EP0789332A2 - Dispositif pour imprimer un support d'impression debout sur un bord - Google Patents

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EP0789332A2
EP0789332A2 EP96250286A EP96250286A EP0789332A2 EP 0789332 A2 EP0789332 A2 EP 0789332A2 EP 96250286 A EP96250286 A EP 96250286A EP 96250286 A EP96250286 A EP 96250286A EP 0789332 A2 EP0789332 A2 EP 0789332A2
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Dieter Wölm
Michael Wolf
Heinz Rehberg
Michael Schmidt-Kretschmer
Christian Bartenwerfer
Frank Geserich
Wolfgang Von Inten
Wilfried Kopanski
Wolf-Alexander Krumholz
Matthias Lorenzen
Dietrich Müller
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/12—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards

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  • the invention relates to a device for printing a print carrier standing on an edge, in particular a letter in franking and / or addressing machines.
  • the print carrier is guided along a printing device and the franking or address is printed in one pass.
  • the longitudinal guide plate is provided with a recess adapted to the conveyor belt and with a rectangular recess for the ink print head, over the diagonal of which the row of nozzles of the ink print head runs.
  • the conveyor belt, the longitudinal guide plate and the ink print head are arranged above the letter.
  • the resilient pressure rollers and a pressure roller resiliently mounted in the printing area are arranged under the letter.
  • the spring travel of the pressure rollers and the pressure plate corresponds to the maximum thickness of the letters, which can vary between 2 mm and 20 mm.
  • the spring force must be sufficient for the entire weight range of the letters - approximately 20 to 1000 g - and also for the letters to lie sufficiently flat in the area of the recess for the print head.
  • a thermal print head can be moved in height and to the side in the print window arranged with which the franking imprint is carried out on the letter.
  • the size of the print window must be adapted to the maximum length and width of the print image.
  • the individual letter is moved to the print window, then stopped and pressed against the guide plate or the print window by means of a pressure plate. Only then can the printing process begin.
  • the pressure plate is driven by a motor via gear drives and a crank joint. This is a relatively large mechanical effort and the counterpressure forces to be applied for thermal printing are also large. After printing, the letter is released and transported on. It is evident that only low letter throughput rates can be achieved with this intermittent operation. The effort for the thermal print head adjustment is considerable.
  • the purpose of the invention is to simplify the transport of letters and to improve the printing technology.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for printing a print carrier standing on an edge, which ensures a perfect print image at high throughput.
  • this object is achieved by a device having the features of claim 1.
  • Continuous transport and printing are possible thanks to the use of an ink printhead. Since printing is done without contact, the contact force is sufficient for a defined position of the print head due to the inclination of the guide plate and the conveyor belt.
  • the friction on the guide plate can be kept low by a correspondingly smooth surface and / or slide rails.
  • the inventive design of the area of the guide plate following the printing area or the recess in the transport direction causes the printing medium to be exposed at this point.
  • the ink has a sufficiently long penetration time - also known as strike-off time - and thus prevents the printed image from smearing.
  • the guide plate in the area after the recess can either be continued as an open recess or be set back by a depth that is greater than the largest to be expected by mechanical shaping - for example in the plastic injection molding process using the casting mold - or by removal from the contact surface for the pressure carrier Curvature of the print medium in the printed area. In the case of the latter two variants, this is practically only a few tenths of a millimeter, but the clearance depth can be up to two millimeters in order to realize the staggered back offset.
  • the contact surface for the pressure carrier can be significantly reduced and thus also the friction.
  • the already mentioned system-free area for the printed part of the print carrier can be easily realized in that the slide rails are further apart than the print image width and are thicker than the largest curvature of the print carrier to be expected.
  • the realization of the structured part of the guide plate by means of a stainless metal insert has several advantages. This insert can then be punched and pressed out of a piece of sheet metal using a follow-on tool. Stainless metal is very easy to polish, abrasion-resistant and has good sliding properties.
