EP1156405B1 - Dispositif pour détecter la position de commutation d'un interrupteur de réseau - Google Patents

Dispositif pour détecter la position de commutation d'un interrupteur de réseau Download PDF

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EP1156405B1
EP1156405B1 EP01250145A EP01250145A EP1156405B1 EP 1156405 B1 EP1156405 B1 EP 1156405B1 EP 01250145 A EP01250145 A EP 01250145A EP 01250145 A EP01250145 A EP 01250145A EP 1156405 B1 EP1156405 B1 EP 1156405B1
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    • 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
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • 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
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00346—Power handling, e.g. power-down routine
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/16—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
    • H01H9/167—Circuits for remote indication

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  • the invention relates to an arrangement for detecting the switching position of a power switch according to claim 1.
  • the invention is used for microprocessor-controlled devices and is suitable for franking machines and other mail processing equipment.
  • the invention avoids premature failure of the power switch.
  • a turn-off delay is known for a postage meter machine which is equipped with an ink jet printing system.
  • the power is supplied by a primary transformer, which is connected via circuit parts with a secondary transformer.
  • a first switch of a two-pole power switch is located between the primary and secondary transformer and can be bypassed by a power gate connected in parallel to delay turn-off.
  • a mitbetätigter second switch of the power switch is doing with a Microprocessor connected to signal the switching position of the power switch to the microprocessor.
  • the power switch is wired so that one of its two switches carries only a small current, which can lead to contact deterioration (corrosion) and ultimately to premature failure, eg due to foreign particles in the contact area.
  • the invention has for its object to develop an arrangement which avoids this disadvantage and allows a query of the switch position with low power loss in the other components involved in the query without the use of a special switch.
  • a switch-off delay should be achieved by means of a parallel to the power switch switch, without the query is affected.
  • the switching position of the power switch can be detected.
  • a two-pole standard power switch with series connection of its two switches is used.
  • the arrangement of the two in-line switch of this power switch has the advantage that the high inrush current of the power supply flows through all contacts of the switch. This ensures that the minimum current required for the shadow contacts will flow and the contacts will not fail prematurely due to contact degradation.
  • the series-connected first switch is used to decouple the second switch from the parallel third switch.
  • the query is the Switching position of the second switch is not affected by the switching position of the third switch.
  • the latter is preferably designed as a relay switch.
  • the second switch of the power switch can not be queried for security reasons directly by the processor.
  • the required withstand voltage for the interrogation by a sensor is achieved by an interposed optocoupler, isolation transformer or similar means for galvanic separation. It is provided that the sensor includes signal shaping means and the output side is connected to a sensor shift register, which is queried by the microprocessor of the device.
  • Both the aforementioned sensor and sensor shift register and an actuator shift register and a relay module controlled by it are arranged on a sensor / actuator control board of a postage meter machine.
  • the relay module When the relay module is actuated by the microprocessor of the device, the relay switch arranged parallel to the power switch is actuated, without this affecting the interrogation of the switch position of the power switch.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a franking machine of the type JetMail ® shown from behind.
  • the franking machine consists of a meter 1 and a base 2.
  • the actuators 88 of a keyboard and display elements 89 in the screen of a display unit of Meters 1 form a user interface, which is designed for input.
  • Another input means can be realized with a chip card.
  • the base 2 is equipped with a smart card write / read unit, which is arranged behind the guide plate 20 and accessible from the housing upper edge 22. After switching on the franking machine by means of the power switch 71, a chip card 10 is inserted from top to bottom in the insertion slot 72.
  • a supplied standing on the edge letter 3, which rests with its surface to be printed on the guide plate is then printed according to the input data with a franking stamp 31.
  • the letter feeding opening is bounded laterally by a transparent plate 21 and the guide plate 20.
  • At the interfaces 98a and 99a further stations or devices can be connected in order to communicate with the franking machine in communication.
  • the postage value is finally printed on the package concerned - here the letter 3 - after settlement in the postal registers.
  • the printing is done by means of an inkjet printhead. Opening the power switch 71 first causes measures to protect the printhead (not shown) from drying out before disconnecting it from the power grid.
  • FIG. 2 shows a circuit part of a sensor-actuator control board SAS a postage meter.
  • a power cable 5 is connected via a line filter 6 and a power switch 71 to a switching power supply 9.
  • the two-pole power switch 71 is arranged in front of a transformer of the switched-mode power supply 9.
  • the first switch 7 'of the power switch has the contacts 7a and 7b and the second switch 7 "of the power switch has the contacts 7c and 7d ..
  • all switching contacts of the power switch 71 by the same current i (t) flows through both switches 7 'and 7 "are connected in series.
  • the contact 7c of the second switch 7 "of the power switch 71 is connected to the conductor for the phase on the line filter 6 and the contact 7d on the one hand to the contact 7a of the first switch 7 'of the power switch 71 and on the other hand to a first input of the sensor 11 second entrance of the sensor 11 is connected to the neutral conductor on the line filter 6.
  • the sensor may include an optocoupler and a Schmitt trigger or similar threshold value switch as well as a monostable multivibrator (monoflop) as a signal shaping means, which outputs according to the current flow through the optocoupler 11 output side of a L or 0 signal, which is evaluated as a bit.
  • the optocoupler it is possible, for example, to use a separating transformer or transformers which lower the measuring voltage to a value which is customary for the following Schmidt trigger or the threshold value switch and the monoflop, so that work continues with the usual supply voltage for TTL or MOSFET circuits can be.
  • a cleaning and sealing station (RDS), not shown here, can have various states which can be interrogated by means of interrogation means by the microprocessor.
  • a first condition exists after power up when an inkjet printhead is docked to the cleaning and sealing device.
  • the interrogation means comprise a slit disc and two photosensors.
  • the cleaning and sealing station was in terms of design and operation in the German patent DE 197 26 642 C1 entitled Apparatus for Positioning an Ink Jet Printhead and a Cleaning and Sealing Apparatus.
  • the relay 8 is first energized and thus the relay Switch 8 'closed.
  • a second condition exists when the RDS is not docked to the inkjet printhead. Only when the print head is docked back to the (not shown) cleaning and sealing station (RDS), the relay 8 is not driven further and thus the relay switch 8 'opened again.
  • a third condition is when the RDS is docked to the inkjet printhead and the power switch is turned off.
  • a fourth condition exists when the RDS is docked to the ink jet printhead and the power switch is still on. An off delay is then unnecessary and a shutdown of the franking machine takes place immediately with the opening of the power switch 71st
  • a relay switch 8 ' is arranged parallel to the power switch 71.
  • the contact 7b of the power switch 71 is electrically connected to contact 8b of the relay switch 8 '.
  • the contact 7c of the power switch 71 is electrically connected to contact 8a of the relay switch 8 '.
  • the relay switch 8 ' bridges the in-line switches 7' and 7 "of the power switch 71 for a period of time (second state) in which a cleaning and sealing station (RDS) If the RDS is not docked, opening the power switch will cause the printhead to be docked to the cleaning and sealing station (RDS) before power is turned off via relay 8.
  • the relay switch will shut off
  • the relay 8 is connected to a parallel output of the actuator shift register (ASR) 42 and is controlled by the software on a bit supplied by the ASR via a Transistor (not shown)
  • the relay 8 is preferably designed as an assembly that already contains the aforementioned transistor.
  • the actuator shift register (ASR) 42 is part of a register unit 40.
  • the register unit 40 of a sensor-actor control board (SAS) 4, a plurality of actuator shift registers (ASR) and Sensor shift registers (SSR) have. More details are the US 5,710,721 refer to.
  • the equivalent European patent application EP 716 398 A2 is titled: "Franking machine internal interface circuit and method for tamper-proof print data control".
  • a microprocessor equipped with a multiplexer and analog / digital converter can also carry out a measured value query directly on one of the sensors, which is connected to the power switch 71 in the manner according to the invention, without a shift register chain and register unit.
  • the sensor 11 for detecting the switching position has at least one means for galvanic decoupling and a threshold circuit.

