EP0961236A3 - Apparatus for printing mailpieces - Google Patents

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EP0961236A3
EP0961236A3 EP99250147A EP99250147A EP0961236A3 EP 0961236 A3 EP0961236 A3 EP 0961236A3 EP 99250147 A EP99250147 A EP 99250147A EP 99250147 A EP99250147 A EP 99250147A EP 0961236 A3 EP0961236 A3 EP 0961236A3
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Wolfgang Von Inten
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Francotyp Postalia GmbH
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    • 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
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • 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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/12—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L45/00—Kinds or types of addressing machines or of like series-printing machines
    • B41L45/02—Kinds or types of addressing machines or of like series-printing machines using printing plates
    • B41L45/06—Kinds or types of addressing machines or of like series-printing machines using printing plates for addressing combined with other operations, e.g. franking, collating documents
    • 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
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting 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
    • G07B2017/00233—Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing
    • 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
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00532—Inkjet
    • 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
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00596—Printing of address

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Abstract

Vorrichtung zum Bedrucken von Postgut.Device for printing postal matter.

Zweck ist eine Vergrößerung des Einsatzbereiches.The purpose is to enlarge the area of application.

Aufgabengemäß soll es möglich sein, einerseits Briefe beliebiger Dicke bis hin zu Päckchen und kleinen Paketen bei Handanlage zu bedrukken und andererseits stapelweise angelegte Mischpost geringer Dicke automatisch zu verarbeiten.According to the task, it should be possible, on the one hand, letters of any thickness up to small packages and small packages to print by hand and on the other hand, stacked mixed mail of small thickness to be processed automatically.

Erfindungsgemäß ist ein Anlagebereich 1 zur wahlweisen stapelweisen oder einzelnen Anlage und zum Bedrucken des Postgutes A mittels einer Druckeinrichtung 4 und ein Transportbereich II zur seriellen Weiterleitung des Postgutes A mittels einer Abzugseinrichtung 6 vorgesehen:According to the invention, a plant area 1 is optionally available in stacks or individual system and for printing on the mail item A by means of a printing device 4 and a transport area II for serial forwarding of mail item A is provided by means of a trigger device 6:

Auf diese Weise kann auf Frankier- oder Adressenstreifen verzichtet und die Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit für dünne Briefe gesteigert werden.

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In this way, franking or address strips can be dispensed with and the processing speed for thin letters can be increased.
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EP19990250147 1998-05-15 1999-05-05 Apparatus for printing mailpieces Expired - Lifetime EP0961236B1 (en)

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DE1998123359 DE19823359C1 (en) 1998-05-15 1998-05-15 Apparatus for printing on items of postage esp. a franking or addressing machine
DE19823359 1998-05-15

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EP0961236A2 EP0961236A2 (en) 1999-12-01
EP0961236A3 true EP0961236A3 (en) 2000-11-22
EP0961236B1 EP0961236B1 (en) 2008-06-11

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DE10153116C2 (en) * 2001-10-23 2003-08-14 Francotyp Postalia Ag Mail processing machine
US8958848B2 (en) 2008-04-08 2015-02-17 Lg Electronics Inc. Mobile terminal and menu control method thereof
DE202011108254U1 (en) 2011-11-24 2011-12-08 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh Arrangement for printing strip-shaped print carrier

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GB2212483A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-07-26 Pitney Bowes Inc Mailing machine; sensing thickness
WO1990004824A1 (en) * 1988-10-25 1990-05-03 Automated Identification Systems, Inc. Automated mail collecting and telecommunication machine
FR2655752A1 (en) * 1989-12-08 1991-06-14 Alcatel Satmam POSTAGE MACHINE WITH INTEGRATED CARRIER.
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DE19605017A1 (en) * 1996-01-31 1997-08-07 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Arrangement for pre-separating print media
DE19645303C1 (en) * 1996-01-31 1997-12-11 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Device for printing a print carrier standing on an edge

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JPH09309202A (en) 1995-12-27 1997-12-02 Pitney Bowes Inc Ink jet printing method for printing image which represents value on recording medium
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DE2613261A1 (en) * 1976-03-27 1977-10-06 Licentia Gmbh Transferring letters singly from pile - using banks of photoelectric cells to control progress of letters between pairs of continuous belts
US5272640A (en) * 1986-10-17 1993-12-21 Wu Sheng J Automatic mail-processing device with full functions
FR2622559A1 (en) * 1987-10-29 1989-05-05 Pitney Bowes Inc MAIL SENDING MACHINE SYSTEM AND DETECTION DEVICE INCORPORATED IN THIS MACHINE
GB2212483A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-07-26 Pitney Bowes Inc Mailing machine; sensing thickness
WO1990004824A1 (en) * 1988-10-25 1990-05-03 Automated Identification Systems, Inc. Automated mail collecting and telecommunication machine
FR2655752A1 (en) * 1989-12-08 1991-06-14 Alcatel Satmam POSTAGE MACHINE WITH INTEGRATED CARRIER.
GB2273697A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-06-29 Pitney Bowes Inc Controlling the feed of alternative sheet media in a mailing machine
DE19605017A1 (en) * 1996-01-31 1997-08-07 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Arrangement for pre-separating print media
DE19645303C1 (en) * 1996-01-31 1997-12-11 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Device for printing a print carrier standing on an edge

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