EP3693306B1 - Procédé d'affranchissement d'articles de courrier acheminés sur une machine d'affranchissement, et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre dudit procédé - Google Patents

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

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EP3693306B1
EP3693306B1 EP19405005.0A EP19405005A EP3693306B1 EP 3693306 B1 EP3693306 B1 EP 3693306B1 EP 19405005 A EP19405005 A EP 19405005A EP 3693306 B1 EP3693306 B1 EP 3693306B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for franking mail items fed by a franking machine, such as envelopes, mailers, envelopes, cards, labels, printed products or the like, which are pulled from / on the underside of a stack for separation and / or individually on a conveyor line upstream of the franking machine a print head having printing unit for
  • Franking is supplied and, after franking, removed from the printing unit in the opposite conveying direction, the mailed items being fed to the postage meter machine via a switch section of the conveyor line and, after franking, conveyed via the switch section that has been converted to change the conveying direction of the mailing items into a storage device arranged below the switch section, wherein the mail pieces in the mouth area of the franking machine are guided into the printing position and returned from the printing position.
  • the US 2014/0145396 A1 discloses a device for reversing the direction of conveyance of a stack of cards withdrawn from the bottom after they have passed through of a reproduction section are deposited one above the other in the opposite direction in a collecting device.
  • the GB 2 246 117 A discloses a feeder comprising two serially coupled horizontal conveyors for transporting vertically oriented envelopes, the conveyor running at a slower speed than the conveyor.
  • a vertical conveyor transports the envelopes from the horizontal conveyor to the weighing and franking device.
  • the US 2009/0259602 A1 discloses a method for operating a postal identification printing device, with the possibility of storing two identification image formats in one device which have different dimensions, the selection of the desired identification image format having to be made by a user.
  • U.S. 5,440,979 disclose a method and apparatus for canceling postage stamps and printing preprogrammable messages on envelopes.
  • the device and the method are used to place the different sized envelopes in a common corner where the printing and cancellation takes place.
  • 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 printing position of a mail item fed to the printing unit is controlled by the movement from a standby position according to its format length (length in the conveying direction) (driven) print head is determined.
  • Print processing with the franking device both semi- and cycle-bound, fully automatic and reliable for all format sizes of the mail items, even ⁇ DIN format C5 / 6 (220x110 mm), for example C6, can be carried out in this way.
  • the printing process / the print path of the print head and its return to the ready 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 print 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 mode of operation .
  • the printing process for mail items ⁇ DIN format C5 / 6 can also expediently 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. It proves to be advantageous if the processing takes place based on the processing cycle of the franking machine / its printing unit or the separating device.
  • 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 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 can be used in a standby position or the controlled adjustable end stop, 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 control 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 purpose the shipping item must cover both measuring points.
  • the continuous length of the mail item can be measured by means of the circumference of a driven conveyor roller, immediately after separation.
  • a device for franking mail items such as envelopes, mailing bags, envelopes, cards, labels, printed products, fed by a franking machine or the like, which are withdrawn from / on the underside of a stack for separation and / or individually fed to a printing unit having a print head for franking on a conveyor line upstream of the franking machine and are discharged from the printing unit in the opposite conveying direction after franking Mail items are fed to the franking machine via a switch section of the conveyor line and, after franking, are conveyed via the storage device arranged to change the direction of conveyance of the mail items, the mail items being guided into the printing position in the opening area of the franking machine and being returned from the printing position, the printing position being a each mail item supplied to the printing unit is determined by the print head, which is motion-controlled according to its format length from a standby position and allows, in particular, mail items of the format size ⁇ C5 / 6 and to print / frank other format sizes.
  • the processing can be further optimized if the opening area in the printing unit of the franking machine is mechanically resp. frictionally acting holding device is formed, advantageously in the end region of the mail piece 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 securely 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 the format sizes C4 to C6 and other formats.
  • the document mentioned at the beginning discloses a device of the same generic type EP 3 623 327 A1 .
  • 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 conveying path 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 and form 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 are 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. As soon as the withdrawn mailing item 2 is gripped by the conveyor rollers 7, 8 and the adjusting element 10, it is transported further and is guided between the conveyor roller pair 11 following on the conveyor plane / conveyor path formed, by at least the lower conveyor roller 12 is driven, the upper 13 freely rotating and resiliently resting on the lower 12 and is arranged with the latter to form 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 3 623 327 A1 described.
