EP0910509B1 - Printing mechanism - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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- B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
- B41J25/312—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with print pressure adjustment mechanisms, e.g. pressure-on-the paper mechanisms
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- the present invention relates to a thermal printing unit according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
- Printing units have been known for a long time which produce a print on an object by means of a stamp. Such printing units were used in particular to generate postage stamps on envelopes, cards and the like shipping items. With the advancement of printing technology, in particular the emergence of thermal transfer printing technology, the need to transfer the advantages gained with this so-called thermal printing process to the printing of stamps also increased.
- JP-A-05293950 keeps the contact pressure of a print head constant to the printed product with different printed product thickness.
- a flat printed product by a from a fixedly arranged second roll and a promotional gap formed on a lever mounted on a lever Printhead fed against which the print product is held by a counter pressure roller becomes.
- the counter pressure roller On the one on the axis of the stationary second Roller mounted lever is the counter pressure roller, whose distance to the printhead changes according to the thickness of the printed product passing through the gap.
- the Counter pressure roller is countered by a tension spring attached to the third lever held the printhead.
- WO-A-87/03251 relates to a thermal printer which has a frame on which a printing roller of a printing station is mounted. Furthermore, the pressure roller is Transport of a paper and a print transfer web with a drive device educated. On the frame is a parallel to the axis of rotation of the pressure roller and relative arranged to the printing station back and forth carriage on which a print head is attached. The printhead is pretensioned towards the printing roller by means of a pretensioning device.
- a printing unit with the surface of the printhead contacting the printing object e.g. a thermal print head
- a printing unit with the surface of the printhead contacting the printing object e.g. a thermal print head
- a device provided with a printer can be used.
- parts of the printing unit e.g. the printing unit housing in which this printing unit receiving device (e.g. a franking machine) can be integrated.
- this task also includes the condition that the new printing unit the same or better than the previously known printing units with known printing technology Objects of different geometrical dimensions, e.g. different Letter thickness, can print.
- the object is achieved according to the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
- the invention provides the advantage that, with little technical effort and in an extremely reliable mechanical manner, the print head can be placed on objects of different thicknesses (range from 0 to, for example, several centimeters or more) and the print image can be transferred with the help of the transfer belt with the same contact pressure.
- the design effort can be reduced and / or the degree of automation of the printing unit can be increased.
- the thermal print head 1 (commercially available element) is mounted on a lever 2 which can be pivoted about the pivot point 3.
- This lever is positively controlled via a cam 4 arranged on the driven main shaft 5.
- lever 2 In the waiting position (normal position), lever 2 is raised, ie the print head leaves room for inserting an envelope.
- the lever 2 After a main shaft rotation angle of about 120 degrees, the lever 2 is pivoted so far via the spring 13 that the print head 1 rests on the envelope with the ink ribbon drawn through it. At this point, the lower side of the envelope lies on the counter-pressure roller 6.
- the counter-pressure roller 6 is rotatably mounted on and between two levers 7 which can be pivoted about the same pivot point as the lever 2.
- This roller lever 7 is each coupled via a spring 9 to a further lever 8, which in turn can be rotated about the same pivot point 3.
- the spring 9 can only pull the lever 8 back up to a stop 10 acting as a counter pressure limiter on the roller lever 7.
- the levers 8 are in turn positively controlled via a second cam plate 11, which is also arranged on the main shaft 5. In this way, the levers 8 are pressed upwards over the cam plate 11, the levers 7 carrying the counter-roller only moving upwards until the counter-pressure roller 6 comes to rest on the stationary roller with the envelope lying on it.
- the printhead 1 Since the spring force exerted by the spring 9 must be greater than the spring force exerted by the spring 13 on the roller lever 7, the printhead 1 has a essentially independent of the envelope thickness constant differential force pressed on the ribbon or the envelope.
- the pressure of the print head can be selected by choosing springs 9 and 13. This principle and the free oscillation of the counterpressure roller around axis 3 enable the envelope surface to be printed to be guided in parallel, even with different local envelope thickness dimensions. In other words, unevenly filled envelopes can be printed easily and reproducibly thanks to constant contact pressure and the print head, which can move freely around the swivel axis.
