EP1261496B1 - Envelope closing device for mail processing machine - Google Patents

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EP1261496B1
EP1261496B1 EP01907627A EP01907627A EP1261496B1 EP 1261496 B1 EP1261496 B1 EP 1261496B1 EP 01907627 A EP01907627 A EP 01907627A EP 01907627 A EP01907627 A EP 01907627A EP 1261496 B1 EP1261496 B1 EP 1261496B1
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Hervé Baumann
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  • the present invention relates to mail processing machines. It relates more precisely to a flap closure device envelope used on an enveloping machine.
  • Mail handling services use machines automatic documents for enveloping.
  • the skilled person has imagined very early on to create autonomous machines allowing to perform the enveloping of documents.
  • These enveloping machines have mechanisms for closing and pressing the envelope flap after it has been previously moistened.
  • the present invention proposes to create a single mechanism charged both to carry out the derivation and the closing of the flap. This allows reduce the volume, the costs linked to the assembly and the cost price of the mechanism.
  • the invention can be applied to the closure of self-adhesive envelopes. but also advantageously to the closing of conventional envelopes and the post closure then comprises flap humidifier means envelope. for example of the felt-tip type, these means humidifiers being synchronized with other mechanisms by the means control.
  • first and / or second drive means consist of pairs of drive rollers, which can also be powered by a single engine controlled by means of ordered.
  • the pressing member is constituted by a pivoting table of bonding associated with a presser and deflector shoe. the table and the hoof being connected to control means.
  • the pressure shoe consists of a sheet with a rolled edge playing the role of deflector during the movement behind the envelope.
  • the pressing member 1, shown in FIG. 1, comprises a table flat bonding 2 provided with a front part 2 'and a rear part 2 "inclined. and vertical lateral returns in the form of legs 4 and 4 '.
  • the clog deflector-presser 3 is in the form of a rolled sheet comprising a flat part 3 'intended to cooperate with the gluing table 2 and which is attached to it parallel, a 3 "rolled front edge and a 3" inclined rear part.
  • Said shoe 3 has two pins 5 which project laterally from the flat part 3 'and which guide it in two notches 6 belonging to the lateral returns 4 and 4 'from table 2.
  • the envelope 12 arrives by means not shown from the insertion station also not shown, with its flap 14 in the lower rear position and is about to pass in front of a detection cell 18, drive rollers 21, 22 and a retractable humidification system 15-17 comprising a reservoir 16 in which a fixed lower felt 15 is soaked, on which can come into contact an upper felt 17 movable by means of an electromagnet 19 and connections appropriate mechanical.
  • the humidification system is in the ready state water, i.e. the upper felt 17 is in contact with the lower felt 15, the latter being embedded in the tank 16. There is therefore transfer by contact of the felt water 15 on the felt 17.
  • FIG. 3 shows the next step.
  • the control means that is to say the central unit managing the mechanism, trigger the rise of the upper felt 17 by the electromagnet 19 according to the arrow 20.
  • the casing 12 is supported by the roller train 21, 22 set in motion by the motor 23 according to arrows 24, 25, and enters the closing station envelope. passing over the rolled sheet of the pressing member 3 which is in the retracted position, just adjacent to the path of the envelope.
  • the pressing member can therefore serve here as a guide for the envelope to support it. and direct it to the second drive means constituted by the rollers 26, 27.
  • FIG. 4 shows the next step.
  • Envelope 12 which is still in the closing station is supported by the roller train 26, 27 set in motion by the motor 23 according to the arrows 28, 29.
  • the central unit triggers the electromagnet 19 to press the felt 17 against said flap according to arrow 30.
  • the body of the envelope 12 is still supported on the upper edge of presser 3.
  • FIG. 5 shows the next step.
  • the central unit triggers stopping the engine 23, therefore stopping the drive means of the envelope. then the rise according to arrow 31 of the pressing member 1.
  • This movement carried out via the electromagnet 32 and appropriate kinematic connections allows bring the flap 14 into contact with the rolled edge 3 '' of the pressure deflector 3 and thus obtaining the derivation of said flap relative to the body of the envelope 12.
  • the electromagnet 32 controls only the movement of the pivoting table 2, but the pressure shoe 3 follows the same movement thanks to its connection by the returns 4, 4 '.
  • FIG. 6 shows the final step.
  • the central unit then triggers. via the motor 23, the rotation of the rollers 26-27 according to the arrows 33, 34, that is to say in reverse.
  • the envelope 12 then moves back, its flap 14 slides the along the rolled edge 3 ".
  • the flap 14 is folded against the body of the casing 12.
  • the central unit stops the rotation of the rollers 26. 27 and triggers the descent of the fingers 36 for controlling the presser 3 via the electromagnet 35.
  • the control fingers 36 then bear on the inclined part 3 '' 'of the shoe and trigger the descent of the presser 3 at envelope contact 12.
  • the central unit will trigger the ascent of the control fingers 36 and then rotate the rollers 26-27 according to the arrows 28. 29.
  • the envelope 12 having left the gluing table 1, the latter will be returned in the low position by the action of the electromagnet 32 to allow the arrival of the next envelope.

