EP0431103B1 - Unité de rotor pour machine à affranchir - Google Patents

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EP0431103B1
EP0431103B1 EP90908455A EP90908455A EP0431103B1 EP 0431103 B1 EP0431103 B1 EP 0431103B1 EP 90908455 A EP90908455 A EP 90908455A EP 90908455 A EP90908455 A EP 90908455A EP 0431103 B1 EP0431103 B1 EP 0431103B1
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Johann LINDENMÜLLER
Alois Wagner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/02—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface
    • B41K3/12—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact
    • B41K3/121—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact using stamping rollers having changeable characters
    • B41K3/125—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located above article-supporting surface with curved stamping surface for stamping by rolling contact using stamping rollers having changeable characters having automatic means for changing type-characters
    • 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
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a rotor unit for a franking machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating this rotor unit.
  • Franking machines are on the market in various variations. As a standard, these machines have a pressure rotor with a postage stamp on its cylindrical surface. The digits of this stamp are adjustable and are set by the user according to the required postage amount. Coupled with the postage value stamp is a counter or a franking amount memory in which all franking or postage amounts are added up in such a way that they can be settled with the authorizing postal authority. On the cylinder surface of the printing rotor, a location and date stamp, an advertising stamp and possibly further stamps are arranged and can be used optionally.
  • the printing rotor rolls on the mail item to be franked with one complete revolution, e.g. a letter and prints the various stamps one after the other.
  • a franking machine is described, for example, in Hasler Mitteilungen 37 (April 1978), number 1, pages 1-7 (R. Grünig: the Hasler Mailmaster franking machine).
  • the postage value stamp has generally been set using toothed racks which are displaceably mounted in the shaft of the pressure rotor in the longitudinal direction of this shaft and which form part of an operative connection between the value stamp and the franking amount memory.
  • the patent specification CH 160 586 is mentioned for this purpose.
  • a newer franking machine is known from US Pat. No. 4,702,164, in which the postage amounts are set without the aid of toothed racks of the type mentioned.
  • This franking machine has a pressure rotor which is rotatably mounted on its shaft.
  • the pressure rotor and the adjusting means present in it can be connected in three different ways. This allows three different modes of operation to be set. In the mode of operation "set digits" (value select, digit select), with the rotor stationary, one printing wheel is rotated into a desired setting position and a digit to be printed is hereby set.
  • the shafts of all the franking machines mentioned form relatively complicated and therefore expensive parts which can usually only be produced by machining. It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a franking machine in which the shaft of the pressure rotor is constructed more simply. Furthermore, the entire other structure should be able to be produced with less effort and therefore cheaper.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a stamp impression of a franking machine.
  • a four-digit amount is given in the value stamp 11, in the example the number 0475 with the meaning "postage amount 4 guilders 75 cents”.
  • To the left is a second round stamp 13, which contains a location on the edge and a date 14 on the inside.
  • the third is a text 15, which is contained on an exchangeable cliché and has no postal meaning.
  • FIG. 2 shows a rough block diagram of a franking machine 19.
  • This comprises a keyboard and display unit 20, a controller 22, a franking amount memory 24, a rotor unit 25 and a transport unit 28.
  • the postage amount is processed beforehand via the keyboard and display unit 20. eg 4 guilders entered 75 cents.
  • the controller 22 ensures that this postage amount is set correctly in the rotor.
  • the controller also controls the transport of the mail item to be franked, for example a letter to the rotor, which rolls on the mail item passing by and thereby prints the postage amount on it.
  • the franking process and the franking value or postage amount used are stored in the franking amount memory 24 and displayed on the display.
  • Postage amount can also be entered automatically, for example through a connected postal scale with postage calculator.
  • the franking amount storage unit 24 and rotor unit 25 form a particularly secure combination which ensures that each franking value can also be billed to the licensing authority, in particular the national postal authority. This is indicated by a border 23.
  • FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the rotor unit 25, which is composed of electrical and mechanical parts.
  • the electrical active connections are represented by single arrows and the mechanical active connections by double arrows.
  • the rotor unit 25 comprises the actual rotor 26 and units arranged outside this rotor 26.
  • the rotor 26 comprises a shaft 31 which is rotatably mounted on one side and to which a rotor cylinder 33 is flanged centrally.
