EP3693306A1 - Procédé d'affranchissement de colis acheminés sur une machine d'affranchissement, et dipsoitif pour la mise en oeuvre dudit procédé - Google Patents

Procédé d'affranchissement de colis acheminés sur une machine d'affranchissement, et dipsoitif pour la mise en oeuvre dudit procédé Download PDF

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EP3693306A1
EP3693306A1 EP19405005.0A EP19405005A EP3693306A1 EP 3693306 A1 EP3693306 A1 EP 3693306A1 EP 19405005 A EP19405005 A EP 19405005A EP 3693306 A1 EP3693306 A1 EP 3693306A1
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  • the invention relates to a method for franking mail items such as envelopes, mailers, envelopes, cards, labels, printed products or the like fed by a franking machine, which are pulled from / on the underside of a stack for separation and / or individually on a conveyor line upstream of the franking machine
  • the printing unit belonging to the franking machine is supplied for printing / franking and after franking is removed from the printing unit in the opposite conveying direction, the mail items being fed to the printing unit of the franking machine via a switch section of the conveyor line and, after franking, via the switch section converted to change the conveying direction of the mailing items in a depositing device arranged below the diverter section can be conveyed, the mail pieces being guided into the printing position in the opening area of the franking machine and being returned from the printing position after the printing process.
  • a franking machine for franking In a known embodiment of a franking machine for franking, respectively.
  • Printing of mailpieces (workpieces) in the formats C5, C5 / 6 and C6 are the Mail items individually by hand and guided on one side edge (short side edge) into a housing opening of the franking machine facing the operator, inserted / pushed in up to a stop at which the printing process is triggered. The latter takes place after a positioned mailing item has been lifted into the printing position below the printing path of the print head in the existing printing apparatus or printing unit of the franking machine.
  • the housing opening is equipped with a side exit through which the mailers are ejected or franked after printing / franking. can be removed from the franking machine.
  • the present invention has the task of further developing a franking machine with simple means so that in addition to the usual mailer formats, the small formats C6 from a stack of the same mailpiece formats or mixed with other mailpiece formats can be processed individually.
  • the object was achieved in that the print position of a mail item fed to the printing unit is determined by the print head, which is movement-controlled (driven) from a standby position according to its format length (length in the conveying direction), so that print processing with the franking device is both semi-automatic and cycle-dependent and it can be implemented reliably for all format sizes of the shipping items, including ⁇ DIN format C5 / 6 (220x110 mm), for example C6.
  • the printing process / the print path of the print head and its return to the standby position as well as the specific pressure position of a mailing item and the removal of the printed / franked mailing item are advantageously carried out by a sensor attached to the print head and effectively connected to a control / control device.
  • the sensor-initiated controlled print head preferably effects the printing process when the mail item reaches the printing position in the franking machine, as well as the subsequent return of the printed mail item from the print position to a storage device and the return of the print head to the / a readiness position for the following mail item, in a convincing, user-friendly manner .
  • the printing process for mail items ⁇ DIN format C5 / 6 can expediently also be initiated by manual actuation of a control command connected to the programmed controller or a touchscreen.
  • the printing process / print path is initiated when the printhead is ready.
  • the standby or operating position for the printing process can be preceded by a controllable rest position (service point) for the print head, in which the print head is in a rest position or inoperative position, for example for maintaining the printing unit.
  • a controllable rest position service point
  • the print head is in a rest position or inoperative position, for example for maintaining the printing unit.
  • An alternative possibility for processing mail pieces in a franking machine is that an end stop, which is position-controlled in the conveying direction of the mail piece length, is used to determine the printing position of the mail pieces in the franking machine, so that the print head moves out of the ready position even with different mail piece lengths is moved into the corresponding printing position, with each printing process, the print head in a standby position for the next printing process, respectively. the next mail item is set back and the readiness position for the print head is set accordingly when the mailer format is changed.
  • a format length or width of a mailing item measured on the conveying path from a separating station / placement station of the stacked or individually applied mail pieces to the franking machine can advantageously be used to determine the print position of a mail piece and the readiness and triggering of the print path as well as the reset of the print head triggered by the printing process into a standby position or the controlled adjustable end stop can be used so that a traceable processing step can take place in the franking machine.
  • the mailpiece length on the conveyor line between one or two measuring points for example LS1 and LS2, or other measuring points can be measured and the measurement result can be sent to the controller for positioning the print head for the print run, respectively. are transmitted to determine the printing position in the franking machine.
  • the distance between two measuring points on the conveyor line is less than resp. at least the length of the shortest shipping item to be processed (for example, format C6), for which both measuring points must be covered by the shipping item.
  • the continuous length of the mail item can be measured by means of the circumference of a driven conveyor roller, immediately after the separation.