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La présente invention porte sur les machines de traitement du courrier. Elle concerne plus précisément un dispositif de fermeture de rabat d'enveloppe utilisé sur une machine de mise sous pli.The present invention relates to mail processing machines. It relates more precisely to a flap closure device envelope used on an enveloping machine.

Les services de traitement du courrier utilisent des machines automatiques permettant de mettre sous pli des documents. L'homme de l'art a imaginé très tôt de créer des machines autonomes permettant d'effectuer la mise sous pli de documents. Ces machines de mise sous pli disposent de mécanismes permettant de fermer et presser le rabat de l'enveloppe après que celui-ci a été préalablement humecté.Mail handling services use machines automatic documents for enveloping. The skilled person has imagined very early on to create autonomous machines allowing to perform the enveloping of documents. These enveloping machines have mechanisms for closing and pressing the envelope flap after it has been previously moistened.

Les mécanismes actuels utilisent pour réaliser la fermeture et le collage de l'enveloppe les deux méthodes suivantes :

  • 1) Humidification du rabat, puis dérivation du rabat par rapport au corps de l'enveloppe, puis fermeture et pressage du rabat contre le corps de l'enveloppe ;
  • 2) Dérivation du rabat par rapport au corps de l'enveloppe, puis humidification du rabat, puis fermeture et pressage du rabat contre le corps de l'enveloppe (cf.par exemple le brevet US 4 428 794 ou le brevet US 5 770 005).
    • The current mechanisms use the following two methods for closing and gluing the envelope:
  • 1) Humidification of the flap, then derivation of the flap relative to the body of the envelope, then closing and pressing of the flap against the body of the envelope;
  • 2) Derivation of the flap relative to the body of the envelope, then humidification of the flap, then closing and pressing of the flap against the body of the envelope (see for example US Patent 4,428,794 or US Patent 5,770,005 ).

    • Les systèmes actuels utilisant ces deux méthodes emploient donc des mécanismes qui réalisent la dérivation du rabat et d'autres mécanismes qui réalisent la fermeture dudit rabat.Current systems using these two methods therefore employ mechanisms that perform the derivation of the flap and other mechanisms that close said flap.

    La présente invention se propose de créer un mécanisme unique chargé à la fois de réaliser la dérivation et la fermeture du rabat. Ceci permet de diminuer le volume, les coûts liés au montage et le prix de revient du mécanisme.The present invention proposes to create a single mechanism charged both to carry out the derivation and the closing of the flap. This allows reduce the volume, the costs linked to the assembly and the cost price of the mechanism.

