EP1488931A1 - Machine d'affranchissement à dispositif d'alimentation en encre intégré - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the present invention relates to the exclusive field of treatment mail and it relates more particularly to a machine ink-jet franking apparatus provided with a feed device integrated ink.
- US Pat. No. 5,969,735 discloses a machine for franking equipped with an ink supply device that includes a intermediate tank for checking the ink level delivered to the nozzles ejecting the print module from a main ink tank.
- this feeding device appears complex and poorly adapted to the printing of postal imprints whose slogan would be of a color different from that used for postal ink. Indeed, this device continuously feeding the injection nozzles, it is necessary to provide as many devices as colors to use of which at least one for the postal ink supply (generally of a very specific color), this which results in the realization of a relatively expensive machine.
- the present invention aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks by offering a particularly powerful franking machine and yet easy to use.
- a postage machine comprising means for printing a postal imprint on a mail piece and postal ink supply means for reloading postal ink of said printing means, characterized in that further comprises self-closing connection means connected to said means for supplying postal ink by ink transfer means and intended to put in communication said supply means in postal ink with said printing means in the case of printing in the postal ink is to isolate said means of supplying postal ink said printing means in the other printing cases.
- regulating means are arranged at the outlet said postal ink supply means for regulating the pressure ink supplying said printing means.
- the postal ink supply means are mounted above said printing means so as to allow a gravity flow of the postal ink.
- the printing means comprise a reception box made airtight by means of closure and provided with at least one postal ink cartridge having an orifice ink inlet.
- the airtight receiver housing may have two postal ink cartridges each having an ink inlet port and connecting type "T" connecting means allowing the ink transfer from the self-closing connection means to the orifices input of each of these two ink cartridges.
- FIG. 1 illustrates very schematically the general architecture a postage meter for mail items.
- This machine 10 intended for printing a postal imprint 12 on an article of mail 14, such as an envelope or a label, and which can be arranged directly at the exit of a folding / insertion module 16, comprises disposable type ink jet printing means 18 for printing the postal imprint on this article of mail, means of conveying mail items through the machine formed by several sets of transport rollers, for example 20a, 20b and 20c, driven by first motorization means 22, and means 24 for accounting franking (including up and down counters) and control and synchronization of transport and printing phases mail items in the machine according to the rate of arrival of these articles.
- franking including up and down counters
- These general control means can be connected to a external computer 26 which in principle also ensures the control of the folding / insertion module.
- This computer is preferably connected to a external server 30 of the postal administration or the dealer of the franking machine through a communications network 28.
- the printing means are mounted on a mobile carriage 32, which can, under the action of second motorization means 34 actuated since the control means 24, to move (via for example an endless screw) between a first position corresponding to a normal position of operation of the printing means (current printing position of the postal imprint) and a second position corresponding to a position of rest (or simply temporary waiting) or maintenance.
- the means are arranged next to a maintenance station 36, for example example of the type described in the published French patent application under No. 2,768,078 and filed in the name of the plaintiff, less scraping means to ensure their cleaning and means of protection to prevent drying of the ink in the absence of printing.
- the jet printing means 18 which are of disposable type, ie formed of a cartridge of disposable ink incorporating injection nozzles 18a controlled since the control means 24 and a connection connector 18b are mounted in a reception box advantageously formed by two housing parts 38a, 38b which fit into one another to form a receptacle airtight.
- the franking machine further comprises postal ink supply means consisting of a reservoir main or nipple 40, connected via ink transfer means such as a fixed piping 42 to self-sealing type connection means 44.
- the main tank is mounted above the means printing, for example under the hood of the franking machine, and postal ink can therefore flow by gravity between the reservoir and the connector.
- Regulating means 46 are, however, connected at the output of the tank to regulate the ink pressure feeding the means printing.
- a pump (no shown) can be advantageously mounted in the hydraulic circuit between the reservoir 40 and the self-sealing connector 44 to ensure a perfect circulation of the ink in this circuit.
- the cartridge disposable postal ink 18 has an ink inlet port 18c and the receiving box 38a, 38b of this cartridge comprises means for sealed closure 48 to isolate the ink cartridge when it is not not in the operating position (and thus also in the reloading) and thus keep under pressure the ink it contains.
