EP0671330B1 - Hand-held labeller or marker - Google Patents

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EP0671330B1
EP0671330B1 EP94119924A EP94119924A EP0671330B1 EP 0671330 B1 EP0671330 B1 EP 0671330B1 EP 94119924 A EP94119924 A EP 94119924A EP 94119924 A EP94119924 A EP 94119924A EP 0671330 B1 EP0671330 B1 EP 0671330B1
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Rainer Heckmann
Ulf Koch
Heinrich Volk
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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
    • B65C11/00—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles
    • B65C11/02—Manually-controlled or manually-operable label dispensers, e.g. modified for the application of labels to articles having printing equipment
    • 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
    • B41K3/04—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped
    • B41K3/10—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface and movable at right angles to the surface to be stamped having automatic means for changing type-characters, e.g. numbering devices
    • B41K3/102—Numbering devices
    • B41K3/107—Numbering devices having movable type-carrying bands or chains

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  • the invention relates to a hand labeling or labeling device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device of the generic type has become known from EP-A-32 555.
  • a counting or printing unit for continuous counting or numbering which is suitable for labeling devices, is described, in which the printing wheels are mounted on a common axis and are rotated by switching elements which act directly on the printing wheels.
  • the part of the printing unit that is remote from the printing area protrudes upward above the device housing and therefore there are no problems in terms of width in this area, in contrast to the part of the printing unit located in the device housing, one can do that keep the last-mentioned area optimally narrow because the indexing lever according to the invention now no longer acts on one of the wheels near the pressure area, but on one of the wheels far from the pressure area, ie on the outside. Given the width of the device housing, it can only be used to accommodate the wheels near the pressure area.
  • the indexing lever can be attached in such a way that it does not require any additional space in the device housing, for example by acting directly on the wheels far from the pressure range or not far from them.
  • the indexing lever is rotatably mounted on a housing wall of the printing unit and is drive-connected to a drive shaft of the indexing device via a drive device.
  • the housing of the printing unit can easily be widened in the area of the bearing of the indexing lever if this housing part lies outside the device housing.
  • the drive device may be of a known type, i.e. the pivoting movement of the indexing lever resulting from the pivoting of the printing unit is transmitted to the drive shaft of the indexing device via known machine elements, in particular form-fitting transmission elements being considered.
  • the drive device consists of two at least partially toothed or toothed wheels, the first wheel being rotatably connected to the indexing lever and rotatable about its geometric pivot axis, while the second wheel is rotatably fixed to the drive shaft concentric therewith connected to the advance device is. Because the indexing lever, as mentioned, only executes a back and forth swiveling movement, partially toothed wheels are sufficient, each having a toothing area corresponding to the swivel angle.
  • the geometric axis of rotation of the first wheel or of the indexing lever is located between the geometric axes of the deflection wheels for the belts.
  • the geometric axis of the indexing lever lies exactly on a connecting straight line between the two geometric axes of the wheel groups, but is closer to the wheels far from the pressure area than the wheels close to the pressure area.
  • a particularly simple, but also compact design results in a very advantageous manner in that the geometrical pivot axis of the indexing lever is at the same time the geometrical axis of a shift shaft for the individual adjustment of the deflection wheels of the ribbon printing unit remote from the pressure range.
  • there is practically no additional effort if you do not assign the indexing lever directly to the geometric axis of the selector shaft, but to the side of it.
  • a marking device 1 designed as a hand-held labeling device with a printing unit 4, as the name suggests, labels or the like are printed on, which are located on a strip-shaped carrier.
  • the label supply roll is denoted by 3 and is located in the upper part of the device housing 2. After printing and, if necessary, further transport of the labels within the device, the labels are attached to goods or product packs in a known manner. As a rule, the information on the labels does not only consist of the price, but also other information is printed.
  • the carrier tape with the labels passes through the device in a previously known manner. It is passed under the printing unit 4 shown enlarged in FIG. 2 and transported to a dispensing edge 5, where it is detached from the carrier tape and attached to the goods. As a rule, the labels are self-adhesive.
  • a transport device 6 of known design ensures the passage through the hand-held labeling device 1, the printing unit 4 and the transport device 6 being driven by a hand lever 7.
  • Figure 1 shows the starting or rest position of the hand lever 7, which it assumes due to a built-in spring.
  • the printing unit of this device is a so-called ribbon printing unit.
  • the printing unit of this device is a so-called ribbon printing unit.
  • it is shown only incompletely in FIG.
  • the housing 12 of the printing unit 4 is divided into two along the plane 13.
  • a hollow bearing shaft 15 is formed on one housing part 14. Its free end engages in a receptacle 16 of the other housing part 17.
  • the bearing shaft 15 can also be manufactured separately and fastened accordingly.
  • gear wheels 20 are located in the space between the housing walls 18 and 19. Further elements of the printing unit 4, in particular further wheels, are not provided there.
  • the width 21 of the housing 12 in the lower region that is to say in the region which is located in the interior of the device housing 2, is thus only determined by the number and thickness of the gear wheels 20 and the wall thickness of the housing walls 18 and 19.
  • a large gear wheel 22 is assigned to each small gear wheel 20, with all large gear wheels 22 being gear wheels that are remote from the pressure range.
  • Each small gear 20 is drive-connected to the large gear 22 located in the same plane via an endless pressure belt 23 (FIG. 1). It is a toothed belt, the teeth of which engage between those of the associated gears 20 and 22.
  • printed symbols are attached in a known manner to raised projections. These can be the numbers 0 to 9, which are expediently attached twice in succession to such a printing tape. In addition to numbers, the print ribbon can of course also have other symbols. It is easy to see that by turning one of the gears drives the other gear in the same direction of rotation via the pressure belt.
  • the large gears 22 are driven in the manner described in more detail below, so that the small gears 20 are driven gears only via the pressure belt 23.
  • the right gear 22 is shown. It forms the so-called single wheel on a counter.
  • this gear is the tens gear.
  • To the left of it is the hundreds wheel, and further to the left is the thousands wheel. All gears are freely rotatable on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing.
  • To the left of the four gearwheels mentioned are four further gearwheels for driving four further pressure tapes 23 with symbols other than the numbers 0 to 9, if necessary.
  • the large gears 22 can be rotated on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing in two ways.
  • the pinion 25 is rotated by hand, which is not only rotatable but also axially displaceable in the sense of the double arrow 26.
  • the pinion 25 can be assigned to each of the large or pressure gears 22 remote from the pressure range and thus each of the wheels 22 can be rotated and adjusted individually.
  • This also results in the printing tape 23 being rotated.
  • each symbol of each printing tape can be assigned to the printing area which is located below the small or printing area-side gearwheels 20 (FIG. 3). How this setting is carried out in detail follows from the following description of the exemplary embodiment.
  • a second possibility for the gradual rotation of at least some of the gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range is achieved with the aid of an indexing device which is generally designated 27 in FIG.
  • a fork-shaped indexing lever at its free end 28 is coupled with a bolt in the housing 2 of the hand-held labeling device 1. If, by actuating the hand lever 7, the printing unit 4 is pivoted in the direction of the arrow 29 (FIG. 1), this has due to the coupling of the forked end of the indexing lever 28, the pivoting thereof in the direction of the arrow 30 (FIG. 2) about the geometric Axis 31 results.
  • the indexing lever 28 is non-rotatably coupled to a wheel 32, which in the exemplary embodiment is a gearwheel that is toothed only on part of its circumference.
  • each pivoting of the printing unit 4 in the direction of the arrow 29 causes the one-wheel to be rotated in the direction of the arrow 35 by one switching step.
  • the closest wheel i.e. the tens wheel
  • the closest wheel is taken along, etc.
  • the remaining four gearwheels 22 each can only be set by hand via the pinion 25 to a fixed value, which is retained until these gears are adjusted again by hand.
  • Figure 4 shows a longitudinal section through the housing-fixed hollow shaft 34, which can also be called a switching sleeve. It can be seen that it has a protruding bearing eye 35 and 36 at its right end and in the central area.
  • five spring-loaded pawls 38 are pivotably mounted on a shaft 37 inserted therein (FIG. 2). Four of them each work with snap-in receptacles 39 of the assigned gear 22.
  • the pawl 38 which is directly assigned to the housing wall 19 (FIG. 3), takes on a special task, which is described below is explained in more detail.
  • the switching steps are chosen such that the pawl enters the next catch receptacle 39 following in the circumferential direction after each working stroke of its gear 22 due to the force of its load spring.
  • the load springs of the pawls 38 which are designed as helical compression springs, are each located in a bore 40 in an inner shoulder of the drive shaft 34.
  • the locking receptacles 39 are present on all gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range.
  • the shape of the left four gear wheels 22 of FIG. 3, which are so-called adjusting wheels, may differ slightly from the shape of the right four gear wheels 22, which according to the above explanations are ratchet wheels.
  • the locking receptacles of the adjusting wheels are designed symmetrically to the radii of these wheels, while the shape of the right four wheels 22 according to FIG. 2 deviates somewhat from this in order to improve the shift driving.
  • Figure 8 shows a radial section through a ratchet. It can be seen that the latching receptacles 39 only extend over half the wheel thickness, while, in contrast, they extend the adjusting wheels along their entire length. With regard to the increment of ten, one of the ten locking receptacles 39 also extends over the entire wheel thickness in the case of the shift wheels.
  • the housing-fixed hollow shaft 24 is provided over a partial length with a radial opening 40 which is open towards the edge towards the end facing the housing wall 17. It serves for the passage of the pawls 38 and therefore extends only over the area which has pawls.
  • Opposite is a recess 41 on the hollow shaft 24, into which a plurality of locking elements 42 arranged one above the other in the drawing can enter, each of which is molded onto a leaf spring 43.
  • the leaf springs can be combined into a comb-like structure which is riveted to a shoulder of the recess 41 by means of rivets 44.
  • Each locking member 42 engages in one of the locking receptacles 39 of the associated gear. Because the latching members 42 are arranged in a row, this leads to an alignment of all teeth of all gearwheels, also in a row. In this way, an exact alignment of all symbols of the printing tapes 23 is then achieved.
  • an outer collar 45 can also be seen in FIG. 9, the two ends of which form stops 46 and 47 for the wheel 33 which is non-rotatably connected to the drive shaft of the indexing device, in particular integrally molded thereon from plastic and has teeth only over a partial circumference.
  • a control device 48 is attached, with which the number of pivoting movements of the indexing lever 28 is determined, which cause a switching step of the or the belts 23.
  • the one-wheel can perform a switching step, for example, with each pivoting movement of the indexing lever 28 or only after every second pivoting movement of the indexing lever.
  • essential elements of this control device 48 are a ring-shaped locking slide 49, which is rotatably mounted on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing, and a control ring 50, which is rotatably mounted thereon, but can be triggered in rotation locking stages.
  • Locking notches 51 are attached to the inner circumference of the control ring 50.
  • a control device pawl 52 can optionally snap into these. In the exemplary embodiment, it is of the same design as the pawls 38 and the bearing eye 35 (FIG. 4) immediately adjacent. It is also spring loaded.
  • a locking member 54 engages, which is molded onto a spring tongue 55. Both are made in one piece with the locking slide 49 from plastic.
  • the control ring 50 is also made of plastic. The locking slide 49 and the control ring 50 can be locked against one another in stages by means of the locking members 54 and the further locking notches 53.
  • the five locking teeth are each assigned a locking notch 51 of the control ring 50, so that the control device pawl 52 cannot enter these notches 51.
  • the control device pawl 52 can only engage after every second switching step of the indexing lever 28 and, as a result, two infeed movements of the printing unit 4 or two pivoting movements of the indexing lever 28 in the direction of the arrow 30 (FIG. 2) are required in order to continue rotating the one-wheel by one indexing step.
  • the mode of operation is as follows.
  • each pawl 38, 52 there is a driver 57, which projects downward in FIG. 7.
  • a notch 58 is provided on each pawl. If the control device pawl 52 (FIG. 7) is pivoted inwards, that is to say in the direction of arrow 59, its driver 57, which then engages in the notch of the pawl 38 located underneath it, takes this pawl 38 in the direction of the arrow 59. In this way, all pawls 38, 52 are pivoted in the direction of arrow 59, so that none is locked with their locking notch 51 or 39.
  • the control ring 50 is rotatably mounted on the locking slide 49, with twenty switching steps being provided in this regard. If one turns it further, starting from the position in FIG. 10, by one switching step, the five locking teeth 56 come into an intermediate position between each two adjacent notches 51 and they cannot thereby hinder the pivoting of the control device pawl 52. This means that each switching step of the indexing lever 28 causes a switching step of the unicycle.
  • the locking teeth 56 can also serve as bearing elements of the locking slide 49 on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing.
  • a further leaf spring 43 with a locking element 42 (FIG. 9) can be provided, in which case the locking element 42 interacts with a locking notch 51 of the control ring 15 and in this way also a rotational alignment of the control device 48 with respect to the gearwheels remote from the pressure area 22 is reached.
  • a switching ring 60 (FIG. 11) of a mechanical switch is also plugged onto the free end of the hollow shaft fixed to the housing, which protrudes beyond the control device 48, that is to say between the control device 48 and the housing wall 19 of the printing unit 4.
  • the control device pawl 52 is able to enter an associated released notch 51.
  • notches 63 are attached to the outer circumference of the locking slide 49, which are accessible from the outside via a housing opening in the printing unit housing 12.
  • a suitable tool for example a small screwdriver, which is inserted into the next notch 63 that can be reached, the locking slide 49 can be turned, preferably in the direction of arrow 64, until the next latching.
  • the passage slot for the operating extension 61 of the switching ring 60 is dimensioned such that its two ends - seen in the circumferential direction - form stops for the switching ring 60, where there are preferably corresponding symbols on the housing, for example "ON" and "OFF” or "0" and "1" are attached.
  • the geometric pivot axis 31 of the indexing lever 28 also forms the geometric axis of a shift shaft 65 for the individual adjustment of the deflection wheels 22 of the ribbon printing unit, which are remote from the pressure range 4 ( Figure 3).
  • the selector shaft 65 carries the pinion 25, which can optionally be coupled to each of the gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range.
  • the selector shaft 65 is slidably mounted on a guide shaft 66 in the direction of the arrow 26.
  • the latter is rotatably mounted on the housing wall 18 and preferably has a non-circular, in particular square cross-section, so that the selector shaft 65 can only be shifted but not rotated.
  • a corresponding longitudinal locking device 68 consists of the locking notches 67 and a locking pawl 69 on a spring arm 70, which is preferably made in one piece with the control shaft 65 and protrudes into the square bore 71 of the control shaft 65.
  • An actuating element for example a rotary knob, can be attached to the peg-shaped end 72 of the switching shaft 65 which projects above the housing of the printing unit 4.
  • markings can be made on the outside of the selector shaft 65, which then become visible when the selector shaft 65 is pulled out of the housing of the printing unit 4 and make it easier to locate each gear wheel 22 that is remote from the pressure range.
  • the second wheel 33 of the drive device for the drive shaft 34 is rotatably mounted on the end of the guide shaft 66 rotatably mounted on the wall 18 and is axially secured by a collar 73 of the guide shaft 66 and the wall 18. The collar is received by the shoulder-like enlarged bore of the selector shaft 65 in the area of the pinion 25.
  • the hand-held labeling device described above is equipped with a tape printing unit, a tape, for example, having the digits 0 to 9 twice, ie each tape provided with twenty symbols. If the above description of the exemplary embodiment speaks of twenty notches 63 or ten latching notches 51 and five locking teeth 56, etc., then this relates in each case to an embodiment with twenty symbols on the printing belt 23. If the printing belt has more symbols or only those half number so it is obvious to the person skilled in the art how many notches, notches or ratchet teeth etc. he has to use in this case.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Handetikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgerät gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a hand labeling or labeling device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Ein Gerät gattungsgemäßer Art ist aus der EP-A-32 555 bekannt geworden. Dort wird ein für Etikettiergeräte geeignetes Zähl- oder Druckwerk zum fortlaufenden Zählen oder Numerieren beschrieben, bei dem die Druckräder auf einer gemeinsamen Achse montiert sind und durch Schaltelemente gedreht werden, die direkt auf die Druckräder einwirken.A device of the generic type has become known from EP-A-32 555. There, a counting or printing unit for continuous counting or numbering, which is suitable for labeling devices, is described, in which the printing wheels are mounted on a common axis and are rotated by switching elements which act directly on the printing wheels.

