EP1615174B1 - Machine à affranchir avec un dispositif de communication - Google Patents

Machine à affranchir avec un dispositif de communication Download PDF

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EP1615174B1
EP1615174B1 EP05090184.2A EP05090184A EP1615174B1 EP 1615174 B1 EP1615174 B1 EP 1615174B1 EP 05090184 A EP05090184 A EP 05090184A EP 1615174 B1 EP1615174 B1 EP 1615174B1
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franking machine
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Joachim Jauert
Tilmann Schilling
Andreas Wagner
Axel Ortmann
Torsten Schlaaff
Dieter Wölm
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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
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • 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
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00233—Housing, e.g. lock or hardened casing

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  • the invention relates to a franking machine having a communication unit which is arranged in the postage meter machine according to the preamble of claim 1. It is suitable for devices with a security housing which have a security area and a non-security area inside, wherein the communication unit is arranged in the non-security area ,
  • a security housing which have a security area and a non-security area inside, wherein the communication unit is arranged in the non-security area
  • an analog or digital modem, an ISDN unit, wireless LAN unit, UMTS unit, Blue Tooth unit or another pluggable communication unit can be used.
  • booking or mail processing devices or data processing devices are also used.
  • both the modem and the security module can only be plugged in from the inside when the housing shells are open and can not be plugged from the outside and connected to the main control board (motherboard) of the franking machine. If the postage meter machine is to be opened for the purposes of modifying or repairing, tear-off screws and / or plastic parts of the safety housing must be destroyed. In franking machines and other post-processing devices with a security housing seals can also be used as further access protection to the microprocessor control and to the drive lines of the print head. After a repair that requires the safety housing to be opened, the safety housing tear-off screws, seals or damaged plastic parts must be replaced by a service technician.
  • Applicant's T1000 thermal transfer postage meter has a thermal transfer printhead fixedly disposed in the housing for printing a franking imprint and a compartment externally mounted on the housing for receiving a replaceable ribbon cassette, the compartment defining a non-security area. While access to the security area of the printing device is prevented by a security housing, a door leading to the compartment can be opened at any time ( US 4,767,228 ).
  • the mymail® meter has an externally accessible battery compartment so that the power supply of the security module can be maintained for an extended period of time by an additional external battery ( DE 200 20 635 U1 ).
  • a modem is a special telephone network data transmission device. Usually, only a predetermined MODEM type coupled to a particular interface of the device is used. In the case of repair or changes, for example, to increase the data transfer speed required, it usually requires an intervention in the franking machine to access the located inside the security housing motherboard with the modem.
  • Some postage meter variants are prepared by the manufacturer to be connected to a data center via a predetermined other MODEM type in the future. From the EP 773 517 A2 For example, a method and apparatus for automatic modem type detection and adaptation is known.
  • an external modem that fits the postage meter and the country-specific telephone system.
  • the internal modem is indeed deactivated but usually not expanded, but remains in place. Only one external modem is connected and used. Under certain circumstances, however, its susceptibility to interference and repair due to environmental influences is greater in comparison with an internal modem, which is protected by the built-in and, in addition to low acquisition costs, always guarantees the functionality without any problems.
  • Retrofitting with any external communication unit would require on the one hand a country-specific adaptation and initialization at the customer. On the other hand, customers can not be required to manually make all the necessary adjustments that would be required in connection with retrofitting a postage meter with any external communication unit after it has been paired with the existing interface.
  • the aim of the invention is therefore to use various types of communication devices in terms of transmission speed, digital or analog operation, and the like. Parameters in a device and the simple replacement of the communication unit, without the opening of the safety housing by a service technician is required or access to the inner security area is created.
  • the invention has for its object to develop a protected arrangement of a communication unit in a postage meter with ease of assembly.
  • a sub-task is to realize a simple contact and reliable grounding.
  • a franking machine non-safety area with a compartmentalized cavity is accessible under a cover which is non-destructively detachable from the safety housing, wherein the compartment-shaped cavity in shape and size of the pluggable communication unit is adapted.
  • the communication unit has a first connection element and can be connected to a plug-in movement with a main control board arranged in the safety area of the device.
  • the latter can have a second connection element for this purpose.
  • the printed conductors for example, at the edge of the main control board, contacted directly when plugging, ie, when the communication unit is guided into the cavity.
  • the cavity has at least one further connecting element which is electrically conductively and mechanically connected to a metal chassi part, wherein the at least one further connecting element protrudes into the cavity and can be connected to the communication unit.
  • the communication unit is a modem, which is arranged in the non-security area of the franking machine housing.
  • the communication unit has a first connection element for the connection to the main control board (mainboard).
  • a commercial communication module is mounted on a carrier board, which is formed by means of connecting elements within the franking machine housing but outside the inner security area of the postage meter machine inserted into a compartment-like cavity.
