EP2902975B1 - Machine postale de bureau d'entrée de gamme - Google Patents

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EP2902975B1
EP2902975B1 EP14290017.4A EP14290017A EP2902975B1 EP 2902975 B1 EP2902975 B1 EP 2902975B1 EP 14290017 A EP14290017 A EP 14290017A EP 2902975 B1 EP2902975 B1 EP 2902975B1
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Dominique Bernard
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00532—Inkjet
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to the mailing field and in particular to an entry-level office machine of the office type.
  • Prior art comprises several references on compact franking machines with a manual insertion of mail items.
  • EP 0 405 356 relates to an office machine which comprises two ink jet printing heads, each with a row of nozzles in limited number on a base of the head, a source of data for matrix definition of areas to be printed by the heads, means for movement in X and Y of the two heads over the article, the means being controlled over the duration of a cycle, for simultaneous scanning of two areas assigned to the heads respectively, along successive lines and with printing of the lines in these areas, and for return without printing of the heads over the areas, and means triggering off the start of the cycle when the article is present under the heads and controlling the end of the cycle.
  • the machine mainly performs franking of articles, but also their addressing and the issuing of account slips; it is additionally usable for the ordered production of fixed data defining areas to be printed.
  • EP 0 980 761 discloses a print head transport mechanism of a postage meter for printing postal indicia which are of greater height than a printing height of a print head comprises a carriage to traverse the print head in a first direction over a band of a print receiving area and a guide to displace the print head from a home position to an index position during a second traverse of the print head in a reverse direction whereby the print head traverses over a second band, adjacent the first band, of the print receiving area during the second traverse.
  • a single motor is used to drive the print head in two perpendicular directions X and Y, but the displacement in the second direction is limited to one additional print swath.
  • EP 0 650 845 describes a shuttle-type printer including a media feed assembly to controllably transfer a recording media through a printing station and a carriage operably mounted at the printing station to move bidirectionally across the media.
  • the printer further includes means mechanically connected to the carriage and media feed assembly for simultaneously (a) moving the carriage and (b) indexing the media through the printing station, whereby the means includes a single motor. Accordingly, a single drive motor can accomplish both carriage motion and media advancement.
  • This shuttle-type printer does not address the specific franking of mixed mail items of variable thickness.
  • the object of the invention is to obviate the above-mentioned drawbacks in simplifying even better the typical office printing or franking machine and reducing even more its manufacturing cost.
  • a unique mechanism has to be found for integrating mail item feed and carriage motion, but also registration of mail items of variable kind and thickness.
  • an office mailing machine according to claim 1 is provided.
  • the single drive mechanism comprises a stepping motor which drives the print head supporting carriage through a set of endless belt, pulleys and guiding shafts.
  • the registration plate comprises a longitudinal slot through which passing print head ejects ink droplets for multiple-pass printing in a stepwise manner over the entire mail item under control of the electronic control module.
  • the office mailing machine comprises a first sensor cooperating with a finger of the print head supporting carriage for detecting the presence of said print head supporting carriage at a rest position for starting the print cycle and a second sensor for detecting the presence of the mail item introduced manually by the operator through the frame opening.
  • the office mailing machine further comprises a service station for scraping and spitting the print head before said print head returns to said rest position.
  • the entry-level office machine 1 comprises inside a compact frame 10 with an opening 10a for manually inserting and removing the mail item M, an ink jet print head 20 supported by a carriage 22, a printing station 30, a servicing station 40, a control display 50 and a single drive mechanism 60. It also includes an item transverse moving mechanism 70 for moving the mail item in a direction Y transverse to the longitudinal direction X, and an item registration arrangement 80 for properly positioning the mail item in a perpendicular direction Z and maintaining its front face at a constant gap from the ink ejection nozzles during printing.
  • An electronic control module 90 responsive to the at least one sensor 92, 94, allows to control the machine and in particular to start and perform a print cycle. More particularly, an optical sensor 92 permits to detect the presence of the print head supporting carriage at a rest position and another sensor 94 the mail item introduced in the item registration arrangement through the frame opening 10a.
  • the single drive mechanism 60 comprises a stepping motor 62 that drives the print head supporting carriage 22 through a set of endless belt 64, pulleys 66a, 66b and guiding shafts 68a, 68b.
  • the item transverse moving mechanism 70 comprises a twin train of respective pivoting rise and descent lever arms 72a, 72b with a cam surface 73a, 73b, spring-loaded transmission racks 74a, 74b, one-way cogwheels 75a, 75b, axle shaft 76, fixed 77a, 77b and free pulleys 79a, 79b, and item indexing belts 78a, 78b with respective item bearing stops 78c, 78d.
  • the item registration arrangement 80 comprises a registration plate 82 with a right angle corner 84 and a spring-loaded pressing mechanism 86 pivoting around a rod 85 and having a pressing plate 88 and two end parts 81a, 81b with a cam surface 83a, 83b, the pressing plate pushing the mail item against the registration plate in opposition to springs 87a, 87b.
  • Three cam surfaces 23a, 23b, 23c of the print head supporting carriage 22 respectively cooperate with cam surfaces 73a, 73b, 83a, 83b of pivoting rise and descent lever arms 72a, 72b and of pressing end parts 81a, 81b.
  • a further finger 22a located on a side of the carriage 22 cooperates with sensor 92.
  • This office franking machine operates as follows.
