EP1074393A1 - Jam-clearing device for a feeder of a franking machine - Google Patents

Jam-clearing device for a feeder of a franking machine Download PDF

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EP1074393A1
EP1074393A1 EP00402209A EP00402209A EP1074393A1 EP 1074393 A1 EP1074393 A1 EP 1074393A1 EP 00402209 A EP00402209 A EP 00402209A EP 00402209 A EP00402209 A EP 00402209A EP 1074393 A1 EP1074393 A1 EP 1074393A1
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Jean-Pierre Gregoire
Thierry Le Jaoudour
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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and it relates more particularly to a device for cleaning for an inkjet type franking machine.
  • the present invention therefore aims to remedy these disadvantages by proposing a cleaning device which facilitates access to the stuffing area for removing the mail item (s) accumulated.
  • An object of the invention is also to make this intervention particularly easy as well for an immobilized envelope but remained visible in the transport path only for a stuck label in the rollers of this path and invisible from outside the machine.
  • a device for cleaning the articles of mail retained in the transport path of a processing machine of mail the transport of mail items being provided by several series of drive rollers distributed along this path transport and of which at least two series of rollers are arranged, by relation to the forward direction of the mail items, respectively upstream and downstream of means for printing the postal imprint, characterized in that it includes a manual control assembly for, in a first cleaning position, partially clear the transport path of mail items by simultaneously lowering the feed rollers upstream and downstream and for, in a second cleaning position, release in the entire transport route for mail items by carrying out a almost complete removal of all drive rollers.
  • the operator will make a withdrawal quasi - total or partial of the device for transporting mail items. This operation is particularly fast and requires no specialist intervention.
  • the series of drive rollers are each mounted on a common axis whose ends are fixed to two parallel walls forming flanges and movable in translation under the action of said set of manual command. These parallel walls each have a end a guide tip intended to cooperate with a slot practiced in a body of the mail processing machine so to provide a refocusing function.
  • the displacement of the flanges is obtained by by means of casters which can move in slides of the body of the mail processing machine.
  • This displacement of the rollers on the slides is limited by limit stops so as to prohibit total removal of the drive rollers.
  • the manual control assembly has two side members parallel whose first ends are joined by a handle directly operable by an operator, the second free ends of these two beams, held by a spacer, each ending in a lug forming a stop intended to cooperate with a fixed fixed part said walls forming flanges.
  • the longitudinal beams have a ramp intended to cooperate by sliding with a connecting shaft integral in its displacement of upstream and downstream drive rollers.
  • this ramp has three cam portions with decreasing slopes.
  • this locking mechanism disengageable has a plate portion in permanent contact with a flexible release blade which is an integral part of the handle. It also includes a fork-shaped element integrating said part forming a plate and which is articulated against a spring means on a connecting shaft mounted between said walls forming flanges and comprising two locking hooks intended to cooperate with centering openings made in the machine body.
  • the present invention finds particular application in mail processing machines, especially in mailing machines franking provided with transport devices such as those described in the French patent applications N ° 99 00492 and N ° 99 00493 of the plaintiff.
  • training of mail items in the transport route of the machine is generally provided by several series of rollers of superimposed drive following each other along this path transport, at least a first series of rollers 10 being arranged in entry of the transport device to ensure in cooperation with a sector (not shown) a selection of mail items and at least two other series of rollers 12, 14 (also called upstream and downstream rollers) being arranged on either side of means 16 for printing the imprint to ensure precise guidance during printing.
  • Each series of rollers is mounted on a common axis 100, 120, 140 of which the two ends are fixed to two parallel walls 18, 20 forming flanges supporting the transport device.
  • the lowering of these two series of upstream 12 and downstream 14 rollers is synchronized by means of two pairs of articulated levers, respectively 26, 28, comprising two toothed sectors in mutual engagement, and the respective pivoting is coupled (essentially proportional and in the ratio of the toothed sectors) to the displacement of the series of rollers which lever is closely associated.
  • each lever which can pivot around a hinge pin 260, 280 secured to the flanges 18, 20 of the transport device, has at one end an element of gripping which engages with an associated connecting shaft 262, 282, axis parallel to the common axis 120, 140 of the drive rollers upstream 12 and downstream 14, and whose displacement follows exactly that of this axis common to which it is united.