- the choice of spring strength primarily depends on the weight and the required contact pressure of the commercial print head used in each case. In addition, the spring characteristics the path dependence of the force can be optimized.
- vibration dampers parallel to the springs can be used.
- FIG. 2 shows the principle of the envelope feed caused by the counter-pressure roller 6.
- a motor 14 mounted stationary in the housing of the printing unit drives over a worm gear 15, 16 a series of gears 17 to 21 on one Roller lever 7 are stored.
- the last gear 21 sits on the same shaft as the counter pressure roller 6 and drives it regardless of position. Since the role 6 in turn under the described spring differential preload on the bottom of the envelope this is inevitably transported by the rotating roller 6. This turns but also the stationary roller 12 lying on the other side of the envelope.
- Via rotation angle signaling systems e.g. in the form of slotted disks, is by means of commercially available position detector 21 and light barriers of an electronic circuit (not described in more detail here, since it can be implemented in many different ways) current position of the envelope recorded and reported. This electronics can then trigger printing of the print head 1 at a selectable distance from the coupons.
- Figure 3 shows in the form of a timing diagram the printing process on the single envelope.
- the first 120 degrees of the main shaft rotation 5 are for insertion and pinching of the envelope between counter-pressure roller 6 and stationary roller 12 and for that Lowering the print head 1 responsible.
- the main shaft rotation 5 is now stopped and the transport motor 14 started. This will put the envelope under the printhead transported past and printed until a light barrier (not shown) the Main shaft 5 starts again.
- the print head and counter-pressure roller 6 are then from moved away from the envelope surface.
- the envelope transport continues.
- a pair of ejection rollers takes over the remaining transport, and ejects the envelope from the printing unit area.
- the pair of ejection rollers is also opened and the transport drive is switched off.
Description
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrfft ein Thermodruckwerk gemäss dem Oberbegriff des
Patentanspruchs 1.
Seit längerer Zeit sind Druckwerke bekannt, die mittels eines Stempels einen Aufdruck
auf einem Gegenstand erzeugen. Solche Druckwerke dienten insbesondere dem Erzeugen
von postalischen Wertzeichen auf Couverts, Karten und dergleichen Versandgegenständen.
Mit fortschreitender Drucktechnologie, insbesondere dem Aufkommen
der thermischen Transferdrucktechnik, stieg der Bedarf, die u.a. mit diesem sog. Thermodruckverfahren
gewonnen Vorteile auch auf den Wertzeichendruck zu übertragen.The present invention relates to a thermal printing unit according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
Printing units have been known for a long time which produce a print on an object by means of a stamp. Such printing units were used in particular to generate postage stamps on envelopes, cards and the like shipping items. With the advancement of printing technology, in particular the emergence of thermal transfer printing technology, the need to transfer the advantages gained with this so-called thermal printing process to the printing of stamps also increased.
Die JP-A-05293950 verfolgt die Konstanthaltung des Kontaktdruckes eines Druckkopfes zum Druckprodukt bei unterschiedlicher Druckproduktdicke. Dabei wird ein flaches Druckprodukt durch einen aus einer ortsfest angeordneten zweiten Rolle und einer an einem Hebel gelagerten ersten Rolle gebildeten förderwirksamen Spalt einem Druckkopf zugeführt, gegen den das Druckprodukt von einer Gegendruckrolle gehalten wird. Sobald die erste Rolle von einem in den Spalt eintretenden Druckprodukt angetrieben wird, wird der erste Hebel und ein über einen dritten Hebel mit diesem verbundener zweiter Hebel angehoben. An dem auf der Achse der ortsfesten zweiten Rolle gelagerten Hebel ist die Gegendruckrolle gelagert, deren Abstand zum Druckkopf sich entsprechend der Dicke des den Spalt passierenden Druckproduktes ändert. Die Gegendruckrolle wird durch eine an dem dritten Hebel angesetzten Zugfeder gegen den Druckkopf gehalten. JP-A-05293950 keeps the contact pressure of a print head constant to the printed product with different printed product thickness. In doing so, a flat printed product by a from a fixedly arranged second roll and a promotional gap formed on a lever mounted on a lever Printhead fed against which the print product is held by a counter pressure roller becomes. As soon as the first roll is driven by a printed product entering the nip the first lever and one connected to it via a third lever second lever raised. On the one on the axis of the stationary second Roller mounted lever is the counter pressure roller, whose distance to the printhead changes according to the thickness of the printed product passing through the gap. The Counter pressure roller is countered by a tension spring attached to the third lever held the printhead.
