JPH0948156A - Printing labeler - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automate the manual operation, to improve the operating efficiency and to enhance the operating accuracy by retrieving recipient data corresponding to read bar code, printing it to output to a label, and sticking the label on the opposite surface of a document to the code. SOLUTION: A label sticking unit has a peeling plate 11 for peeling the release sheet on the adhesive rear surface, and a press roll 12 for pressing the label to an envelope. The plate 11 peels the sheet at its end, the sheet peeled from the label is inverted at the end of the plate, advanced in the direction of a release sheet take-up roll 13, and taken up. The positional relationship between the both is previously so regulated by a label detecting sensor 9 and the feeding pin of a conveying base that the sheet is peeled, the end of the label exposed at the adhesive on the rear surface of the label coincides with the label sticking position of the envelope. The roll 12 is provided on the part in contact at the end of the label with the envelope, and rotated as the envelope is advanced to facilitate the sticking of the label.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally reads bar code data attached to a document such as an envelope, retrieves information corresponding to the code from stored data, and uses the retrieved data as a label or the like. It relates to a device that outputs and attaches the label to an envelope or the like. In particular, the present invention relates to the postal service, and in particular, a registered mail delivery certificate and the same original code (delivery certificate copy) in which a registered barcode is read by a barcode reader and attached to the registered mail, the recipient of the mail. This is the most suitable device for printing out the address and name, and pasting the printed delivery certificate and the same original number on the envelope.

According to the Postal Law, in handling registered mail, records are taken from the acceptance of mail to delivery.
If the mail is lost or damaged in the middle of the service, all or part of the requested damages will be compensated. For this reason, in the case of registered mail, a delivery receipt is issued to the sender at the time of underwriting, the delivery is recorded when the delivery is carried, and a receipt seal is received when the delivery is delivered to the recipient. Such records are also applied to simple registered mail.

Since 1991, a system of attaching a bar code to registered mail has been adopted to facilitate the tracking of registered mail. The type, area code, classification code of registered mail,
Serial numbers are now recorded on barcodes. This classification code is a code for large users, etc., and is assigned by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Users use this code and are required to display the registered code in advance by barcode (print the barcode) before sending out the registered mail.

Further, from July 19, 1995, if a registered mail delivery certificate and the same original number are created and presented, or if they are attached to an envelope and presented, the postage will be reduced. The adopted system was adopted, and it became necessary for large users to use this system effectively.

Conventionally, such a delivery certificate and affixing of the original mark have been done by manual work in the postal service, which requires a lot of manpower. The device according to the present invention was developed for the purpose of efficiently pasting such delivery certificates and original marks by a systemized device without manual labor. According to the apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved and the work accuracy can be perfected by fully automating the manual work, and the delivery error can be prevented.

[0006]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various devices have been developed for making and recording stamps for producing mails of the same standard from continuous forms, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 52-69255, card-shaped recording. The invention of a method of making an integral body and stamp is described. However, the invention described in the publication reads the information recorded on the magnetic card,
A printer prints necessary information from the information on a mount that is continuously supplied. Therefore, depending on the device, it is not possible to read information from a postal item that is already in the form of a sealed letter, print the information on a label, and attach the label to the envelope, such as registered mail. Can not.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, necessary information is read from a bar code attached to a postal matter, data such as a recipient's address name corresponding to the code is read from a storage device, and the data is stored. The present invention relates to a device that prints on a label such as a registered delivery note and the same original label, and affixes the printed label to the mail. More specifically, the bar code data is read from the registered mail (the bar code, etc. can be read from the window part of the window-opened envelope in many registered envelopes) in which the recipient's address name, the bar code, etc. are already written. The recipient's address name and sender's name corresponding to the code were read out from the information stored in the storage device by a search, and the searched data was printed on a registered mail delivery certificate and a label such as the same number, and printed. The present invention relates to a device having a function of attaching a label to a mail item and finally checking again the consistency of barcodes. In addition, the registered mail delivery certificate and the same original code,
A bar code is printed together with the name and address of the addressee and the name of the sender, and the bar code also includes underwriting number information for registered mail. The registered mail delivery certificate and the same original code are as shown in FIG. 4 (A).