Bei Handgeräten jeglicher Art wird grundsätzlich auf geringes Gewicht sowie möglichst kompakte und damit kleine Dimensionierung geachtet. Dies gilt auch für das gattungsgemäße Handetikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgerät. Unabhängig davon, ob es ein Räderdruckwerk oder ein Bänderdruckwerk aufweist, muß darauf geachtet werden, daß bei einer vorgegebenen Räder- oder Bänderzahl die Breite des Geräts so klein wie möglich gehalten ist. Insofern muß also auch das Druckwerk selbst eine schmale Bauform aufweisen. Andererseits ragt aber, wie das Ausführungsbeispiel zeigt, zumindest bei einem Bänderdruckwerk ein Teil desselben über das Gehäuse des Etikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgeräts nach oben hin aus dem Gehäuse heraus. Beim überstehenden Teil ist das Problem der geringeren Breite dann weniger gegeben als bei dem Teil des Druckwerks, der sich im Innern des Gerätegehäuses befindet.With handheld devices of all kinds, attention is always paid to low weight and as compact as possible and therefore small dimensions. This also applies to the generic hand labeling or labeling device. Regardless of whether it has a wheel printing unit or a belt printing unit, care must be taken that the width of the device is kept as small as possible for a given number of wheels or bands. In this respect, the printing unit itself must also have a narrow design. On the other hand, however, as the exemplary embodiment shows, at least in the case of a ribbon printing unit, part of the same protrudes upwards out of the housing via the housing of the labeling or marking device. With the protruding part, the problem of the smaller width is less given than with the part of the printing unit which is located inside the device housing.