  • the entire transport device (with its drive rollers and its mobile table) is mobile in translation, between an initial printing position and a terminal position cleaning, by means of rollers 30a, 30b, mounted on the two parallel vertical flanges 18, 20 for supporting the device, and which can move respectively in slides 32a, 32b of the body 34 of the franking machine, so that the transport device can be extracted almost entirely from the franking machine (stops limit switch 36a, 36b however limit the movement of the rollers on the slides so as to prevent total removal of the transport device), through an opening 38 made in its rear part (relative to the forward direction of mail items).
  • Each of the flanges 18, 20 is provided at its front end with a guide tip 40a, 40b intended for cooperate at the end of the return stroke (therefore in the printing position) with a slot 42a, 42b made in a body part 34, one of these two slots 42a ensuring by a part precisely adjusted to the guide tip corresponding a function of refocusing the transport device (see the Figure 1A).
  • the flanges 18, 20 are then positioned against the body 34 of the franking machine and repel spring means, for example compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.
  • the movement of the transport device in the machine body to be franked is ensured by a manual control assembly 46 provided a handle 48 acting on a disengageable locking mechanism 50.
  • the manual control assembly 46 is in the form a bottomless drawer with essentially two parallel beams 52, 54 the first ends of which are joined by the handle 48, the second free ends of these two beams being held parallel by a spacer 49 and each ending in a lug forming a stop 56, 58 intended to cooperate with a fixed part 60 integral with the flanges 18, 20.
  • the longitudinal members In an intermediate zone, between these first and second ends, the longitudinal members each have a ramp 62, 64 advantageously three cam portions with decreasing, respectively steep slopes 62a, 64a, medium 62b, 64b and weak 62c, 64c, which cooperate by sliding with the first connecting shaft 262 associated with the series of upstream rollers 12.
  • Two guide pins (or two pairs of rollers) 66, 68 mounted between the support flanges 18, 20 and preferably arranged near the two ends beams can also be added to perfect the guidance of these side members when moving the transport device in the machine.
  • the disengageable locking mechanism 50 comprises a part substantially in the form of a lifting fork, the handle of which forms plate 70 is in permanent contact with a flexible blade of unlocking 72 which is an integral part of the handle 48, and both of which teeth, parallel and flat, are articulated on a connecting shaft 74 to against a spring means, for example two return springs 76, 78.
  • a spring means for example two return springs 76, 78.
  • Each of these two teeth has in the lower part a lug forming locking hook 80, 82 and which, by cooperating with an opening of centering 84, 86 of the franking machine body, maintains the transport device in the initial printing position. In this position, the flanges 18, 20 are in contact with the body 34 and repel the compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.
  • the cleaning operation is carried out as follows.
  • the transport device In normal operation (figure 1), the transport device is housed completely in the body (also called “base") of the franking machine in an initial position allowing the printing of the postal imprint, the handle 48 then being simply flush and the leaf springs 44a, 44b being compressed.
  • the drive rollers and the movable table are in a high position and the first connecting shaft 262 is in contact with the steep cam portion 62a, 64a of the side members 52, 54.
  • the operator will first pull the handle 48 ( Figure 2) to partially clear the transport path of the mail items.
  • the longitudinal members 52, 54 fixed to this handle will move causing the descent of the first connecting shaft 262 (which follows the slope imposed by the ramp 62, 64) as well as the simultaneous lowering of the upstream drive rollers 12 and downstream drive rollers 14, via the articulated levers 26, 28.
  • the two articulated levers cooperate with each other so that a pivoting of the first lever associated with the upstream rollers in a determined direction of rotation causes a pivoting of the second lever associated with the downstream rollers in an opposite direction of rotation.
  • the successive decrease in the slopes of the cam portions makes it possible to modulate the tensile force exerted on the handle (high at the start and lower thereafter).
  • the side members are found immobilized in a first cleaning position.
  • the first connecting shaft 262 is in an extreme low position in contact with the gently sloping cam portion 62c, 64c and the upstream and downstream rollers 12, 14 also arranged in a low position (as is the mobile table 22) release the transport path over a determined height h sufficient for the operator to pass his hand between the drive rollers ( Figure 2). This position is therefore particularly suitable for envelopes immobilized in the transport path and relatively easy to access.
  • the operator then goes to a second step free up the entire transport path by carrying out a complete removal of all drive rollers 10, 12, 14. To this, and as shown in figure 3, he lifts the blade with his fingers unlocking hose 72. This action causes the tilting of the fork around the connecting shaft 74 and the lifting of the hooks locking 80, 82, which frees the transport device which does not require more than rolling on its slides especially as the leaf springs 44a, 44b by relaxing give a starting impulse to the movement of the transport device.
  • the stripping operation is carried out very simply, if necessary in two successive stages which correspond respectively to an easy immediate intervention (by example in the case of a visible envelope) and a less intervention immediate but which remains however still relatively easy (case of a label not visible).