  • the instantaneous position of the print head supporting carriage 22 which is driven by the stepping motor 62 is known.
  • This precise position within different areas of the printing cycle, i.e. rest capping zone T, item rise zone U, registration or printing zone V, and item descent zone W, is tied to relevant operating functions.
  • a service zone (comprising the service station 40) which corresponds without limiting to the item rise zone is also present.
  • sensor 92 At rest in the capping position (zone T where the print head 2 is covered by a cap 20a), sensor 92 detects with finger 22a the presence of carriage 22 while spring-loaded pressing mechanism 86 is deactivated in the back position ( figures 2A and 2B ).
  • the item transverse moving mechanism 70 is in a low position, the carriage pushing down the rise lever arm 72a and the item bearing stops 78c, 78d are in the high position. It must be noted that resetting the steps of stepping motor can be done at each cycle start.
  • stepping motor 62 is activated and drives carriage 22 to the right from its rest position.
  • the rise lever arm 72a is released but due to the one-way cogwheel 75a, the axle shaft 76 does not move.
  • the cam surface 83a is released too involving the activation of the spring-loaded pressing mechanism 86.
  • the carriage crosses zone U where spitting and scraping operations are typically carried out and then zone V where printing can be performed through slot 89 while the mail item is registered via the item registration arrangement 80 ( figures 3A and 3B ).
  • the cam surface 83b is activated by the carriage involving a deactivation of the spring-loaded pressing mechanism 86.
  • the carriage lowers descent lever arm 72b and hence item M also to the right level position via the one-way cogwheel 75b which drive in rotation the axle shaft 76 and hence lowers the item bearing stops 78c, 78d by moving the indexing belts 78a, 78b around the pulleys 77a, 77b, 79a, 79b.
  • the spring-loaded transmission rack 74b is present to permit a continuous descent of the stops when the carriage 22 moving back-and-forth in zone W successively presses and releases the descent lever arm 72b.
  • Cogwheels 75a and 75b of course rotate in opposite directions when activated.
  • the mail item stands either flat or on edge.

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  1. Une machine d'expédition postale de bureau pour imprimer des articles de courrier M comprenant:
    - un cadre (10) avec une ouverture (10a) pour insérer et retirer manuellement l'article de courrier;
    - une tête d'impression (20) supportée par un chariot (22) coulissant dans une direction longitudinale pour imprimer l'article de courrier;
    - un mécanisme de déplacement transversal d'article (70) pour déplacer l'article de courrier dans une direction transversale à la direction longitudinale, le mécanisme de déplacement transversal d'article comprenant un train jumelé de bras de levier pivotants de montée et de descente (72a, 72b) agissant chacun sur une roue dentée unidirectionnelle (75a, 75b) configurée pour commander en rotation un arbre d'essieu (76) et pour abaisser des butées de palier d'article (78c, 78d) en déplaçant autour de butées fixes (78a, 77b) et libres (79a, 79b) des courroies d'indexage (78a, 79b) portant lesdites butées de palier d'article ;
    - un ensemble de plaquage d'article (80) pour positionner l'article de courrier et le maintenir dans une direction perpendiculaire à un écart constant de la tête d'impression, l'ensemble de plaquage d'article comprenant une plaque de plaquage (82) avec un coin en angle droit (84) et un mécanisme de pression à ressort (86) pivotant autour d'une tige (85) et ayant une plaque de pression (88) et deux parties d'extrémité de pression (81a, 81b), la plaque de pression poussant l'article de courrier contre la plaque de taquage en opposition aux ressorts (87a, 87b) ;
    - le chariot de support de tête d'impression comprenant trois surfaces de came (23a, 23b, 23c) qui coopèrent respectivement avec des surfaces de came (73a, 73b) desdits bras de levier de montée et de descente et des surfaces de came (83a, 83b) desdites parties d'extrémité de pression ;
    - un module de commande électronique (90) pour démarrer et exécuter un cycle d'impression ; et
    - un mécanisme d'entraînement unique (60) relié au chariot de support de tête d'impression (22) pour simultanément:
    (a) déplacer le chariot en va-et-vient le long de la direction longitudinale ;
    (b) indexer l'article de courrier en commandant le mécanisme de déplacement transversal d'article ; et
    (c) taquer l'article de courrier lors de l'impression en commandant l'ensemble de plaquage d'article.
  2. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le mécanisme d'entraînement unique comprend un moteur pas à pas (62) qui entraîne le chariot de support de tête d'impression à travers un ensemble de courroies sans fin (64), des poulies (66a, 66b) et des arbres de guidage (68a, 68b).
  3. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la plaque de taquage comprend une fente longitudinale (89) à travers laquelle la tête d'impression passant éjecte des gouttelettes d'encre pour l'impression à passage multiple par étapes sur l'article de courrier sous le contrôle du module de commande électronique.
  4. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre un premier capteur (92) coopérant avec un doigt (22a) du chariot de support de tête d'impression pour détecter la présence dudit chariot de support de tête d'impression à une position de repos pour démarrer le cycle d'impression.
  5. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre une station de service (40) pour racler et faire cracher la tête d'impression avant que ladite tête d'impression ne retourne à ladite position de repos.
  6. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre un second capteur (94) pour détecter la présence de l'article de courrier introduit manuellement par l'opérateur à travers l'ouverture du cadre.
  7. Machine d'expédition postale de bureau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que l'article de courrier repose sur le bord ou à plat.
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