[0008]

As shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus according to the present invention comprises an envelope feeder, a conveyor, a discharging and accumulating apparatus, a conveyor including a reject stacker, and a plurality of bar code readers. It is composed of a recognition unit, a control unit including a personal computer and an operation / control panel, a printing unit such as a label printer, and a label sticking unit including a label supply device and a label sticking device.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In FIG. 1, (1) is an envelope supply device in which envelopes to be processed are stocked. Registered envelopes, which are mailed items, are piled up with the surface on which the recipient's address and other names are written down, pulled out one by one by the lower roll from the bottom and supplied to the feed nip roll (2). The envelopes sent out from the nip rolls onto the conveyor (3) are regulated in the lateral position by lateral guide bars (4) provided outside the conveyor and perpendicularly to the conveyor on both sides. The conveyor is made of a material such as a steel belt, but feed pins (5) are provided in parallel on both sides of the conveyor at regular intervals, and thereby the position of the envelope in the traveling direction is regulated. The envelopes are pushed by the feed pin and pass over the first barcode reader (6) one by one. A portion of the steel belt corresponding to the envelope barcode is provided with a cutout (a transparent window) so that the barcode can be read by a barcode reader. When the envelope is transported with the addressee name, registered barcode, etc. as the bottom surface and passes over the first barcode reader (6) provided at the bottom of the transport table,
Bar code data information is read. In the case of registered mail or simple registered mail, the bar code is printed in a predetermined registered bar code format.

A label supply device (8) for supplying a registered letter of mail delivery and a continuous label of the same original code (in which the individual data of the delivery certificate and the original recipient of the original code is not printed) is provided on the upper part in the traveling direction of the carrier. It is provided. Adhesive is applied to the back side of the continuous form, and the adhesive prevents unnecessary adhesion to other items before the form is printed and the delivery certificate is attached to the envelope. Therefore, it has a well-known structure protected by a release paper.

The registered mail delivery certificate and affixing the same original code are
When considering the suitability for mechanical processing, it is necessary that the entire surface be in close contact with the envelope, but after delivering the envelope to each household,
Since it is necessary to bring back the "delivery certificate copy" after stamping the receipt, it is desirable to use the "pseudo adhesive label" as shown in FIG. 4 (B). Pseudo-adhesion has a structure in which it is adhered in a peelable state, and is a technique known to those skilled in the art.

When the barcode data of the envelope is read by the first barcode reader (6), individual information corresponding to the code number is retrieved in a storage device (not shown). The retrieved data is transmitted to the printing device (10), and necessary data is output and printed. Printing is
Known methods such as heat-sensitive color printing, heat-sensitive transfer printing, and water jet printing are possible, and it is necessary to design a label structure and a printing device according to each printing method.

The printing position for continuous labels is timed by a label detection sensor (9) provided in front of the printing device. The continuous label on which the necessary printing has been performed further advances while maintaining a constant tension, and advances to the label sticking device for the envelope.

The label sticking device comprises a peel plate (11) for peeling the release paper on the back surface of the adhesive and a press roll (12) for pressing the label onto the envelope. The peel plate is kept at a small distance between the tip of the peel plate and the envelope on the carrier so that the peel plate can be adjusted. The peeling paper is peeled off at the leading end of the peel plate, and the peeling paper separated from the label is reversed at the leading end of the plate and advances toward the peeling paper winding roll (13) to be wound up. The peel plate is preferably made of a smooth material that does not cause unnecessary damage to the release paper or label. Also, the angle formed by the peel plate (11) and the plane of the carrier can be adjusted in order to bond the label smoothly.

The positional relationship between the two is preliminarily determined by the label detection sensor and the feeding pin of the carrier so that the front end of the label where the release paper is peeled off and the adhesive on the back surface of the label is exposed coincides with the label sticking position on the envelope. Has been adjusted.

A press roll (12) is provided above the portion where the leading edge of the label comes into contact with the envelope, and is rotated as the envelope advances so as to promote smooth adhesion between the label and the envelope. .

The label-attached envelope further advances on the carrier and passes under the second bar code reader (7). The bar code reader reads the bar code data on the label and confirms whether or not the data read previously by the first bar code reader (6) matches. The processing speed of the envelope is variable, but the data read immediately before by the first barcode reader or the previous data within a few of them may be compared with the data read by the second barcode reader. . These can be performed by a well-known method of providing counter circuits in the first barcode reader and the second barcode reader and comparing the data of the same counter.