  • the communication unit is adapted to the communication module and structurally designed so that the communication unit at any time by the customer himself through an opening in the postage meter housing inserted into the compartment and connected with a plug movement with a arranged in the security area of the postage meter main control board (mainboard) can.
  • the communication unit On one of the rear wall of the device side facing and orthogonal to the insertion direction, the communication unit has a power connector socket for connection to a communication network.
  • the communication unit is designed in accordance with the form-like cavity in shape and size.
  • the communication unit has a carrier printed circuit board, which adapts the communication module to the first connection element and enables easy contacting via the first connection element and grounding without cable via at least one screw or nut and a bolt which is electrically conductive with a metal chassis part (not visible) mechanically connected, wherein the bolt has an internal or external thread.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partial perspective view of a lower shell of a franking machine 1 from below with the back 5, right side 3 and bottom 2 with the non-destructive detachable flap 25th locked compartment.
  • the incorporated in the bottom plate 2 compartment with the releasable flap 25 has on one of the rear wall side facing an opening for a power connector socket 16. The latter is orthogonal to the insertion direction of the communication unit.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial perspective view of a lower shell of a postage meter machine from below with the back, right side and bottom with an open compartment without communication unit.
  • the lower shell of the franking machine 1 has a flat bottom 2 with at least one molded-in cavity, wherein a molded in the bottom of the lower shell first compartment 20 for a communication unit at the back 5 and right side 3 of the flat bottom 2 and another formed in the bottom of the lower shell open compartment 30 near the front and right side 3 of the bottom plate 2 of the lower shell is shown.
  • the lower shell of the franking machine 1 stands on feet 21 to 24. At the bottom of the further compartment 30, a first foot 21 near the front and the right side 3 is formed.
  • a second foot 22 near the back 5 and the right side 3 is formed directly on the flat bottom 2.
  • the open first compartment 20 has an opening 26 which is formed on the back of the lower shell and adapted to receive a power connector socket of the communication unit.
  • the open first compartment 20 has inside connecting elements for contacting the communication unit.
  • the latter has at least a first connecting element 11.
  • the open first compartment 20 has inside and second connecting elements 12, 31, 32, 33.
  • three spacer bolts are used as third connecting elements 31, 32 and 33 and a connector strip as a second connecting element 12.
  • the spacer bolts are advantageously made of metal and mounted on a - not visible from the outside - chassis.
  • a safety cover 9 closes another cavity in the floor, which is provided for a safety module.
  • Another safety cover 29 is provided for the cover of the housing closure.
  • the safety cover 9 and 29 are such access protection plastic parts that release access only by their destruction.
  • FIG. 3 shows a view of a franking machine 1 from below.
  • the bottom 2 has four feet 21, 22, 23 and 24 and has at the back 5, near the right side wall a non-destructible detachable flap 25 for a first compartment.
  • Another closed by another non-destructible detachable flap or battery cover 8 compartment is a known per se adjacent battery compartment.
  • the battery compartment is disposed between the left side 3 and the further open compartment 30 formed in the bottom of the lower shell near the front and right sides 3 of the flat bottom 2.
  • the cover 8 and 25 and the housing shell, in which the cavities are formed, are made of plastic.
  • the easy mountability by plugging the communication unit allows the customer to assemble, for example, a modem, ISDN card or the like at a later time.
  • the same flap 25 can be re-attached by the customer after mounting the modem.
  • a microprocessor on the mainboard is programmed so that a (modem) type identification and adaptation to the respective communication network with dial-in access is automatic and that the modem or the ISDN card or another communication unit is initialized.
  • the country-specific telephone systems usually have special technical features, which must be observed before the realization of a data transmission.
  • the franking machine manufacturer has stored or preinstalled corresponding routines in the program memory of the device so that the installation can run semi-automatically or fully automatically. The franking machine manufacturer provides appropriate written instructions together with the communication unit. All further required changes and adjustments may possibly take place via the user interface of the franking machine.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the back 5, left side 4 and top 6 of a franking machine 1 is shown.
  • the opening 26 on the back 5 provides access to the connection of a communication unit.
  • the associated cavity is arranged in the lower housing shell of the safety housing.
  • the associated cavity - in a manner not shown - be arranged in any of the two housing shells of the safety housing.
  • a letter feeding takes place on the front side 7 of the franking machine 1 from the left side 4 to the right side.
  • FIG. 5 shows a partial perspective view of a lower shell of a postage meter from below with the back, right side and bottom with a plugged into the open compartment communication unit.
  • the open compartment forms a cavity in the lower housing shell of the security housing of the franking machine 1. It is therefore advantageous if the lower shell with the sides 3, 5 and with the feet 21, 22 at the bottom 2, the cover holder 27, 28 formed therein and more - Not shown - parts of the safety housing are made of plastic.