  • the guide plate and the conveyor belt form an angle of 90 o .
  • the inclination of the guide plate is chosen over 90 o so that the print carrier takes a secure contact position, but the contact force is nevertheless so low that the abrasion is negligible.
  • ink print head If franking and address printing are to be carried out in one pass, this is possible with an ink print head, but it requires a corresponding adjustment device for the ink print head. If an ink print head is permanently assigned to each recess or print function, then not only is the adjustment device not necessary, but it can also be printed in different colors - for example franking imprint red and address printing black.
  • the arrangement of the incremental encoder with the drive roller connected on a common axis and the use of a conveyor belt consisting of a toothed belt ensure an accurate detection of the transport path and an accurate slip-free movement transmission.
  • the device according to the invention for printing a print carrier standing on an edge 31, in the further letter 3, essentially consists of a conveyor belt 1, a guide plate 2 arranged orthogonally to the transport plane and above this and an ink print head 4.
  • a sensor 7 is used for Start of letter detection and print triggering.
  • the conveyor belt 1 consists of a belt 10 and two rollers 11. One of the rollers 11 is the drive roller. Both rollers 11 are preferably designed as toothed rollers in a manner not shown, and accordingly the belt 10 as toothed belt. This ensures clear power transmissions.
  • the drive roller 11 is fixed with an incremental encoder 5 on an axis, likewise not visible.
  • the incremental encoder 5 is designed, for example, as a slotted disc which is illuminated by a photocell 6.
  • Guide plate 2 and conveyor belt 1 form an angle of 90 ° with one another.
  • the letters 3 standing on the conveyor belt 1 are inevitably in contact with the guide plate 2 due to the inclined position thereof.
  • the conveyor belt 1 moves, the letters 3 slide along the fixed guide plate 2.
  • a first recess 21 for the ink print head 4 and a second recess 22 for the same or a further ink print head 4 are provided in the guide plate 2.
  • the franking imprint is made through the recess 21 and the address is printed through the recess 22.
  • the guide plate 2 is set back in the transport direction downstream in the area 25 or 26 behind the recesses 21 or 22 relative to the contact surface for the letter 3 so that the printed surface is certainly exposed. In this case, the offset is produced by cranking the guide plate 2.
  • the guide plate 2 is provided with slide rails 23, 231 parallel to the transport direction in order to improve the sliding properties.
  • the guide plate 2 also has two recesses 21, 22, as in the first exemplary embodiment.
  • the recess 21 is at the level of the to be applied Franking imprint arranged.
  • the recess 22 is located at the address to be printed.
  • the ink print head 4 is arranged in the recess 21 with its nozzle surface parallel to the guide plate 2 so that the distance to the letter that is passed is approximately 1 to 2 mm.
  • the sensor 7 for detecting the start of a letter in the guide plate 2 just before the recess 21 triggers the pressure signal in cooperation with the incremental encoder 5.
  • an ink print head 4 can be fixedly arranged in each recess or only one ink print head 4 can be moved from one recess into the other. On the one hand this would save the costs for a second ink print head, but on the other hand it would require a corresponding kinematic effort.
  • the slide rails 231 are at a distance a from one another which is greater than the printed image width b.
  • the guide plate 2 is provided with an insert 20 in the main system and printing area for the letter 3.
  • the insert 20 expediently consists of a piece of rustproof metal, into which all the required structures are stamped or stamped, see FIG. 3b.
  • slide rails 203 are formed continuously over the entire length of the insert 20.
  • the opening 206 is provided for the sensor 7.
  • the area 204 in front of the recesses 201, 202, the nozzle plane 40 of the ink print head 4, and the area 205 thereafter are arranged in a staggered manner, see FIG. 3c. If corresponding deep-drawing sheet metal is used for the production of the insert 20, the implementation is unproblematic.
  • the guide plate 2 is provided with recesses 21, 22 which are open at their downstream end in the direction of transport. In a simple manner, smearing of the printed image and jamming of the letter are avoided.

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EP96250286A 1996-01-31 1996-12-09 Dispositif pour imprimer un support d'impression debout sur un bord Expired - Lifetime EP0789332B1 (fr)

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DE1996105014 DE19605014C1 (de) 1996-01-31 1996-01-31 Vorrichtung zum Bedrucken eines auf einer Kante stehenden Druckträgers
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