EP0062376A1 - Dispositif pour fixer les valeurs d'affranchissement d'une machine à affranchir et procédé pour faire fonctionner ce dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif pour fixer les valeurs d'affranchissement d'une machine à affranchir et procédé pour faire fonctionner ce dispositif Download PDF

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EP0062376A1
EP0062376A1 EP82200380A EP82200380A EP0062376A1 EP 0062376 A1 EP0062376 A1 EP 0062376A1 EP 82200380 A EP82200380 A EP 82200380A EP 82200380 A EP82200380 A EP 82200380A EP 0062376 A1 EP0062376 A1 EP 0062376A1
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Rudolf Grünig
Daniel Flückiger
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J7/00—Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms
    • B41J7/36—Selecting arrangements applied to type-carriers rotating during impression

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  • the invention relates to a device for automatically setting an electromechanical postage meter in accordance with the input values of an electronic input register, the postage meter having a structure corresponding to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating said device.
  • Electromechanical franking machines of today's type generally have setting levers or wheels for setting the franking values, which can be set manually in ten different latching positions corresponding to the setting values "O" to "9".
  • the setting levers or wheels are each coupled to a mechanical setting gear, which is composed of gear wheels and / or racks. Each of these gears is used to set a numerical roller in the rotor stamp to the desired value in one work step, and to actuate a display and the input mechanism of at least one balancing device for summing the franking amounts.
  • the balancing system is generally protected against unauthorized manipulation.
  • each setting gear has a rack, which with the help of four scanning detectors is scanned for its location.
  • the side of each rack facing the detectors is designed in such a way that the detectors are controlled in a code-like manner.
  • Their output signals correspond to the position or position of the rack.
  • This device certainly fulfills its purpose, but hardly seems optimal in terms of price and usability.
  • Fig. 1 shows a combined electrical and mechanical block diagram of the device.
  • the electrical active connections are represented by single-dash arrows and the mechanical active connections by double-dash arrows.
  • 11 represents an electromechanical franking machine of conventional design. It includes, among other things, at least one balancing unit 15 for adding up the accumulated franking amounts and a rotor stamp 12.
  • the latter prints the postal items to be franked, for example letters, as they pass through the franking machine 11 with a franking imprint.
  • the franking amount that was previously set when the machine 11 was set by rotating digit rollers 13 in the rotor stamp 12 appears in this.
  • the digit rolls 13 are independent of one another. They are each connected via an independent gear 16 made of gears and racks to an input device to be described later and to one of the inputs 14, for example an adjustable planetary gear, of the balancing mechanism 15.
  • the gears 16, like the numerical rollers 13 and the inputs 14, are largely identical and independent of one another.
  • FIG. 1 A total of four mutually equivalent and mutually independent units are shown in FIG. 1. As already mentioned, more or fewer units could also be present.
  • the device described below is used to drive the gear 16 of the franking machine 11 (instead of conventional, manually operated levers or setting wheels).
  • An electric motor 21 controlled by a motor controller 26 rotates a drive axle 23 via a reduction gear 22, which may include a slip clutch.
  • a separate drive group 28 is arranged on this drive axle 23, each of which comprises a clutch 29, a blocking wheel 30, for each gear 16 , a drive wheel 31 and a timing disk 32.
  • a clock generator 35 is additionally attached, which essentially consists of a clock disk and associated scanners, which emit clock signals on the lines 36 and 37, in such a way that each setting position of the digit rolls 13 has a clock signal or a pulse Line 36 corresponds.
  • the clutches 29 serve to effect and to release a non-positive connection between the drive axle 23 and the various drive groups 28.
  • the drive wheels 31, for example gearwheels, are each directly coupled to the assigned gearboxes l6.
  • the input register 42 is an electronic input register. Its number of decades 43 corresponds to the number of digit rolls 13 in the rotor stamp 12.
  • the input register 42 takes over the desired franking amounts electronically as input values. The transfer takes place either serially from a manually operated electronic keyboard 45 or in parallel from a franking determination device 41, which consists, for example, of a postal scale and an assigned computer.