  • the screws 131, 132, 133 are made of a highly conductive material, preferably of metal.
  • corresponding holes 171, 172, 173 are incorporated for centering, mounting and contacting in the carrier circuit board 17, wherein the holes 171, 172, 173 are metallized or have a nearby metal conductor layer in the edge region.
  • About the screws 131, 132, 133 or similar other contacting and fastening elements is a fastening and grounding of the carrier circuit board 17 by pressing the metal conductor layer against the spacer bolts or comparable other a third connecting elements.
  • Such earthing is already made possible by means of at least one contacting and fastening element via at least one third connecting element, which is electrically conductively and mechanically connected to a metal chassi part.
  • a commercially available communication module 18 is mountable (plugged or soldered) formed and mounted on the non-visible side of the carrier circuit board 17 and with the contacted printed conductors, which adapt the block to the first connecting element (socket strip) 11 and contact and possibly connect to the power connector socket 16 of the communication unit 10.
  • the compartment-shaped cavity on the rear side 5 of the lower housing shell has an opening 26.
  • the first connection element 11 of the pluggable communication unit 10 is designed to be connectable to a second connection element 12 of a main control board (not visible) arranged in the security area of the postage meter machine.
  • the communication module which can be mounted on the carrier circuit board 17 can be selected from a number of communication modules. Such a communication module is available in various designs and at different speeds.
  • a suitable block can be used as a communication block.
  • an analog or digital modem an ISDN unit, wireless LAN unit, UMTS unit, blue tooth unit or another pluggable communication unit can be manufactured and used. If, for example, a modem is plugged into the cavity of the lower housing shell, this connects directly to the mainboard during insertion. It is centered and fastened to three bolts which simultaneously provide grounding to a base of the postage meter chassis.

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  1. Machine à affranchir avec un dispositif de communication agencé dans la machine à affranchir et avec une zone de sécurité inaccessible sans destruction dans un boîtier sécurisé (2-9), ledit dispositif de communication (10) comportant un premier élément de connexion (11) et pouvant être connecté avec un mouvement d'enfichage à une carte de commande principale agencée dans la zone de sécurité de la machine à affranchir (1), le dispositif de communication (10) comportant une carte mère (17), qui adapte un module de communication sélectionnable parmi plusieurs modules de communication au premier élément de connexion (11), et dont l'établissement du contact de celui-ci s'effectue par l'intermédiaire d'un deuxième élément de connexion (12) de la carte mère agencée dans la zone de sécurité de la machine à affranchir (1), caractérisée en ce, que soit accessible une zone non sécurisée de la machine à affranchir avec une cavité (20) en forme de compartiment, située sous un couvercle (25), qui est déblocable sans destruction par le boîtier sécurisé, la cavité (20) en forme de compartiment étant adaptée en forme et en taille au dispositif de communication (10) enfichable, la cavité (20) en forme de compartiment étant agencée dans une coque de boîtier du boîtier sécurisé (2-9), et que ladite cavité (20) comporte au moins le deuxième élément de connexion (12) et au moins un troisième élément de connexion (31, 32, 33), le deuxième (12) et l'au moins un troisième élément de connexion (31, 32, 33) pénétrant en saillie dans la cavité (20) en étant liés mécaniquement et de manière électriquement conductrice avec une pièce de châssis métallique de la machine à affranchir (1) et en étant connectables au dispositif de communication (10), et dont il est rendu possible de réaliser une mise à la terre de la carte mère (17) du dispositif de communication (10) au moyen d'au moins un élément de contact et de fixation (131, 132, 133) par l'intermédiaire de l'au moins un troisième élément de connexion (31, 32, 33), des perçages (171, 172, 173) correspondants pour l'au moins un élément de contact et de fixation (131, 132, 133) étant réalisés sur la carte mère (17) du dispositif de communication (10) pour le centrage, la fixation et la mise à la terre, et dont ces perçages soient métallisés ou pourvus d'une couche métallique conductrice dans la zone de leur bordure.
  2. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce, que la coque de boîtier soit une coque de boîtier inférieure du boîtier sécurisé de la machine à affranchir.
  3. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce, qu'au moins un perçage (171, 172, 173) de la carte mère (17) soit prévu pour permettre la mise à la terre via au moins une vis et un goujon, qui est relié mécaniquement et de manière électriquement conductrice à une pièce de châssis métallique et qui possède un filetage intérieur.
  4. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce, qu'au moins un perçage (171, 172, 173) de la carte mère (17) soit prévu pour permettre la mise à la terre via au moins un écrou et un goujon, qui est relié mécaniquement et de manière électriquement conductrice à une pièce de châssis métallique et qui possède un filetage extérieur.
  5. Machine à affranchir selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce, que le couvercle (25) et la coque de boîtier, dans laquelle est réalisée la cavité (20), soient fabriqués en matière plastique.
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