  • the latter has a considerably larger diameter than the shaft 31 and carries various punches 35 to 38 in its interior. These punches are arranged such that they form part of the cylindrical surface of the rotor cylinder 33 with their curved pressure regions 35 'to 38'.
  • the stamp 35 is a postage value stamp with, for example, four-digit decimal information on the postage amount. This stamp is mandatory for every franking machine.
  • the next stamp is a location and date stamp 36 with an adjustable date value.
  • the third stamp is a collapsible and exchangeable advertising stamp 37 with no postal meaning and the fourth stamp is a postal identification stamp 38 for specifying the shipping method, for example "registered mail".
  • the stamps 37 and 38 are purely optional and their use is at the discretion of the franking machine user. Additional stamps are, provided there is sufficient space in the rotor cylinder 33, without further ado conceivable.
  • An adjustment element 45 to 48 is assigned to each punch 35 to 38.
  • These setting elements are either gear wheels which are in engagement with the pressure elements of the stamps 35 to 38 (e.g. the number wheels of the value stamp 35) or toothed levers, with the aid of which e.g. the advertising stamp 37 can be lowered or raised.
  • Each of the setting elements 45 to 48 has an engagement area 55 to 58. These areas lie on a common circle, the center 54 of which does not necessarily lie on the geometric axis 34 of the rotor cylinder 33.
  • a small drive motor 62 is arranged in the rotor cylinder 33, a clutch arrangement 64, a gear element 66 and a bearing element 68 for this gear element 66.
  • the motor 62 drives the gear element 66 or its bearing element 68 via the clutch arrangement 64.
  • the latter is designed, for example, as a disk which is rotatably mounted in the center 54 of the circle 53.
  • the motor 62 is supplied with current via contacts 61.
  • the following elements of the rotor unit 25 are arranged outside the rotor 26: a further drive motor 72 with an associated control 73 for driving the rotor 26, a further control 75, a current source 77, a control switch 79, a setting sensor 81 and a rotation sensor 83. These latter units are used to control the drive motor 62 and to control and monitor the setting processes in the rotor 26.
  • FIG. 4 shows, as an example of a first specific embodiment, an exploded view of a part of the components of the rotor 26 shown schematically in FIG. 3.
  • the cylindrical drive motor 62 carries a pinion 163 in the form of a spur gear on its output shaft 63.
  • first double gear 165 which comprises a spur gear 166 and a bevel gear 167.
  • This double gear 165 is rigidly attached to a shaft 170.
  • the first double gear 165 is in mesh with its bevel gear 167 with a second double gear 175, which is preferably the same as the first (165).
  • This second double gear 175 is in engagement with an intermediate gear 179 via its spur gear and in turn with a number gear 180.
  • the second double gear 175 is mounted in a slot or sack-shaped section of a disk 185 transversely to the axis 170 such that its spur gear extends straight to the edge 186 of the disk.
  • the edge 186 of this disc 185 is chamfered in a wedge shape corresponding to the shape of the teeth of the spur gear of the second double gear 175. the edge 186 forms a practically closed circle together with the tooth.
  • the disc 185 is rigidly held at one end of a hollow shaft 188.
  • a bearing plate 193 is arranged, also rigid.
  • a free-wheel bearing 171, in which the shaft 170 is mounted, is arranged in the bearing plate 193. This type of storage and assembly ensures that the first double gear 165 can only be rotated in a single direction of rotation.
  • the hollow shaft 188 is finally rotatably supported on a rigid axis 190.
  • Fig. 5 shows a completed assembly drawing of the rotor 26 in the central longitudinal section.
  • the rotor cylinder 33 is flanged to the bearing shaft 31 arranged on one side via a bearing area 32.
  • This storage area has an average diameter and is rotatably supported in an external bearing 132. It holds in its interior the drive motor 62, to which a reduction gear 62 'and the drive shaft 63 are flanged.
  • the motor 62 drives in its one direction of rotation a via the pinion 163 the two double gears 165 and 175, the intermediate gear 179 and the number gear 180.
  • the first double gear 165 is blocked by the freewheel bearing 171.
  • the pinion 163 takes with it the disk 185, the bearing plate 193 and the parts mounted thereon. This means that in the second direction of rotation b, in particular the disk 185 is set in rotation about the axis 190.