Es liegt demnach die Aufgabe vor, ein Handetikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgerät der eingangs beschriebenen Art so auszubilden, daß sein Druckwerk bei vorgegebener Breite des Gerätegehäuses möglichst viele Druckräder oder Druckbänder aufweisen kann, oder anders ausgedrückt, daß ein zumindest im Druckbereich möglichst schmales Druckwerk ein entsprechend schmales Gerätegehäuse ermöglicht.It is therefore the task of designing a hand-held labeling or marking device of the type described in the introduction in such a way that its printing unit can have as many printing wheels or printing tapes as possible for a given width of the device housing, or in other words that a printing unit that is as narrow as possible at least in the printing area has a correspondingly narrow one Device housing enables.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß die Lehre des Anspruchs 1 vorgeschlagen.To achieve this object, the teaching of claim 1 is proposed according to the invention.

Wenn bei der üblichen Konstruktion solcher Handetikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgeräte der druckbereichsferne Teil des Druckwerks über das Gerätegeäuse nach oben hin vorsteht und deshalb in diesem Bereich hinsichtlich der Breite keine Probleme gegeben sind, im Gegensatz zum im Gerätegehäuse befindlichen druckbereichsseitigen Teil des Druckwerks, so kann man den letztgenannten Bereich optimal schmal halten, weil der Fortschalthebel erfindungsgemäß jetzt nicht mehr auf eines der druckbereichsnahen Räder einwirkt, sondern auf eines der druckbereichsfernen, d.h. außen liegenden Räder. Bei vorgegebener Breite des Gerätegehäuses kann dieses somit ausschließlich zur Unterbringung der druckbereichsnahen Räder ausgenutzt werden. Den Fortschalthebel kann man so anbringen, daß er im Gerätegehäuse keinen zusätzlichen Platzbedarf erfordert, indem er beispielsweise unmittelbar auf die druckbereichfernen Räder einwirkt oder aber von diesen nicht weit entfernt ist. Der Fortschalthebel ist drehbar an einer Gehäusewand des Druckwerks gelagert und über eine Antriebsvorrichtung mit einer Antriebswelle der Fortschaltvorrichtung antriebsverbunden. Das Gehäuse des Druckwerks kann im Bereich der Lagerung des Fortschalthebels ohne weiteres verbreitert sein, wenn dieser Gehäuseteil außerhalb des Gerätegehäuses liegt. Die Gehäuseverbreiterung, die mit einer entsprechenden Gestaltung der Gehäusewand, an welcher der Fortschalthebel drehbar gelagert ist, einhergehen kann, schafft den notwendigen Raum zur Unterbringung der Antriebsvorrichtung für die Antriebswelle der Fortschaltvorrichtung seitlich neben der Gruppe von druckbereichsfernen Rädern bzw. Bandumlenkrädern.If, in the usual design of such hand-held labeling or marking devices, the part of the printing unit that is remote from the printing area protrudes upward above the device housing and therefore there are no problems in terms of width in this area, in contrast to the part of the printing unit located in the device housing, one can do that keep the last-mentioned area optimally narrow because the indexing lever according to the invention now no longer acts on one of the wheels near the pressure area, but on one of the wheels far from the pressure area, ie on the outside. Given the width of the device housing, it can only be used to accommodate the wheels near the pressure area. The indexing lever can be attached in such a way that it does not require any additional space in the device housing, for example by acting directly on the wheels far from the pressure range or not far from them. The indexing lever is rotatably mounted on a housing wall of the printing unit and is drive-connected to a drive shaft of the indexing device via a drive device. The housing of the printing unit can easily be widened in the area of the bearing of the indexing lever if this housing part lies outside the device housing. The housing widening, which can go hand in hand with a corresponding design of the housing wall on which the indexing lever is rotatably mounted, creates the necessary space for accommodating the drive device for the input shaft of the indexing device laterally next to the group of wheels or belt deflection wheels that are remote from the pressure range.

Die Antriebsvorrichtung kann von bekannter Bauart sein, d.h. die aus dem Verschwenken des Druckwerks herrührende Schwenkbewegung des Fortschalthebels wird über bekannte Maschinenelemente auf die Antriebswelle der Fortschaltvorrichtung übertragen, wobei insbesondere formschlüssige Übertragungselemente in Frage kommen.The drive device may be of a known type, i.e. the pivoting movement of the indexing lever resulting from the pivoting of the printing unit is transmitted to the drive shaft of the indexing device via known machine elements, in particular form-fitting transmission elements being considered.

Insoweit sieht eine Weiterbildung der Erfindung vor, daß die Antriebsvorrichtung aus zwei wenigstens teilweise verzahnten oder mit Zähnen versehenen Rädern besteht, wobei das erste Rad drehfest mit dem Fortschalthebel verbunden und um dessen geometrische Schwenkachse drehbar ist, während das zweite Rad drehfest mit der hierzu konzentrischen Antriebswelle der Fortschalteinrichtung verbunden ist. Weil der Fortschalthebel, wie gesagt, nur eine hin- und hergehende Schwenkbewegung ausführt, reichen an sich teilweise verzahnte Räder aus, die jeweils einen dem Schwenkwinkel entsprechenden Verzahnungsbereich haben.In this respect, a further development of the invention provides that the drive device consists of two at least partially toothed or toothed wheels, the first wheel being rotatably connected to the indexing lever and rotatable about its geometric pivot axis, while the second wheel is rotatably fixed to the drive shaft concentric therewith connected to the advance device is. Because the indexing lever, as mentioned, only executes a back and forth swiveling movement, partially toothed wheels are sufficient, each having a toothing area corresponding to the swivel angle.

Bei einem Bänderdruckwerk ist in weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung die geometrische Drehachse des ersten Rads bzw. des Fortschalthebels zwischen den geometrischen Achsen der Umlenkräder für die Bänder gelegen. Es ist insbesondere vorgesehen, daß die geometrische Achse des Fortschalthebels genau auf einer Verbindungsgeraden zwischen den beiden geometrischen Achse der Rädergruppen liegt, jedoch den druckbereichfernen Rädern näher ist als den druckbereichnahen Rädern.In a belt printing unit, in a further embodiment of the invention, the geometric axis of rotation of the first wheel or of the indexing lever is located between the geometric axes of the deflection wheels for the belts. In particular, it is provided that the geometric axis of the indexing lever lies exactly on a connecting straight line between the two geometric axes of the wheel groups, but is closer to the wheels far from the pressure area than the wheels close to the pressure area.

Eine besonders einfache, aber auch kompakte Bauform ergibt sich in sehr vorteilhafter Weise dadurch, daß die geometrische Schwenkachse des Fortschalthebels zugleich die geometrische Achse einer Schaltwelle für die Einzelverstellung der druckbereichfernen Umlenkräder des Bänderdruckwerks ist. Insofern entsteht praktisch kein Mehraufwand, wenn man den Fortschalthebel nicht unmittelbar der geometrischen Achse der Schaltwelle zuordnet, sondern seitlich davon.A particularly simple, but also compact design results in a very advantageous manner in that the geometrical pivot axis of the indexing lever is at the same time the geometrical axis of a shift shaft for the individual adjustment of the deflection wheels of the ribbon printing unit remote from the pressure range. In this respect, there is practically no additional effort if you do not assign the indexing lever directly to the geometric axis of the selector shaft, but to the side of it.

Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen dieses Handetikettier- oder Auszeichnungsgeräts sowie hieraus resultierende Wirkungsweisen und Vorteile ergeben sich aus den Patentansprüchen sowie der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels.Further advantageous refinements of this hand-held labeling or marking device and the modes of action and advantages resulting therefrom result from the patent claims and the following description of an exemplary embodiment.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. Die Zeichnung zeigt dieses Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung. Hierbei stellen dar:

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eine Seitenansicht eines Handetikettiergeräts bei abgenommenen Gehäuseoberteil, wobei einige Elemente im Schnitt zu sehen sind;
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in vergrößertem Maßstab einen Längsschnitt durch das als Bänderdruckwerk ausgebildete Druckwerk der Figur 1;
Figur 3
in verkleinertem Maßstab einen verkürzten Schnitt gemäß der Linie III-III der Figur 2;
Figur 4
einen Längsschnitt durch die Antriebswelle der Fortschaltvorrichtung;
Figur 5
einen Schnitt gemäß der Linie V-V der Figur 4;
Figur 6
eine Ansicht der rechten Stirnseite der Antriebswelle;
Figur 7
in vergrößertem Maßstab eine Darstellung gemäß Figur 6, jedoch mit einer Klinke;
Figur 8
einen Längsmittelschnitt durch ein Schaltrad der Fortschaltvorrichtung;
Figur 9
einen Querschnitt durch die gehäusefeste Hohlwelle mit einer Richtvorrichtung für alle druckbereichfernen Zahnräder;
Figur 10
eine Ansicht einer Fortschaltvorrichtung der Steuervorrichtung für die Fortschaltschrittzahl; und
Figur 11
eine Draufsicht auf einen mechanischen Schaltring.
The invention is explained below with reference to the drawing. The drawing shows this embodiment of the invention. Here represent:
Figure 1
a side view of a hand-held labeling device with the upper housing part removed, with some elements being seen in section;
Figure 2
on an enlarged scale, a longitudinal section through the printing unit of FIG. 1 designed as a ribbon printing unit;
Figure 3
on a smaller scale a shortened section along the line III-III of Figure 2;
Figure 4
a longitudinal section through the drive shaft of the indexing device;
Figure 5
a section along the line VV of Figure 4;
Figure 6
a view of the right end of the drive shaft;
Figure 7
on an enlarged scale a representation according to Figure 6, but with a jack;
Figure 8
a longitudinal central section through a ratchet wheel of the indexing device;
Figure 9
a cross section through the housing-fixed hollow shaft with a straightening device for all pressure gears remote from the pressure range;
Figure 10
a view of an indexing device of the control device for the indexing step number; and
Figure 11
a plan view of a mechanical switching ring.