  • franking amount 0165 which amount can be displayed by a visual display.
  • BCD code binary coded decimal
  • each decade 43 of the input register 42 two down counters 51 and 60 are connected via a line 52. On the basis of a command signal on a line 48, these counters take over the respective content of the assigned decade 43. Subsequently, they count downwards, namely clock signals still to be described. Each counter emits a signal when the counter is at "zero".
  • the output circuits of the down counters 51 excite electromagnetic detents 56 assigned to all counting positions other than "zero". In the "zero" position, they switch them off.
  • the detents 56 are, for example, electromagnetically actuated pawls which interact with the associated blocking wheels 30. In the de-energized state at Counting position "zero", the pawls fall into the teeth of the blocking wheels 30 and block them and the drive wheels 31 and gears 16 coupled to them.
  • the outputs of the down counter 60 are connected to the inputs of an AND logic 53, the output 55 of which is connected to the motor controller 26.
  • Another input of the AND logic 53 is connected to the output of an up counter 57, which emits a signal when the counter is at "nine".
  • the output of the clock generator 35 is connected via a line 36 to the counting inputs of all down counters 51 and of the up counter 57.
  • a line 37 connects the clock generator 35 to the motor controller 26.
  • the counting input of each down counter 60 is finally connected to the signal output of a scanner.
  • This scanner belongs to the clock disk 32, which is assigned to the down counter. Eggs through this disc generates corresponding clock signals or pulses when rotating the setting positions of the digit rollers 13.
  • the clutches 29 are designed such that they cannot block the drive axle 23 during the resetting process. Should this happen for any reason, the slip clutch in the reduction gear 22 prevents the motor 21 from blocking and thus damaging it.
  • the motor 21 runs backwards until it is ensured that all the gears 16 are completely reset and are thus in the starting position. This is reported by a signal from the clock generator 35 via the line 37 to the engine control 26. As a result, the running direction of the motor 21 is reversed. Via the drive shaft 23, the clutches 29 and the drive wheels 31, the gears 16 are now moved forward in the setting direction. At the same time, the clock generator 35 begins to output clock signals on the line 36 and the clock disks 32, depending on their movement, impulses to the associated down counters 60. As a result, all the down counters 51 and 60 count down step by step and the up counter 57 go up.
  • the pawl of the associated locking device 56 falls into the rest position. This blocks the associated blocking wheel 30 and the gear 16 coupled to it. However, this does not interrupt the rotation of the drive axle 23. Rather, the clutch 29 in question is released, as a result of which its non-positive state is reached and the rotation of the drive axle 23 is not hindered.
  • the motor 21 runs until it is ensured that the highest setting value "nine” could have been reached.
  • the up counter 57 is used, which in its count position "nine” emits a stop signal on line 54. For reasons of safety and monitoring, the stop signal is combined in AND logic 53 with the output signals of backwash counter 60.
  • the backwash counters 60 count completely in parallel with the assigned down counters 51. At the end of the setting process, they are thus on "gauze” and the stop signal from line 54 is passed on to the motor controller 26 by the AND logic 53 via line 55 , which then stops the motor 21.
  • the setting process is now complete.
  • this stop signal triggers the on or Repeat the setting process several times. If the repetitions do not lead to a correct setting either, the triggering of the printing process of the franking machine 11 is blocked and an alarm is given.
  • the clutches 29 for effecting and releasing a non-positive connection between the drive axle 23 and a drive wheel 31 in each case can be slip clutches, the holding torque of which is greater than the torques to be used to move the gear 16.
  • Fig. 2 shows in the manner of an exploded view, a further clutch, which has improved properties compared to a normal slip clutch.
  • drive axle 23 is the drive axle, which has a longitudinal groove 71.
  • drive axle 23 has two annular grooves 72 and 73, by means of which the position of group 28 on axle 23 is determined.
  • 76 is a first locking ring which is inserted into the annular groove 72.
  • a coil spring 77 is placed on the drive shaft 23, which keeps the clutch under tension in the assembled state.
