EP1074393B1 - Papierstaubeseitigungsvorrichtung für einen Zuführer einer Frankiermaschine - Google Patents

Papierstaubeseitigungsvorrichtung für einen Zuführer einer Frankiermaschine Download PDF

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EP1074393B1
EP1074393B1 EP00402209A EP00402209A EP1074393B1 EP 1074393 B1 EP1074393 B1 EP 1074393B1 EP 00402209 A EP00402209 A EP 00402209A EP 00402209 A EP00402209 A EP 00402209A EP 1074393 B1 EP1074393 B1 EP 1074393B1
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Jean-Pierre Gregoire
Thierry Le Jaoudour
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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a deburring device for an inkjet type franking machine.
  • the present invention therefore aims to overcome these disadvantages by providing a stripping device that facilitates access to the stuffing area to remove the mail or articles that have accumulated there.
  • An object of the invention is also to make this intervention particularly easy both for an immobilized envelope but remained visible in the transport path only for a label stuck in the rollers of this path and invisible from the outside of the machine.
  • a device for stripping mail items held in the transport path of a mail processing machine the transport of mail items being ensured by several sets of drive rollers distributed throughout. of this transport path and of which at least two sets of rollers are arranged, with respect to the forward direction of the mailpieces, respectively upstream and downstream of printing means of the postal impression, characterized in that it comprises a manual control assembly for, in a first unclogging position, partially releasing the transport path of the mail items by simultaneously lowering the upstream and downstream drive rollers and for, in a second unclogging position, releasing the transport path of the mail items by substantially complete removal of all the drive rollers.
  • the series of drive rollers are each mounted on a common axis whose ends are fixed to two parallel walls forming flanges and movable in translation under the action of said manual control assembly. These parallel walls each comprise at one end a guide tip for cooperating with a slot in a body of the mail processing machine to provide a refocusing function.
  • the displacement of the flanges is obtained by means of rollers that can move in slides of the body of the mail processing machine. This movement of the wheels on the slides is limited by end stops so as to prohibit a total withdrawal of the drive rollers.
  • the manual control assembly comprises two parallel longitudinal members whose first ends are joined by a handle operable directly by an operator, the second free ends of these two side members, held by a spacer, each terminating in a stop lug intended to cooperate with each other. with a fixed part secured to said flange walls.
  • the longitudinal longitudinal members comprises a ramp intended to cooperate by sliding with an integral connecting shaft in its displacement of the upstream and downstream drive rollers.
  • this ramp comprises three cam portions with decreasing slopes.
  • this disengageable locking mechanism comprises a tray portion in permanent contact with a flexible unlocking blade which is an integral part of the handle. It also comprises a fork-shaped element incorporating said tray portion and which is hinged against a spring means on a connecting shaft mounted between said flange walls and having two locking hooks for cooperating with openings of centering practiced in the body of the machine.
  • the present invention finds particular application in mail processing machines, especially in franking machines provided with transport devices such as those described in the patent applications. French N ° 99 00492 and No. 99 00493 of the plaintiff.
  • the training of mail items in the transport path of the machine is generally provided by several series of stacked drive rollers succeeding one another throughout of this transport path, at least a first series of rollers 10 being arranged at the input of the transport device to ensure in cooperation with a die (not shown) a selection of the mail items and at least two other series of rollers 12, 14 (Also known as upstream and downstream rollers) being disposed on both sides of means 16 for printing the postal impression to ensure precise guidance during printing.
  • Each series of rollers is mounted on a common axis 100, 120, 140, both of which ends are attached to two parallel walls 18, 20 forming vertical support flanges of the transport device.
  • the lowering of these two series of upstream rollers 12 and downstream 14 is synchronized by means of two pairs of articulated levers, respectively 26, 28, having two mutually interengaging tooth sectors, and whose respective pivoting is coupled (in a substantially proportional manner and in the ratio of the toothed sectors) to the displacement of the series of rollers to which the lever is closely associated.
  • each lever which can pivot about a hinge axis 260, 280 secured to the flanges 18, 20 of the transport device, comprises at one end a gripping element which engages with an associated connecting shaft 262 , 282, of axis parallel to the common axis 120, 140 of the upstream drive rollers 12 and downstream 14, and whose displacement exactly follows that of the common axis to which it is secured.
  • the entire transport device (with its drive rollers and mobile table) is movable in translation, between an initial printing position and a final unclogging position, by means of rollers 30a. 30b, mounted on the two parallel vertical flanges 18, 20 of the device support, and which can respectively move in slides 32a, 32b of the body 34 of the franking machine, so that the transport device can be extracted almost entirely from the franking machine end of stroke 36a, 36b however limit the movement of the rollers on the slideways so as to prohibit a total withdrawal of the transport device), through an opening 38 formed in its rear part (relative to the direction of advance of mail items).