Die WO-A-87/03251 betrifft ein Thermodrucker, der einen Rahmen aufweist, an dem eine Druckwalze einer Druckstation gelagert ist. Weiterhin ist die Druckwalze zum Transport einer Papier- und einer Drucktransferbahn mit einer Antriebsvorrichtung ausgebildet. An dem Rahmen ist ein parallel zur Drehachse der Druckwalze und relativ zur Druckstation hin und her bewegbarer Wagen angeordnet, an dem ein Druckkopf befestigt ist. Mittels Vorspannvorrichtung wird der Druckkopf zur Druckwalze hin vorgespannt.WO-A-87/03251 relates to a thermal printer which has a frame on which a printing roller of a printing station is mounted. Furthermore, the pressure roller is Transport of a paper and a print transfer web with a drive device educated. On the frame is a parallel to the axis of rotation of the pressure roller and relative arranged to the printing station back and forth carriage on which a print head is attached. The printhead is pretensioned towards the printing roller by means of a pretensioning device.
Es stellte sich daher die Aufgabe, ein Druckwerk mit einem die Oberfläche des zu bedruckenden Gegenstandes berührenden Druckkopf, z.B. einem Thermodruckkopf, zu entwerfen, das entweder als Umrüstelement in bereits vorhandene Geräte mit z.B. einem Tampondruckwerk eingebaut werden kann oder bei der Neukonzeption eines mit einem Drucker versehenen Gerätes einsetzbar ist. Im letzteren Fall ist denkbar, dass Teile des Druckwerks, z.B. das Druckwerkgehäuse, in das dieses Druckwerk aufnehmende Gerät (z.B. einer Frankiermaschine) integriert sein können. Mit in dieser Aufgabe ist natürlich auch die Bedingung enthalten, dass das neue Druckwerk gleich oder besser wie die bisher bekannten Druckwerke mit bekannter Drucktechnik Gegenstände unterschiedlicher geometrischer Abmessungen, sprich z.B. unterschiedlicher Briefdicke, bedrucken kann.It was therefore the task of a printing unit with the surface of the printhead contacting the printing object, e.g. a thermal print head, to design using either as a retrofit element in existing equipment e.g. a pad printing unit can be installed or in the redesign a device provided with a printer can be used. In the latter case, it is conceivable that parts of the printing unit, e.g. the printing unit housing in which this printing unit receiving device (e.g. a franking machine) can be integrated. With in of course, this task also includes the condition that the new printing unit the same or better than the previously known printing units with known printing technology Objects of different geometrical dimensions, e.g. different Letter thickness, can print.
Erfindungsgemäss wird die Aufgabe gemäss dem kennzeichnenden Teil des Patentanspruches
1 gelöst.
Die Erfindung liefert den Vorteil, dass mit kleinem technischen Aufwand und auf äusserst
zuverlässige mechanische Art der Druckkopf auf Gegenständen unterschiedlicher
Dicke (Bereich quasi 0 bis z.B. mehrere Zentimeter oder mehr) aufgelegt und das
Druckbild mit Hilfe des Transferbandes bei stets gleichem Anpressdruck übertragen
werden kann. Mit Hilfe der Merkmale der abhängigen Ansprüche kann entweder der
Konstruktionsaufwand reduziert und/oder der Automatisierungsgrad des
Druckwerks erhöht werden. According to the invention the object is achieved according to the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
The invention provides the advantage that, with little technical effort and in an extremely reliable mechanical manner, the print head can be placed on objects of different thicknesses (range from 0 to, for example, several centimeters or more) and the print image can be transferred with the help of the transfer belt with the same contact pressure. With the help of the features of the dependent claims, either the design effort can be reduced and / or the degree of automation of the printing unit can be increased.
