EP0692212B1 - Mit eines Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von postbeförderte Korrespondenz verberbundener Briefkasten - Google Patents

Mit eines Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von postbeförderte Korrespondenz verberbundener Briefkasten Download PDF

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EP0692212B1
EP0692212B1 EP95110857A EP95110857A EP0692212B1 EP 0692212 B1 EP0692212 B1 EP 0692212B1 EP 95110857 A EP95110857 A EP 95110857A EP 95110857 A EP95110857 A EP 95110857A EP 0692212 B1 EP0692212 B1 EP 0692212B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
    • A47G29/122—Parts, details, or accessories, e.g. signalling devices, lamps, devices for leaving messages
    • 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
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00209—Mailbox, i.e. container for outgoing mail
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00725—Reading symbols, e.g. OCR

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  • the present invention concerns a mail box associated with a device for the treatment of mailed correspondence.
  • the invention is within the field of the treatment of correspondence posted through mail boxes.
  • stamping takes place after manual selection and alignment of the correspondence based on its format, by introducing stacks of letters into a stamping machine, for example stacks of about one hundred letters. These operations must be conducted on the same day the correspondence is picked up from the mail boxes or the following day.
  • the invention as characterized in the claims herein, is a mail box associated with a device for the treatment of correspondence mailed, and comprises:
  • the mail box may comprise:
  • one unit of such a device can be installed on boxes with only one slot, that two may be installed on a box with two slots, for example one for in-city correspondence and another for that with different destinations, and so on, according to the organization of the postal administration.
  • the main advantages of the invention lie in the reduction of the overall cost for the treatment of correspondence and in offering the users and the postal administration a guarantee with regards to the date stamped on the letters.
  • the device invented can be installed on new mail boxes, appropriately constructed in order to hold such a device, or on existing mail boxes, by means of easy adaptations.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a mail box 1 with a single slot 2 protected by a conventional shutter S; an electrical connection 3 between an external electric network and a transformer 4 to feed 12 Volts to a programmer 5 with a clock by means of cable W; at the lower level of slot 2 there is a tray 6 on which to place a letter that is at the same level as the upper band of a conveyor belt 7 stretching between a motor roller 8 and an idle roller 9 held by supports 10; when a letter, not shown, is placed on tray 6 and belt 7, the first optical reader 11 sees that the letter has been mailed correctly, that is with the side bearing the address facing upwards and the part bearing the postage stamps facing left and, in the positive case, activates the electric motor 12 that moves the conveyor belt 7 in the direction of the arrow F for a distance sufficient to carry the letter into the stamping device 13; when the letter has correctly reached the stamping device 13, updated by the clock, said device 13 receives the command to lower the stamp on the letter, after this the electric motor 12 re-starts and

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Claims (2)