  • a device for franking mail items such as envelopes, mailing bags, envelopes, cards, labels, printed products or the like fed by a franking machine, which are pulled from / on the underside of a stack for separation and / or individually on a conveyor line of a conveying device upstream of the franking machine
  • the printing unit having the print head is supplied for franking and, after franking, discharged from the printing unit in the opposite conveying direction, the mail items being fed to the franking machine via a switch section of the conveying path and, after franking, being conveyed via the depositing device arranged to change the conveying direction of the mail items, whereby the mail pieces in the mouth area of the franking machine are guided into the printing position and returned from the printing position, the printing position of a mail piece being fed to the printing unit by the one after it Format length is determined from a ready position motion-controlled print head, which makes it possible, in particular, to print / frank mail pieces of format size ⁇ C5 / 6 and other format
  • the processing can be further optimized if the opening area in the printing unit of the franking machine is mechanically or respectively mechanically applied to the mail items in the printing position, preferably after printing. frictionally acting holding device is formed, advantageously in the end region of the mail item fed to the printing unit.
  • the holding device is formed by a pair of conveyor rollers arranged one above the other, forming a conveyor gap, which guide the mail item transported over the switch section safely into the pressure shaft.
  • Figs. 1 to 4 show a franking device 1 for printing / franking verand items 2 such as envelopes, mailers, envelopes, cards, labels, printed products or the like.
  • Different format sizes for example format sizes C4 to C6 and other formats.
  • the unpublished one reveals a similar facility EP 18 405 019.5 .
  • the present franking device 1 -as in Fig. 1 illustrates- consists of a machine for printing, respectively.
  • Fig. 2 shows the device 1 after the lowermost mailing item 2 has been withdrawn from a stack 5.
  • the withdrawn mailing item 2 is located on a conveyor line 6 which connects the separating device 4 to the franking machine 3.
  • the conveying line 6 has two conveying rollers 7, 8, which guide the singled mail items 2 lying on top, forming a slightly inclined conveying plane, which in the present case have the same circumference and are arranged one behind the other transversely to the conveying direction F and driven in the same direction as indicated by the arrow.
  • the conveyor rollers 7, 8 are mounted at lateral ends in a housing 9 or frame.
  • the shipping items 2 are initially picked up on the conveyor roller 8 by an adjusting member 10 of the separating device 4.
  • the peeled off mailing item 2 is gripped by the conveyor rollers 7, 8 and the adjusting element 10, it is transported further and guided between the conveyor roller pair 11 following on the conveyor level / conveyor line formed, by which at least the lower conveyor roller 12 is driven, the upper 13 freely rotating and is resiliently resting on the lower 12 and is arranged with the latter forming a friction-locking conveyor gap.
  • the mail items 2 posted for processing reach the separating device 4 with the front edge in the transport direction F in a precise position or aligned through an inclined guide surface 14 of a feeder 15 which extends over the width of the conveying plane.
  • An investor of this type is mentioned in the introduction EP 18 405 019.3 described.
  • Fig. 2 represents a conveying level 16 on the conveyor line 6, which is before, respectively. ends in the franking machine 3 with the printing position of a mailing item 2. Between the separating device 4, respectively. At its end and the franking machine 3, a space is available below the conveyor path 6, which is provided as a storage device 17 for the mail items 2 conveyed backwards from the franking machine 3 after printing and is limited at the top by a guide plate 18.
  • the mouth of the conveying path 6 to / from the franking machine 3 is formed by a pair of conveying rollers 19 arranged one above the other, which form a conveying gap running transversely to the conveying direction F, a lower conveying roller 20 being driven and the upper conveying roller 21 supported on it being pressed down by a resilient spring force is.
  • the pair of conveyor rollers 19 has approximately the speed of rotation of the pair of upstream conveyor rollers 11 and receives the transported mail item 2.
  • the storage device 17 located below the guide plate 18 has a storage base 22 for the printed mail items 2 ejected backwards by the franking machine 3, which are / are stored there one above the other.
  • a switchable switch 23 that conducts the mailing items is arranged, which serves on the one hand to reach the mailing items 2 intended for franking on the conveying path between the separating device 4 and the franking machine 3 without interference and, on the other hand, after Printing to keep the return path of the mail items 2 from the franking machine 3 in the storage device 17 under the switch 23 free.
  • the switch 23 (adjusting device) shown in the figures consists of a switch tongue 25 which is pivotable about an approximately horizontal axis 24 running transversely to the transport direction F of the mail items 2 and which, due to an uneven weight distribution on the axis 24, can be automatically pivoted upwards, preferably up to Guide plate 18 can be pivoted / adjusted, so that an upward deflection effect arises compared to a guide tongue 26 which is painted on the supplied mail items 2 at the free end of the switch tongue 25 and the heavier counterweight 27 on the side opposite the axis 24, to which the mail items 2 passing through counteract this and thus form a guide.
  • the switch tongue 25 could also be motor-driven (synchronized after the transport of the shipping items), in particular for processing thin shipping items 2, which have an unstable rigidity for the downward movement of the guide tongue 26 of the switch tongue 25 away from the guide plate 18 Have formation of a conveyor gap.