- the self-sealing connector conventionally comprises a needle perforated 50 for cooperating with these sealing means, advantageously a flexible membrane forming a mounted seal opposite the inlet orifice 18c, to ensure the transfer of the ink PO.
- the ink can flow freely from the reservoir 40 to the printing means 18 through the self-sealing connector 44 then in the "open" position.
- the receiving housing 38a, 38b advantageously comprises means of connection type "T" of connection (not shown) to allow the transfer of the postal ink from the self-closing connector 44 to the two inlet ports of each of these two cartridges.
- T connection type of connection
- the self-closing connector being integral with the body of the franking machine in a position determined and the tank also, the pipe that connects them is fixed. This results in a not insignificant advantage in terms of space and especially wear compared to the device of the aforementioned prior art.
- this postal ink tank does not modify the classic operation of the printing means of a machine which can therefore continue their impression (of course under that they still have enough ink) even in case of problem, for example at the level of the means of regulation.
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Description
- la figure 1 montre de façon schématique la structure matérielle d'une machine d'affranchissement,
- les figures 2 et 3 sont des vues en coupe d'une machine d'affranchissement selon l'invention équipée d'une cartouche d'encre postale rechargeable au niveau de ses moyens d'impression respectivement dans une position de maintenance et dans une position de fonctionnement normal, et
- les figures 4 et 5 sont des vues en coupe d'une machine d'affranchissement selon l'invention équipée d'une cartouche d'encre standard au niveau de ses moyens d'impression respectivement dans une position de maintenance et dans une position de fonctionnement normal.
Claims (5)
- Machine d'affranchissement comportant des moyens d'impression d'une empreinte postale (12) sur un article de courrier (14) et des moyens d'alimentation en encre postale (40) pour permettre un rechargement en encre postale desdits moyens d'impression, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte en outre des moyens de connexion auto-obturant (44) reliés auxdits moyens d'alimentation en encre postale par des moyens de transfert d'encre (42) et destinés soit à mettre en communication lesdits moyens d'alimentation en encre postale avec lesdits moyens d'impression dans le cas d'une impression à l'encre postale soit à isoler lesdits moyens d'alimentation en encre postale desdits moyens d'impression dans les autres cas d'impression.
- Machine d'affranchissement selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte en outre des moyens de régulation (48) disposés en sortie desdits moyens d'alimentation en encre postale pour réguler la pression d'encre alimentant lesdits moyens d'impression.
- Machine d'affranchissement selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens d'alimentation en encre postale sont montés au dessus desdits moyens d'impression de façon à permettre un écoulement par gravité de l'encre postale.
- Machine d'affranchissement selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens d'impression comportent un boítier de réception (38a, 38b) rendu étanche à l'air par des moyens de fermeture (48) et muni d'au moins une cartouche d'encre postale (18) ayant un orifice d'entrée d'encre (18c).
- Machine d'affranchissement selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que ledit boítier de réception étanche à l'air comporte deux cartouches d'encre postale comportant chacune un orifice d'entrée d'encre et des moyens de connexion de type « Té » de raccordement permettant le transfert de l'encre des moyens de connexion auto-obturant vers les orifices d'entrée de chacune de ces deux cartouches d'encre.
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| FR0307215A FR2856172A1 (fr) | 2003-06-16 | 2003-06-16 | Machine d'affranchissement a dispositif d'alimentation en encre integre |
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| EP1488931A1 true EP1488931A1 (fr) | 2004-12-22 |
| EP1488931B1 EP1488931B1 (fr) | 2006-08-23 |
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| US (2) | US7404629B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP1488931B1 (fr) |
| CA (1) | CA2470265C (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE602004002035T2 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2856172A1 (fr) |
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| DE602004002035T2 (de) | 2007-04-12 |
| CA2470265A1 (fr) | 2004-12-16 |
| DE602004002035D1 (de) | 2006-10-05 |
| EP1488931B1 (fr) | 2006-08-23 |
| US20080184901A1 (en) | 2008-08-07 |
| US7404629B2 (en) | 2008-07-29 |
| US20050001861A1 (en) | 2005-01-06 |
| FR2856172A1 (fr) | 2004-12-17 |
| CA2470265C (fr) | 2011-05-24 |
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