EP0985619B1 - Dispositif pour transférer du courrier à un dispositif de stockage - Google Patents

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EP0985619B1
EP0985619B1 EP99250272A EP99250272A EP0985619B1 EP 0985619 B1 EP0985619 B1 EP 0985619B1 EP 99250272 A EP99250272 A EP 99250272A EP 99250272 A EP99250272 A EP 99250272A EP 0985619 B1 EP0985619 B1 EP 0985619B1
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467Transporting mailpieces
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J13/00Devices 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
    • B41J13/10Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/106Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides for the sheet output section
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00233Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07BTICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00596Printing of address

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  • the invention relates to a device for transferring mail, such as Letters and cards from a franking and / or addressing machine a downstream filing device in which the mail is stacked is filed.
  • a franking and / or addressing machine is known, see here DE 196 05 014 C1 and DE 196 05 015 C1, in which the letters on one Edge upright and resting on a backward inclined guide plate continuously transported continuously and by means of a rear the guide plate during the printing operation of the immobile ink print head be printed.
  • the letters are on a circulating Conveyor belt. The speed of transport of the letters and the print speed of the print head are coordinated.
  • DE 197 05 089 C1 also provides an arrangement for depositing letters for the franking and / or addressing machine described above known in use in alignment with the guide plate is detachably connected to the charging machine, which is in a storage box empties.
  • the insert is on the right side wall of the franking machine docked.
  • the side wall is for this purpose Provide keyholes in which the insert with appropriate protective cones is attached.
  • the storage box is with its left side wall guided between insert and side wall. In the back wall of the Storage box, a recess is provided, which is an easy separation of the storage box from use.
  • the stake points a gutter sloping in the direction of transport and one parallel to it Front edge resiliently swiveling rocker in the direction of transport and protrudes orthogonally to the top.
  • the gutter connects to the sliding surface for the lower edge of the letter in the franking and / or Addressing machine.
  • Both storage devices described above advantageously allow the processing of mixed mail due to the upward open design and the letter transport standing on the edge. But since the bottom of the storage box is usually at the same height how the bottom of the franking machine is arranged is the stack height limited accordingly. Add to that the transportation speed the letters are only as large as the writing speed of the ink print head. The available for the outgoing letter standing time to slide down the gutter and then into Tilting the storage box is relatively scarce, especially as the letter to Sliding process is braked. So it can happen that the following Letter meets the previous one before it lies flat. One possible consequence of this is congestion.
  • the purpose of the invention is to improve the functional properties.
  • the invention has for its object a device of the beginning to create the type mentioned with little effort, with one stack of letters for mixed mail is possible without complications.
  • Existing suitable storage devices should remain as unchanged as possible to be kept.
  • the transport roller can be driven with the appropriate gear ratio via a belt by the same motor that drives the means of transport. Due to the frictional connection between the letter and the transport roller, overloading is impossible, the latter can run continuously, so that additional tax expenditure is eliminated.
  • Existing letter storage devices can be used.
  • a continuously rotating conveyor belt 12 is provided in a franking machine 1 for the transport of the letters A and a driven transport roller 14 is provided immediately after the conveyor belt 12 in the transport direction.
  • the letters A are in contact with a guide plate 11 during the passage through the franking machine 1 and are printed by means of an ink print head 10 which is immobile during the printing operation.
  • the ink print head 10 has an orthogonal distance a from the transport roller 14, which distance is greater than the longest impression to be expected. This ensures that the peripheral speed of the conveyor belt 12, which is coordinated with the writing speed of the ink print head 10, is not influenced by the transport roller 14.
  • the peripheral speed of the transport roller 14 is set greater than that of the conveyor belt 12, whereby an acceleration of the emerging letter A is achieved.
  • the transport roller 14 is provided with a covering 141 which has a correspondingly high coefficient of friction.
  • a suitable polyurethane is preferably used as the material.
  • the sliding surface 121 for the lower edge of the letter in the franking machine 1 after the transport roller 14 is slightly lower than the uppermost part of the transport roller 14 and is designed to be sloping. When crossing the transport roller 14, the letter A accordingly tilts onto the sliding surface 121, is accelerated to its end by the transport roller 14 and, when leaving the franking machine 1 - still standing on its edge - reaches the sloping channel 411.
  • the channel 411 is molded into the front wall 41 of an angular insert 4, which is docked on the one hand on the franking machine 1 and on the other hand is connected to a storage box 5.
  • the side wall 52 lying at the rear in the transport direction is arranged orthogonally to the former and is designed as a resilient baffle.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are a constructive embodiment of the solution according to the invention 5 in connection with FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the Franking and addressing machine 1 is opposite the guide plate 11 a plexiglass pane 15 arranged at a distance.
  • the bottom of the so existing shaft for the letter routing is through the conveyor belt 12, the transport roller 14 and the sloping sliding surface 121 educated.
  • the storage box 5 is adjustable in the angular insert 4 guided. According to the largest to be processed Letter format, the storage box 5 is pulled out. Because the letters A pre-oriented by the backward inclined guide plate 11 after tilting, they tip onto the right side wall 52 over the rear upper edge of the gutter 411 backwards into the storage box 5 from.
  • the slope and shape of the sliding surface 121 and the initial area 4111 of the gutter 411 are adapted to one another.
  • a continuously rotating conveyor belt 12 is provided in a franking machine 1 for the transport of the letters A, and a driven transport roller 14 is provided immediately after the conveyor belt 12 in the transport direction.
  • the letters A lie horizontally on the conveyor belt 12 during the passage through the franking machine 1 and are printed by means of an ink print head 10 arranged above it, which is immobile during printing operation.
  • the ink print head 10 has an orthogonal distance a from the transport roller 14, which distance is greater than the longest impression to be expected. This ensures that the peripheral speed of the conveyor belt 12, which is coordinated with the writing speed of the ink print head 10, is not influenced by the transport roller 14.
  • the peripheral speed of the transport roller 14 is also set greater here than that of the conveyor belt 12, whereby an acceleration of the emerging letter A is achieved.
  • the sliding surface for the letter A in the franking machine 1 after the transport roller 14 is slightly lower than the uppermost part of the transport roller 14 and is designed to be sloping. When crossing the transport roller 14, the letter A accordingly tips over onto the sliding surface, is accelerated to its end by the transport roller 14 and, when leaving the franking machine 1, arrives in the storage box 5.
  • the side wall 52 lying at the rear in the transport direction is arranged orthogonally to the former and designed as a resilient baffle.
  • the letter A slides with its front edge along the bottom 53 of the storage box 5 or on the previous letter A until it meets the side wall 52.
  • the rear edge of the letter A slides down from the lying, oblique left side wall 55 of the storage box 5, see also FIG. 8.

