JPH03208195A - Mail seal issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain a mail seal by issuing the mail seal which a user selects by a selecting means from among plural kinds of the mail seals. CONSTITUTION:A mail seal issuing machine 1 is provided with selecting buttons 12a to 12d for selecting the mail seal and an outlet port 13 for taking out the mail seals S1, S2 at the front face of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped box body 11. Besides, prescribed items such as express mail, registered mail, and so on are written on displays 14a to 14d. Here, when the user pushes the necessary button 12a to 12d, the seal S1, S2 corresponding to the display 14a to 14d positioned above it is issued from an issuing part, and comes out to the outlet port 13. Then, the seal S1, S2 can be issued by the seal issuing part and the buttons 12a to 12d according to the selection of the user. Thus, the user can obtain easily the seal S1, S2 by only setting and selecting the displays 14a to 14d.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a postal sticker issuing machine that issues a postal sticker to indicate the handling of mail items.

(Prior art) Postal charges for mail items vary depending on the handling (express delivery, registered mail, airmail, etc.), so this is clearly indicated by pasting a sticker or the like on the mail item indicating the handling. There is a need. If you bring your mail to the post office, the post office will be able to clearly indicate the type of handling.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, for example, when a customer requests mail to be posted at a hotel while traveling, the customer must clearly indicate the handling of the mail on the mail. There are many cases where I don't know what to write. In particular, since there are many different types of mail items to be handled, it may be difficult to manually create postal stickers to indicate desired handling.

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the past, and it is a postal service that allows users to easily insert postal stickers to indicate the handling of mail items. The purpose is to provide a sticker issuing machine for

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a postal sticker issuing machine according to the present invention includes a sticker issuing section that issues a plurality of types of postal stickers for indicating the handling of mail items; a selection means for selecting one of a plurality of types of postal stickers, and the sticker issuing section issues the postal sticker according to the selection made by the user using the selection means.

(Operation) When the user selects a postal sticker using the selection means (selection button, etc.), the selected postal sticker is issued by the sticker issuing unit.

(Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a postal sticker issuing machine as an embodiment of the invention.

This postal sticker issuing machine 1 has a selection button 1 for selecting a postal sticker on the front side of a rectangular parallelepiped box 11.
2a to 12d, and an outlet 13 for taking out the postal seals S1, S2, . . . . Moreover, above the selection buttons 12a to 12d, "Express delivery" is displayed.
, “Registered Mail J.rAIR MAILJ and rEXPR
Seal indications 14a to 14d written as EssJ are displayed. When the user presses any of the selection buttons 12a to 12d, the postal stickers (S, S...) corresponding to the sticker display above are displayed in the sticker issuing section l described later.
2 (not shown) and comes out at the outlet 13.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the mechanical configuration of the seal issuing section. In the figure, the seal issuing unit 100 is connected to a vertical substrate 10.
Several mechanical elements are fixed on top, and the mechanical elements include roll paper P for postal stickers.
a roll paper supply unit 20 that supplies the roll paper, a roll paper sensing unit 30 that senses the remaining amount of the roll paper P, guide rollers 41 and 42 that guide the roll paper P, and a roll paper presser unit 50.
It includes a stamping section 70 that stamps a seal impression on the roll paper P, and a cutter part 60 that cuts the roll paper.

The user presses any of the selection buttons 12a to 12d,
When the seal S supplied by the seal issuing unit 100 is selected, a roll paper feed mechanism (not shown) in the cutter part 60 moves the roll paper P toward the outlet 13 (in the y direction in the figure) by a predetermined length. Sent out. Then, the leading end of the roll paper P is cut by the cutter section 60 and falls into the outlet 13 as a seal S. This sticker S includes "express delivery", "A
Characters and patterns such as TR MAILJ and rEXPRESSJ are stamped in advance in the stamping section 70, and can be simply attached to the mail as a postal sticker.

The roll paper presser 50 is a mechanism for preventing the roll paper P from sagging in the stamping unit 70, and a spring 51 presses the upper presser plate 52 against the lower presser plate 53. The roll paper P is sent out by a roll paper feeding mechanism within the cutter part 60 while being held between the presser plates 52 and 53. When the roll paper P is fed out a predetermined length, the stamping section 70 stamps (not shown) as will be explained in detail later.
Stamp the stamp on the roll paper P. Note that the guide roller 41, the pressing surfaces of the pressing plates 51 and 52, and the stamping part 7
0 stamp pad (described later) and Guy Fry--y42
The roll paper P is arranged in a straight line so that it is stretched without sagging.

The roll paper sensing unit 30 is a mechanism for sensing that the amount of roll paper P remaining is very small. Roll paper P
As the amount decreases, the sensing lever 31 of the roll paper sensing section 30 gradually tilts to the left in the figure. When the amount of roll paper P falls below a predetermined amount, a cam 32 pivotally supported around the rotation axis of the sensing lever 31 The roller 33 is pushed in the y direction, which causes the sensing switch 34 to output an alarm signal to an external device (not shown).