  • the units described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 can be assembled from the front side 133 of the rotor cylinder 33 and are held by an end bearing element 134.
  • Ball detent elements 136 between the bearing element 134 and the bearing plate 193 ensure that the disk 185 can be stopped at the correct angle in predetermined angular positions.
  • the disc 185 is arranged so that it engages with its beveled edge between two teeth of the intermediate gear 179. Further and at the same time, it must engage the wheels and the toothed levers, which represent the engagement areas 55 to 58 of the adjusting elements 45 to 48 (FIG. 3).
  • FIG. 6 shows a second assembly drawing in cross-section through the rotor cylinder 33 approximately in the plane of the disk 185.
  • the disk 185 is mounted centrally and engages with its bevelled edge 186 in the engagement areas of the adjusting elements 45 to 48 arranged in a circle around the disk 185 .
  • Five digit wheels 180 of the postage stamp 35 may be mentioned as the first setting elements. The middle of these wheels 180 is currently in engagement with the second double gear 175 via its associated idler gear.
  • the date stamp 36 with five are further setting elements adjustable date dials 181, the lowerable advertising stamp 37 and the postal code stamp 38.
  • the numbered wheels 180 of the postage stamp 35 lie with their black pressure areas on the outer circumference of the rotor cylinder 33. Since their own size is uniform, storage on a common, linear axis (as shown in FIG. 6) is not possible. Rather, this axis must either be curved or have a step that corresponds to the required curvature. It must also be ensured that the engagement areas of the number wheels 180 interact with the outer circle or edge 186 of the disk 185. This can be achieved by helical teeth. The same naturally also applies to the number wheels 181 of the date stamp 36.
  • the disc 185 rotates clockwise and engages the second double gear 175 with the idler gear 179 of the first digit wheel 180 of the postage stamp 35, which is responsible for the lowest value.
  • the drive motor 62 reverses its direction of travel.
  • the freewheel bearing 171 is released and the disc 185 is positioned exactly by the spring force of the ball locking element 136.
  • the drive motor 62 now rotates in its first direction of rotation a, takes the two double gears 165, 175 with it and sets the number wheel 180 into its position 5 corresponding to the value 5 cents via the intermediate gear 179.
  • the second double gear 175 is brought into engagement with the idler gear 179 of the second number wheel 180 of the postage and value stamp 35 and this number wheel is brought into its position 7 in the first motor direction of rotation a in accordance with the Worth 70 cents.
  • the second double gear 175 is brought into engagement with the intermediate gear 179 of the third number wheel 180 of the postage stamp 35 and this number wheel is brought into its position 4 in the reverse direction of rotation a, corresponding to the value 4 guilders .
  • the rotation sensor 83 monitors the rotation of the motor 62 in both its directions of rotation a and b.
  • the setting sensor 81 monitors the setting and the finally reached setting position of the number wheels 180 in parallel. The monitoring results are constantly reported back to the controller 75, so that the latter is constantly informed about the execution of its control commands.
  • the set postage amount appears on the display of the keyboard and display unit 20 of the franking machine. This enables the user to carry out a visual inspection. This also signals that franking can now take place, for example by inserting the letter to be franked into the franking machine 19 becomes.
  • the pressure areas 35 'to 38' of the stamp 35 to 38 are inked and transfer the color as a stamp roll on the letter.
  • the set amount of 4 guilders 75 cents is registered in the franking amount memory 24 as used up.
  • next letter can be franked immediately with the same postage amount by a further start command to the rotor control 73. If, on the other hand, a different postage amount is to be used, then the number wheels 180 of the postage stamp 35 must be reset in accordance with this amount, analogously to the setting described.
  • the corresponding input is also made in this case via the keyboard of the unit 20 and the control 75 controls the disk 185 and the number wheels 181 in the assigned angular positions analogously to the described process when entering the postage.
  • the drive motor 62 rotates alternately in its two directions of rotation b and a and thus brings the disc 185 into the desired angular position and thus the double gearwheel 175 in engagement with the associated setting element 48 or 47.
  • the second double gear 175 can also be referred to as a coupling wheel.