    L'invention atteint son but grâce à un dispositif de fermeture d'enveloppes pour machine de traitement de courrier, comprenant des premiers moyens d'entraínement pour entraíner une enveloppe, avec son rabat ouvert. vers l'avant (c'est-à-dire d'amont en aval de la machine) jusqu'à un poste de fermeture d'enveloppe, des moyens de fermeture du rabat d'enveloppe situés au poste de fermeture, et des seconds moyens d'entraínement pour entraíner l'enveloppe, avec son rabat fermé, depuis le poste de fermeture hors du dispositif, les moyens d'entraínement et les moyens de fermeture étant commandés par des moyens de commande, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fermeture comprennent un organe presseur escamotable disposé transversalement au chemin de l'enveloppe dans le poste de fermeture. les moyens de commande étant agencés pour :

  • a) amener ledit organe presseur sur le chemin et pousser le rabat lorsque l'enveloppe est encore dans le poste de fermeture et est saisie par les seconds moyens d'entraínement,
  • b) inverser lesdits seconds moyens d'entraínement pendant un intervalle de temps suffisant pour faire retourner l'enveloppe et son rabat vers et dans l'organe presseur.
  • c) activer puis relâcher l'organe presseur pour coller le rabat sur l'enveloppe,
  • d) reprendre le mouvement des seconds moyens d'entraínement vers l'avant pour entraíner l'enveloppe hors de l'organe presseur et hors du poste de fermeture, et
  • e) escamoter à nouveau l'organe presseur, de manière à pourvoir effectuer un nouveau cycle.
    • The invention achieves its object thanks to a device for closing envelopes for a mail processing machine, comprising first drive means for driving an envelope, with its flap open. forward (i.e. upstream downstream of the machine) to an envelope closing station, means for closing the envelope flap located at the closing station, and second drive means for driving the envelope, with its flap closed, from the closure station outside the device, the drive means and the closure means being controlled by control means, characterized in that the closure means comprise a retractable pressing member disposed transversely to the path of the envelope in the closing station. the control means being arranged for:
  • a) bring said pressing member on the way and push the flap when the envelope is still in the closing station and is gripped by the second drive means,
  • b) invert said second drive means for a sufficient time interval to return the envelope and its flap to and in the pressing member.
  • c) activate and then release the pressing member to adhere the flap to the envelope,
  • d) resume the movement of the second drive means forward to drive the envelope out of the pressing member and out of the closure station, and
  • e) retract the pressing member again, so as to be able to carry out a new cycle.

    • L'invention peut s'appliquer à la fermeture d'enveloppes autocollantes. mais aussi avantageusement à la fermeture d'enveloppes classiques et le poste de fermeture comprend alors des moyens humidificateurs de rabat d'enveloppe. par exemple du type à feutre humecteur, ces moyens humidificateurs étant synchronisés avec les autres mécanismes par les moyens de commande.The invention can be applied to the closure of self-adhesive envelopes. but also advantageously to the closing of conventional envelopes and the post closure then comprises flap humidifier means envelope. for example of the felt-tip type, these means humidifiers being synchronized with other mechanisms by the means control.

    Avantageusement, les premiers et/ou les seconds moyens d'entraínement sont constitués par des paires de galets d'entraínement, qui peuvent d'ailleurs être mus par un seul et même moteur commandé par les moyens de commande.Advantageously, the first and / or second drive means consist of pairs of drive rollers, which can also be powered by a single engine controlled by means of ordered.

    Avantageusement. l'organe presseur est constitué par une table pivotante de collage associée à un sabot presseur et déflecteur. la table et le sabot étant reliés à des moyens de commande.Advantageously. the pressing member is constituted by a pivoting table of bonding associated with a presser and deflector shoe. the table and the hoof being connected to control means.

    Avantageusement. le sabot presseur est constitué par une tôle à bord roulé jouant le rôle de déflecteur lors du mouvement en arrière de l'enveloppe.Advantageously. the pressure shoe consists of a sheet with a rolled edge playing the role of deflector during the movement behind the envelope.