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Rollers (10,12,14) guide postal material through a franker (16) using a mobile table and cradle (22,24). If a blockage occurs a longitudinal member is initially displaced in the direction of transport and the lower rollers (12,14) are depressed through the action of a cam (262) and abutting toothed levers (26,28). If additional access is required the longitudinal member is moved further in the same direction to nearly withdraw all the lower rollers

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Domaine de la techniqueTechnical area

La présente invention se rapporte exclusivement au domaine du traitement de courrier et elle concerne plus particulièrement un dispositif de débourrage pour une machine à affranchir de type à jet d'encre.The present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and it relates more particularly to a device for cleaning for an inkjet type franking machine.

Art antérieurPrior art

Il est bien connu que, pour diverses raisons techniques, des phénomènes de bourrage peuvent se produire dans les machines à affranchir. Toutefois, ces problèmes sont plus ou moins critiques selon l'architecture de la machine et notamment la possibilité d'accès au chemin de transport des articles de courrier.It is well known that, for various technical reasons, jamming phenomena can occur in to set free. However, these problems are more or less critical depending on the architecture of the machine and in particular the possibility of access to the path transport of mail items.

Dans les machines actuelles, comme celles présentées dans les demandes de brevets français N° 99 00492 et N° 99 00493 de la demanderesse, les impératifs de conception tant techniques (nécessité d'une machine compacte et sécurisée) qu'économiques (l'empreinte postale est une valeur monétaire et la machine doit présenter un coût raisonnable) ne permettent pas l'ouverture complète de la machine et son articulation en deux parties distinctes, comme cela a pu exister sur certaines machines de conception plus ancienne. De plus, les cadences de fonctionnement de ces machines étant de plus en plus élevées, il est impératif que tout problème de bourrage soit résolu très rapidement, c'est à dire directement par l'utilisateur sans aucun recours à un technicien de l'entreprise ou au Service Après Vente du constructeur ou du concédant de la machine à affranchir.In current machines, such as those presented in the French patent applications N ° 99 00492 and N ° 99 00493 of the Applicant, both technical design requirements (need for compact and secure machine) than economical (the postal footprint is a monetary value and the machine must have a reasonable cost) not allow the complete opening of the machine and its articulation two separate parts, as may have existed on some machines of older design. In addition, the operating rates of these machines are getting higher and higher, it is imperative that any problem of jam is resolved very quickly, i.e. directly by the user without any recourse to a technician of the company or after service Sale of the manufacturer or the licensor of the franking machine.

Objet et définition de l'inventionObject and definition of the invention

La présente invention a donc pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients en proposant un dispositif de débourrage qui facilite l'accès à la zone de bourrage pour retirer le ou les articles de courrier qui s'y sont accumulés. Un but de l'invention est également de rendre cette intervention particulièrement aisée aussi bien pour une enveloppe immobilisée mais restée visible dans le chemin de transport que pour une étiquette coincée dans les rouleaux de ce chemin et invisible depuis l'extérieur de la machine.The present invention therefore aims to remedy these disadvantages by proposing a cleaning device which facilitates access to the stuffing area for removing the mail item (s) accumulated. An object of the invention is also to make this intervention particularly easy as well for an immobilized envelope but remained visible in the transport path only for a stuck label in the rollers of this path and invisible from outside the machine.