  • the controller 75 is preferably designed such that it permanently stores the information contained therein. In particular, the information is not lost when the franking machine 19 is switched off. As constantly changing information, the control 75 has data in a suitable form about the respective angular position of the disk 185 and all the number wheels 180, 181 and the position of the advertising stamp 38 and the other stamp 37. As one-time stored data it has e.g. Information on the number of revolutions of the drive shaft 63 required from each position to every other position.
  • the rotation sensor 83 is e.g. formed as a clock disc 110, which is mechanically coupled to the drive motor 62 via an intermediate wheel 111 (FIG. 5).
  • a U-shaped light barrier 112 scans the timing disk 110 in such a way that not only the number of revolutions of the drive shaft 63 is determined, but also the respective direction of rotation a, b.
  • the setting sensor 81 also works without contact, in particular magnetically.
  • the number wheels 180 of the stamp 35 are magnetically coded; at least the zero position is magnetically marked.
  • the control switch 79 is a semiconductor switch which allows the forward and return of the drive motor 62 to be switched. If the motor 62 is a direct current motor, this means the polarity reversal of the current direction. If the motor 62 is a stepper motor, the control switch 79 forms a more complicated, but known motor control circuit.
  • the clutch arrangement 64 has been described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 as a device with a (single) freewheel bearing 171. This is a first embodiment. However, the clutch arrangement can also be designed as a self-switching change gear or the like.
  • FIG. 7 shows a variant of FIG. 5 with two freewheel bearings 172, 173, which is suitable for production using plastic injection molding technology.
  • a rotationally symmetrical carrier part 192 which comprises the disk 185 in the form of a collar.
  • the carrier part 192 On the side facing the storage area 32, the carrier part 192 has a (second) carrier plate 194.
  • the two double gears 165 and 175 are arranged on the carrier part 192, the former being supported on an axle bolt 168 which is pressed into the carrier plate 194.
  • the carrier part 192 is mounted on the two freewheel bearings 172 and 173, one of which is blocked in the clockwise direction and the other in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the bearing 172 is attached to the drive shaft 63, which comes from the reduction gear 62 'and carries the pinion 163.
  • the other freewheel bearing 173 is arranged between a journal shaft 191 of the carrier part 192 and a bearing area of the rotor cylinder 33.
  • the carrier part 192 is thus mounted on both sides and, depending on the direction of rotation b, a of the drive shaft 63, is connected at an angle to either this (63) or the rotor cylinder 33.
  • the disc 185 thus forms a very elegant solution for the third means mentioned.
  • a cup-shaped element with a cylindrical or conical wall or another, circularly symmetrical variant can be used instead of a flat disk.
  • the drive shaft 63 is part of the reduction gear 62 'arranged in the interior of the rotor cylinder 33' according to Figures 4 and 5, which is flanged directly to the drive motor 62. It 63 lies further in the geometric axis 34 of the rotor cylinder 33.
  • the shaft 63 is axially and rotatably guided out of the rotor cylinder 33 and with the drive motor 62 or the reduction gear 62 'arranged fixedly outside the rotor 33' via an electrically actuated clutch 91, e.g. a magnetic coupling, detachably connected.
  • the clutch 91 thus connects the drive shaft 63 to the motor 62 only when an adjustment is to be made.
  • the clutch is released, in particular when the rotor cylinder 33 rotates.
  • a major disadvantage of this variant is that a control logic 92 must be provided to control the clutch 91, which means an effort that should not be neglected. It is advantageous that the motor 62 is not operated via sliding contacts 61 (FIGS. 3 and 5).
  • the mentioned disadvantage can be overcome according to FIG. 9 very simply in that the motor 62 and the associated reduction gear 62 'are separated.
  • the Reduction gear 62 ' is arranged inside the rotor cylinder 33 so that it is rigidly connected to this.
  • the drive motor 62 on the other hand, is placed stationary outside the rotor cylinder 33.
  • the connecting shaft 60 is mounted in a bearing 70 centrally in the rotor cylinder 33.
  • the motor rotor 69 rotates to set the punches 35 to 38 as described with the rotor cylinder 33 at a standstill alternately in both directions of rotation a, b and drives the gearwheels of the reduction gear 62 'via its shaft 60' and finally the shaft 63 and the other adjusting means. If, on the other hand, the rotor cylinder 33 rotates for the purpose of stamp impressions, these setting means are blocked as described, e.g. by the ball locking elements 136. This blocking also acts on the gears of the reduction gear 62 'and the motor rotor 69. This therefore rotates together with the rotor cylinder 33 with respect to the fixed motor stator 65, and exactly once around itself. This is for the motor 62nd a very slow turn that is completely unproblematic. The electrical voltage induced in the motor stator 65 during this rotation can easily be electrically destroyed, e.g. via a resistor short-circuited with the motor winding.
