EP1814087A1 - Optimierte Transportvorrichtung für Maschine zur Verarbeitung von Post - Google Patents
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- EP1814087A1 EP1814087A1 EP07100953A EP07100953A EP1814087A1 EP 1814087 A1 EP1814087 A1 EP 1814087A1 EP 07100953 A EP07100953 A EP 07100953A EP 07100953 A EP07100953 A EP 07100953A EP 1814087 A1 EP1814087 A1 EP 1814087A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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- B41J11/20—Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number of papers, for wear or for alignment, or for print gap adjustment
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
- B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
- B41J13/12—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
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- G—PHYSICS
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the exclusive field of mail processing and it relates in particular to a device for transporting and guiding mail items, such as documents, folds, envelopes, labels, under a print head to inkjet of a franking machine.
- the present invention relates to a transport and guiding device that eliminates the disadvantages of prior devices.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device capable of treating envelopes regardless of their thickness or size.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide a device which avoids shocks and blows in the transport of the envelopes of the devices of the prior art.
- a device for transporting and guiding mail items in a franking machine equipped with an inkjet printing head in which machine each mail piece having an upper face and a lower face passes under the print head between an upper reference surface defined by the lower surface of a fixed guide plate and a lower reference surface, characterized in that it comprises at least two drive assemblies mounted side transversely side and vertically movable independently of each other, so that the upper surface of the mail items is constantly pressed against said fixed guide plate regardless of the thickness of the mail piece and especially when this is variable over the width of mail items.
- each of said drive assemblies comprises a belt whose upper surface forms said lower reference surface and which is mounted on a set of pulleys of which only one is driving, the other pulleys being left free and simply rotated by the intermediate of said belt connecting them to said drive pulley.
- the drive pulleys of the drive assemblies are connected to a common drive shaft rotated by a single motor.
- each of said sets of pulleys form a parallelogram system whose arms connect the axes of the different pulleys forming each drive assembly and which acts against an elastic means, so that the belts remain constantly in contact with the underside of the mail piece during the entire movement of the mail item through the franking machine.
- said belts cooperate with against-rollers facing them and mounted idle on their respective axis of rotation and flush with just below said lower surface of the fixed plate of guide.
- one of said arms of each of said parallelogram systems is connected to a motor shaft so as to allow a controlled vertical displacement of each of said belts.
- Figures 1 to 4 show a device 10 according to the invention for transporting and guiding mail items such as an envelope 12 under an ink jet print head 14 of a franking machine.
- Figures 1 and 2 correspond to a rest position of the device in the absence of envelopes.
- Figures 3 and 4 correspond to an operating position in the presence of an envelope of variable thickness and therefore the irregular profile (the dimensions are exaggerated for a better understanding of the invention).
- This device comprises, as is known, below a fixed guide plate 16 (which is integral with the body of the franking machine) for a higher reference of these mail items, several training sets arranged in planes parallel to the direction D of movement of the mail items through the machine including at least a first drive assembly 20 and a second drive assembly 22, each preferably formed of a belt 200, 220 mounted on a set of pulleys and forming a lower reference surface for these mail items.
- the two sets of drives are spaced apart from each other by a space substantially corresponding to the width of a postage stamp. Note, of course, that it is possible, with the device of the invention, to add one or more training sets similar to each of the previous training sets depending on the type of franking machine or for a better maintenance of very large mail items, for example in A4 format.
- the two belts of the drive assemblies each cooperate with a set of counter-rollers 30A, 30B, 32 arranged, upstream and downstream of the print head 14, above these belts. traversing in place the fixed guide plate 16 (they are flush just below this plate, to allow the training of the mail item).
- These against-rollers freely rotatable about their respective axes are freely rotated during the advance of the mail items which are themselves driven in translation by the two belts.
- the vertical displacements of the first and second drive assembly are made independently of one another by means of a parallelogram system 38, 40 whose arms connect the axes of the different pulleys of each drive assembly.
- the parallelogram system further ensures that the surface of the belts always remains parallel to the guide plate.
- Each parallelogram system acts against an elastic means (not shown) so that the belts can remain in constant contact with the underside of the mailpiece during its movement along the guide path.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 show the exit of a mail item from the device according to the invention in the two positions of FIGS. 1 (respectively 2) and 3 (respectively 4).
