US3855041A - Franking machine with a letter feeding and a tape feeding device - Google Patents

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US3855041A
US3855041A US00352129A US35212973A US3855041A US 3855041 A US3855041 A US 3855041A US 00352129 A US00352129 A US 00352129A US 35212973 A US35212973 A US 35212973A US 3855041 A US3855041 A US 3855041A
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    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00548—Mechanical printhead
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00612—Attaching item on mailpiece
    • G07B2017/0062—Label
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means

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  • Apparatus for flanking includes a flanking machine a 51 I Cl 33 device for feeding pieces of mail to the franking ma- 3m ch ne" n a ape e ing i e or e d g pe t 1e d6o earc 5 /4 2.2, 517, 521, 539, the franking machine.
  • the letter feeding device and 15 I538 9g f tape feeding device are combined into a self- 71/2 308/3 A contained, structural unit in which there is arranged a 56 R f common electromechanical drive means for operating 1 e erences cued the letter feeding device andsaid tape feeding device.
  • a tape feeding device of known design must be connected to the franking machine. This tape feeding device must also be removed or disconnected from the franking machine when switching to another type of franking operation. Because of the considerable weight of these devices, these operations are burdensome and cannot be carried out by just anybody.
  • a franking machine includes a letter feeding and a tape feeding device which are driven by an electric motor with the arrangement being characterized by the feature that the letter feeding device and the tape feeding device are combined in a self-contained, assembled unit with which a common electric motor-driven drive arrangement is associated.
  • a characteristic feature of the present invention consists in providing that the structurally coupled letter feeding and tape feeding devices are arranged to be movable transversely to the entrance slot of the franking machine. Also a linear guide provided with stops, is associated with the apparatus-t assure reliable positioning of the letter and tape feeding devices in their respective operating position.
  • a further advantage of the present invention resides in the fact that in a first position of the letter and tape feedingdevice, in which adhesive tape is fed into the franking machine, letters, flat packages and the like can also be fed in manually for franking without any rearrangement of the apparatus while the other position of the letter and tape feeding device is reserved for the automatic feeding of letters.
  • the shifting of the assembled unit is facilitated by providing rollers which are optionally supported on tracks or the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a franking machine with an automatic letter and tape feeding device shown in a first operating position.
  • FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the franking machine shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the franking machine shown in FIGS. I and 2 but with the automatic letter and tape feeding shown in a-second operating machine.
  • FIG. 1 a there is shown in FIG. 1 a
  • a setting arrangement 2 including several amount-setting levers 3, indicator windows 4, a counter 5, a feeding arrangement 8 having a subdivided feed roller 6, a spring-loaded pressure roller'7 FIG. 2,
  • a plate cylinder 10 which cooperates with a spring-loaded pressurecylinder 9.
  • a fork-shaped linear guide 12 which consists of two angles having guide slots in which there is slidably disposed a rod 13 which is firmly connected with holders I4.
  • One of the holders 14 is rigidly fastened to the front wall of an automatic letter feeding device 15 of known design having a feeding arrangement 16 which is partly shown in FIGS. I and 2.
  • A-letter sealing device, 17, also known, per se, having a water tank 18, may be added to the letter feeding device 15 if desired.
  • the tape feeding device 20 comprises a conveyer belt 21 (FIG. 2) which isled over a drive roller 22, a spring-loaded, deflection roller 23, as well as over two further deflection rollers 24, 25.
  • a springloaded pressure roller 26 can'be swung in and out of engagement with the drive roller 22. The duration of engagement of the pressure roller 26 with the drive roller determines the length of the adhesive tape to beadvanced.
  • the feed length is set manually by means of a setting knob 28 with which a scale 29 is associated.
  • a drive roller 22 which rotates on a shaft 30 is secured to a spur gear 31 which engages a gear 33 whichis freely rotatable on a switching shaft 32 and which is in engagement with a gear 35 fastened on a drive shaft 34.
  • On the drive shaft there is fastened a pawl coupling 36 of known design.
  • the pawl coupling 36 is driven by a pinion 37 and is engaged and disengaged manually for one-shot or continuous feeding by an adjustment handle 38 attached to the switching shaft 32.
  • the letter feeding device 15 has a gear box 39 within which there is mounted a gear motor of known design which, by means of a control lever 40 and a clutch (not shown), serves to drive the feeding arrangement 16 or,
  • a setting lever 48' which is attached at a shaft 49 and which determines the setting height of the cylinder cooperating with a feed roller 50in a manner known per se.
  • a scale 51 is associated with the setting lever 48 and the height dimensions for the letters and packages to be imprinted are marked on the scale 51.
  • the combined tape feeding device 20 and the letter feeding device has bottom plates 52 to which are attached in a rotatable manner rollers 53, 54 which run advantageously on tracks 58, 59 which are included on a surface 60 ofa work table 61 on which the franking machines 1 is disposed.
  • the rod 13 is fastened by means of one of the holders 14 to the front wall of the letter feeding device 15, and the other holder 14 is fastened to the front wall 62, aligned therewith, of the tape feeding device 20.
  • the linear guide 12 which is fastened to the franking machine 1 also serves as a stop for the correct positioning to the first operating position for the tape feeding according to FIG. I, and to the second operating position for the automatic letter feeding according to F IG. 3.
  • adhesive tapes 27 may be fed, but in addition, letters or the like may also be fed in by hand in the direction of the arrow 63 (FIG. 2).
  • An entrance slot 64 on the franking machine 1 is of such dimensions that the adhesive tape 27 can be fed into the franking machine I automatically from the tape feeding device 20 by means of the conveyor belt 21 and also, letters or cards may be fed manually via the cover plate 45.
  • the letter feeding device 15 By coupling the letter feeding device 15 to the tape feeding device 20 there is obtained a self-contained, inexpensive structural unit, in which the number of important parts such as cover plates and side walls can be reduced or used for functions of the one or the other device.
  • the feeding speeds of the letters and the like fed into the automatic letter and tape feeding device 15, 20 are made somewhat smaller than their running speed through the franking machine 1 so that troublefree operation is assured.
  • the letter and tape feeding device 15, 20 can, of course, also be attached on the table surface and the franking machine 1 be moved into the two operating positions, but the embodiment described first is preferred.
  • the angles of the linear guides 12, which are fastened at the franking machine 1, are equipped, as explained hereinbefore, with guiding slots for guiding the rod 13.
  • the guiding slots 65 are open at the top, as will be seen in FIG. 2, so that by lifting the letter and tape feeding device 15, 20, the locked connection with the franking machine 1 can readily be disengaged, thereby providing a beneficial effect in rearranging the machine and in the installation.
  • the holders are provided with stops for exact positioning of the letter and tape-feeding means, in two operational positions.

