EP0901108A2 - Machine à affranchir - Google Patents

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EP0901108A2
EP0901108A2 EP98250280A EP98250280A EP0901108A2 EP 0901108 A2 EP0901108 A2 EP 0901108A2 EP 98250280 A EP98250280 A EP 98250280A EP 98250280 A EP98250280 A EP 98250280A EP 0901108 A2 EP0901108 A2 EP 0901108A2
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    • 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
    • B41J13/0009—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 control of the transport of the copy material
    • B41J13/0027—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 control of the transport of the copy material in the printing section of automatic paper handling systems
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring 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
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00669—Sensing the position of mailpieces

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  • the invention relates to a franking machine, according to the in the preamble of claim 1 specified type, which with a path control and is equipped with means for at least detecting a paper jam.
  • franking machines for franking the mail items can be used particularly effectively. Unlike other printers a franking machine is suitable for processing filled Envelopes, possibly of very different types Format. If the word letter, piece of mail or Print media is used, this of course includes all types of envelopes or other record carriers.
  • a record carrier can be made of postal items, index cards, labels or self-adhesive strips Paper or similar material can be used.
  • the franking machine T1000 has the Applicant from a thermal printing unit. With this it is principally possible, any texts and special characters in the franking stamp printing area to print.
  • the term transfer franking machine known from US 4,746,234 has a microprocessor and is from one secured housing, which has an opening for feeding of a letter, the position and movement only indirect can be determined.
  • a mechanical letter sensor (microswitch) transmits a pressure request signal to the microprocessor relating to a Information about the position of the letter when it was delivered. The disadvantage is the high adjustment effort for triggering the microswitch.
  • the microprocessor then controls the drive motors and a thermal transfer print head.
  • An encoder transmits one from the thermal transfer ribbon transport derived signal to the microprocessor as Information about the letter transport movement.
  • EP 189 268 B1 describes a receiving device for ribbon cassettes known.
  • the side wall of the cassette has an opening through which a roll can come to rest against the ribbon, to receive the driving force from it or towards a friction roller transmitted, which is coupled to an encoder disc.
  • the Ribbon speed corresponds approximately to that of the printed material, which is transported between the ribbon and the counter pressure roller. At a slip between letter transport and thermal transfer ribbon transport the derived signal is no longer correct what that Print image appearance is affected accordingly.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a controller avoids the problems that occur especially with large print volumes from different mail (mixed mail) from high printing speeds result.
  • An emerging mail jam should also be sent to mixed mail recognized in time and avoided if possible.
  • the stamp offset should be independent of the printing speed and without adjustment effort be adjustable.
  • the franking machine is equipped with a path control and with means for preventing a paper jam.
  • a control device of the franking machine includes a microprocessor to which an encoder and a pressure sensor are connected, the latter being arranged in a guide plate lying upstream of the print head directly in front of the print head.
  • the pressure sensor provides a signal for the start of printing and is used to identify the start of a letter.
  • the connected encoder takes the letter speed in the transport direction into account in the calculation, so that the path that was covered by the letter is exactly determined.
  • the start of printing is always exactly detected by the pressure sensor designed as a transmitted light barrier. Because of the exact distance measurement, no adjustment effort is necessary. In connection with the exact path measurement, any stamp offset can therefore be implemented exactly.
  • a preparation sensor is arranged at a distance from the pressure sensor upstream in the guide plate, so that the two sensors are spaced apart from one another in the transport direction in a predetermined manner, a first belt travel path being determined by a defined letter.
  • the preparation sensor is thus further away from the print head than the pressure sensor.
  • a letter is first passed through its position.
  • the preparation sensor therefore supplies the microprocessor with a first signal before the second signal for the start of printing.
  • the letter length for each letter that is fed in can thus be calculated from the sensor signals, which is then checked to determine whether it is still within a predetermined valid range.
  • a paper jam in the above-described franking machine for the microprocessor can be determined in that a letter covers at least one of the above sensors for a predetermined belt travel path of the conveyor belt.
  • the microprocessor forms a tape counter together with a memory, which is updated on the basis of the signals supplied by the encoder, so that an exact path measurement of the tape travel path is made possible.
  • the microprocessor is programmed to determine a paper jam, a valid letter format or an error on the basis of the preparation and pressure sensor queries and the determination of the belt travel path and to carry out the pressure control precisely with path control.
  • FIG. 1 shows details of the printing device according to the invention for Printing a letter envelope 3 standing on an edge 31 consists essentially of a conveyor belt 10, an orthogonal to the transport level (XZ level) and one above this in the XY level arranged guide plate 2 and an ink print head 4.
  • the Envelope 3 is turned and rotated so that it is with its surface bears against the guide rails 23 of the guide plate 2.
  • Guide plate 2 and conveyor belt 10 form an angle with one another of 90 °.
  • the envelope 3 standing on the conveyor belt 10 are located inevitably on the guide plate 2 due to the inclined position thereof and are also pressed by pressure elements 12, which on the conveyor belt 10 are attached.
  • the conveyor belt moves 10 the letters 3 slide entrained through the pressure elements 12 on the guide rails 23 of the fixed guide plate 2 along.
  • An extension 12132 of the pressing elements 12 slides on one Backdrop with deflections 81 and 82, respectively, which press or Enables you to release the envelope before or after printing.
  • In the guide plate 2 is a recess 21 for the ink print head 4 intended.