  • a drive plate 79 which has a nose 80 in its bore, with which the plate 79 is held in the longitudinal groove 71 of the drive shaft 23 in an angle-stable manner.
  • 81 and 82 are two cams which are arranged radially opposite one another on one side of the disk 79.
  • each cam has on one side a ramp 83 indicated in black.
  • each cam has a sharp edge 84. This is illustrated in FIG. 2a by means of a view through the driving disk 79 along a section indicated by the arrow A.
  • the drive plate 85 is a drive plate ' which is rigidly connected to the drive wheel 31, as well as the blocking wheel 30 and the timing disk 32, which are hidden by the drive wheel 31 in the exploded view.
  • This connection consists, for example, in that the drive plate 85 made of metal has a nose on its outer edge, with which it is inserted in a recess of the drive wheel 31 made, for example, of plastic and secured against rotation.
  • 2b shows the drive plate 85 and the rigidly connected elements 31, 30 and 32 in section, wherein they and the drive plate 79 have the same axis line 86.
  • the drive plate 85 has depressions 87 and 88, which are modeled on the cams 81 and 82 of the drive plate 79 in a bas-relief manner and interact with these cams.
  • the last part of the coupling again consists of a locking ring 90 which is inserted into the annular groove 73 after the spring 77 has previously been compressed.
  • the co-spring washer 79 and the driving washer 85 are pressed against one another by the helical spring 77.
  • the cams 81 and 82 lie in the mutually assigned recesses 37 and 88, as a result of which there is a latching connection which is non-positive in one direction of rotation due to the edges 84 of the cams 81, 82 and the recesses 87, 88.
  • the positive connection is weaker due to the ramps 83. Therefore, if the driving disk 85 is blocked in this forward direction of rotation by means of the blocking wheel 30 connected thereto, while the driving disk 79 continues to rotate, the ramps 83 slide against one another, the coil spring 77 is compressed somewhat more and the locking connection of the disks 79 and 85 is released.
  • the cams 81 and 82 slide with a relatively low frictional force on the drive plate 85. This state corresponds to the non-positive connection.
  • stops can be provided on the drive groups 28, which limit the rotation of the drive group in both directions of rotation and serve, for example, to absorb the forces which occur when the slip clutch slips.

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CH231181A CH667743A5 (de) 1981-04-06 1981-04-06 Vorrichtung zum einstellen einer frankiermaschine und verfahren zum betreiben der vorrichtung.
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WO1987003983A1 (fr) * 1985-12-20 1987-07-02 Hasler Ag Dispositif de mise a la date du timbre a date d'une machine a affranchir
US5654614A (en) * 1995-04-14 1997-08-05 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Single-motor setting and printing postage meter
US5668973A (en) * 1995-04-14 1997-09-16 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Protection system for critical memory information
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US5706727A (en) * 1995-03-14 1998-01-13 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with improved paper path
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US5746133A (en) * 1995-05-22 1998-05-05 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with rotor movement and die cover sensor
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US4164181A (en) * 1974-05-09 1979-08-14 Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha Printer
US4074574A (en) * 1976-03-23 1978-02-21 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Postage meter conversion apparatus
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WO1987003983A1 (fr) * 1985-12-20 1987-07-02 Hasler Ag Dispositif de mise a la date du timbre a date d'une machine a affranchir
US6176178B1 (en) 1995-03-07 2001-01-23 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Tamper-resistant postage meter
US5706727A (en) * 1995-03-14 1998-01-13 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with improved paper path
US5654614A (en) * 1995-04-14 1997-08-05 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Single-motor setting and printing postage meter
EP0737943A3 (fr) * 1995-04-14 1997-08-13 Ascom Hasler Mailing Sys Ag Machine à affranchir avec un seul moteur de positionnement et d'impression
US5668973A (en) * 1995-04-14 1997-09-16 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Protection system for critical memory information
US5719381A (en) * 1995-04-14 1998-02-17 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with hollow rotor axle
US5746133A (en) * 1995-05-22 1998-05-05 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with rotor movement and die cover sensor
US5689098A (en) * 1995-05-26 1997-11-18 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Postage meter with improved postal lock

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