    D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention apparaítront à la lecture de la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation de l'invention.
    On se référera aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

    • La figure 1 est une vue en perspective de l'organe presseur avec sa table de collage et son sabot presseur selon la présente invention.
    • La figure 2 est une vue simplifiée de face représentant la première phase de fonctionnement du mécanisme de collage.
    • La figure 3 est une vue simplifiée de face représentant la seconde phase de fonctionnement du mécanisme de collage.
    • La figure 4 est une vue simplifiée de face représentant la troisième phase de fonctionnement du mécanisme de collage.
    • La figure 5 est une vue simplifiée de face représentant la quatrième phase de fonctionnement du mécanisme de collage.
    • la figure 6 est une vue simplifiée de face représentant la cinquième phase de fonctionnement du mécanisme de collage.
    Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will appear on reading the following description of an embodiment of the invention.
    Reference is made to the appended drawings in which:
    • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pressing member with its bonding table and its pressing shoe according to the present invention.
    • Figure 2 is a simplified front view showing the first operating phase of the bonding mechanism.
    • Figure 3 is a simplified front view showing the second operating phase of the bonding mechanism.
    • Figure 4 is a simplified front view showing the third operating phase of the bonding mechanism.
    • Figure 5 is a simplified front view showing the fourth operating phase of the bonding mechanism.
    • Figure 6 is a simplified front view showing the fifth operating phase of the bonding mechanism.

    L'organe presseur 1, montré sur la figure 1, comporte une table de collage plane 2 munie d'une partie avant 2' et d'une partie arrière 2" inclinées. et de retours latéraux verticaux sous forme de pattes 4 et 4'. Le sabot déflecteur-presseur 3 se présente sous la forme d'une tôle roulée comprenant une partie plane 3' destinée à coopérer avec la table de collage 2 et qui lui est parallèle, un bord avant roulé 3" et une partie arrière inclinée 3'''. Ledit sabot 3 possède deux tétons 5 qui dépassent latéralement de la partie plane 3' et qui assurent son guidage dans deux échancrures 6 appartenant aux retours latéraux 4 et 4' de la table 2. Deux ressorts de traction 7, montés entre les tétons 5 et le haut des retours latéraux 4 et 4', plaquent le déflecteur 3 contre les bords supérieurs des échancrures 6. De ce fait, un espace 8 de l'ordre de 3mm est présent normalement entre la partie plane 3' et la table 2 (sauf quand des doigts qui seront décrits en rapport avec la figure 6 appuient sur le sabot 3 et le plaquent contre la table de collage). La table principale 2 est fixée par une cornière et des vis 9 sur un axe 10, celui-ci étant monté tourillonnant par l'intermédiaire de deux paliers 11 dans les platines de la machine (non représentées pour améliorer la compréhension de la figure 1). Ce montage permet à l'organe presseur de s'escamoter par rapport à la trajectoire de l'enveloppe dans le poste de fermeture comme on va le voir.The pressing member 1, shown in FIG. 1, comprises a table flat bonding 2 provided with a front part 2 'and a rear part 2 "inclined. and vertical lateral returns in the form of legs 4 and 4 '. The clog deflector-presser 3 is in the form of a rolled sheet comprising a flat part 3 'intended to cooperate with the gluing table 2 and which is attached to it parallel, a 3 "rolled front edge and a 3" inclined rear part. Said shoe 3 has two pins 5 which project laterally from the flat part 3 'and which guide it in two notches 6 belonging to the lateral returns 4 and 4 'from table 2. Two tension springs 7, mounted between the pins 5 and the top of the lateral returns 4 and 4 ', press the deflector 3 against the edges upper notches 6. Therefore, a space 8 of the order of 3mm is normally present between the flat part 3 'and the table 2 (except when fingers which will be described in connection with FIG. 6 press on the shoe 3 and the press against the gluing table). The main table 2 is fixed by a angle iron and screws 9 on an axis 10, the latter being mounted journalled by via two bearings 11 in the machine stages (not shown to improve understanding of Figure 1). This montage allows the pressing member to retract relative to the trajectory of the envelope in the closing station as we will see.