  • the upward deflecting switch tongue 25 is also used to feed the delivery device 17 from the franking machine 3 mail items 2, respectively. holds theirs Conveying path in the storage device 17 free. That is, the mail items 2 fed to the franking machine 3 slide along or respectively. between the guide plate 18 and the guide tongue 26 or on the conveyor path 6 between the conveyor rollers 20, 21 and are transported by these through housing openings 28, the conveyor device 50 and the franking machine 3 into the franking machine 3.
  • FIGs. 1 to 4 show the franking device 1 assembled / interacting with a separating device 4 and a franking machine 3.
  • the franking device 1 is shown in an inoperative state.
  • a horizontal, open printing shaft 29 which forms the end of the conveying path 6 and to which the mailing items 2 are each fed individually is part of a printing unit 30 arranged in the franking machine 3.
  • the print head 31 of the printing unit 30, which can be moved on horizontal guide rails 32 by means of traction drive 33, is located according to FIG Fig. 1 in a preliminary starting position A, from which it is moved to a standby position B before the printing process / printing path (see Fig. 2 ).
  • the traction drive 33 formed from a stepping motor or servomotor or the like. Electric motor, is connected to a control / control device 35 which transmits the corresponding position to the traction drive 33 / motor on the basis of measured or specified data.
  • the print head 31 points to the front edge of the incoming mailer 2 facing front a connected to the controller 35 sensor 34, with which the mail item 2 arrived in the printing shaft 29 or in the printing position triggers a signal directed to the controller 35 for a control command and the printing unit 30 is supplied with the required electrical drive energy by the Print path of the print head 31 from the standby position B, the printing process / print path of the print head 31 and the return movement of the print head 31 into the standby position B and the output of the printed mail piece 2 by reversing the conveyor roller pair 19 - in this order - is effected.
  • Fig. 2 shows the situation in which the print head 31 has been moved from the initial position A, indicated by dash-dotted lines, to the standby position B and a mail item 2 is on the conveyor path 6 in the direction of F towards the franking machine 3, where it is then immediately in front of the franking machine 3 by the conveyor roller pair 19 is detected and frictionally introduced into the open pressure shaft 29 directed towards the conveying path 6 and held in the specific pressure position.
  • the printing process / printing path of the print head 31 is triggered and then - as already mentioned - the print head 31 is moved back by the controller 35 into the ready position B and the printed mailing item 2, that remained captured in the pair of conveying rollers 19 during the printing process is deposited from the printing shaft 29 into the storage device 17 by reversing the driven pair of conveying rollers 19.
  • the cycle is then repeated at least on the "short letters" resp. Packages 2 of the format ⁇ C6.
  • Fig. 3 discloses a mailing item 2 fed to the printing position in the pressure shaft 29 before the printing process / print path and the print head 31 (with a solid line) in the standby position B, the mail item in question 2 remained clamped during the printing process between the conveyor rollers 20, 21 of the conveyor roller pair 19 and only after printing, respectively. for loading the depositing device 17 is freed of these by a reversing movement of the conveyor rollers 20, 21.
  • Fig. 3 further shows the end position of the print head 31 after the printing process, respectively. according to the pressure path covered.
  • the double arrow symbolizes the printing movement and the return movement of the print head 31 into the standby position B.
  • the latter is preferably automatically adaptable or adjustable to the mailer formats.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates the franking device 1 after the printing process with the print head 31 set back into the standby position B and with reversed conveying movement of the conveyor rollers 20, 21 for transporting a mailing item 2 against the feed direction from the franking machine 3, respectively. its printing unit 30 in the storage device 17, with the switch tongue 25 raised (switched over).
  • a light barrier 36 connected to the controller 35 is arranged as a pulse / signal generator of a measuring point LS 1, which sends a first signal to the controller when the front edge of a mail item 2 enters and when the rear edge of the shipping item 2 exits, it sends a further signal to the controller, which is designed to measure the length of a shipping item 2 passing through on the conveyor line 6 and based on the values measured at the measuring point the corresponding print and position information to the print head 31, respectively.
  • Traction drive 33 passes on.
  • the control line 38 is provided for the transmission of the drive energy. The transmission of signals from the light barrier 36 on the conveyor line 6 to the controller 35 takes place via control line 39.
  • franking in particular mail items 2 ⁇ C5 / 6
  • franking can be carried out via manual actuation of a pusher or touchscreen 40 connected to the controller 35, which is wired to the controller 35, which moves the print head 31 to the corresponding standby position via the sensor 34 Offset printing path, wherein the sensor 34 forwards the arrival of a mailing item 2 via a signal line 41 to the controller 35 and thus triggers the printing process.
  • the processing can take place automatically by placing the mail items 2 in the separating device 4 via a letter release lever 49.
  • the letter release lever 49 emits a control pulse via a light barrier 48 to the controller 35, which triggers processing or franking.

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