  • the dividing line between the parts of the rotor unit 25 rotating with the rotor cylinder 33 and their stationary parts runs between the motor rotor 69 and the motor stator 65 of the drive motor 62. This is a very advantageous separation line, of course.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 further show that the rotor cylinder 33 is supported on two sides by means of two axes 93, 94 in two U-shaped support legs 95, 96.
  • the area under the rotor cylinder 33 remains free as before for the passage of the letters to be franked.
  • the double-sided mounting can have considerable structural advantages over the previously customary single-sided mounting.
  • the rotor unit 25 allows a considerable number of further variants. The following are mentioned:
  • the drive shaft 63 can be arranged centrally to the rotor axis 34, parallel to this or in any other direction.
  • point contacts 61 or ring contacts can be used to feed a drive motor 62 arranged in the interior of the rotor cylinder 33 (FIGS. 3 and 5). These can be arranged orthogonally to the rotor axis 34 or parallel to it. In the latter case, there are contacts arranged at the end, which e.g. can be designed as wear-free mercury contacts.
  • the rotor unit 25 can be formed both in metal and using plastics.
  • the stamps 35 to 38 are set serially in several steps, which are continuously monitored. Either each setting process can generally start from a predetermined zero position. This requires a return to this zero position after each setting process. Or each setting process begins with the final state of the previous setting, which requires permanent knowledge of this particular position.
  • the rotor unit 25 thus forms a very progressive and advantageous solution for a well-known design group of franking machines. It is inexpensive to manufacture and enables easier operation of the franking machine.

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Une unité de rotor comprend un cylindre rotorique (33) assujetti à un arbre (31) et monté de manière rotative sur un palier extérieur (132). Un électroréducteur (62, 62') agencé à l'intérieur de l'unité entraîne au moyen de son arbre mené (63) et d'un pignon (163) une première roue dentée double (165) dans les deux sens de rotation (a, b). La roue dentée double (165) est montée sur un disque (185) et sur une plaque d'appui (193) dans un palier à roue libre (171) et est prise avec une deuxième roue dentée double (175). Dans un sens de rotation (b), le palier à roue libre (171) bloque la roue dentée (165), de sorte que celle-ci soit rigidement entraînée avec le disque (185) par le pignon (163). La deuxième roue dentée double (175) s'engrène ainsi sériellement dans une roue intermédiaire (179), cet engrènement étant positionné avec précision au moyen d'un loqueteau à bille (136). Dans l'autre sens de rotation (1), l'électroréducteur (62) fait tourner au moyen desdites roues une roue à chiffre (180) et règle ainsi par exemple un chiffre du tampon d'affranchissement de la machine. On peut ainsi ajuster automatiquement tous les chiffres du tampon d'affranchissement, du tampon de la date et d'autres tampons, par la mise en rotation dans les deux sens de rotation (a, b) alternativement. L'électroréducteur (62) reçoit des ordres d'une unité de commande agencée à l'extérieur du cylindre rotorique (33) au moyen de contacts à frottement (61).

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  1. Ensemble rotor (25) pour une machine à affranchir (19),
    - avec un rotor cylindrique (33) monté mobile en rotation,
    - avec au moins un cachet (35, 38) disposé sur le rotor cylindrique (33), auquel sont associées plusieurs roues avec des chiffres (180, 181),
    - avec des éléments de réglage, qui peuvent être accouplés mécaniquement avec les roues à chiffres (180,181) et par l'intermédiaire desquels a lieu le réglage de ces roues (180,181) en correspondance des exigences respectives,
    - avec un moteur d'entraînement (63) qui est mobile en rotation dans les deux sens (a, b) et qui agit de concert avec les éléments de réglage,
    - avec un moteur d'entraînement (62), qui commande l'arbre d'entraînement directement ou par l'intermédiaire d'un démultiplicateur (62′) et,
    - avec des moyens de blocage (185), qui bloquent toutes les roues à chiffres (180, 181) dans leur position respective, dont la position n'est pas précisément modifiée,
    caractérisé en ce que des moyens de connexion (171, 173 170, 63, 191, 175) sont prévus, qui agissent en fonction du sens de rotation (a, b) de l'arbre d'entraînement (63), en ce que dans le cas d'un des sens de rotation (b) cet arbre d'entraînement peut être accouplé avec une roue à chiffres quelconque (180, 181) et dans le cas de l'autre sens de rotation (a) une roue à chiffres (180, 181) peut être amenée dans une position de réglage quelconque.