  • the guide plate 2 is downstream in the transport direction in the area 25 behind the recesses 21 opposite the contact surface for letter 3 set back so far that the printed area with Security is free.
  • the sensors arranged in the guide plate 2 17 and 7 are used for preparation and recognition of the beginning of letters and Pressure release in the direction of transport.
  • the transport device exists from a conveyor belt 10 and two rollers 11.
  • rollers 11 the drive roller equipped with a motor 15. Both rollers 11 are preferably in a manner not shown as toothed rollers executed, correspondingly also the conveyor belt 10 as a toothed belt, which ensures the unique power transmission.
  • An encoder 5, 6 is with the Drive roller 11 coupled.
  • the drive roller 11 is preferably seated an incremental encoder 5 fixed on an axis, also not visible.
  • the incremental encoder 5 is designed, for example, as a slotted disc, which works together with a light barrier 6.
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram for controlling the printing device 20 with a control device 1.
  • the control device 1 comprises a microprocessor 91 and memory means 92, 93, 94 known per se and date circuit 95, a keyboard 88 and a display unit 89 and an application-specific circuit ASIC, which is an interface circuit 97 and communicates with the microprocessor 91.
  • the ASIC of the control device 1 also has the Interface circuit 96 to that located in the machine base Interface circuit 14 and delivers at least one connection the sensors 6, 7, 17 and to the actuators, for example to the drive motor 15 for the roller 11 and to a cleaning and sealing station RDS for the inkjet printhead 4, and the inkjet printhead 4 Machine base.
  • the basic arrangement and the interaction between the ink jet printhead and the RDS are the unpublished ones German application 197 26 642.8 removable, with the Title: Arrangement for positioning an inkjet print head and a cleaning and sealing device.
  • the pressure sensor 7 is designed as a transmitted light barrier.
  • a transmission diode is the transmitted light barrier of the Pressure sensor 7 in the guide plate 2 and at a distance therefrom, accordingly the maximum thickness (in the Z direction) of the mail pieces (letters), one Receiving diode of the transmitted light barrier arranged.
  • the Receiving diode attached to a support plate 8 on the backdrop.
  • Guide plate 2 and transmitter diode on the carrier plate 8. With this the beginning of the letter is always the same as for thick letters (Edge) detected exactly.
  • the pressure sensor 7 supplies the start signal for the Path control between this sensor 7 and the first ink jet print head nozzle.
  • the pressure control is based on the path control, taking into account the selected stamp offset, which is per Keyboard 88 entered and stored in non-volatile memory in NVM 94 becomes.
  • a planned imprint therefore results from stamp offset (without printing), the franking print image and possibly other Print images for advertising cliché, shipping information (election prints) and additional editable messages.
  • the encoder 5, 6 delivers a signal to the microprocessor per n pressure columns. This is done using an interrupt function. With each interrupt, a belt counter is also updated, which records the movement progress of the motor 15 and thus of the conveyor belt 10. Each printing column is preferably 132 microns wide.
  • a letter evaluation routine is initiated with the preparation sensor 17.
  • the preparation sensor 17 can preferably be designed as a reflex light barrier, because the formats for letters deviate in size so that a large tolerance in the detection of letter edges is permissible.
  • the belt travel W def1 is defined as the sum of a tolerance value and the sensor distance between two sensors 7 and 17 in the transport direction .
  • the preparation sensor 17 detects the front edge of the letter, which is registered by the microprocessor in order to start the tape counter, which adds up the encoder pulses until the front edge of the letter reaches the pressure sensor 7.
  • the total number of pulses is compared with the number of pulses corresponding to the path between preparation sensor 17 and pressure sensor 7.
  • the permissible deviation for the first defined belt travel W def1 is 10%. A slip-friendly transport of a letter can possibly lead to a jam and leads to the defined first belt travel W def1 being exceeded .
  • both sensors 17 and 7 are used to detect a paper jam.
  • the pressure sensor 7 detects the front edge of the letter, which is registered by the microprocessor in order to register a letter jam in connection with the signal from the preparation sensor 17.
  • a paper jam in the franking machine described above can be determined for the microprocessor 91 in that a letter covers at least one of the two sensors 17 and 7 for a second predetermined belt travel path, preferably of approximately W def2 > 400 mm. If the difference in pressure sensor letter start value 7 minus preparation sensor letter start value 17 is greater than 400 mm, this can no longer be caused by a large letter format, but can only be interpreted as a malfunction.
  • the microprocessor 91 determines the letter length from the difference between the two values in accordance with the rear edge of the letter and the front edge of the letter detected by one of the sensors 7 or 17, an error message being output if the letter length is longer than the predetermined tape travel distance.
  • the format can thus be determined with one of the sensors, the determined letter length corresponding to a tape travel path predetermined for a valid format or lying in one of the ranges defined for formats.
  • the pressure control or sensor queries are all path-controlled.
  • further sensors can be used for more differentiated determination of a valid letter format and / or to control the franking machine or a franking system be arranged.
  • FIG. 2 shows yet another interface circuit 99, which to the right via a data cable 19 with an interface circuit 18 the downstream downstream post station is connected and their control by the control device 1 allows.
  • Another Peripheral device to the left of the control device 1 and printing device 20 comprehensive franking machine base is preferably an automatic Feeding station 28 and its interface circuit 13 Cable 16 and connected to an interface circuit 98 of the ASIC.
  • the unpublished German application 197 11 997.2 is a Design variant suitable for several for the peripheral interface Peripherals (stations) removable. It is entitled: Arrangement for communication between a base station and other stations a mail processing machine and for its emergency shutdown.
  • the printing device can also be different from the previous one described embodiment can be realized.
  • the invention is not based on the present embodiment is limited, since obviously others other arrangements or designs of the invention developed or can be used by the same basic idea of Invention based on the appended claims become.

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