- This mail article for example a fold formed of an envelope a wad of documents of a constant thickness, will engage in a guide and transport path formed between the upper surface of the belts 200, 220 of the drive assemblies and the lower surface of the fixed guide plate 16.
- the fold Under the action of these motorized belts by the common motor shaft 24 actuated by the motor 26, the fold will be driven in the direction D of displacement and will move the belts from their initial high position, a distance corresponding to the thickness of the fold. Then, still pushed by these belts, it will pass under the print head 14 and once the impression made to be evacuated to a shipping module (not shown).
- the distance between the ejection surfaces of the nozzles of the print head and the upper surface of the conveyed fold is kept constant, at a predetermined optimal value and depending on the characteristics of the head, whatever the thickness of this fold, due to the action of the parallelogram system which exerts a permanent stress on the lower surface of the fold, under the effect of the elastic means (return springs not shown), and the fixed guide plate which serves as a reference stop for its upper surface.
- the first and second drive assemblies will move vertically in a different manner to transport this fold to the zone of impression then evacuate it.
- the entry of this fold into the guide path will cause the belt 200 of the first drive assembly to be spaced apart from that 220 of the second one. training unit which will have the effect of engaging the fold in a rectilinear movement.
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- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
- Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
- Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
- Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
- Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
- Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR0650334A FR2896722A1 (fr) | 2006-01-31 | 2006-01-31 | Dispositif de transport optimise pour machine de traitement de courrier |
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EP1814087A1 true EP1814087A1 (de) | 2007-08-01 |
EP1814087B1 EP1814087B1 (de) | 2010-08-18 |
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EP07100953A Active EP1814087B1 (de) | 2006-01-31 | 2007-01-23 | Optimierte Transportvorrichtung für Maschine zur Verarbeitung von Post |
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US (1) | US7419243B2 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1814087B1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE602007008483D1 (de) |
FR (1) | FR2896722A1 (de) |
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EP3859688A1 (de) * | 2020-01-29 | 2021-08-04 | Neopost Technologies | Umschlagdruckvorrichtung |
EP4375076A1 (de) * | 2022-11-22 | 2024-05-29 | Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. | Verfahren und drucker zum drucken auf druckmedien |
Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4821049A (en) * | 1987-12-02 | 1989-04-11 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Substrate transport apparatus, especially for mail handling |
FR2742693A1 (fr) | 1995-12-20 | 1997-06-27 | Neopost Ind | Dispositif pour le transport et le guidage d'articles de courrier |
FR2788506A1 (fr) * | 1999-01-19 | 2000-07-21 | Neopost Ind | Dispositif de convoyage optimise d'articles de courrier |
FR2790997A1 (fr) * | 1999-03-16 | 2000-09-22 | Secap | Dispositif pour imprimer un signe et machine a affranchir le comportant |
EP1431925A2 (de) | 2002-12-19 | 2004-06-23 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Transportmechanismuns für eine Postmaschine und Verfahren zum Registrieren einer Postsendung in einer Postmaschine |
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US6484475B1 (en) * | 1999-02-02 | 2002-11-26 | Kisters Kayat, Inc. | Modular packaging machine |
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- 2007-01-23 EP EP07100953A patent/EP1814087B1/de active Active
- 2007-01-23 DE DE602007008483T patent/DE602007008483D1/de active Active
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Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4821049A (en) * | 1987-12-02 | 1989-04-11 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Substrate transport apparatus, especially for mail handling |
FR2742693A1 (fr) | 1995-12-20 | 1997-06-27 | Neopost Ind | Dispositif pour le transport et le guidage d'articles de courrier |
FR2788506A1 (fr) * | 1999-01-19 | 2000-07-21 | Neopost Ind | Dispositif de convoyage optimise d'articles de courrier |
FR2790997A1 (fr) * | 1999-03-16 | 2000-09-22 | Secap | Dispositif pour imprimer un signe et machine a affranchir le comportant |
EP1431925A2 (de) | 2002-12-19 | 2004-06-23 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Transportmechanismuns für eine Postmaschine und Verfahren zum Registrieren einer Postsendung in einer Postmaschine |
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EP1814087B1 (de) | 2010-08-18 |
DE602007008483D1 (de) | 2010-09-30 |
US20070208675A1 (en) | 2007-09-06 |
FR2896722A1 (fr) | 2007-08-03 |
US7419243B2 (en) | 2008-09-02 |
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