  • Fig. 2 represents a conveyor level 16 on the conveyor line 6, which is in front of, 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 conveying 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 delimited at the top by a guide plate 18.
  • the opening 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 mailpiece 2.
  • the depositing device 17 located below the guide plate 18 has a depositing base 22 for the printed mail pieces 2 ejected backwards by the postage meter machine 3, which are / are deposited there one above the other.
  • a switchable switch 23 that conducts the mail items is arranged, which serves on the one hand to reach the mail 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 the Printing to keep the return path of the mail pieces 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 the Guide plate 18 can be pivoted / adjusted so that an upward deflection effect is created 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 to 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 in a clocked manner after the transport of the mail items), in particular for processing thin mail 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 for 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. keeps its conveying path in the storage device 17 free. That is, the mail items 2 fed to the postage meter machine 3 slide along, respectively.
  • 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.
  • 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 has on the front edge facing the incoming mailer 2 a sensor 34 connected to the controller 35, with which the mailer 2 arriving in the print shaft 29 or in the print position triggers a signal for a control command sent to the controller 35 and the required electrical drive energy is supplied to the printing unit 30 by the printing path of the printing head 31 from the standby position B, the printing process / printing path of the printing head 31 as well as the return movement of the printing head 31 into the standby position B and the output of the printed mailer 2 by reversing the pair of conveyor rollers 19 is effected in this order.
  • Fig. 2 shows the situation in which the print head 31 is 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 line 6 in the direction F to the franking machine 3, where it is then immediately in front of the franking machine 3 by the pair of conveyor rollers 19 is detected and frictionally introduced into the open pressure shaft 29, which is directed towards the conveying path 6, and is held in the specific pressure position.
  • Fig. 3 discloses a mail 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 ready position B, the mail item 2 in question being clamped during the printing process between the conveyor rollers 20, 21 of the pair of conveyor rotors 19 has remained and only after printing resp. for loading the depositing device 17 is freed from 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 can preferably be automatically adapted or set 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 conveying 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, sends the corresponding pressure 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 signal transmission of the light barrier 36 on the conveyor line 6 to the controller 35 takes place via control line 39.
  • the processing in the franking machine can respectively.
  • Franking, in particular mail items 2 ⁇ C5 / 6, 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 via the sensor 34 into the corresponding standby position before 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 the processing or franking.

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  1. Procédé d'affranchissement d'articles à expédier (2) acheminés vers une machine d'affranchissement (3), tels que des enveloppes, des sacs d'expédition, des pochettes, des cartes, des étiquettes, des produits imprimés ou analogues, qui sont soutirés à partir du/sur le côté inférieur d'une pile (5) pour l'individualisation et/ou acheminés individuellement sur une voie de convoyage (6) en amont de la machine d'affranchissement (3) vers une unité d'impression (30) comprenant une tête d'impression (31) pour l'affranchissement et sont déchargés de l'unité d'impression (30) après l'affranchissement dans une direction de convoyage inverse, les articles à expédier (2) étant acheminés par l'intermédiaire d'une section d'aiguillage de la voie de convoyage (6) vers la machine d'affranchissement (3) et étant convoyés après l'affranchissement par l'intermédiaire de la section d'aiguillage renversée pour la modification de la direction de convoyage des articles à expédier (2) dans un dispositif de dépôt (17) agencé en dessous de la section d'aiguillage, les articles à expédier (2) étant guidés dans la zone d'embouchure de la machine d'affranchissement (3) dans l'emplacement d'impression et rapatriés à partir de l'emplacement d'impression, caractérisé en ce que l'emplacement d'impression d'un article à expédier (2) acheminé à chaque fois vers l'unité d'impression (30) est déterminé par la tête d'impression (31) commandée en mouvement à partir d'une station d'attente selon sa longueur de format.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le processus d'impression/le parcours d'impression de la tête d'impression (31) et son rappel dans la station d'attente, ainsi que l'emplacement d'impression d'un article à expédier (2) et le soutirage de l'article à expédier imprimé/affranchi (2) ont lieu par un capteur (34) fixé sur la tête d'impression (31) et relié à un système de commande (35) .