  2. Ensemble rotor selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de connexion comportent au moins un palier à roue libre (171, 173) et un arbre monté dans celui-ci (170, 63, 191) de manière que chaque roulement à roue libre (171, 173) se bloque fixement avec l'arbre monté en lui (170, 63, 191), lorsque cet arbre tourne dans un sens de rotation respectivement préétabli.
  3. Elément rotor selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un palier à roue libre unique (171) est prévu, et en ce que des éléments d'arrêt sont prévus, dont des positions de blocage sont coordonnées à ceux-ci dans lesquelles l'arbre d'entraînement (63) est accouplé à une roue à chiffres (180, 181).
  4. Elément rotor selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que deux paliers à roue libre (172, 173) sont prévus, parmi lesquels l'un (172) bloque dans l'un des sens de rotation (b) et l'autre (173) dans l'autre sens de rotation (a) de l'arbre d'entraînement (63), avec l'arbre d'entraînement respectivement associé (63, 191).
  5. Elément rotor selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que comme moyen de blocage est prévu un disque monté mobile en rotation, en ce que les moyens de connexion comprennent une roue dentée (175), qui est placée sur le disque (185); de façon à compléter respectivement par une de ses dents frontales une partie du bord du disque (186), en ce que des roues intermédiaire sont prévues, qui sont en prise avec les roues à chiffres (180, 181) et qui sont placées en forme circulaire, de façon que le bord (186) du disque (185) et la dent frontale correspondante engrènent ensemble pour chacune des roues à chiffres (180, 181) entre deux dents respectives.
  6. Ensemble rotor selon les revendications 3 et 5, caractérisé en ce qu'une plaque d'appui (193) est prévue, qui est disposée parallèlement au disque (185) et est liée rigidement à celui-ci, et en ce que le palier à roue libre (171) est disposé sur cette plaque d'appui (193) (figure 5).
  7. Ensemble rotor selon les revendications 4 et 5, caractérisé en ce qu'une pièce support (192) mobile en rotation est prévue, qui comprend intégré le disque (185) et en ce que la pièce support (192) est montée dans les deux paliers à roue libre (172, 173) (figure 7).
  8. Elément rotor selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que comme moteur d'entraînement (62) est prévu, un moteur qui commandé par une régulation associée (75, 79) peut au choix se mouvoir dans les deux sens de rotation.
  9. Elément rotor selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le moteur d'entraînement (62) et un démultiplicateur (62′) associé est disposé à l'intérieur du rotor cylindrique (33) et sont reliés à celui-ci (33) et en ce que l'arbre d'entraînement (63) est l'arbre de sortie du démultiplicateur (62′) (figure 5).
  10. Elément rotor selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le moteur d'entraînement (62) et un démultiplicateur (62′) associé sont disposés en dehors du rotor cylindrique (33) et sont fixes, en ce que l'arbre d'entraînement (63) est centré sur l'axe du rotor cylindrique (33) et traverse la paroi de celui-ci, et en ce qu'un accouplement (91) commandable est prévu qui est disposé entre le mécanisme (62′) et l'arbre d'entraînement (63) (figure 8).
  11. Elément rotor selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le moteur d'entraînement (62) en dehors du rotor cylindrique (33) est disposé fixe en position, en ce qu'un démultiplicateur (62′) associé est disposé à l'intérieur du rotor cylindrique (33) et est relié à celui-ci et en ce qu'un arbre de connexion (60) est prévu, qui est centré sur l'axe du rotor cylindrique (33) et traverse la paroi de celui-ci et qui relie le rotor (69) du moteur d'entraînement (62) au démultiplicateur (62′).
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