Mit einem als Handetikettiergerät 1 ausgebildeten Auszeichnungsgerät mit einem Druckwerk 4 werden, wie die Bezeichnung sagt, Etiketten oder dgl. Schriftträger bedruckt, die sich auf einem bandförmigen Träger befinden.With a marking device 1 designed as a hand-held labeling device with a printing unit 4, as the name suggests, labels or the like are printed on, which are located on a strip-shaped carrier.

Die Etiketten-Vorratsrolle ist mit 3 bezeichnet und befindet sich im oberen Teil des Gerätegehäuses 2. Nach dem Bedrucken und ggf. notwendigem Weitertransport der Etiketten innerhalb des Geräts werden die Etiketten in bekannter Weise auf Waren oder Warenpackungen angebracht. Die Information der Etiketten besteht in der Regel nicht nur aus dem Preis, vielmehr sind noch andere Angaben aufgedruckt.The label supply roll is denoted by 3 and is located in the upper part of the device housing 2. After printing and, if necessary, further transport of the labels within the device, the labels are attached to goods or product packs in a known manner. As a rule, the information on the labels does not only consist of the price, but also other information is printed.

Das Trägerband mit den Etiketten durchläuft das Gerät in vorbekannter Weise. Es wird unter dem in Figur 2 vergrößert dargestellten Druckwerk 4 hindurchgeführt und zu einer Spendkante 5 transportiert, wo es vom Trägerband abgelöst und auf der Ware angebracht wird. In der Regel sind die Etiketten selbstklebend. Eine Transporteinrichtung 6 bekannter Bauart besorgt den Durchlauf durch das Handetikettiergerät 1, wobei der Antrieb des Druckwerks 4 und der Transporteinrichtung 6 über einen Handhebel 7 erfolgt.The carrier tape with the labels passes through the device in a previously known manner. It is passed under the printing unit 4 shown enlarged in FIG. 2 and transported to a dispensing edge 5, where it is detached from the carrier tape and attached to the goods. As a rule, the labels are self-adhesive. A transport device 6 of known design ensures the passage through the hand-held labeling device 1, the printing unit 4 and the transport device 6 being driven by a hand lever 7.

Figur 1 zeigt die Ausgangs- oder Ruhelage des Handhebels 7, die er aufgrund einer eingebauten Feder einnimmt. Durch Verschwenken des Handhebels 7 um das Lager 9, also entgegen dem Uhrzeigersinn bzw. in Richtung auf den Handgriff 8 hin, werden sowohl das Druckwerk 4 als auch die Transporteinrichtung 6 angetrieben. Beim Betätigen greifen die Finger der Betätigungshand in die Öffnung 11 des Handhebels 9, während sich die Hand selbst auf der Oberseite 10 des gerätefesten Handgriffs 8 abstützt.Figure 1 shows the starting or rest position of the hand lever 7, which it assumes due to a built-in spring. By pivoting the hand lever 7 around the bearing 9, ie counterclockwise or in the direction of the handle 8, both the printing unit 4 and the transport device 6 are driven. When actuated, the fingers of the actuating hand reach into the opening 11 of the hand lever 9, while the hand is supported on the upper side 10 of the handle 8 fixed to the device.

Gemäß Figuren 1 und 2 handelt es sich beim Druckwerk dieses Geräts um ein sogenanntes Bänderdruckwerk. Es ist in Figur 1 der Übersichtlichkeit wegen nur unvollständig dargestellt.According to Figures 1 and 2, the printing unit of this device is a so-called ribbon printing unit. For the sake of clarity, it is shown only incompletely in FIG.

Gemäß Figur 3 ist das Gehäuse 12 des Druckwerks 4 längs der Ebene 13 zweigeteilt. An das eine Gehäuseteil 14 ist eine hohle Lagerwelle 15 angeformt. Ihr freies Ende greift in eine Aufnahme 16 des anderen Gehäuseteils 17 ein. Die Lagerwelle 15 kann auch separat gefertigt und dementsprechend befestigt werden. Zwischen den Gehäusewänden 18 und 19 der beiden Gehäuseteile 14 und 17 befinden sich auf der hohlen Lagerwelle 15 eine ganze Reihe kleiner Zahnräder 20, wobei es sich um die druckbereichsseitigen Zahnräder 20 des Druckwerks 4 handelt. Erfindungsgemäß befinden sich im Zwischenraum zwischen den Gehäusewänden 18 und 19 lediglich diese Zahnräder 20. Weitere Elemente des Druckwerks 4, insbesondere weitere Räder sind dort nicht vorgesehen. Somit ist die Breite 21 des Gehäuses 12 im unteren Bereich, also in dem Bereich der sich im Innern des Gerätegehäuses 2 befindet lediglich durch die Anzahl und Dicke der Zahnräder 20 und die Wandstärke der Gehäusewände 18 und 19 bestimmt.According to Figure 3, the housing 12 of the printing unit 4 is divided into two along the plane 13. A hollow bearing shaft 15 is formed on one housing part 14. Its free end engages in a receptacle 16 of the other housing part 17. The bearing shaft 15 can also be manufactured separately and fastened accordingly. Between the housing walls 18 and 19 of the two housing parts 14 and 17 there are a whole series of small gear wheels 20 on the hollow bearing shaft 15, which are the gear wheels 20 of the printing unit 4 on the pressure area side. According to the invention, only these gearwheels 20 are located in the space between the housing walls 18 and 19. Further elements of the printing unit 4, in particular further wheels, are not provided there. The width 21 of the housing 12 in the lower region, that is to say in the region which is located in the interior of the device housing 2, is thus only determined by the number and thickness of the gear wheels 20 and the wall thickness of the housing walls 18 and 19.

Jedem kleinen Zahnrad 20 ist ein großes Zahnrad 22 zugeordnet, wobei alle großen Zahnräder 22 druckbereichferne Zahnräder sind. Jedes kleine Zahnrad 20 ist mit dem in derselben Ebene befindlichen großen Zahnrad 22 über ein endloses Druckband 23 (Figur 1) antriebsverbunden. Es handelt sich dabei um einen Zahnriemen, dessen Zähne zwischen diejenigen der zugeordneten Zahnräder 20 und 22 greifen. Außen sind auf erhabenen Vorsprüngen in bekannter Weise Drucksymbole angebracht. Es kann sich dabei um die Zahlen 0 bis 9 handeln, die man zweckmäßigerweise an einem solchen Druckband hintereinander zweifach anbringt. Außer Zahlen kann das Druckband selbstverständlich auch andere Symbole aufweisen. Es ist leicht einsehbar, daß man durch Drehen eines der Zahnräder über das Druckband jeweils das andere Zahnrad in gleichem Drehsinne antreibt.A large gear wheel 22 is assigned to each small gear wheel 20, with all large gear wheels 22 being gear wheels that are remote from the pressure range. Each small gear 20 is drive-connected to the large gear 22 located in the same plane via an endless pressure belt 23 (FIG. 1). It is a toothed belt, the teeth of which engage between those of the associated gears 20 and 22. On the outside, printed symbols are attached in a known manner to raised projections. These can be the numbers 0 to 9, which are expediently attached twice in succession to such a printing tape. In addition to numbers, the print ribbon can of course also have other symbols. It is easy to see that by turning one of the gears drives the other gear in the same direction of rotation via the pressure belt.

Beim Ausführungsbeispiel ist vorgesehen, daß die großen Zahnräder 22 in der nachstehend näher geschilderten Weise angetrieben werden, so daß die kleinen Zahnräder 20 nur über das Druckband 23 angetriebene Zahnräder sind. In Figur 3 ist lediglich das rechte Zahnrad 22 eingezeichnet. Es bildet bei einem Zählwerk das sogenannte Einerrad. Beim zehnten Schaltschritt nimmt es in an sich bekannter Weise das links von ihm gelegene Zahnrad mit, weswegen dieses Zahnrad das Zehnerrad ist. Links davon befindet sich dann das Hunderter- und noch weiter links das Tausenderrad. Sämtliche Zahnräder sind auf der gehäusefeste Hohlwelle 24 frei drehbar. Links von den vier genannten Zahnrädern befinden sich noch vier weitere Zahnräder zum Antrieb von vier weiteren Druckbändern 23 mit ggf. anderen Symbolen als den Zahlen 0 bis 9.In the embodiment, it is provided that the large gears 22 are driven in the manner described in more detail below, so that the small gears 20 are driven gears only via the pressure belt 23. In Figure 3, only the right gear 22 is shown. It forms the so-called single wheel on a counter. In the tenth switching step, it takes the gear to the left of it in a manner known per se, which is why this gear is the tens gear. To the left of it is the hundreds wheel, and further to the left is the thousands wheel. All gears are freely rotatable on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing. To the left of the four gearwheels mentioned are four further gearwheels for driving four further pressure tapes 23 with symbols other than the numbers 0 to 9, if necessary.

