EP0128207B1 - Transportvorrichtung für ein Dokument - Google Patents

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EP0128207B1
EP0128207B1 EP19840900260 EP84900260A EP0128207B1 EP 0128207 B1 EP0128207 B1 EP 0128207B1 EP 19840900260 EP19840900260 EP 19840900260 EP 84900260 A EP84900260 A EP 84900260A EP 0128207 B1 EP0128207 B1 EP 0128207B1
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Richard C. Nubson
Ronald B. Howes, Jr.
Glenn R. Carney
Edward R. Gabel
Robert H. Schmidt
Leroy E. Gerlach
Michael D. Polad
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING
    • B44B5/00—Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins
    • B44B5/0004—Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins characterised by the movement of the embossing tool(s), or the movement of the work, during the embossing operation
    • B44B5/0033—Oscillating embossing tools
    • 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
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/007—Conveyor belts or like feeding devices
    • 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
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/38—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for embossing, e.g. for making matrices for stereotypes

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  • This invention relates to a document transfer mechanism for transporting a document along a transfer path, such as a plastic credit card, according to the preamble of claim 1 based on US-A-3001624.
  • Embossing systems are in widespread use. Two such systems are shown in US-E-27,809 to Drillick and US -A- 4,088,216 to LaManna et al. Both of those systems are of substantially greater mechanical complexity and size in their embossing mechanism and may, therefore, require a relatively larger amount of maintenance and power to operate.
  • a blank card is indexed along a card track past an array of punches and dies longitudinally arranged along the card track at a fixed height. Characters are embossed on one line of the card when the desired space is positioned adjacent a related die and punch pair on opposite sides of the card.
  • a pair of bail arms driven in coordinated reciprocating or oscillatory movement by eccentric arms driven by an eccentric which is in turn driven by a motor-driven drive shaft provides the embossing pressure for the punch and die elements.
  • Electromechanical interposers are utilized to couple movement of the bail arms to actuate a particular punch and die pair. A separate pair of interposers is required to be actuated and moved for each operation of a punch and die pair which results in a machine having a high degree of electromechanical complexity.
  • the accelerator means prevent the spur means from being damaged by the engaged edge of a document.
  • the single Figure is a top view of an embossing mechanism and card transport mechanism for a single module of a card embossing machine according to the present invention.
  • a frame of an embossing machine supports a pair of motors 12 and 14 which respectively drive printer embossing wheels 16 and 18.
  • the motors are DC servo motors which have modular position encoder devices mounted on one end of the motor shaft.
  • the position encoders may be conventional optical position encoders or any other encoders which produce generally triangular output waveforms as a function of an angular shaft displacement.
  • Shafts 20 and 22 respectively of motors 12 or 14 are connected by an appropriate means to printer embossing wheels 16 and 18.
  • the printwheel 16 has a plurality of embossing elements 24 disposed in a plurality of slots distributed around its circumference.
  • one of the printwheels carries die embossing elements, while the other carries the corresponding punch embossing elements in opposing positions.
  • the embossing operation is accomplished by forcing cooperative punch and die printing elements 24 together to engage both the front and back surfaces of a plastic card 34.
  • the actuation mechanism for the embossing elements is also not shown.
  • Card 34 is moved along a card track indicated by arrow 35.
  • Card 34 is moved to various positions relative to printwheel 16 and 18 by a belt 62 which has a series of projections or spurs 64 projecting outwardly therefrom as belt 62 is moved by motor 66 around pulleys 68, 70 and 72.
  • the control of motor 66 is accomplished by well known servo circuitry not specifically shown. It is necessary for motor 66 to move in steps having an angular displacement sufficient to move belt 62 one character position along the card path in the interval between each compression stroke of bail arms (not shown).
  • the card indexing circuitry is synchronized with the operation of bail arms and utilizing a suitable position sensor on a bail shaft to sense the position of the shaft to initiate the indexing and printwheel positioning steps after the bail arms open and the print elements 24 are retracted into printwheels 16 and 18.
  • Rollers 80 and 82 then drive the card into a position on the next module where a projection on the drive belt for that module will engage the trailing edge of the card and index it through that module for embossing the next line of the card.
  • Use of the accelerating drive roller combination in connection with the drive belts provides considerably longer life for the projections 64 and hence the drive belt.
  • the accelerating rollers can be conveniently driven by a belt drive from pulley 70 with the relative diameters of the rollers being selected to give a linear speed to a card in the nip of rollers 80 and 82 slightly higher than the speed of the card as belt 62 is advanced in the normal indexing mode sufficient to pull the trailing edge of card 34 away to clear projection 64 as belt 62 travels over roller 70.

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  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Conveying Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Printers Characterized By Their Purpose (AREA)

Claims (4)

  1. Dokumententransportvorrichtung zum Transport eines Dokumentes (34) entlang eines Dokumentenförderweges, insbesondere für eine Karte zum Indexieren der Karte entlang einer Kartenführung, mit einem Band (62) welches ein erstes und ein zweites Rad (68, 70) passiert, die benachbart zu dem Dokumentenförderweg (35) angebracht sind, um einen Abschnitt des Bandes (62) mit dem Dokumentenförderweg auszurichten; wenigstens einem dem Band (62) vorgelagerten Vorsprung (64), der an der hinteren Kante des auf dem Dokumentenförderweg zwischen dem ersten und zweiten Rad (68, 70) angeordneten Dokument angreift; einem Antriebsmittels (66), um das angetriebene Band (62) zu bewegen, und um das Dokument (34) von dem ersten Rad (68) zu dem zweiten Rad (70) zu schieben, gekennzeichnet durch ein Beschleunigungsmittel (80, 82), das synchron mit dem Antriebsmittel (66) angetrieben wird, an der vorderen Kante des Dokuments (34), wenn sich dieses dem zweiten Rad (70) nähert, angreift, und daß die Transportgeschwindigkeit des Dokumentes relativ zu dem Band erhöht, wodurch der Vorsprung (64) von der hinteren Kante des Dokumentes entfernt wird bevor dieser das zweite Rad (70) passiert.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, worin das Beschleunigungsmittel wenigstens ein Paar, auf beiden Seiten des Dokumentenförderweges angeordnete Führungsrollen (80, 82) umfaßt, eine Einlaufspalte an den Führungsrollen vorgesehen ist, die an der vorderen Kante des Dokumentes (34) angreift, und die Führungsrollen (80, 82) von dem Antriebsmittel (66) angetrieben werden.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, worin die Beschleunigungsrollen (80, 82) über ein Band mit einem dritten Rad verbunden sind, welches an einer Antriebswelle befestigt ist, an der das zweite Rad axial befestigt ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, worin das Antriebsmittel (66) das Band (62) und das Beschleunigungsmittel (80, 82) in Zuwachsstufen antreibt.
EP19840900260 1982-12-13 1983-12-13 Transportvorrichtung für ein Dokument Expired EP0128207B1 (de)

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US449131 1995-05-24

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