Im folgenden wird das in eine Frankiermaschine einbaubare erfindungsgemässe Thermodruckwerk anhand der beiliegenden Figuren beispielsweise näher erläutert. Es zeigen:
- Fig. 1
- eine Seitenansicht eines Thermodruckwerks,
- Fig. 2
- den Antriebsmechanismus der Gegendruckrolle und
- Fig. 3
- ein Zeitdiagramm der Hauptwellenbewegung
- Fig. 1
- a side view of a thermal printing unit,
- Fig. 2
- the drive mechanism of the counter pressure roller and
- Fig. 3
- a timing diagram of the main shaft movement
Der Thermodruckkopf 1 (handelsübliches Element) ist gemäss Figur 1 auf einem um
den Drehpunkt 3 schwenkbaren Hebel 2 montiert. Dieser Hebel wird über eine auf der
angetriebenen Hauptwelle 5 angeordnete Kurvenscheibe 4 zwangsgesteuert. In der
Wartestellung (Normallage) ist der Hebel 2 angehoben, d.h. der Druckkopf lässt Raum
für das Einschieben eines Couverts.
Nach einem Hauptwellen-Drehwinkel von etwa 120 Grad wird der Hebel 2 über die
Feder 13 soweit abgeschwenkt, dass der Druckkopf 1 mit dem unter ihm durchgezogenen
Farbband auf dem Couvert aufliegt. Die untere Seite des Couverts liegt in diesem
Zeitpunkt auf der Gegendruckrolle 6.According to FIG. 1, the thermal print head 1 (commercially available element) is mounted on a
After a main shaft rotation angle of about 120 degrees, the
Die Gegendruckrolle 6 ist an und zwischen zwei um den gleichen Drehpunkt wie der
Hebel 2 schwenkbaren Hebeln 7 drehbar gelagert. Diese Rollenhebel 7 ist über eine
Feder 9 je an einen wiederum um den gleichen Drehpunkt 3 drehbaren weiteren Hebel
8 gekoppelt. Die Feder 9 kann dabei den Hebel 8 nur bis zu einem als Gegendrucklimiter
wirkenden Anschlag 10 an Rollenhebel 7 zurückziehen. Die Hebel 8 sind
ihrerseits über je eine zweite, ebenfalls auf der Hauptwelle 5 angeordnete Kurvenscheibe
11 zwangsgesteuert. Die Hebel 8 werden auf diese Weise über die Kurvenscheibe
11 nach oben gedrückt, wobei die die Gegenrolle tragenden Hebel 7 sich nur
soweit nach oben mitbewegen, bis die Gegendruckrolle 6 mit dem auf ihr aufliegenden
Couvert an die stationäre Rolle anzuliegen kommt. Der dabei entstehende Ueberhub
des Hebels 8 in Bezug auf den Hebel 7 bewirkt eine Vorspannung der Feder 9.
Da die von der Feder 9 ausgeübte Federkraft grösser als die von der Feder 13 auf
den Rollenhebel 7 ausgeübte Federkraft sein muss, wird der Druckkopf 1 mit einer im
wesentlichen unabhängig von der Couvertdicke konstanten Differenzkraft auf das
Farbband bzw. das Couvert gedrückt. Mit ändern Worten: Ueber die Wahl der Federn
9 und 13 ist die Anpresskraft des Druckkopfs wählbar.
Dieses Prinzip und das freie Pendeln der Gegendruckrolle um die Achse 3 ermöglichen
eine Parallelführung der zu bedruckenden Couvertoberfläche auch bei unterschiedlichen
lokalen Couvertdickenabmessungen. Mit ändern Worten: Ungleich gefüllte
Couverts lassen sich dank konstantem Anpressdruck und dem frei um die
Schwenkachse beweglichen Druckkopf problemlos und reproduzierbar bedrucken.The counter-pressure roller 6 is rotatably mounted on and between two
This principle and the free oscillation of the counterpressure roller around
Die Wahl der Federstärke hängt primär vom Gewicht und der verlangten Anpresskraft des jeweils verwendeten handelsüblichen Druckkopfes ab. Zudem kann über die Federcharakteristik die Wegabhängigkeit der Krafteinwirkung optimiert werden. The choice of spring strength primarily depends on the weight and the required contact pressure of the commercial print head used in each case. In addition, the spring characteristics the path dependence of the force can be optimized.
Selbstverständlich ist denkbar, dass parallel zu den Federn Schwingungsdämpfer eingesetzt werden können.Of course, it is conceivable that vibration dampers parallel to the springs can be used.
