicated by the arrow O in FIG. 4.
  • the spring 15 compresses while the thrust shafts 14B and the plate 14A remain fixed.
  • the frustoconical portion 12C of the end portion 12A of the piston arrives opposite the ball 13 which can then retract in its housing 17.
  • the ball 13 then no longer projects into the bore 21B, this which allows the sleeve 21 to slide along the axis of the spindle 11.
  • the spring 15 was compressed, it relaxes and pushes the plate 14A and the thrust shafts 14B in the direction indicated by the arrow O.
  • the thrust shafts 14B then push the plate 20 which helps in the separation of the two modules 1 and 2.
  • Figures 5,6,7 show a part of a postage meter comprising a head 2 'of postage meter and a base 1' of postage meter to assemble one in the extension of the other.
  • the head 2 ' is brought closer to the base 1' according to the arrow F '.
  • the shaft 11 'rotating from the base engages in the sheath 21' of the head.
  • the bearing surface 20'A of the head comes into contact with a thrust shaft 14'B, in order to push, by compressing a spring 19 ', an articulated link 18'.
  • the link 18 ' is connected to a lever 16'A by means of an articulated piece 20'.
  • the link 18 'pivots to release a locking / unlocking mechanism 16' comprising the lever 16'A which is in contact with a piston 12 'movable axially in the shaft 11'.
  • the lever 16'A allows the piston 12 'to also recede to the right under the action of the pre-compressed spring 15'.
  • the ball 13 ' engages in a bore 21'B.
  • the ball 13 ' is housed at 17' inside the shaft 11 'and protrudes into the bore 21'B by an opening 17'A arranged in the shaft when the ball 13 'is carried by a frustoconical part 12'C of the piston 12'.
  • This opening 17'A is narrowed to limit the movement of the ball.
  • a lever 16'D is maneuvered according to arrow I, to pivot the lever 16'A so as to move the piston 12 'to the left .
  • the spring 15 ' is compressed and the ball 13' retracts into its housing 17 '.
  • the thrust shaft 14'B pushes the bearing surface 20'A under the action of the spring 19 'which relaxes.
  • the thrust shaft 14'B drives the link 18 'which blocks the movement of the lever 16'A by means of the part 20'.

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EP93402742A 1992-11-10 1993-11-09 Modulare Frankiermaschine mit einer Vorrichtung zum Zusammenbauen und zur automatischen Verriegelung und Zentrierung von Modulen Expired - Lifetime EP0597770B1 (de)

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FR9213537A FR2697932B1 (fr) 1992-11-10 1992-11-10 Machine à affranchir modulaire comportant un dispositif d'assemblage de modules à centrage et verrouillage automatique.
FR9213537 1992-11-10

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