EP0978105B1 - Vorrichtung zur frankierung und adressierung - Google Patents

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EP0978105B1
EP0978105B1 EP99904944A EP99904944A EP0978105B1 EP 0978105 B1 EP0978105 B1 EP 0978105B1 EP 99904944 A EP99904944 A EP 99904944A EP 99904944 A EP99904944 A EP 99904944A EP 0978105 B1 EP0978105 B1 EP 0978105B1
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Hervé Baumann
Gilles Chollet
Gérard Coudray
Yves Coue
Jean-Michel Rieu
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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
    • 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
    • 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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  • This invention relates to the printing of franking and the destination address of a postal item, by the same device.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks by presenting a device which comprises printing means adapted to form on the one hand, the franking mark and, on the other hand, the destination address of the object.
  • the invention aims at a device for print a franking mark at a predetermined location of a face of a postal object, comprising printing means adapted to form said franking mark at said location while the postal item is facing the said printing means, characterized in that that said printing means are, furthermore, adapted to form on said postal object, a destination address of said postal item, while that the postal object is mu opposite said printing means.
  • the scope of the invention therefore extends to any device which comprises printing means which form, during movements of the object on one of its faces, on the one hand, postage and, on the other hand, the destination address.
  • the same device performs the entire impressions necessary for the delivery of the postal object and the invention allows a saving of time of treatment, compared to the devices of the art prior.
  • said means on the one hand, first printing means adapted to form the franking mark and, secondly, second printing means adapted to form the destination address.
  • each of the printing means can fixed, in relation to the predetermined location at which it performs a impression.
  • the first and second printing means are adapted to form, during the same movement of the postal object, the franking mark and the destination address, respectively.
  • the first and the second printing means are incorporated in the same head printing.
  • the device according to the invention comprises printing means adapted to form successively, on the one hand, the franking mark and, on the other hand, the destination address, during two successive displacements of said object postal.
  • the printing senses of the franking mark, on the one hand, and the destination address, on the other on the other hand, are opposed, the postal object being returned between its two displacements next to the printing means.
  • the senses of reading on the postal object of the mark franking, on the one hand, and the destination address, on the other hand, are identical and the position of the franking mark is referenced by relative to an edge of the postal object while the position of the address of destination is referenced to the opposite edge of the postal object.
  • the printing senses of the franking mark, on the one hand, and the destination address, on the other on the other hand, are identical, the postal object retaining its orientation between its two movements compared to the printing means.
  • the senses of reading on the postal object of the mark franking, on the one hand, and the destination address, on the other hand, are identical and the franking mark and the mailing address destination are referenced to the same edge of the postal object.
  • the device according to the invention comprises two support positions, the postal object coming successively in support of one of these positions, during each of his two displacements.
  • the positions of the franking mark and the destination address corresponds successively to both positions of support and are each referenced to an edge of the postal object.
  • the printing means have at least one ink jet or transfer printhead thermal.
  • the printing means are fixed during each of the prints and said device comprises means for setting the postal object in motion against the means printing.
  • the complexity of the printing means is reduced by compared to those of an office printer, for example, since they do not incorporate any means of movement of the printing means acting during a print phase.
  • the speed of the relative displacement of the postal object and printing means is controlled by the means of setting in motion of the postal object, which ensures the subjugation of this speed.
  • the printing means comprise a moving part opposite a postal article passage, said mobile part being set in motion between two successive passages of a same postal object.
  • the device according to the invention comprises motor means adapted to move said postal object in two opposite directions, the impression of the franking mark being made during a first trip and printing the address of destination being made during a second trip made with a direction of displacement opposite to the direction of the first displacement.
  • the mark franking and the destination address are printed without any necessary to perform intermediate handling.
  • the device comprises a calculator adapted to take account of the address of destination to calculate the amount of postage represented by the franking mark and to order the operation of the means printing.
  • the amount of postage which depends on the geographical area of destination, can be determined without intervention of an operator.