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  1. Dispositif pour détecter la position de commutation d'un interrupteur de réseau pour appareils commandés par microprocesseur avec retard de coupure à l'aide d'un interrupteur situé parallèlement à l'interrupteur de réseau, caractérisé en ce, que l'interrupteur de réseau (71) comporte deux interrupteurs (7', 7") montés en série et qui peuvent uniquement être ouverts et fermés conjointement, l'interrupteur (7") desdits interrupteurs étant connecté avec son contact (7c) à l'un des deux conducteurs de tension ou au conducteur neutre et avec son autre contact (7d) à une première entrée d'un capteur (11), qui, en présence de tension et en cas d'activation de l'interrupteur de réseau (71), conduit un courant de mesure vers la seconde entrée du capteur (11), qui est connectée à l'autre conducteur de tension correspondant des deux conducteurs de tension ou au conducteur neutre et que le capteur (11) transmette à un microprocesseur de l'appareil par son côté sortie, un signal de sortie correspondant à la position de commutation de l'interrupteur de réseau (71).
  2. Dispositif, selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce, que le capteur (11) comporte un moyen destiné à l'isolation galvanique et un moyen de mise en forme des signaux.
  3. Dispositif, selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce, que le capteur (11) comporte un optocoupleur comme moyen d'isolation galvanique.
  4. Dispositif, selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce, que le capteur (11) comporte un transformateur de séparation ou d'isolement comme moyen d'isolation galvanique.
  5. Dispositif, selon les revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce, que le moyen de mise en forme des signaux comporte une bascule de Schmitt ou un circuit à seuil.
  6. Dispositif, selon les revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce, que le moyen de mise en forme des signaux comporte une bascule monostable ou un univibrateur.
  7. Dispositif, selon les revendications 1 et 6, caractérisé en ce, que le capteur (11) soit connecté côté sortie à un registre à décalage pour capteur (41), qui est interrogé par le microprocesseur de l'appareil.
  8. Dispositif, selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7 précitées, caractérisé en ce, que soient agencés sur une platine de commande de capteur et d'actionneur SAS (4), le capteur (11), le registre à décalage pour capteur (41) ainsi que le registre à décalage pour actionneur (42) et un module de relais (8) commandé par ledit registre à décalage pour actionneur et destiné au retard de coupure.
  9. Dispositif, selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce, que le premier interrupteur (7') des deux interrupteurs (7', 7") de l'interrupteur de réseau (71) soit agencé en série avec le second interrupteur (7") et qu'il serve à l'isolation du second interrupteur (7") par rapport au troisième interrupteur (8') situé parallèlement à l'interrupteur de réseau (71), le troisième interrupteur (8') étant commandé par le microprocesseur de l'appareil pour assurer le retard de coupure.
  10. Dispositif, selon les revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce, que l'appareil soit une affranchisseuse.
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