  • Each of the flanges 18, 20 is provided at its front end with a guide tip 40a, 40b intended to cooperate at the end of return stroke (thus in the printing position) with a slot 42a, 42b made in a body part 34, one of these two slots 42a ensuring by a portion precisely adjusted to the corresponding guide tip a refocusing function of the transport device (see Figure 1A).
  • the flanges 18, 20 are then positioned against the body 34 of the franking machine and push back spring means, for example compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.
  • the transport device is moved in the body of the franking machine by means of a manual control assembly 46 provided with a handle 48 acting on a disengageable locking mechanism 50.
  • the manual control assembly 46 is in the form of a bottomless drawer with essentially two parallel longitudinal members 52, 54 whose first ends are joined by the handle 48, the second free ends of these two longitudinal members being held parallel by a spacer 49 and each ending with a stopper lug 56, 58 for cooperating with a fixed portion 60 integral with the flanges 18, 20.
  • the longitudinal members In an intermediate zone, between these first and second ends, the longitudinal members each have a ramp 62, 64 advantageously to three cam portions with decreasing slopes, respectively strong 62a, 64a, 62b, 64b and weak 62c, 64c, which cooperate by sliding with the first connecting shaft 262 associated with the series of upstream rollers 12.
  • Two axes ( or two pairs of guide rollers 66, 68 mounted between the support flanges 18, 20 and preferably arranged near the two ends of the longitudinal members pe Furthermore, they can be added to perfect the guiding of these longitudinal members during the movement of the transport device in the machine.
  • the disengageable locking mechanism 50 comprises a substantially fork-shaped piece of lifting, the tray handle 70 is in permanent contact with a flexible release blade 72 which is an integral part of the handle 48, and whose two teeth, parallel and flat, are articulated on a connecting shaft 74 against a spring means, for example two return springs 76, 78.
  • a spring means for example two return springs 76, 78.
  • Each of these two teeth comprises in the lower part a locking latch pin 80, 82 and which, by cooperating with a centering aperture 84, 86 of the body of the franking machine, ensures the maintenance of the transport device in the initial printing position. In this position, the flanges 18, 20 are in contact with the body 34 and push the compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.
  • the cleaning operation is carried out as follows.
  • the transport device is housed completely in the body (also called “base") of the franking machine in an initial position for printing the postal imprint, the handle 48 being then simply flush and the leaf springs 44a, 44b being compressed.
  • the drive rollers and the moving table are in a high position and the first link shaft 262 is in contact with the steep cam portion 62a, 64a of the longitudinal members 52, 54.
  • the operator will first pull the handle 48 ( Figure 2) to partially release the transport path of mail items.
  • the longitudinal members 52, 54 fixed to this handle move as a result of the descent of the first connecting shaft 262 (which follows the slope imposed by the ramp 62, 64) as well as the simultaneous lowering of the upstream drive rollers 12 and downstream drive rollers 14, by means of the articulated levers 26, 28.
  • the two articulated levers cooperate mutually so that a pivoting of the first lever associated with the upstream rollers in a determined direction of rotation causes a pivoting of the second lever associated with the downstream rollers in a opposite direction of rotation.
  • the successive decrease of the slopes of the cam portions can modulate the tensile force exerted on the handle (high initially and then lower).
  • the longitudinal members When the lugs forming abutments 56, 58 come into contact with the fixed partition 60, the longitudinal members are found immobilized in a first unclogging position.
  • the first connecting shaft 262 In this intermediate position, the first connecting shaft 262 is in an extreme low position in contact with the low-slope cam portion 62c, 64c and the upstream and downstream rollers 12, 14 also arranged in a low position (as well as the movable table 22) release the transport path to a determined height h sufficient for the operator to pass his hand between the drive rollers ( Figure 2). This position is therefore particularly suitable for envelopes immobilized in the transport path and relatively easy to access.
  • the operator will then in a second time release in full the transport path by proceeding to a complete withdrawal of all the drive rollers 10, 12, 14. For this, and as shown in Figure 3, it raises with the fingers the flexible release blade 72. This action causes the tilting of the fork around the connecting shaft 74 and the raising of the locking hooks 80, 82, which releases the transport device which only needs to roll on its slides especially as the springs With the blades 44a, 44b being relaxed, a starting pulse is given to the displacement of the transport device.
  • the complete displacement is then effected by pulling on the handle 48 until the rollers 30a, 30b come to a standstill on the end stops 36a, 36b (FIG. 5).
  • the operator can then recover the immobilized label and once this is done, push back the transport device with the handle so that it returns to the initial position. printing.
  • the ramp 62, 64 traversed in the opposite direction will allow the drive rollers and the movable table back to resume their original high positions through the intermediate position of unclogging, the final guidance of the transport device being ensured by the action in the recenter slot.