  • the invention also aims at a device which has two identical printing devices, arranged for one object which leaves the first printing device, being driven by this first printing device, enters, during the same movement, into the second printing device and there being driven by the second device of printing, one of said printing devices comprising the first printing means adapted to form the franking mark and the other said printing devices comprising the second printing means adapted to form the destination address.
  • the franking machine 1 illustrated in the drawings has a device for printing, on a flat object such as the letter 2, on the one hand, a postage mark at standard location 3 of a 4-sided the envelope of letter 2 and, on the other hand, a destination address the standard location 11 of the same face of the envelope.
  • the letter 2 must be passed in a corridor 5 (figure 2) that the machine 1, this corridor being delimited by elements integral with the frame, respectively a sliding support 6 which forms the ceiling of the corridor 5, a table 7 which forms the floor and a ramp 8 (Figure 1) which forms a lateral limit, the corridor being open opposite the ramp 8.
  • a corridor 5 (figure 2) that the machine 1
  • this corridor being delimited by elements integral with the frame, respectively a sliding support 6 which forms the ceiling of the corridor 5, a table 7 which forms the floor and a ramp 8 (Figure 1) which forms a lateral limit, the corridor being open opposite the ramp 8.
  • the machine 1 comprises two rollers 9 and 10 each passing through an opening of the table 7, and two against-rollers 12 and 13, respectively for the roller 9 and for the roller 10, passing through an opening of the support 6.
  • rollers 9 and 10 are mounted to rotate relative to the frame of the machine 1, by means of suspension means 14 shown schematically in Figure 2.
  • the against-rollers 12 and 13 are rotatably mounted on the frame of the machine 1, without being suspended relative thereto.
  • An electric motor not shown is used to drive in synchronous rotation against the rollers 12 and 13, for example by means of a belt (not shown) which rotates around three pinions carried respectively by the motor, by the counter-roller 12 and counter-roller 13.
  • the rollers 9 and 10 are frictionally driven on the counter rollers 12 and 13, directly or through an object, such as letter 2, being passage in the machine 1.
  • the letter 2 when introduced in the corridor 5 as shown in FIG. 2, ends up meeting the roller 9 and then the counter-roller 12 which the drive in the direction indicated in Figure 2 by the horizontal arrow oriented from left to right. Simultaneously, the roller 9 lowers while the letter 2 is introduced between the rollers 9 and 12 so that the letter 2 progresses in the machine 1 with its printing surface 4 which is plated and slips against the surface 17 of the sliding support 6.
  • the machine 1 To print the postage mark at location 3 and / or the destination address at location 11, the machine 1 has printing means 19 shown very schematically in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the printing means 19 deposit the postage mark on location 3 while the letter 2 or the object to be franked circulates in the machine 1 with its printing face which is pressed against the surface 17 of the sliding support 6, the means 19 being located between the counter rollers 12 and 13.
  • the means 19 are mounted directly on the frame of the machine, and are therefore fixed (with the exception of embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9 to 12) with respect to the sliding support 6.
  • the printing means comprise a jet cartridge of ink 20 provided with a printing head 21 passing through a opening a plate 22 that includes the sliding support 6, the plate 22 having a recess 23 from which the head 21 can send ink on the object, without coming into contact with it.
  • the printing means 19 are controlled by synchronism with the advancement of the object in the machine, it is expected a presence detector of the object (not shown) that triggers a process printing automatically.
  • first presence detector which controls the start of the engine (not shown) when an object starts to be introduced into the machine 1
  • second detector of presence (not shown) that triggers the printing process when the object has reached a predetermined location.
  • a first embodiment according to the present invention comprises, in addition to the printhead 21, a print head 30 placed opposite the path of passage of location 11 of the destination address of a letter standardized format, such as a so-called "C5 / C6" letter or "in commercial format", that is to say about 220 mm. x 110 mm.
  • the print head 30 is controlled in the same way as the print head 21, and deposits in the slot 11 an address of destination from a RAM of an electronic circuit.
  • a variant of the first embodiment according to the present invention comprises a single print head 31 placed simultaneously with the way of crossing of the site 3 and the way of passage of location 11.