    Dans le mode de réalisation représenté dans la figure 2, l'enveloppe 12 arrive par des moyens non représentés de la station d'insertion également non représentée, avec son rabat 14 en position inférieure arrière et s'apprête à passer devant une cellule de détection 18, des galets d'entraínement 21, 22 et un système d'humidification 15-17 escamotable comprenant un réservoir 16 dans lequel trempe un feutre inférieur 15 fixe, sur lequel peut venir en contact un feutre supérieur 17 mobile grâce à un électro-aimant 19 et des liaisons mécaniques appropriées. Le système d'humidification est en état de mise en eau, c'est-à-dire que le feutre supérieur 17 est au contact du feutre inférieur 15, ce dernier étant encastré dans le réservoir 16. Il y a donc transfert par contact de l'eau du feutre 15 sur le feutre 17.In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the envelope 12 arrives by means not shown from the insertion station also not shown, with its flap 14 in the lower rear position and is about to pass in front of a detection cell 18, drive rollers 21, 22 and a retractable humidification system 15-17 comprising a reservoir 16 in which a fixed lower felt 15 is soaked, on which can come into contact an upper felt 17 movable by means of an electromagnet 19 and connections appropriate mechanical. The humidification system is in the ready state water, i.e. the upper felt 17 is in contact with the lower felt 15, the latter being embedded in the tank 16. There is therefore transfer by contact of the felt water 15 on the felt 17.

    La figure 3 montre l'étape suivante. Lorsque le bord avant de l'enveloppe 12 arrive au niveau de la cellule 18, les moyens de commande, c'est-à-dire l'unité centrale gérant le mécanisme, déclenchent la montée du feutre supérieur 17 par l'électroaimant 19 selon la flèche 20. L'enveloppe 12 est prise en charge par le train de galets 21, 22 mis en mouvement par le moteur 23 selon les flèches 24, 25, et pénètre dans le poste de fermeture d'enveloppe. en passant au-dessus de la tôle roulée de l'organe presseur 3 qui se trouve en position escamotée, juste adjacente au trajet de l'enveloppe. L'organe presseur peut donc ici servir de guide à l'enveloppe pour la soutenir et la diriger vers les seconds moyens d'entraínement constitués par les galets 26, 27.Figure 3 shows the next step. When the front edge of the envelope 12 arrives at the level of the cell 18, the control means, that is to say the central unit managing the mechanism, trigger the rise of the upper felt 17 by the electromagnet 19 according to the arrow 20. The casing 12 is supported by the roller train 21, 22 set in motion by the motor 23 according to arrows 24, 25, and enters the closing station envelope. passing over the rolled sheet of the pressing member 3 which is in the retracted position, just adjacent to the path of the envelope. The pressing member can therefore serve here as a guide for the envelope to support it. and direct it to the second drive means constituted by the rollers 26, 27.

    La figure 4 montre l'étape suivante. L'enveloppe 12 qui est toujours dans le poste de fermeture est prise en charge par le train de galets 26, 27 mis en mouvement par le moteur 23 selon les flèches 28, 29. Lorsque le rabat 14 de l'enveloppe 12 se trouve sous le feutre humide 17, l'unité centrale déclenche l'électro-aimant 19 pour mettre en pression le feutre 17 contre ledit rabat selon la flèche 30. Le corps de l'enveloppe 12 est encore en appui sur le bord supérieur du presseur 3.Figure 4 shows the next step. Envelope 12 which is still in the closing station is supported by the roller train 26, 27 set in motion by the motor 23 according to the arrows 28, 29. When the flap 14 of the casing 12 is located under the wet felt 17, the central unit triggers the electromagnet 19 to press the felt 17 against said flap according to arrow 30. The body of the envelope 12 is still supported on the upper edge of presser 3.

    La figure 5 montre l'étape suivante. Lorsque le rabat 14 de l'enveloppe 12 arrive au niveau du bord supérieur du presseur 3, l'unité centrale déclenche l'arrêt du moteur 23, donc l'arrêt des moyens d'entraínement de l'enveloppe. puis la montée selon la flèche 31 de l'organe presseur 1. Ce mouvement réalisé via l'électroaimant 32 et des liaisons cinématiques appropriées permet de mettre en contact le rabat 14 avec le bord roulé 3'' du déflecteur presseur 3 et d'obtenir ainsi la dérivation dudit rabat par rapport au corps de l'enveloppe 12. L'électroaimant 32 ne commande que le mouvement de la table pivotante 2, mais le sabot presseur 3 suit le même mouvement grâce à sa liaison par les retours 4, 4'.Figure 5 shows the next step. When the flap 14 of the envelope 12 arrives at the upper edge of the presser 3, the central unit triggers stopping the engine 23, therefore stopping the drive means of the envelope. then the rise according to arrow 31 of the pressing member 1. This movement carried out via the electromagnet 32 and appropriate kinematic connections allows bring the flap 14 into contact with the rolled edge 3 '' of the pressure deflector 3 and thus obtaining the derivation of said flap relative to the body of the envelope 12. The electromagnet 32 controls only the movement of the pivoting table 2, but the pressure shoe 3 follows the same movement thanks to its connection by the returns 4, 4 '.