Ces buts sont atteints par un dispositif pour le débourrage d'articles de courrier retenus dans le chemin de transport d'une machine de traitement de courrier, le transport des articles de courrier étant assuré par plusieurs séries de rouleaux d'entraínement réparties tout au long de ce chemin de transport et dont au moins deux séries de rouleaux sont disposées, par rapport au sens d'avancée des articles de courrier, respectivement en amont et en aval de moyens d'impression de l'empreinte postale, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un ensemble de commande manuelle pour, dans une première position de débourrage, libérer en partie le chemin de transport des articles de courrier en abaissant simultanément les rouleaux d'entraínement amont et aval et pour, dans une seconde position de débourrage, libérer en totalité le chemin de transport des articles de courrier en procédant à un retrait quasi - complet de l'ensemble des rouleaux d'entraínement.These aims are achieved by a device for cleaning the articles of mail retained in the transport path of a processing machine of mail, the transport of mail items being provided by several series of drive rollers distributed along this path transport and of which at least two series of rollers are arranged, by relation to the forward direction of the mail items, respectively upstream and downstream of means for printing the postal imprint, characterized in that it includes a manual control assembly for, in a first cleaning position, partially clear the transport path of mail items by simultaneously lowering the feed rollers upstream and downstream and for, in a second cleaning position, release in the entire transport route for mail items by carrying out a almost complete removal of all drive rollers.

Ainsi, selon la nature du bourrage, l'opérateur effectuera un retrait quasi - total ou partiel du dispositif de transport des articles de courrier. Cette opération est particulièrement rapide et ne demande aucune intervention de spécialiste.Thus, depending on the nature of the jam, the operator will make a withdrawal quasi - total or partial of the device for transporting mail items. This operation is particularly fast and requires no specialist intervention.

Les séries de rouleaux d'entraínement sont montées chacune sur un axe commun dont les extrémités sont fixées à deux parois parallèles formant flasques et mobiles en translation sous l'action dudit ensemble de commande manuelle. Ces parois parallèles comportent chacune à une extrémité une pointe de guidage destinée à coopérer avec une fente pratiquée dans un corps de la machine de traitement de courrier afin d'assurer une fonction de recentrage.The series of drive rollers are each mounted on a common axis whose ends are fixed to two parallel walls forming flanges and movable in translation under the action of said set of manual command. These parallel walls each have a end a guide tip intended to cooperate with a slot practiced in a body of the mail processing machine so to provide a refocusing function.

De préférence, le déplacement des flasques est obtenu par l'intermédiaire de roulettes qui peuvent se déplacer dans des glissières du corps de la machine de traitement de courrier. Ce déplacement des roulettes sur les glissières est limité par des butées de fin de course de façon à interdire un retrait total des rouleaux d'entraínement.Preferably, the displacement of the flanges is obtained by by means of casters which can move in slides of the body of the mail processing machine. This displacement of the rollers on the slides is limited by limit stops so as to prohibit total removal of the drive rollers.

L'ensemble de commande manuelle comporte deux longerons parallèles dont les premières extrémités sont réunies par une poignée actionnable directement par un opérateur, les secondes extrémités libres de ces deux longerons, maintenues par une entretoise, se terminant chacune par un ergot formant butée destiné à coopérer avec une partie fixe solidaire desdites parois formant flasques.The manual control assembly has two side members parallel whose first ends are joined by a handle directly operable by an operator, the second free ends of these two beams, held by a spacer, each ending in a lug forming a stop intended to cooperate with a fixed fixed part said walls forming flanges.

Les longerons longitudinaux comporte une rampe destinée à coopérer par glissement avec un arbre de liaison solidaire dans son déplacement des rouleaux d'entraínement amont et aval. Avantageusement, cette rampe comporte trois portions de came avec des pentes décroissantes.The longitudinal beams have a ramp intended to cooperate by sliding with a connecting shaft integral in its displacement of upstream and downstream drive rollers. Advantageously, this ramp has three cam portions with decreasing slopes.