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la tête d'impression (31) commandée de façon pouvant être initiée par un capteur produit, lors de l'atteinte de l'emplacement d'impression de l'article à expédier (2) dans la machine d'affranchissement (3), le processus d'impression, ainsi que le rapatriement ultérieur de l'article à expédier affranchi (2) à partir de l'emplacement d'impression dans un dispositif de dépôt (17) et le rappel de la tête d'impression (31) dans la/une station d'attente.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le traitement a lieu sur la base de la cadence de traitement de la machine d'affranchissement (3)/de son unité d'impression (30) ou du dispositif d'individualisation (4).
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le processus d'impression pour des articles à expédier (2) < C5/6 a lieu par actionnement manuel d'une imprimante ou d'un écran tactile (37) relié au système de commande programmé (35) ou d'une instruction de commande produite au moyen d'un levier de dégagement de courrier (49) du dispositif d'individualisation (4).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le processus d'impression/parcours d'impression est initié dans la station d'attente de la tête d'impression (31).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la tête d'impression (31) peut être déplacée d'une station de repos dans la station d'attente et retour.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la longueur ou respectivement la largeur d'un article à expédier (2) mesurée sur le parcours de convoyage vers la machine d'affranchissement (3) est utilisée pour la détermination de l'emplacement d'impression de l'article à expédier (2) et de la station d'attente et du déclenchement de la tête d'impression (31), ainsi que du rappel de la tête d'impression (31) à la suite du processus d'impression/parcours d'impression et du rapatriement de l'article à expédier imprimé (2).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que les articles à expédier (2) sont maintenus mécaniquement/par liaison par friction dans l'emplacement d'impression pendant le processus d'impression/parcours d'impression par un dispositif de rapatriement.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le parcours d'impression/la position d'impression de la tête d'impression (31) est déterminé par la longueur d'un article à expédier (2) mesurée/enregistrée sur le parcours de convoyage/la voie de convoyage (6) et transmise au système de commande (35) de la machine d'affranchissement (3).
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que la longueur de l'article à expédier (2) est mesurée sur la voie de convoyage (6) au niveau d'un ou entre deux emplacements de mesure LS1 et LS2 et le résultat de la mesure est transmis au système de commande (35) pour la détermination de la station d'attente de la tête d'impression (31) et de l'emplacement d'impression de l'article à expédier (2).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que l'écart entre les deux emplacements de mesure LS1 et LS2 est de moins de ou respectivement d'au moins la longueur de l'article à expédier (2) le plus court déterminé pour l'impression/l'affranchissement.
  13. Appareil pour la réalisation du procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, constitué par une machine d'affranchissement (3) et un appareil de convoyage (50) en amont de celle-ci, pour le transport d'articles à expédier (2) soutirés sur le/à partir du côté inférieur d'une pile (5) dans un dispositif d'individualisation (4) ou disposés individuellement, qui sont acheminés par l'intermédiaire d'un aiguillage (23) agencé sur une voie de convoyage (6) de l'appareil de convoyage (50) vers l'unité d'impression (30) configurée avec une tête d'impression commandée (31) et rapatriés après le processus d'impression dans la direction de convoyage inverse par l'intermédiaire de l'aiguillage renversé (23) dans un dispositif de dépôt prévu (17), caractérisé en ce que la tête d'impression (31) est formée par un capteur (34) relié à un dispositif de commande (35), tourné vers l'extrémité avant d'un article à expédier (2) guidé dans l'emplacement d'impression de la machine d'affranchissement (3).
  14. Appareil selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que la zone d'embouchure dans l'unité d'impression (30) de la machine d'affranchissement (3) est formée par un dispositif de rapatriement maintenant les articles à expédier (2) dans l'emplacement d'impression.
  15. Appareil selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de rapatriement est formé par une paire de rouleaux de convoyage (20, 21) agencés l'un au-dessus de l'autre, maintenant à chaque fois mécaniquement ou respectivement par liaison par friction les articles à expédier (2) dans l'emplacement d'impression.
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