    La figure 6 montre l'étape finale. L'unité centrale déclenche alors. via le moteur 23, la mise en rotation des galets 26-27 selon les flèches 33, 34, c'est-à-dire en sens inverse. L'enveloppe 12 recule alors, son rabat 14 glisse le long du bord roulé 3". Le rabat 14 se trouve rabattu contre le corps de l'enveloppe 12. L'unité centrale arrête la rotation des galets 26. 27 et déclenche la descente des doigts 36 de commande du presseur 3 via l'électroaimant 35. Les doigts de commander 36 prennent alors appui sur la partie inclinée 3''' du sabot et déclenchent la descente du presseur 3 au contact de l'enveloppe 12.Figure 6 shows the final step. The central unit then triggers. via the motor 23, the rotation of the rollers 26-27 according to the arrows 33, 34, that is to say in reverse. The envelope 12 then moves back, its flap 14 slides the along the rolled edge 3 ". The flap 14 is folded against the body of the casing 12. The central unit stops the rotation of the rollers 26. 27 and triggers the descent of the fingers 36 for controlling the presser 3 via the electromagnet 35. The control fingers 36 then bear on the inclined part 3 '' 'of the shoe and trigger the descent of the presser 3 at envelope contact 12.

    L'unité centrale déclenchera la remontée des doigts de commande 36 et ensuite mettra en rotation les galets 26-27 selon les flèches 28. 29. L'enveloppe 12 ayant quittée la table de collage 1, cette dernière sera remise en position basse par l'action de l'électroaimant 32 pour permettre l'arrivée de l'enveloppe suivante.The central unit will trigger the ascent of the control fingers 36 and then rotate the rollers 26-27 according to the arrows 28. 29. The envelope 12 having left the gluing table 1, the latter will be returned in the low position by the action of the electromagnet 32 to allow the arrival of the next envelope.

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    1. A device for closing envelopes for a mail processing machine, comprising first drive means (21, 22) for driving an envelope (12), with its open flap (14), forward to an envelope-closing station, means (2, 3) for closing the envelope flap which are situated at the closing station, and second drive means (26, 27) for driving the envelope, with its flap closed, from the closing station, the drive means and the closing means being controlled by control means, characterized in that the closing means comprise a retractable pressing member (2, 3) arranged transversely to the path of the envelope in the closing station, the control means being designed to:
      a) bring said pressing member (2, 3) onto the path and push the flap (14) when the envelope (12) is still in the closing station and is taken up by the second drive means (26, 27),
      b) reverse said second drive means (26, 27) for a long enough period of time for the envelope (12) and its flap (14) to be turned back toward and into the pressing member (2, 3),
      c) activate and then release the pressing member (2, 3), to stick the flap (14) to the envelope,
      d) resume the movement of the second drive means (26, 27) forward to drive the envelope (12) out of the pressing member (2, 3) and out of the closing station, and
      e) retract the pressing member (2, 3) again.
    2. The device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the closing station comprises envelope-flap moistening means (15, 16, 17).
    3. The device as claimed in either of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the first and/or the second drive means consist of pairs of drive rollers (21, 22 ; 26, 27).
    4. The device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pressing member consists of a pivoting table (2) associated with a pressing shoe (3), the table and the shoe being connected to control mechanisms (32, 35).
    5. The device as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the pressing shoe (3) consists of a sheet with a rolled edge.
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