  • the print head 31 is controlled in the same way as the print head 21, and deposits, on the one hand, in the slot 3, a franking mark and, on the other hand, in location 11, a destination address.
  • the device comprises a single print head 45, but has two support positions 40 and 41 for the object postal.
  • the distance between the two support positions corresponds to the distance between locations 3 and 11, by reference to the same edge of a letter of predetermined format.
  • FIG. 6 a removable shim 42 is illustrated and this shim is removed in Figure 7.
  • the address is printed at location 11.
  • the letter is returned from top to bottom, so that the franking mark remains visible but goes below location 11, outside hallway 5.
  • the sense of printing the destination address is opposite to that of the franking mark, so that the reading direction of the address and that of the mark franking are identical.
  • the third embodiment is more complex since between the two passages of the letter 2 in front of the print head, the letter 2 must be turned half a turn relative to an axis of rotation perpendicular to its plane.
  • the third embodiment allows a good positioning of each of the printed marks, since according to international standards, location 3 is referenced to the upper edge of the letter 2, whereas the location 11 is referenced with respect to the lower edge of the letter 2.
  • a wedge adapted in tetrahedron allows to position the letter in a first support position, in the first direction of movement and in a second bearing position in the second direction of movement.
  • the device comprises a single print head 55, but this is movable and can be moved perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the letter 2, by motor means not shown, by example a stepper motor associated with a worm, according to techniques translation motorization well known.
  • the displacement of the print head 55 is then performed from a position opposite the passage from location 3 to a position next to the location 11.
  • the print head 55 is moved from a position opposite the passage of location 3, where the franking mark is printed during the first pass of letter 2, to a position opposite the location 11, where the destination address is printed during the second pass of the letter 2.
  • the fourth embodiment has the advantages of not have to return the letter to print the address and not to not require two printheads.
  • the device comprises a single print head 55, but this is movable and can be moved perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the letter 2, from a position opposite the passage of location 3 at a position opposite location 11.
  • the print head mobile 55 is moved from the position opposite the passage of location 3, to a position opposite the passage of the location 11.
  • This fifth embodiment of the present invention the advantage that only one manual (or automatic) intervention is necessary to initially position the letter 2 at the input of the machine 1.
  • the device illustrated in FIG. 13 comprises two devices identical printing devices 1, arranged for a postal article 2 which leaves the first printing device, being driven by this first device impression, between, during the same trip, in the second printing device and is driven by the second printing device.
  • One of said printing devices (in Figure 13, the first, in the direction of movement of the postal object) comprises the first means suitable for forming the postage mark.
  • the second of said printing devices (in FIG. second, in the direction of movement of the postal object) includes the second printing means adapted to form the destination address.
  • the corridor 5 comprises, laterally, two support positions, one adapted to that for letters most commonly used, location 3 passes in front of a head fixed print and the other suitable for that, for the same letter format the slot 11 passes in front of a fixed print head, possibly the same fixed print head.
  • the read-only memory 105 is adapted to keep the operating program of the central processing unit 106, in a register "program1 ", and the data necessary for the operation of this program as well as the " table " correspondence table relating addresses and weights to postage amounts.
  • the so-called “dead” memory 105 is a rewritable memory which does not fade when the device is turned off. It is rewritable only according to secure procedures and only by certain people so that, for the everyday user, it appears as a dead memory.
  • the central processing unit 106 is adapted to implement one, at choice, of the flowcharts described in FIGS. 15 to 20.
  • FIG. 15 represents a flow diagram implemented in the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5A.
  • the register nb_object is reset to the value "0".
  • the central unit 106 receives, via the keyboard 101 and the input port 103, a number of objects to be franked and records this number in the register nb_object .
  • the central unit determines whether the value stored in the register nobject is equal to "0" or not.
  • the operation 151 is renewed.
  • the operation 153 consists of waiting for an address, via the input port 103, according to a communication protocol known in the field of computers and microprocessor systems, and to record this address in the address register .