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FR2581029A1 (fr) * 1985-04-24 1986-10-31 Smh Alcatel Distributeur d'etiquettes et machine a affranchir equipee de ce distributeur
US4775143A (en) * 1985-12-12 1988-10-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Deskewing device for mailing machine
US4787311A (en) * 1987-08-19 1988-11-29 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mailing machine envelope transport system
US5183526A (en) * 1991-09-26 1993-02-02 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Repair sealer accessory
US5188471A (en) * 1991-03-25 1993-02-23 Icl Personal Systems Oy Printer having document transfer device with plate-shaped stop means
US5498114A (en) * 1993-11-10 1996-03-12 Neopost Industrie Envelope feed device incorporating scales
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US6224280B1 (en) 1998-05-06 2001-05-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines
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US4005652A (en) * 1975-02-10 1977-02-01 Speedaddress, Inc. Addressing machine and variable drag drive therefore
FR2581029A1 (fr) * 1985-04-24 1986-10-31 Smh Alcatel Distributeur d'etiquettes et machine a affranchir equipee de ce distributeur
EP0202486A1 (fr) * 1985-04-24 1986-11-26 Alcatel Satmam Distributeur d'étiquettes et machine à affranchir équipée de ce distributeur
US4840696A (en) * 1985-04-24 1989-06-20 Smh Alcatel Label dispenser and a franking machine equipped with said dispenser
US4775143A (en) * 1985-12-12 1988-10-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Deskewing device for mailing machine
US4787311A (en) * 1987-08-19 1988-11-29 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mailing machine envelope transport system
US5188471A (en) * 1991-03-25 1993-02-23 Icl Personal Systems Oy Printer having document transfer device with plate-shaped stop means
US5183526A (en) * 1991-09-26 1993-02-02 Moore Business Forms, Inc. Repair sealer accessory
US5498114A (en) * 1993-11-10 1996-03-12 Neopost Industrie Envelope feed device incorporating scales
US5628504A (en) * 1994-12-15 1997-05-13 Pitney Bowes Inc. Side guide for a mail handling machine
US6224280B1 (en) 1998-05-06 2001-05-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines
US6309119B1 (en) 1998-05-06 2001-10-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines
CN115050112A (zh) * 2022-06-14 2022-09-13 杭州普思迈科技有限公司 一种竖向印刷邮资机
CN115050112B (zh) * 2022-06-14 2023-08-18 杭州普思迈科技有限公司 一种竖向印刷邮资机

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