EP1686539A2 - Frankiermaschine zum Optimieren der Qualität des Aufdrucks von wichtigen Daten auf einem Postartikel - Google Patents

Frankiermaschine zum Optimieren der Qualität des Aufdrucks von wichtigen Daten auf einem Postartikel Download PDF

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EP1686539A2
EP1686539A2 EP06100881A EP06100881A EP1686539A2 EP 1686539 A2 EP1686539 A2 EP 1686539A2 EP 06100881 A EP06100881 A EP 06100881A EP 06100881 A EP06100881 A EP 06100881A EP 1686539 A2 EP1686539 A2 EP 1686539A2
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Sébastien Defosse
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00556—Ensuring quality of print
    • G07B2017/00564—Ensuring correct position of print on mailpiece

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  • the present invention relates to the general field of mail processing and more specifically to a franking machine.
  • EP 0 724 234 discloses a franking machine in which mail items are conveyed by pairs of rotating rollers placed upstream downstream of a print head.
  • the mail piece is pinched at different locations of the machine, for example between a roll and a counter-roller associated, arranged vis-à-vis.
  • such a jolt may occur at the time of printing the data on the article, which can be very damaging if the data printed during the jolt requires a high accuracy.
  • this data consists of a fingerprint intended to be re-read automatically for verification or authentication of the article.
  • This machine thus makes it possible to ensure that the article of mail does not undergo a jolt during the printing of the sensitive data because either the printing is completed before the article reaches the gripping means, or the printing is postponed from a moment when the mail article is stabilized by these gripping means.
  • the franking machine comprises means for presetting the position of the print head so as to respect at least one of these conditions as a function of the position of the sensitive data on the envelope.
  • Presetting can be done manually.
  • the franking machine comprises means for selecting the preset position from among a plurality of predetermined positions stored in a non-volatile memory of the machine.
  • the franking machine comprises means for automatically defining this predetermined position from the selection of a place of use of the machine.
  • the position of sensitive data on the envelope depends mainly on the postal legislation of the different countries.
  • the gripping means are constituted by two elements, at least one of these elements being in suspension, to allow the franking of articles of different thicknesses.
  • This embodiment advantageously allows the processing of bulk mail for which the printing of sensitive data is traditionally excessively delicate.
  • the sensitive data item referred to here may in particular be a fingerprint intended to be read again later, for example by a scanner, for purposes of control of information, for example encrypted, contained in this print.
  • Figure 1 shows a mail item 10, for example an envelope.
  • This envelope comprises, in known manner, several areas including a stamp area 13 and a marked area 12 for receiving sensitive data.
  • these sensitive data 12 consist of a bar code in two dimensions.
  • these sensitive data may be constituted by a fingerprint storing encrypted data intended to authenticate the mail item 10.
  • FIG. 2A shows a franking machine 100 according to the invention in a first embodiment.
  • This franking machine 100 comprises a power supply module 110, a franking module 120 and a storage module 150.
  • the mail article 10 is transported, within the franking module 120, by two belts 121 facing each other placed upstream of a printing head 130.
  • this article of mail is grasped by gripping means 140 constituted by two belts facing each other inside the same franking module 120.
  • the lower belt 140 is suspended on springs 141 to allow the gripping of mail items 10 of different thicknesses.
  • the franking machine 100 comprises a sensor 122 adapted to locate the front edge 11 of the envelope 10.
  • the franking machine 100 also comprises control means 133, some of whose elements are shown in FIG. 4.
  • control means 133 comprise in particular a processor 137 connected to a memory 136, to a keyboard 134 and to a screen 135 by a system of bus.
  • the processor 137 is particularly adapted to start the printing of the data on the mail item 10 on a signal from the sensor 122 representative of the detection of the front edge 11 of the envelope 10.
  • the franking machine 100 comprises means for presetting the position of the print head 130.
  • these means are constituted by a rail 132 along which the print head 130 can move to a position Pos 1 received from the processor 137.
  • Fig. 2A shows the mail item 10 at the moment when the B2 nozzle furthest upstream of the print head 130 starts printing non-sensitive data (the stamp 13) on the envelope.
  • FIG. 2B shows the mail article 10 at the moment when the nozzle B2 starts printing the sensitive data 12 on the envelope 10.
  • Fig. 2C shows the mail piece 10 just after the end of the printing of the sensitive data 12 by the nozzle B1 furthest downstream of the print head 130.
  • the sensitive data 12 is fully printed before the mail item 10 reaches the gripping means 140.
  • the POS1 position of the print head 130 is such that the distance separating the nozzle B1 furthest downstream of the first contact point P1 between the mail article 10 and the gripping means 140 is greater than the distance d2 separating the back of the sensitive data item 12 from the front edge 11 of the envelope .
  • Figure 3 shows a franking machine 100A according to the invention in another embodiment.
  • the gripping means 140 ' adapted to clamp the mail article 10 after printing are located in a storage module 150'.
  • the conveying means 121 'and the gripping means 140' are constituted by pairs of rollers / against-rollers located opposite each other, the lower rollers being in suspension to allow the grip of mail items of different thicknesses.
  • This franking machine 100A is such that it is not possible to comply with the condition of the machine of FIGS. 2A and 2B, the distance between the nozzle B1 furthest downstream and the point of first contact P1 of the gripping means 140 "being less than the distance d2.
  • this franking machine 100A makes it possible to ensure that the sensitive data 12 is printed at a time when the article 10 does not undergo a jolt.
  • the printing starts only when the mail item 10 is fully stabilized by the gripping means 140 ', that is to say when the front 11 of the article of mail reaches the point of contact P2 corresponding to the end of the adaptation of the gripping means to the thickness of this document.
  • This condition is met by moving the print head 130 to the Pos 2 position along the rail 132.
  • the franking machines 100 and 100A comprise a keyboard for selecting the country FR, GB, IT, XX of use of the machine, and a screen 135 for checking this selection.
  • the processor 137 reads the position Pos 1, Pos 2 associated with this country in the table T and controls the movement of the print head 130 along the rail 132 so as to respect this position.

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