  1. Briefkasten (1) mit einer Vorrichtung zur Bearbeitung abgeschickter Korrespondenz mit einer Verbindung (3) zwischen einem externen elektrischen Netzwerk und einem Wandler (4), der die Spannung des Netzwerks auf einen Sicherheitswert vermindert,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie die folgende Ausstattung aufweist, die durch die Sicherheitsspannung gespeist wird:
    eine Programmeinrichtung (5), die zur Steuerung eines ersten optischen Mittels (11) geeignet ist, die feststellt, ob ein Brief korrekt abgesandt ist, um akzeptiert zu werden, und, im positiven Fall, einen elektrischen Motor (12) eines Mittels (7) zu aktivieren, der den akzeptierten Brief in eine Vorrichtung (13) fördert, die den Brief mit dem Datum und der Zeit stempelt, eines zweiten optischen Mittels (14), das feststellt, ob der auf dem Brief angebrachte Stempelaufdruck korrekt ist und, im positiven Fall, den Motor (12) erneut startet, um den Brief auf den Boden des Kastens fallen zu lassen, und ein drittes optisches Mittel (15), das den Pegel des Briefstapels (16) auf dem Boden des Kastens überprüft, um die Bearbeitung weiterer abgeschickter Briefe zurückzuweisen, wenn der Pegel eine vorgegebene Höhe erreicht hat.
  2. Briefkasten (1) nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er aufweist:
    eine Ablage (6), die dem Schlitz (2) des Kastens (1) und einem Fördermittel (7) für den abgeschickten Brief zugeordnet ist und auf der ein Benutzer den Brief plaziert,
    eine elektronische Programmeinrichtung (5) mit einem Takt, der steuert:
    das erste optische Mittel mit einem Leser (11), der oberhalb der Ablage (6), die dem Schlitz (2) zugeordnet ist, angeordnet ist, und steuert, daß jeder Brief in der vorgegebenen Orientierung plaziert ist, und, im negativen Fall, ein Licht und/oder akustisches Signal (17) für den Benutzer außerhalb des Kastens absendet und die Leistung für den elektrischen Motor (12) unterbricht, und, im positiven Fall, es der elektronischen Programmeinrichtung (5) ermöglicht, zu aktivieren:
    den elektrischen Motor (12), der das Fördermittel (7) für eine Zeit aktiviert, die erforderlich ist, damit der Brief erreicht und anhält unter:
    der Stempelvorrichtung (13), einen Moment, nachdem der elektrische Motor (12) angehalten hat, die den Befehl empfängt, den Brief mit dem Datum und der Zeit zu stempeln, die kontinuierlich durch den Takt aktualisiert wird, und den elektrischen Motor (12) einen Moment, nachdem der Stempel aufgebracht wurde, erneut startet, um den Brief unter:
    das zweite optische Mittel zu bringen, das einen Leser (14) aufweist, der mit dem Takt verbunden ist, um zu überprüfen, daß der auf dem Brief aufgebrachte Stempelaufdruck mit dem Takt übereinstimmt, und, im Fall der korrekten Stempelung, den elektrischen Motor (12) aktiviert, um den Brief weiterzutransportieren, bis er auf den Boden des Kastens fällt, und, im Fall einer inkorrekten Stempelung, den elektrischen Motor (12) aktiviert, um den Brief zurück zu dem Schlitz (2) zu bringen,
    das dritte optische Mittel, das einen Leser (15) aufweist, der den Pegel des Briefstapels (16) auf dem Boden des Kastens überprüft und die Zurückweisung weiterer abgesandter Briefe veranlaßt, wenn der Stapel (16) den eingestellten Pegel erreicht, wobei das Signal (17) an den Benutzer abgegeben wird und die Leistung des elektrischen Motors (12) unterbrochen wird,
    eine Bereitschaftsbatterie, die die Funktion der Vorrichtung für den Fall ermöglicht, daß in dem externen elektrischen Netzwerk eine Stromunterbrechung auftritt.
EP95110857A 1994-07-14 1995-07-12 Mit eines Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von postbeförderte Korrespondenz verberbundener Briefkasten Expired - Lifetime EP0692212B1 (de)

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CH224294A CH688078A5 (it) 1994-07-14 1994-07-14 Cassetta postale associata a un dispositivo per trattare la corrispondenza imbucata.
CH2242/94 1994-07-14
ITMI941528A IT1273711B (it) 1994-07-20 1994-07-20 Cassetta postale associata ad un dispositivo per trattare la corrispondenza imbucata
ITMI941528 1994-07-20

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IT1291794B1 (it) * 1997-02-28 1999-01-21 Alessandro Galassi Cassetta postale automatizzata
IT1291532B1 (it) * 1997-04-10 1999-01-11 Michele Carriero Miglioramenti in una cassetta postale dotata di dispositivo per trattare la corrispondenza
DE10119542A1 (de) * 2001-04-03 2002-10-17 Burg Waechter Kg Behälter für die Aufnahme von Postvertriebsstücken
DE10220915A1 (de) * 2002-05-10 2003-11-27 Jansen Olaf Briefkasten
SE0300585L (sv) * 2003-03-04 2004-09-05 Anna Karin Saetherblom Brevlåda
EP2176838A1 (de) 2007-07-03 2010-04-21 Michele Carriero Briefkasten mit einem funkempfänger zum detektieren von briefmarken mit einem funkempfänger, einem detektor zum detektieren von briefen mit einem gefährlichen inhalt und einer videokamera

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