The data of the first bar code reader and the data of the second bar code reader are matched, and if there is no error, the envelope with the label is advanced on the discharge conveyor, and then on the carry-out collecting device (13). Accumulated in. If there is a mistake in the data matching, the envelope has a reject function and is ejected into the reject stacker (14) provided beside the transport path. In addition to data matching mistakes, the reject function also detects envelopes without barcodes detected by the first barcode reader and envelopes that are fed inside out to distinguish them from normal envelopes. It is ejected into the reject stacker.

Further, by inputting the codes of the untrustworthy user, the withdrawal member, etc., which should have been deleted from the data originally when the address was printed on the envelope, these codes can be entered. It is also possible to eliminate the envelope. The required number and types of such reject stackers can be set arbitrarily.

Further, even if the individual information corresponding to the code of the envelope discharged by the reject function before the label is attached is not transmitted to the printer or stopped, the printing can be easily controlled by the computer processing. That is.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a completed view of the apparatus according to the present invention. 1 is an envelope feeder, 3 is a conveyor, 8 is a label feeder, and 10 is a printer. Code information is read from the envelope on the transport conveyor by a first bar code reader (not shown) provided in the lower portion of the conveyor while being transferred from the supply device to the printing unit. The label supplied from the label supply device is attached to the envelope at the front end of the peel plate (11), and the release paper is reversed at the front end of the plate and wound on a winding roll. Further, the illustrated apparatus is provided with four types of reject stackers.

FIG. 3 shows a system of information processing in the printing labeler of the present invention. First, in the recognition section, the registered barcode on the envelope surface
Read with a barcode reader. The sending data such as the name and address of the recipient corresponding to the code is searched from the data stored in the storage device. If the search data is correct, the sending data is sent to the printing unit, the delivery certificate label is printed, and the delivery label is attached to the envelope. If the retrieval data is an invalid instruction, or if the barcode cannot be read or the barcode is not printed, or if the relevant data is not stored, a reject signal is output and the envelope is rejected by the stacker. Is discharged to.

The data of the barcode newly printed on the back surface of the envelope with the label attached is read by the second barcode reader. The read data is matched with the barcode data on the surface by the comparison circuit. Envelopes that have been matched correctly are stored in the carry-out stacking device (13) as processed. Envelopes that are not matched correctly are ejected to the reject stacker (14). The data read by the second barcode reader may be matched with the data read by the first barcode reader, or on the opposite side (envelope front side) of the second barcode reader. 3rd in a pair
A barcode reader (not shown) may be provided to perform matching with the data. In the former case,
Since it is not possible to match data immediately, it is necessary to provide a counter circuit and compare data of the same count.

[0024]

As described above in detail, the present invention reads the bar code data printed on the envelope, prints the corresponding data on the label and affixes it. Labels such as marks can be attached efficiently by a systemized device without manual labor. By fully automating manual work, work efficiency can be improved and work accuracy can be perfected. It is possible to prevent mistakes. It goes without saying that the automation of such work has a great economic effect by reducing the postage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a printing labeler device that is the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a completed state of the printing labeler device which is the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system of information processing in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a registered mail delivery certificate. (B) is a diagram showing a cross-sectional structure of the label.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Envelope Supply Device 2 Nip Roll 3 Conveyor 4 Guide Bar 5 Feed Pin 6 First Bar Code Reader 7 Second Bar Code Reader 8 Label Supply Device 9 Label Detection Sensor 10 Printing Device 11 Peel Plate 12 Press Roll 13 Unloading and Collecting Device 14 Reject Stacker 21 Paper 22 Film A 23 Film B 24 Release paper 25 Adhesive 26 Half cut

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Koichiro Imazaki 1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bar code data attached to a document is read, and recipient data corresponding to the bar code is searched,
A printing labeler device having a function of printing out the data on a label and affixing the label to the opposite surface of the document from the barcode. 2. Bar code data attached to a document is read by a first bar code reader, bar code data newly printed on a label based on the bar code data is read by a second bar code reader, and A printing labeler device having a function of matching the first and second bar code data and rejecting the document when matching is not performed correctly. 3. The printing labeler device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the document is a registered mail envelope. 4. The printing labeler device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the label is a registered mail delivery voucher.