  • the stripping operation is carried out very simply, if necessary in two successive steps which correspond respectively to an easy immediate intervention (for example in the case of a visible envelope) and to a intervention less immediate but still relatively relatively easy (case of a label not visible).

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus von Poststücken, die im Transportweg einer Postbearbeitungsmaschine festgehalten sind, wobei die Beförderung der Poststücke durch mehrere Reihen von übereinander angeordneten, entlang dieses Transportweges verteilten Antriebsrollen sichergestellt wird, darunter eine erste Reihe von Rollen (10), die am Eingang des Transportweges angeordnet ist, sowie wenigstens zwei weitere Reihen von Rollen (12, 14), die in bezug auf die Vorschubrichtung der Poststücke stromaufwärts bzw. stromabwärts von Mitteln zum Drucken des Poststempels (16) angeordnet sind, wobei die unteren Rollen der genannten Reihen von Antriebsrollen jeweils an einer gemeinsamen Achse (100, 120, 140) angebracht sind, deren Enden an zwei parallelen, Flansche bildenden Wänden (18, 20) befestigt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie eine Einheit zum manuellen Steuern (46) umfaßt, die Mittel zum gleichzeitigen Absenken der unteren Antriebsrollen der stromaufwärtigen und der stromabwärtigen Reihe von Rollen in eine erste Staubeseitigungsposition, in weicher der Transportweg der Poststücke teilweise freigelegt ist, sowie Mittel aufweist, um ein vollständiges Zurückziehen der Einheit der unteren Antriebsrollen, welche die erste Reihe und die zwei weiteren Reihen von Rollen bilden, in eine zweite Staubeseitigungsposition zu vollziehen, in welcher der Transportweg der Poststücke vollkommen freigelegt ist.
  2. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Mittel zum Absenken der unteren Antriebsrollen wenigstens zwei angelenkte Hebel (26, 28) mit zwei in gegenseitigem Eingriff befindlichen Zahnsegmenten umfassen.
  3. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine jede der parallelen, Flansche bildenden Wände an einem Ende eine Führungsspitze (40a, 40b) aufweist, welche dazu bestimmt ist, mit einem in einem Körperteil (34) der Postbearbeitungsmaschine ausgebildeten Schlitz (42a, 42b) zusammenzuwirken, um eine Funktion eines erneuten Zentrierens zu gewährleisten.
  4. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die parallelen, Flansche und Träger bildenden Wände der Antriebsrollen mit Hilfe von kleinen Rollen (30a, 30b), die sich in Gleitschienen (32a, 32b) des Körpers (34) der Postbearbeitungsmaschine bewegen können, verschiebebeweglich sind.
  5. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Bewegen der kleinen Rollen auf den Gleitschienen durch Endanschläge (36a, 36b) begrenzt ist, so daß ein vollständiges Zurückziehen der Antriebsrollen untersagt wird.
  6. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einheit zum manuellen Steuern zwei parallele Längsträger (52, 54) umfaßt, deren erste Enden durch einen Griff (48) verbunden sind, der direkt durch einen Bedienungsmann betätigt werden kann, wobei die freien zweiten Enden dieser zwei Längsträger, die durch eine Querstrebe (49) gehalten werden, jeweils in einem einen Anschlag (56, 58) bildenden Vorsprung auslaufen, welcher dazu bestimmt ist, mit einem festen Teil (60) zusammenzuwirken, das mit den Flansche bildenden Wänden fest verbunden ist.
  7. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Längsträger eine Rampe (62, 64) umfassen, welche dazu bestimmt ist, mit einer Verbindungswelle (262), die in ihrer Bewegung fest mit den stromaufwärtigen und stromabwärtigen Antriebsrollen (12, 14) verbunden ist, gleitend zusammenzuwirken.
  8. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rampe drei Nockenabschnitte mit abfallenden Schrägen (62a, 62b, 62c; 64a, 64b, 64c) aufweist.
  9. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Flansche und Träger bildenden Wände der Antriebsrollen, durch einen ausrückbaren Verriegelungsmechanismus (50) in einer Ausgangsdruckstellung gehalten werden.
  10. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der ausrückbare Verrieglungsmechanismus einen ein Plateau (70) bildenden Teil umfaßt, der in permanentem Kontakt mit einer flexiblen Entriegelungszunge (72) ist, die Bestandteil des Griffs (48) ist.
  11. Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen eines Staus nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der ausrückbare Verriegelungsmechanismus ein gabelförmiges Element umfaßt, in das der ein Plateau bildende Teil integriert ist und das entgegen einem Federmittel (76, 78) an einer Verbindungswelle (74) angelenkt ist, die zwischen den Flansche bildenden Wänden angebracht ist und zwei Verriegelungshaken (80, 82) aufweist, welche dazu bestimmt sind, mit in dem Körper (34) der Maschine ausgebildeten Zentrieröffnungen (84,86) zusammenzuwirken.
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