Die großen Zahnräder 22 können in zweierlei Weise auf der gehäusefesten Hohlwelle 24 gedreht werden. Eine Möglichkeit besteht darin, daß man von Hand das Ritzel 25 dreht, welches nicht nur drehbar, sondern auch im Sinne des Doppelpfeils 26 axial verschiebbar ist. Auf diese Weise kann man das Ritzel 25 jedem der großen oder druckbereichfernen Zahnräder 22 zuordnen und damit jedes der Räder 22 für sich drehen und einstellen. Damit erreicht man auch ein Drehen des Druckbands 23. Hierdurch läßt sich jedes Symbol jedes Druckbands dem Druckbereich zuordnen, der sich unterhalb der kleinen oder druckbereichseitigen Zahnräder 20 befindet (Figur 3). Wie diese Einstellung im einzelnen vorgenommen wird, ergibt sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung des Ausführungsbeispiels. Eine zweite Möglichkeit zum schrittweisen Drehen wenigstens eines Teils der druckbereichfernen Zahnräder 22 erreicht man mit Hilfe einer Fortschaltvorrichtung, die in Figur 2 allgemein mit 27 bezeichnet ist. Ein an seinem freien Ende gabelförmiger Fortschalthebel 28 ist mit einem Bolzen im Gehäuse 2 des Handetikettiergeräts 1 gekuppelt. Wenn man durch Betätigen des Handhebels 7 ein Verschwenken des Druckwerks 4 im Sinne des Pfeils 29 (Figur 1) bewirkt, so hat dies aufgrund der Ankupplung des gegabelten Endes des Fortschalthebels 28, dessen Verschwenkung im Sinne des Pfeils 30 (Figur 2) um die geometrische Achse 31 zur Folge. Der Fortschalthebel 28 ist aber drehfest mit einem Rad 32 gekuppelt, welches beim Ausführungsbeispiel ein lediglich an einem Teil seines Umfanges verzahntes Zahnrad ist. Dessen Zähne kämmen mit denjenigen eines ebenfalls lediglich auf einem Teilumfang mit Zähnen versehenen weiteren Rads 33. Letzteres ist drehfest mit einer Antriebswelle 34 gekuppelt, welche Bestandteil der Fortschaltvorrichtung 27 ist. Sofern keine besonderen Vorkehrungen getroffen sind, bewirkt demnach jedes Verschwenken des Druckwerks 4 in Pfeilrichtung 29 ein Drehen des Einerrads in Pfeilrichtung 35 um einen Schaltschritt. Beim zehnten Schaltschritt wird wie gesagt das nächstgelegene Rad, also das Zehnerrad, mitgenommen etc. Beim Ausführungsbeispiel ist vorgesehen, daß nur die in Figur 3 rechten vier druckbereichfernen Zahnräder 22 auf diese Weise durch das Fortschaltwerk 27 betätigt werden, während die restlichen vier Zahnräder 22 jeweils nur von Hand über das Ritzel 25 auf einen festen Wert eingestellt werden, der solange erhalten bleibt, bis man diese Zahnräder erneut von Hand verstellt.The large gears 22 can be rotated on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing in two ways. One possibility is that the pinion 25 is rotated by hand, which is not only rotatable but also axially displaceable in the sense of the double arrow 26. In this way, the pinion 25 can be assigned to each of the large or pressure gears 22 remote from the pressure range and thus each of the wheels 22 can be rotated and adjusted individually. This also results in the printing tape 23 being rotated. As a result, each symbol of each printing tape can be assigned to the printing area which is located below the small or printing area-side gearwheels 20 (FIG. 3). How this setting is carried out in detail follows from the following description of the exemplary embodiment. A second possibility for the gradual rotation of at least some of the gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range is achieved with the aid of an indexing device which is generally designated 27 in FIG. A fork-shaped indexing lever at its free end 28 is coupled with a bolt in the housing 2 of the hand-held labeling device 1. If, by actuating the hand lever 7, the printing unit 4 is pivoted in the direction of the arrow 29 (FIG. 1), this has due to the coupling of the forked end of the indexing lever 28, the pivoting thereof in the direction of the arrow 30 (FIG. 2) about the geometric Axis 31 results. The indexing lever 28 is non-rotatably coupled to a wheel 32, which in the exemplary embodiment is a gearwheel that is toothed only on part of its circumference. Its teeth mesh with those of a further wheel 33, which is likewise provided with teeth only on a partial circumference. The latter is non-rotatably coupled to a drive shaft 34, which is part of the indexing device 27. If no special precautions are taken, each pivoting of the printing unit 4 in the direction of the arrow 29 causes the one-wheel to be rotated in the direction of the arrow 35 by one switching step. In the tenth switching step, as mentioned, the closest wheel, i.e. the tens wheel, is taken along, etc. In the exemplary embodiment it is provided that only the four gearwheels 22 on the right in FIG. 3 are actuated in this way by the indexing mechanism 27, while the remaining four gearwheels 22 each can only be set by hand via the pinion 25 to a fixed value, which is retained until these gears are adjusted again by hand.

Figur 4 zeigt einen Längsschnitt durch die gehäusefeste Hohlwelle 34, die man auch als Schalthülse bezeichnen kann. Man erkennt, daß sie an ihrem rechten Ende und im mittleren Bereich je ein vorstehendes Lagerauge 35 bzw. 36 aufweist. Auf einer darin eingesetzten Welle 37 sind beim Ausführungsbeispiel fünf federbelastete Klinken 38 verschwenkbar gelagert (Figur 2). Vier davon arbeiten jeweils mit Rastaufnahmen 39 des zugeordneten Zahnrads 22 zusammen. Die der Gehäusewand 19 (Figur 3) unmittelbar zugeordnete Klinke 38 übernimmt eine Sonderaufgabe, welche nachstehend noch näher erläutert wird. Die Schaltschritte sind so gewählt, daß die Klinke nach jedem Arbeitshub ihres Zahnrads 22 aufgrund der Kraft ihrer Belastungsfeder in die in Umfangsrichtung nächstfolgende Rastaufnahme 39 eintritt. Gemäß Figur 7 befindet sich die als Schraubendruckfeder ausgebildeten Belastungsfedern der Klinken 38 jeweils in einer Bohrung 40 eines inneren Ansatzes der Antriebswelle 34.Figure 4 shows a longitudinal section through the housing-fixed hollow shaft 34, which can also be called a switching sleeve. It can be seen that it has a protruding bearing eye 35 and 36 at its right end and in the central area. In the exemplary embodiment, five spring-loaded pawls 38 are pivotably mounted on a shaft 37 inserted therein (FIG. 2). Four of them each work with snap-in receptacles 39 of the assigned gear 22. The pawl 38, which is directly assigned to the housing wall 19 (FIG. 3), takes on a special task, which is described below is explained in more detail. The switching steps are chosen such that the pawl enters the next catch receptacle 39 following in the circumferential direction after each working stroke of its gear 22 due to the force of its load spring. According to FIG. 7, the load springs of the pawls 38, which are designed as helical compression springs, are each located in a bore 40 in an inner shoulder of the drive shaft 34.

Die Rastaufnahmen 39 sind an allen druckbereichfernen Zahnrädern 22 vorhanden. Dabei kann die Form bei den linken vier Zahnrädern 22 der Figur 3, welche sogenannte Stellräder sind, von der Form bei den rechten vier Zahnrädern 22, welche gemäß den vorstehenden Ausführungen Schalträder sind, geringfügig abweichen. Es ist insbesondere vorgesehen, daß die Rastaufnahmen der Stellräder zu Radien dieser Räder symmetrisch ausgebildet sind, während die Form der rechten vier Räder 22 gemäß Figur 2 hiervon etwas abweicht, um die Schaltmitnahme zu verbessern.The locking receptacles 39 are present on all gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range. The shape of the left four gear wheels 22 of FIG. 3, which are so-called adjusting wheels, may differ slightly from the shape of the right four gear wheels 22, which according to the above explanations are ratchet wheels. In particular, it is provided that the locking receptacles of the adjusting wheels are designed symmetrically to the radii of these wheels, while the shape of the right four wheels 22 according to FIG. 2 deviates somewhat from this in order to improve the shift driving.

Figur 8 zeigt einen Radialschnitt durch ein Schaltrad. Man erkennt, daß sich die Rastaufnahmen 39 nur über die halbe Raddicke erstrecken, während sie im Gegensatz dazu die Stellräder auf ihrer gesamten Dicke längs durchsetzen. Im Hinblick auf die Zehner-Fortschaltung erstreckt sich aber auch bei den Schalträdern eine der zehn Rastaufnahmen 39 über die gesamte Raddicke.Figure 8 shows a radial section through a ratchet. It can be seen that the latching receptacles 39 only extend over half the wheel thickness, while, in contrast, they extend the adjusting wheels along their entire length. With regard to the increment of ten, one of the ten locking receptacles 39 also extends over the entire wheel thickness in the case of the shift wheels.