  • the central unit receives, from the balance 112, via the input port 103, a weight information of the postal item to be franked.
  • the central unit 106 determines the amount of postage to be affixed to the next postal item, according to its weight and its destination. For this purpose, the central unit 106 uses the weight information and compares it with predetermined values constituting thresholds and, on the other hand, the address, which contains the name of the country of destination of the postal object, and, finally, the table correspondence table stored in the read-only memory 105.
  • the central unit 106 controls the setting in motion the motor or motors moving the mailpiece, and waits for a signal from a presence detector, a signal that indicates the presence of a letter.
  • the central unit 106 has a predetermined number of steps of the motor 109, number of steps corresponding to the normalized distance between the right edge of the letter and the right edge of the location of postage 3.
  • the CPU 106 commands simultaneously the step motor 109 and the print head 21, so to affix the franking mark with the amount determined during the operation 155, in location 3 and performs parallel operations 157B and 158B.
  • the central unit 106 has a predetermined number of steps of the motor 109, number of steps corresponding to the normalized distance between the right edge of slot 3 and the right edge of the location of the address 11.
  • the central unit 106 simultaneously controls the step-by-step motor 109 and the print head 30, in order to affix the address kept in the address register , in the slot 11.
  • FIG. 16 represents a flow diagram implemented in the variant of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5B.
  • the operations and tests 160 to 166 and 169 are respectively identical to operations 150 to 156 and 159 illustrated in FIG.
  • the unit the central unit 106 has a predetermined number of steps of the motor 109, step that corresponds to the normalized distance between the right edge of the letter and the right edge of the postage location 3.
  • the central unit 106 commands simultaneously the step motor 109 and the print head 31 (FIG. 5B), in order to affix, on the one hand, the franking mark with the amount determined during operation 165, in location 3 and, on the other hand, the address kept in the address register, in slot 11.
  • FIG. 17 represents a flow diagram implemented in the second and third embodiments illustrated in Figures 6 to 8.
  • the operations and tests 170 to 178A and 179B are respectively identical to the operations and tests 150 to 158A and 159 illustrated in FIG. operations 176A to 178A taking place however when the letter 2 is in the support position 41.
  • an operation 179A consists in moving the hold removable 42 so that the support of the letter leaves position 41 and come to position 40.
  • the letter is introduced, again, by the left of device, in the support position 40 and, during an operation 176B, the unit the central unit 106 receives a signal for detecting the letter, from the 110. Then, during the operation 177B, the central unit 106 counts a predetermined number of steps of the engine 109, corresponding number of steps at the normalized distance between the right edge of the letter and the right edge of the location of the address 11.
  • the central unit 106 simultaneously controls the step-by-step motor 109 and the print head 30, in order to affix the address kept in the address register , in the slot 11.
  • an operation 179C is to move the removable block 42, so that the support of the letter passes from the position 40 at position 41. Then, the test 172 is reiterated as well as the operations that follow him.
  • FIG. 18 represents a flowchart implemented in the fourth embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • the operations and tests 180 to 189C are respectively identical to the operations and tests 170 to 179C, except that the displacement of the removable hold is replaced during operations 189A and 189C by a displacement of the print head 55.
  • FIG. 19 represents a flowchart implemented in the fifth embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12.