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  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
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  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)

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  1. Dispositif pour le passage du courrier (A), comme les lettres et les cartes postales, d'une machine à adresser et/ou à affranchir le courrier (1), dans laquelle le courrier (A) est imprimé au moyen d'un dispositif d'impression sans contact (10), comme une tête d'imprimante à encre, transporté à l'aide d'un moyen de transport rotatif (12) et évacué ensuite dans une zone située plus bas et à conception inclinée (121), au dispositif d'archivage disposé en sortie (2 et 3, ou 4 et 5, ou 5), dans lequel le courrier (A) est déposé par lots l'un au-dessus de l'autre et caractérisé par le fait que, dans la machine à adresser et/ou à affranchir le courrier (1), en direction de transport directement à la sortie du moyen de transport (12) et à même hauteur que celui-ci mais avec une vitesse périphérique plus élevée, un galet de roulement (14) entraíné est prévu, qui a un espacement orthogonal (a) au dispositif d'impression (10), lequel est plus élevé que l'empreinte longitudinale prévisible et dont la zone située plus bas et à conception inclinée (121) commence immédiatement à la sortie du galet de roulement (14) et passe ensuite dans une zone réglée de manière correspondante (22, 411, 55) à la sortie de la machine à adresser et/ou à affranchir le courrier (1).
  2. Dispositif selon la spécification 1, caractérisé par le fait que le galet de roulement (14) est pourvu d'un revêtement (141) possédant un grand coefficient de friction.
  3. Dispositif selon la spécification 2, caractérisé par le fait que le revêtement (141) est en polyuréthane compatible.
  4. Dispositif selon la spécification 1, caractérisé par le fait que
    le courrier (A) est dressé sur un bord et transporté en appui le long d'une plaque de guidage (11) inclinée vers l'arrière,
    que le dispositif d'impression (10) est disposé dans la zone de la plaque de guidage (11) et
    que le courrier (A) dressé sur un côté glisse en direction de transport dans un conduit incliné (22 ou 411).
  5. Dispositif selon les spécifications 1 et 4, caractérisé par le fait que l'inclinaison et la forme de la zone de glissement (121) pour le bord inférieur de la lettre dans la machine à adresser et/ou à affranchir le courrier (1) et l'inclinaison et la forme du conduit (22 ou 411) sont adaptées les unes aux autres.
  6. Dispositif selon les spécifications 4 et 5, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif d'archivage disposé en sortie est composé d'un insert (2 ou 4) et d'un caisson d'archivage (3 ou 5),
    que le conduit (22 ou 411) fait partie intégrante de l'insert (2 ou 4) et par le fait que le caisson d'archivage (3 ou 5) est disposé de manière réglable, dans l'objectif de l'adaptation au plus grand format de courrier respectif à traiter, et orienté vers l'insert (2 ou 4).
  7. Dispositif selon la spécification 1, caractérisé par le fait que le courrier (A) est transporté à plat sur le moyen de transport (12),
    que le dispositif d'impression (10) est disposé au-dessus du moyen de transport (12) et
    que le dispositif d'archivage disposé en sortie est constitué d'un caisson d'archivage (5), dont la paroi latérale gauche (55) est adaptée à l'inclinaison et à la forme de la zone de glissement (121) dans la machine à adresser et/ou à affranchir le courrier (1), et dont la paroi latérale droite (52) est constituée comme paroi de rebondissement.
EP99250272A 1998-09-08 1999-08-13 Dispositif pour transférer du courrier à un dispositif de stockage Expired - Lifetime EP0985619B1 (fr)

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DE19840917 1998-09-08
DE19840917A DE19840917C1 (de) 1998-09-08 1998-09-08 Vorrichtung zur Übergabe von Postgut an eine Ablagevorrichtung

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