Die gehäusefeste Hohlwelle 24 ist über eine Teillänge mit einem radialen Durchbruch 40 versehen, der gegen das der Gehäusewand 17 zugekehrte Ende hin randoffen ist. Er dient zum Durchtritt der Klinken 38 und erstreckt sich demnach nur über den Bereich, der Klinken aufweist.The housing-fixed hollow shaft 24 is provided over a partial length with a radial opening 40 which is open towards the edge towards the end facing the housing wall 17. It serves for the passage of the pawls 38 and therefore extends only over the area which has pawls.

Gegenüberliegend ist an der Hohlwelle 24 eine Vertiefung 41 angebracht, in welche mehrere, in der Zeichnung übereinander angeordnete Rastglieder 42 eintreten können, die jeweils an eine Blattfeder 43 angeformt sind. Die Blattfedern können zu einem kammartigen Gebilde zusammengefaßt sein, welches mittels Nieten 44 an einem Absatz der Vertiefung 41 angenietet ist. Jedes Rastglied 42 greift in eine der Rastaufnahmen 39 des zugeordneten Zahnrads ein. Weil die Rastglieder 42 in Reih und Glied angeordnet sind, führt dies zu einem Ausrichten aller Zähne aller Zahnräder, ebenfalls in Reih und Glied. Auf diese Weise wird dann auch eine genaue Ausrichtung aller Symbole der Druckbänder 23 erreicht. Im übrigen ist in Figur 9 noch ein Außenbund 45 zu sehen, dessen beide Enden Anschläge 46 und 47 für das mit der Antriebswelle der Fortschaltvorrichtung drehfest verbundene, insbesondere einstückig aus Kunststoff daran angeformte, nur über einen Teilumfang Zähne aufweisende Rad 33 bilden.Opposite is a recess 41 on the hollow shaft 24, into which a plurality of locking elements 42 arranged one above the other in the drawing can enter, each of which is molded onto a leaf spring 43. The leaf springs can be combined into a comb-like structure which is riveted to a shoulder of the recess 41 by means of rivets 44. Each locking member 42 engages in one of the locking receptacles 39 of the associated gear. Because the latching members 42 are arranged in a row, this leads to an alignment of all teeth of all gearwheels, also in a row. In this way, an exact alignment of all symbols of the printing tapes 23 is then achieved. Furthermore, an outer collar 45 can also be seen in FIG. 9, the two ends of which form stops 46 and 47 for the wheel 33 which is non-rotatably connected to the drive shaft of the indexing device, in particular integrally molded thereon from plastic and has teeth only over a partial circumference.

Auf das der Gehäusewand 19 zugekehrte freie Ende der gehäusefesten Hohlwelle 24 ist eine Steuervorrichtung 48 aufgesteckt, mit der die Anzahl der Schwenkbewegungen des Fortschalthebels 28 festgelegt wird, die einen Schaltschrittdes bzw. der Bänder 23 bewirken. Je nach Einstellung dieserSteuervorrichtung kann das Einerrad bspw. bei jeder Schwenkbewegung des Fortschalthebels 28 oder aber auch erst nach jeder zweiten Schwenkbewegung des Fortschalthebels einen Schaltschritt durchführen.On the free end of the housing-fixed hollow shaft 24 facing the housing wall 19, a control device 48 is attached, with which the number of pivoting movements of the indexing lever 28 is determined, which cause a switching step of the or the belts 23. Depending on the setting of this control device, the one-wheel can perform a switching step, for example, with each pivoting movement of the indexing lever 28 or only after every second pivoting movement of the indexing lever.

Wesentliche Elemente dieser Steuervorrichtung 48 sind gemäß Figur 10 ein ringförmiger, drehbar auf der gehäusefesten Hohlwelle 24 gelagerter Rastschieber 49 und ein daran drehbar gelagerter, aber in Drehraststufen auslösbar fixierbarer Steuerring 50. Am Innenumfang des Steuerrings 50 sind Rastkerben 51 angebracht. Im Hinblick auf das Zehnerzählwerk sind es zehn Rastkerben 51. In diese kann wahlweise eine Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 einrasten. Sie ist beim Ausführungsbeispiel gleich ausgebildet wie die Klinken 38 und dem Lagerauge 35 (Figur 4) unmittelbar benachbart. Auch sie ist federbelastet. Am Außenumfang des Steuerrings 50 befinden sich weitere Rastkerben 53. Beim genannten Ausführungsbeispiel sind zwanzig solcher Rastkerben 53 vorgesehen. Selbstverständlich sind alle Kerben, Zähne usw. gleichmäßig am Umfang verteilt. In zwei der weiteren Rastkerben 53, die vorzugsweise um 180° am Umfang versetzt sind, greift je ein Rastglied 54, das an eine Federzunge 55 angeformt ist. Beide sind einstückig mit dem Rastschieber 49 aus Kunststoff hergestellt. Auch der Steuerring 50 besteht aus Kunststoff. Mittels der Rastglieder 54 sowie der weiteren Rastkerben 53 sind der Rastschieber 49 und der Steuerring 50 in Stufen gegeneinander arretierbar.According to FIG. 10, essential elements of this control device 48 are a ring-shaped locking slide 49, which is rotatably mounted on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing, and a control ring 50, which is rotatably mounted thereon, but can be triggered in rotation locking stages. Locking notches 51 are attached to the inner circumference of the control ring 50. With regard to the tens counter, there are ten notches 51. A control device pawl 52 can optionally snap into these. In the exemplary embodiment, it is of the same design as the pawls 38 and the bearing eye 35 (FIG. 4) immediately adjacent. It is also spring loaded. There are further notches 53 on the outer circumference of the control ring 50. In the exemplary embodiment mentioned twenty such notches 53 are provided. Of course, all notches, teeth, etc. are evenly distributed around the circumference. In two of the further locking notches 53, which are preferably offset by 180 ° on the circumference, a locking member 54 engages, which is molded onto a spring tongue 55. Both are made in one piece with the locking slide 49 from plastic. The control ring 50 is also made of plastic. The locking slide 49 and the control ring 50 can be locked against one another in stages by means of the locking members 54 and the further locking notches 53.

Am Innenumfang des Rastschiebers 49 befinden sich fünf radial nach innen ragende, auch gleichmäßig am Umfang verteilt angeordnete Sperrzähne 56. In der in Figur 10 gezeichneten Drehausrichtung des Steuerrings 50 am Rastschieber 49 sind die fünf Sperrzähne jeweils einer Rastkerbe 51 des Steuerrings 50 zugeordnet, so daß die Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 in diese Rastkerben 51 nicht eintreten kann. Dies bedeutet, daß die Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 nur nach jedem zweiten Schaltschritt des Fortschalthebels 28 einrasten kann und infolgedessen bedarf es zweier Zustellbewegungen des Druckwerks 4 bzw. zweier Verschwenkbewegungen des Fortschalthebels 28 in Pfeilrichtung 30 (Figur 2), um das Einerrad um einen Schaltschritt weiterzudrehen. Die Arbeitsweise ist dabei wie folgt.On the inner circumference of the locking slide 49 there are five radially inwardly projecting locking teeth 56 which are also evenly distributed over the circumference. In the rotational orientation of the control ring 50 on the locking slide 49 shown in FIG. 10, the five locking teeth are each assigned a locking notch 51 of the control ring 50, so that the control device pawl 52 cannot enter these notches 51. This means that the control device pawl 52 can only engage after every second switching step of the indexing lever 28 and, as a result, two infeed movements of the printing unit 4 or two pivoting movements of the indexing lever 28 in the direction of the arrow 30 (FIG. 2) are required in order to continue rotating the one-wheel by one indexing step. The mode of operation is as follows.

An der Unterseite jeder Klinke 38, 52 befindet sich ein in Figur 7 nach unten hin vorstehender Mitnehmer 57. Gegenüberliegend ist an jeder Klinke eine randoffene Kerbe 58 angebracht. Wird nun die Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 (Figur 7) nach innen, also in Pfeilrichtung 59 verschwenkt, so nimmt deren Mitnehmer 57, welcher dann in die randoffene Kerbe der darunter befindlichen Klinke 38 eingreift, diese Klinke 38 im Sinne des Pfeils 59 mit. Auf diese Weise werden sämtliche Klinken 38, 52 in Pfeilrichtung 59 verschwenkt, so daß keine mehr mit ihrer Rastkerbe 51 bzw. 39 verrastet ist. Wenn nunmehr die Antriebswelle 34 mittels des Fortschalthebels 28 um einen Schaltschritt gedreht wird, so wird keines der druckbereichfernen Räder 22 mitgenommen, vielmehr erfolgt jetzt ein Leerschritt. Danach ist es der Rastkerbe 51 möglich, in die nächste nicht versperrte Rastkerbe 51 einzutreten. Infolge davon kann die Klinke 38 des Einerrads in ihre Rastaufnahme 39 eintreten, so daß dieses beim nächsten Schaltschritt des Fortschalthebels 28 mitgenommen wird. Nach jeweils zehn Schaltschritten wird in bekannter Weise die nächste Klinke 38 freigegeben, so daß dann deren Zahnrad auch einen Fortschaltschritt durchführen kann.On the underside of each pawl 38, 52 there is a driver 57, which projects downward in FIG. 7. On the opposite side, a notch 58 is provided on each pawl. If the control device pawl 52 (FIG. 7) is pivoted inwards, that is to say in the direction of arrow 59, its driver 57, which then engages in the notch of the pawl 38 located underneath it, takes this pawl 38 in the direction of the arrow 59. In this way, all pawls 38, 52 are pivoted in the direction of arrow 59, so that none is locked with their locking notch 51 or 39. If now the drive shaft 34 by means of of the indexing lever 28 is rotated by one switching step, none of the wheels 22 remote from the pressure range is taken along, rather an empty step now takes place. Thereafter, the notch 51 is able to enter the next notched notch 51. As a result, the pawl 38 of the one-wheel can enter its latching receptacle 39, so that this is taken along with the next switching step of the indexing lever 28. After every ten switching steps, the next pawl 38 is released in a known manner, so that the gearwheel can then also carry out an indexing step.