FIG. 3A is an enlarged front view of the stamping section 70;
FIG. 3B is a right side view thereof. The marking unit 70 has a frame 71 that is U-shaped in a front view and U-shaped in a side view, and both ends of the frame 71 are bent to form a vertical plane (yz plane). Fixed part 7 ]. It is a. This fixing portion 71a is fixed to the substrate 10 (see FIG. 2) with screws 72.

A solenoid 73 is fixed to an upper frame 71b, which is an upper portion of the frame 71, with a screw 72a. This solenoid 73 has a solenoid 1 piston 73b that slides within the center hole 73a and is driven in the X direction when a current is supplied to the coil within the solenoid 73. The solenoid piston 73b is connected to a horizontal lever 75 by a pin 74, and the solenoid lever 75 is further connected to a vertical lever 77 provided substantially vertically by a pin 76. This vertical lever 77 is further fixed to an inverted U-shaped stamp drive frame 80 extending horizontally by screws 78 and seven bottles. Also,
An L-shaped return arm 81 is fixed to the upper part of the vertical lever 77, and a substantially horizontal horizontal portion 81 at the lower part of the return arm 81. An adjustment bolt 1.82 is screwed into a.

The stamp drive frame 80 and the vertical lever 77 are held together by a screw 78 and a nut (not shown).
A through hole for the screw 78 formed in the stamp drive frame 80 is formed to draw an arc R centered on the seven pins.

Therefore, by adjusting the adjustment bolt 82, the angle between the vertical lever 77 and the stamp drive frame 80 can be adjusted. The nut 83 is a nut for fixing the screwing amount of the adjustment bolt 82. vertical lever 77
The stamp drive frame 80 is connected to the frame 71 by seven pins so that it moves as an inverted L-shaped member.
It is attached to the shaft.

A stamp holder 84 is inserted into the tip of the stamp drive frame 80, and these are connected to each other by a pin 85. A stamp 86 is fixed to the lower part of the stamp holder 84 by a fixture 87. In addition, a lower frame 71c which is a lower part of the frame 71
On top of the stamp 86 is a stamp pad 8 at a position opposite to the stamp 86.
8 is fixed.

When current flows through the unillustrated coil of the solenoid 73,
Solenoid piston 73b and horizontal lever 75 are driven in the X direction. Then, the vertical lever 77 and the stamp drive frame 80 rotate counterclockwise=1 in FIG. 3B about the bottle 79 while maintaining the inverted L shape. When the tip of the stamp drive frame 80 is lowered, the stamp holder 84 and stamp 86 are lowered. The roll paper P extends in the y direction through a gap 90 between the stamp 86 and the stamp stand 88, and when the stamp 86 descends, a seal is stamped on its body. Note that this stamp 86 has a stamp surface (
The ink is allowed to penetrate through the stamp 86, and an ink reservoir (not shown) is provided inside the stamp 86. In addition, the ink supply is regularly replenished by the administrator from outside.

In addition, in the state where the seal is being stamped as described above, the return arm 8] is compressing the return spring 91. This return spring 91 is wound around a guide pin 92a of a spring guide 92 fixed to the upper frame 7]b. Then, when the current to the nolenoid 73 is cut off, the return arm 81 is pushed back by the return spring 91, and the vertical lever ~77 and the stamp drive frame 80
is depressed clockwise around the seven bottles. As a result, the stub holder 84 and the stamp 86 are lifted upward and returned to their original states. Note that the upper frame 71b
An arm stopper 93 is fixed at a position facing the spring guide 92, and the return arm 81 is stopped by the arm stopper 93 to prevent it from being pushed back excessively.

Note that in the above embodiment, only one stamping section 1. Although only OO is shown, for example, when issuing 4FJ type postal stickers as shown in FIG. 1, it is sufficient to provide four sets of such stamping parts.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the roll paper P is cut by the cutter 60 after the seal is stamped by the stamper 70, but the stamp may be stamped after the roll paper P is cut to the size of the sticker.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, the sticker issuing unit that issues a plurality of types of postal stickers and the selection means are provided, and the stickers are issued according to the user's selection. Therefore, the user can easily create postal stickers by hand.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a postal sticker issuing machine as an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a sticker issuing section, FIG. 3A is a front view showing a stamping section, and FIG. 3B is a front view showing a stamping section. The figure is its right side view. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Postal sticker issuing machine, 10... Seal issuing part, 12a-12d... Selection button, 13... Outlet, 14a-14d... Seal display, 20... Roll Paper supply section, 30... Roll paper sensing section, 50... Roll paper pressing section, 60... Part of cutter, 70... Stamping section

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A sticker issuing unit that issues a plurality of types of postal stickers to indicate the handling of mail items, and a selection means for selecting one of the plurality of types of postal stickers; A postal seal issuing machine, wherein the seal issuing section issues the postal seal according to a selection made by a selection means.