Figur 2 zeigt nun das Prinzip des von der Gegendruckrolle 6 bewirkten Couvertvorschubes.
Ein stationär im Gehäuse des Druckwerks montierter Motor 14 treibt über
ein Schneckengetriebe 15, 16 eine Serie Zahnräder 17 bis 21, die auf dem einen
Rollenhebel 7 gelagert sind. Das letzte Zahnrad 21 sitzt auf der gleichen Welle wie
die Gegendruckrolle 6 und treibt sie lageunabhängig an. Da die Rolle 6 ihrerseits
unter der beschriebenen Federdifferenzvorspannung unten am Couvert andrückt, wird
dieses zwangsläufig durch die drehende Rolle 6 transportiert. Dadurch dreht sich
aber auch die auf der ändern Seite des Couverts liegende stationäre Rolle 12 mit.
Ueber Drehwinkelsignalisiersysteme, z.B. in Form von Schlitzscheiben, wird mittels
handelsüblicher Positionsmelder 21 sowie Lichtschranken einer elektronischen Schaltung
(hier nicht näher beschrieben, da auf verschiedenste Weise realisierbar) die
aktuelle Position des Couverts erfasst und gemeldet. Diese Elektronik kann anschliessend
einen Aufdruck des Druckkopfs 1 mit wählbarem Abstand vom Couvertrand auslösen.Figure 2 shows the principle of the envelope feed caused by the counter-pressure roller 6.
A
Figur 3 zeigt in Form eines Zeitablaufdiagramms den Druckprozess am Einzelcouvert.
Die ersten 120 Grad der Hauptwellendrehung 5 sind für Einführen und Einklemmen
des Couverts zwischen Gegendruckrolle 6 und stationärer Rolle 12 sowie für das
Absenken des Druckkopfs 1 verantwortlich. Nun wird die Hauptwellendrehung 5 gestoppt
und der Transportmotor 14 gestartet. Damit wird das Couvert unter dem Druckkopf
vorbeitransportiert und bedruckt, bis eine Lichtschranke (nicht gezeichnet) die
Hauptwelle 5 wieder startet. Druckkopf und Gegendruckrolle 6 werden danach von
der Couvertoberfläche wegbewegt. Der Couverttransport wird hingegen noch fortgesetzt.
Hierzu übernimmt ein Auswurfrollenpaar (nicht gezeichnet) den Resttransport,
und wirft das Couvert aus dem Druckwerksbereich aus. Bei 240 Grad Hauptwellendrehung
wird auch das Auswurfrollenpaar geöffnet und der Transportantrieb abgestellt.Figure 3 shows in the form of a timing diagram the printing process on the single envelope.
The first 120 degrees of the
Claims (8)
- Thermal printing unit comprising a print head acting via a transported ink ribbon on the flat objects, such as envelopes, cards or the like conveyed by a driven impression cylinder, characterised in that the impression cylinder (6) mounted at the free end of a roller lever (7) pivotable about an axis (3) can be adjusted in a controlled manner relative to a stationary, freely rotatable roller (12) arranged downstream of the print head (1) in the conveying direction of the objects.
- Printing unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the roller lever (7) is adjustably connected to a cam disc (11) fixed to a main shaft (5).
- Printing unit according to claim 2, characterised in that a lever (8) connected to the roller lever (7) by means of preloaded springs (9) is mounted on the pivot axis (3) of the roller lever (7).
- Printing unit according to claim 3, characterised in that the lever (8) can be stopped by the springs (9) at one side against a stop (10) fixed to the roller lever (7).
- Printing unit according to claim 4, characterised in that the cam disc (11) is connected with a positive controlling action to the roller lever (7) by means of the lever (8).
- Printing unit according to claim 5, characterised in that the impression cylinder (6) is connected to a drive motor by means of a gear train mounted on the roller lever (7).
- Printing unit according to claim 6, characterised in that the print head (1) is fixed to the free end of another lever (2) which is mounted on the pivot axis (3) of the levers (7, 8) and can be moved into an inoperative position by means of a second cam disc (4) fixed to the main shaft (5).
- Franking machine for printing postage stamps on flat objects, such as envelopes, cards or the like, comprising a printing unit according to claims 1 to 7.
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