Der Steuerring 50 ist, wie gesagt, drehbar am Rastschieber 49 gelagert, wobei diesbezüglich zwanzig Schaltschritte vorgesehen sind. Wenn man ihn, ausgehend von der Stellung in Figur 10, um einen Schaltschritt weiterdreht, so kommen die fünf Sperrzähne 56 in eine Zwischenstellung zwischen jeweils zwei benachbarten Rastkerben 51 und sie können dadurch das Verschwenken der Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 nicht behindern. Dies führt dazu, daß jeder Schaltschritt des Fortschalthebels 28 einen Schaltschritt des Einrads bewirkt. Die Sperrzähne 56 können auch als Lagerelemente des Sperrschiebers 49 an der gehäusefesten Hohlwelle 24 dienen. Desweiteren kann man im Bereich der Steuervorrichtung 48 noch eine weitere Blattfeder 43 mit Rastglied 42 (Figur 9) vorsehen, wobei dann das Rastglied 42 mit jeweils einer Rastkerbe 51 des Steuerrings 15 zusammenwirkt und auf diese Weise auch eine Drehausrichtung der Steuervorrichtung 48 gegenüber den druckbereichfernen Zahnrädern 22 erreicht wird.As already mentioned, the control ring 50 is rotatably mounted on the locking slide 49, with twenty switching steps being provided in this regard. If one turns it further, starting from the position in FIG. 10, by one switching step, the five locking teeth 56 come into an intermediate position between each two adjacent notches 51 and they cannot thereby hinder the pivoting of the control device pawl 52. This means that each switching step of the indexing lever 28 causes a switching step of the unicycle. The locking teeth 56 can also serve as bearing elements of the locking slide 49 on the hollow shaft 24 fixed to the housing. Furthermore, in the area of the control device 48, a further leaf spring 43 with a locking element 42 (FIG. 9) can be provided, in which case the locking element 42 interacts with a locking notch 51 of the control ring 15 and in this way also a rotational alignment of the control device 48 with respect to the gearwheels remote from the pressure area 22 is reached.

Auf das über die Steuervorrichtung 48 vorstehende freie Ende der gehäusefesten Hohlwelle, also zwischen die Steuervorrichtung 48 und die Gehäusewand 19 des Druckwerks 4 ist noch ein Schaltring 60 (Figur 11) eines mechanischen Schalters aufgesteckt. Am Schaltring 60 befinden sich ein über das Gehäuse des Druckwerks 4 nach außen hin vorstehender Bedienungsansatz 61, sowie innen eine nutartige Ausnehmung 62, in welche die Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 eingreift, wenn sich dieser Schaltring und damit auch der mechanische Schalter in seiner Einschaltstellung befindet. Hierbei ist es der Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 möglich, in eine zugeordnete freigegebene Rastkerbe 51 einzutreten. Wenn man jedoch den Schaltring 60 dreht, so tritt die Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 aus der nutartigen Ausnehmung 62 aus und sie legt sich dann an der Bohrung 63 des Schaltrings 60 an. Dies führt zu einem Ausrasten der Steuervorrichtungsklinke 52 aus ihrer Rastkerbe 51 und damit bleiben bei einem Drehen der Antriebswelle 34 sämtliche druckbereichfernen Zahnräder 22 stehen. Dasselbe gilt infolgedessen auch für die Druckbänder 23 sowie die druckbereichseitigen kleinen Zahnräder 20, die im übrigen auch nach jedem Schaltschritt verrasten. In dieser Drehstellung des Schaltrings 60 wird auf jedes der Etiketten bei jeder Betätigung des Handhebels 7 die gleiche Durckzeile aufgedruckt.A switching ring 60 (FIG. 11) of a mechanical switch is also plugged onto the free end of the hollow shaft fixed to the housing, which protrudes beyond the control device 48, that is to say between the control device 48 and the housing wall 19 of the printing unit 4. On the switching ring 60 there is a protruding outward beyond the housing of the printing unit 4 Operating approach 61, and inside a groove-like recess 62, in which the control device pawl 52 engages when this switching ring and thus also the mechanical switch is in its switched-on position. Here, the control device pawl 52 is able to enter an associated released notch 51. However, when you rotate the shift ring 60, the control device pawl 52 emerges from the groove-like recess 62 and then contacts the bore 63 of the shift ring 60. This leads to a disengagement of the control device pawl 52 from its notch 51 and thus, when the drive shaft 34 is rotated, all the gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range stop. As a result, the same also applies to the printing belts 23 and the small gearwheels 20 on the printing area side, which also lock after each switching step. In this rotational position of the switching ring 60, the same pressure line is printed on each of the labels each time the hand lever 7 is actuated.

Es bleibt noch nachzutragen, daß am Außenumfang des Rastschiebers 49 eine ganze Anzahl von Kerben 63 angebracht sind, die über einen Gehäusedurchbruch des Druckwerksgehäuses 12 von außen zugänglich sind. Mittels eines geeigneten Werkzeugs, bspw. eines kleinen Schraubendrehers, den man in die nächst erreichbare Kerbe 63 einsteckt, kann man den Rastschieber 49, vorzugsweise in Pfeilrichtung 64, bis zur nächsten Verrastung drehen. Der Durchtrittsschlitz für den Bedienungsansatz 61 des Schaltrings 60 ist so dimensioniert, daß seine beiden Enden - in Umfangsrichtung gesehen - Anschläge für den Schaltring 60 bilden, wobei dort am Gehäuse vorzugsweise entsprechende Symbole, bspw. "EIN" und "AUS" oder "0" und "1" angebracht sind.It remains to be added that a whole number of notches 63 are attached to the outer circumference of the locking slide 49, which are accessible from the outside via a housing opening in the printing unit housing 12. By means of a suitable tool, for example a small screwdriver, which is inserted into the next notch 63 that can be reached, the locking slide 49 can be turned, preferably in the direction of arrow 64, until the next latching. The passage slot for the operating extension 61 of the switching ring 60 is dimensioned such that its two ends - seen in the circumferential direction - form stops for the switching ring 60, where there are preferably corresponding symbols on the housing, for example "ON" and "OFF" or "0" and "1" are attached.

Wie bereits ausgeführt, bildet die geometrische Schwenkachse 31 des Fortschalthebels 28 zugleich auch die geometrische Achse einer Schaltwelle 65 für die Einzelverstellung der druckbereichfernen Umlenkräder 22 des Bänderdruckwerks 4 (Figur 3). An ihrem fortschalthebelseitigen Ende trägt die Schaltwelle 65 das Ritzel 25, welches wahlweise mit jedem der druckbereichfernen Zahnräder 22 kuppelbar ist. Um dies zu ermöglichen ist die Schaltwelle 65 im Sinne des Pfeils 26 rastend an einer Führungswelle 66 verschiebbar gelagert. Letztere ist drehbar an der Gehäusewand 18 gelagert und besitzt vorzugsweise einen unrunden, insbesondere quadratischen Querschnitt, damit die Schaltwelle 65 daran lediglich verschoben aber nicht gedreht werden kann.As already stated, the geometric pivot axis 31 of the indexing lever 28 also forms the geometric axis of a shift shaft 65 for the individual adjustment of the deflection wheels 22 of the ribbon printing unit, which are remote from the pressure range 4 (Figure 3). At its advancing lever end, the selector shaft 65 carries the pinion 25, which can optionally be coupled to each of the gearwheels 22 remote from the pressure range. In order to make this possible, the selector shaft 65 is slidably mounted on a guide shaft 66 in the direction of the arrow 26. The latter is rotatably mounted on the housing wall 18 and preferably has a non-circular, in particular square cross-section, so that the selector shaft 65 can only be shifted but not rotated.