  • FIG. 20 represents a flow diagram implemented in the sixth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1) zum Drucken einer Frankierungsmarkierung an einer vorbestimmten Stelle (3) einer Seite eines Postobjekts (2), die Mittel zum Drucken (21, 30) umfasst, die die Frankierungsmarkierung an der Stelle bilden können, während das Postobjekt gegenüber von den Druckmitteln bewegt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Mittel zum Drucken (45, 55) umfasst, die nacheinander einerseits die Frankierungsmarkierung und andererseits die Zieladresse im Laufe von zwei aufeinander folgenden Bewegungen des Postobjekts bilden können.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckrichtungen der Frankierungsmarkierung einerseits und der Zieladresse andererseits entgegengesetzt sind, wobei das Postobjekt zwischen seinen zwei Bewegungen den Druckmitteln (45) gegenüber umgedreht wird.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckrichtung der Frankierungsmarkierung einerseits und der Zieladresse andererseits identisch sind, wobei das Postobjekt zwischen seinen zwei Bewegungen den Druckmitteln (45) gegenüber seine Ausrichtung beibehält.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie zwei Auflagepositionen umfasst, wobei das Postobjekt während jeder seiner zwei Bewegungen nacheinander in einer dieser Positionen zur Auflage kommt.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckmittel mindestens einen Tintenstrahl- oder Wärmetransferdruckkopf umfassen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckmittel während jedes der Druckvorgänge stationär sind, und dadurch, dass die Vorrichtung den Druckmitteln gegenüber Mittel (9, 10, 12, 13) zum Inbewegungsetzen des Postobjekts umfasst.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckmittel (55) einen beweglichen Teil gegenüber einer Passage des Postobjekts umfassen, wobei der bewegliche Teil zwischen zwei aufeinander folgenden Durchgängen eines gleichen Postobjekts in Bewegung versetzt wird.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Antriebsmittel (9, 10, 12, 13) umfasst, die das Postobjekt in zwei entgegengesetzte Richtungen bewegen können, wobei das Aufdrucken der Frankierungsmarkierung im Laufe einer ersten Bewegung erfolgt und das Aufdrucken der Adresse im Laufe einer zweiten Bewegung erfolgt, welche in eine zu der ersten Bewegung entgegengesetzte Bewegungsrichtung erfolgt.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen Rechner umfasst, der die Zieladresse berücksichtigen kann, um den Betrag der Frankierung zu berechnen, der von der Frankierungsmarkierung dargestellt wird, und um das Funktionieren der Druckmittel zu steuern.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie zwei identische Druckvorrichtungen (1) umfasst, die eingerichtet sind, damit ein Postobjekt, das die erste Druckvorrichtung verlässt, wobei es von dieser ersten Druckvorrichtung angetrieben wird, im Laufe der gleichen Bewegung in die zweite Druckvorrichtung eindringt und dort von der zweiten Druckvorrichtung angetrieben wird, wobei eine der Druckvorrichtungen die ersten Druckmittel umfasst, die die Frankierungsmarkierung bilden können, und die andere Druckvorrichtung die zweiten Druckmittel umfasst, die die Zieladresse bilden können.
  11. Verfahren zum Drucken einer Frankierungsmarkierung an einer vorbestimmten Stelle (3) einer Seite eines Postobjekts (2), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es Folgendes umfasst:
    einen ersten Schritt zum Inbewegungsetzen des Postobjekts gegenüber von Druckmitteln (176A, 177A),
    einen ersten Druckschritt (178A), während welchem man die Frankierungsmarkierung an der Stelle formt, während das Postobjekt den Druckmitteln gegenüber bewegt wird,
    einen zweiten Schritt zum Inbewegungsetzen des Postobjekts den Druckmitteln (179A, 176B, 177B) gegenüber,
    einen zweiten Druckschritt (178B) im Laufe dessen man die Zieladresse während einer Bewegung des Postobjekts bildet.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bewegungsrichtungen des Postobjekts den Druckmitteln gegenüber im Laufe der zwei Druckschritte entgegengesetzt sind, wobei das Postobjekt zwischen seinen zwei Bewegungen den Druckmitteln (45) gegenüber umgedreht wird.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bewegungsrichtungen des Postobjekts den Druckmitteln gegenüber im Laufe der zwei Druckschritte identisch sind, wobei das Postobjekt seine Ausrichtung zwischen seinen zwei Bewegungen den Druckmitteln (45) gegenüber beibehält.
  14. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    das Postobjekt im Laufe des ersten Schritts zum Inbewegungsetzen auf einer ersten Auflageposition zum Aufliegen kommt, und
    das Postobjekt im Laufe seines zweiten Schritts zum Inbewegungsetzen auf einer anderen Auflageposition als der ersten Auflageposition zum Aufliegen kommt.
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