An der Führungswelle 66 sind in einer Reihe Rastkerben 67 angebracht, deren Seitenabstand der Dicke der Zahnräder 22 entspricht. Die Anordnung ist so getroffen, daß in jeder Verraststellung der Schaltwelle 65 an der Führungswelle 66 das Ritzel 25 genau einem der Zahnräder 22 zugeordnet ist. Eine dementsprechende Längsrasteinrichtung 68 besteht aus den Rastkerben 67 sowie einer Rastklinke 69 an einem Federarm 70, die vorzugsweise einstückig mit der Schaltwelle 65 gefertigt ist und in die Vierkantbohrung 71 der Schaltwelle 65 hineinragt. An dem über das Gehäuse des Druckwerks 4 vorstehenden zapfenförmigen Ende 72 der Schaltwelle 65 kann ein Betätigungsorgan bspw. ein Drehknopf befestigt werden. Außerdem kann man außen an der Schaltwelle 65 Markierungen anbringen, die dann beim Herausziehen der Schaltwelle 65 aus dem Gehäuse des Druckwerks 4 sichtbar werden und ein genaues Auffinden jedes druckbereichfernen Zahnrads 22 erleichtern. Es bleibt noch nachzutragen, daß das zweite Rad 33 der Antriebsvorrichtung für die Antriebswelle 34 auf dem an der Wand 18 drehbar gelagerten Ende der Führungswelle 66 drehbar gelagert und axial durch einen Bund 73 der Führungswelle 66 sowie die Wand 18 gesichert ist. Der Bund wird von der absatzartig erweiterten Bohrung der Schaltwelle 65 im Bereich des Ritzels 25 aufgenommen.On the guide shaft 66 there are locking notches 67 in a row, the side spacing of which corresponds to the thickness of the gear wheels 22. The arrangement is such that in each latched position of the selector shaft 65 on the guide shaft 66, the pinion 25 is assigned to exactly one of the gears 22. A corresponding longitudinal locking device 68 consists of the locking notches 67 and a locking pawl 69 on a spring arm 70, which is preferably made in one piece with the control shaft 65 and protrudes into the square bore 71 of the control shaft 65. An actuating element, for example a rotary knob, can be attached to the peg-shaped end 72 of the switching shaft 65 which projects above the housing of the printing unit 4. In addition, markings can be made on the outside of the selector shaft 65, which then become visible when the selector shaft 65 is pulled out of the housing of the printing unit 4 and make it easier to locate each gear wheel 22 that is remote from the pressure range. It remains to be added that the second wheel 33 of the drive device for the drive shaft 34 is rotatably mounted on the end of the guide shaft 66 rotatably mounted on the wall 18 and is axially secured by a collar 73 of the guide shaft 66 and the wall 18. The collar is received by the shoulder-like enlarged bore of the selector shaft 65 in the area of the pinion 25.

Das vorstehend beschriebene Handetikettiergerät ist mit einem Bänderdruckwerk ausgestattet, wobei ein Band bspw. die Ziffern 0 bis 9 doppelt aufweist, d.h. jedes Band ist mit zwanzig Symbolen versehen. Wenn in der vorstehenden Beschreibung des Ausführungsbeispiels von zwanzig Kerben 63 oder zehn Rastkerben 51 sowie fünf Sperrzähnen 56 die Rede ist etc., so bezieht sich das jeweils auf eine Ausführungsform mit zwanzig Symbolen am Druckband 23. Falls das Druckband mehr Symbole aufweist oder auch nur die halbe Zahl so ist es für den Fachmann ohne weiteres auf der Hand liegend, wieviel Rasten, Kerben oder Sperrzähne etc. er in diesem Falle verwenden muß.The hand-held labeling device described above is equipped with a tape printing unit, a tape, for example, having the digits 0 to 9 twice, ie each tape provided with twenty symbols. If the above description of the exemplary embodiment speaks of twenty notches 63 or ten latching notches 51 and five locking teeth 56, etc., then this relates in each case to an embodiment with twenty symbols on the printing belt 23. If the printing belt has more symbols or only those half number so it is obvious to the person skilled in the art how many notches, notches or ratchet teeth etc. he has to use in this case.

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  1. A hand-held labeling or marking apparatus, with a band or wheel printing mechanism (4) having an indexing device (27) for continuous numbering, in which the indexing device (27) includes a pivotally mounted index lever (28) operable by an operating handle (11) of the apparatus, characterized in that the printing mechanism (4) includes wheels (20) disposed close to the printing zone as well as wheels (22) disposed remote from the printing zone, that the index lever (28) is in driving connection with one of the wheels of the wheel printing mechanism or the band guide wheels (22) of the band printing mechanism (4) at the end remote from the printing zone, that the indexing device (27) is associated with the wheels or band guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone, and that the index lever (28) is rotatably mounted on a housing wall (18) of the printing mechanism (4) and connected to a drive shaft (34) of the indexing device (27) by means of a driving mechanism (32, 33).
  2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the driving mechanism is comprised of two wheels (32, 33) toothed at least in part or provided with teeth, wherein the first wheel (32) is connected with the index lever (28) in a non-rotating relationship and is adapted to rotate about its geometrical pivot axis (31), while the second wheel (33) is connected with the concentric drive shaft of the indexing device (27) in a non-rotating relationship.
  3. The apparatus as claimed in any one of the claims 1 or 2, characterized in that in a band printing mechanism the geometrical axis of rotation (31) of the first wheel (32) or of the index lever (28) lies between the geometrical axes of the guide wheels (20, 22) for the bands (23).
  4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the geometrical pivot axis (31) of the index lever (28) is at the same time the geometrical axis of a selector shaft (65) for the individual adjustment of the guide wheels (22), remote from the printing zone, of the band printing mechanism (4).
  5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the selector shaft (65) carries at its end close to the index lever a pinion (25) selectively engageable with one of the guide wheels (22) of the bands (23), which guide wheels are configured as gear wheels, said selector shaft (65) being longitudinally slidably mounted on a guide shaft (66) which is in turn rotatably mounted on a housing wall (18) on the side close to the index lever.
  6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that a longitudinal detent device (68) is inserted between the guide shaft (66) and the selector shaft (65), with the detent notches (67) thereof corresponding approximately to the thickness of a band guide wheel (22).
  7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the first wheel (32) of the driving mechanism for the drive shaft (34) of the indexing device (27) is rotatably, yet axially non-displaceably, mounted on the guide shaft (66).
  8. The apparatus as claimed in at least one of the claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the guide wheels (20, 22) for the printing bands (23) are each relatively aligned by means of an alignment device (39, 42, for example), such that the teeth of the gear wheels (20 or 22) are in true alignment when at rest.
  9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the gear wheels (22) remote from the printing zone are rotatably mounted on a hollow shaft (24) formed fast with the housing and receiving the drive shaft (34) of the indexing device (27), with spring-loaded (43) detent means (42) that are aligned in a row being provided on the hollow shaft (24), said detent means engaging with the associated detent recess (39) on the bore of the guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone on each indexing of the indexing device (27).
  10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that in the area of the outer circumference of the drive shaft (34) of the indexing device (27), several latches (38) spring-loaded in the latching direction and each associated with a respective one of the guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone are rotatably mounted on the drive shaft (34), and that the hollow shaft (24) formed fast with the housing is longitudinally slotted in this area to provide a passage slot (40), with detent recesses (39) for engagement with the associated latch (38) being provided on the bore of the guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone.
  11. The apparatus as claimed in claims 9 and 10, characterized in that the detent recesses (39) receiving the latches (38) are at the same time the detent notches of the alignment device (39, 42) for the guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone, said latches (38) and said spring-loaded detent means (42) being preferably arranged in an approximately 180° offset relationship to each other.
  12. The apparatus as claimed in at least one of the claims 1 to 11, characterized in that an adjustable control device (48) for the indexing device (27) is seated on the end of the hollow shaft (24) remote from the index lever, said control device being operable to determine the number of pivot movements of the index lever (28) indexing the band(s) (23).
  13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that the control device (48) for the indexing device (27) is essentially comprised of an annular detent sliding structure (49) rotatably mounted on the hollow shaft (24) formed fast with the housing, and of a control ring (50) rotatably mounted thereon, yet adapted to be releasably fixed in place in rotary indexing steps, said control ring having on its inner periphery detent notches (51) for selective engagement of a spring-loaded control device latch (52) which is mounted coaxially with the latches (38) of the guide wheels (22) remote from the printing zone and is adapted to be coupled to the latch (38) of the units wheel (22), while the coupled latch (38) of the units wheel (22) is in an ineffective position.
  14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the control ring (50) includes ten detent notches (51) and that on the inside of the detent sliding structure (49) five ratchets (56) are provided which occupy an ineffective position in the one defined detent alignment position of the control ring (50) relative to the detent sliding structure (49), while in another defined detent alignment position they cover each a respective detent notch (51) of the control ring (50).
  15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that twenty further detent notches (53) are provided on the outer periphery of the control ring (50), and that the detent sliding structure (49) includes at least one resilient tongue (55) having a detent means (54) which in the two defined detent rotary alignment positions engages within one of the further detent notches (53).
  16. The apparatus as claimed in at least one of the claims 13 to 15, characterized in that the outer periphery of the detent sliding structure (49) is provided with notches (63) for the insertion of an actuating tool, and that the housing of the printing mechanism (4) has an aperture at this particular location.
  17. The apparatus as claimed in at least one of the claims 13 to 16, characterized in that a switch ring structure (60) of a mechanical switch for the indexing device (27) is seated upon the free end of the hollow shaft (24) formed fast with the housing, said switch ring structure cooperating with the control device latch (52) and having a manipulating lug (61) that extends out of the housing of the printing mechanism (4), a suitable passage slot being provided forming at its two ends stops for limiting the rotary movement.
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