Les parois formant flasques et supports des rouleaux d'entraínement sont maintenues dans une position initiale d'impression par un mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable. De préférence, ce mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable comporte une partie formant plateau en contact permanent avec une lame flexible de déverrouillage qui fait partie intégrante de la poignée. Il comporte également un élément en forme de fourche intégrant ladite partie formant plateau et qui est articulé à l'encontre d'un moyen ressort sur un arbre de liaison monté entres lesdites parois formant flasques et comportant deux crochets de verrouillage destinés à coopérer avec des ouvertures de centrage pratiquées dans le corps de la machine.The walls forming the flanges and supports of the drive rollers are held in an initial printing position by a mechanism disengageable locking mechanism. Preferably, this locking mechanism disengageable has a plate portion in permanent contact with a flexible release blade which is an integral part of the handle. It also includes a fork-shaped element integrating said part forming a plate and which is articulated against a spring means on a connecting shaft mounted between said walls forming flanges and comprising two locking hooks intended to cooperate with centering openings made in the machine body.

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D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention ressortiront mieux de la description suivante, faite à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés, sur lesquels:

  • la figure 1 est une vue en coupe longitudinale de la partie inférieure d'un dispositif de transport d'une machine à affranchir comportant un dispositif de débourrage selon l'invention,
  • la figure 1A est une vue de détail illustrant des fentes de recentrage du dispositif de transport de la figure 1,
  • la figure 2 est une vue similaire à celle de la figure 1 avec le dispositif de débourrage dans une première position de dégagement partiel du chemin de transport des articles de courrier,
  • la figure 3 est une vue de détail illustrant le mécanisme de verrouillage du dispositif de débourrage,
  • la figure 4 est une vue de dessous du dispositif de la figure 2, corps du dispositif de transport ôté, et
  • la figure 5 montre le dispositif de débourrage dans une seconde position de dégagement complet du chemin de transport des articles de courrier.
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the following description, given by way of non-limiting illustration, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a view in longitudinal section of the lower part of a transport device of a franking machine comprising a cleaning device according to the invention,
  • FIG. 1A is a detailed view illustrating the refocusing slots of the transport device of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 with the cleaning device in a first position of partial release from the path for transporting mail items,
  • FIG. 3 is a detail view illustrating the locking mechanism of the cleaning device,
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the device of FIG. 2, body of the transport device removed, and
  • Figure 5 shows the cleaning device in a second position of complete release of the transport path of mail items.

Description détaillée d'un mode de réalisation préférentielDetailed description of a preferred embodiment

La présente invention trouve particulièrement application dans les machines de traitement de courrier, notamment dans les machines à affranchir munies de dispositifs de transport tels que ceux décrits dans les demandes de brevets français N°99 00492 et N°99 00493 de la demanderesse.The present invention finds particular application in mail processing machines, especially in mailing machines franking provided with transport devices such as those described in the French patent applications N ° 99 00492 and N ° 99 00493 of the plaintiff.

Dans ces dispositifs de transport, et comme l'illustre les figures 1 à 5, l'entraínement des articles de courrier dans le chemin de transport de la machine est assuré en général par plusieurs séries de rouleaux d'entraínement superposés se succédant tout le long de ce chemin de transport, au moins une première série de rouleaux 10 étant disposée en entrée du dispositif de transport pour assurer en coopération avec une filière (non représentée) une sélection des articles de courrier et au moins deux autres séries de rouleaux 12, 14 (dits aussi rouleaux amont et aval) étant disposées de part et d'autre de moyens 16 d'impression de l'empreinte postale pour assurer un guidage précis lors de l'impression. Chaque série de rouleaux est montée sur un axe commun 100, 120, 140 dont les deux extrémités sont fixées à deux parois parallèles 18, 20 formant flasques verticaux de support du dispositif de transport.In these transport devices, and as illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, training of mail items in the transport route of the machine is generally provided by several series of rollers of superimposed drive following each other along this path transport, at least a first series of rollers 10 being arranged in entry of the transport device to ensure in cooperation with a sector (not shown) a selection of mail items and at least two other series of rollers 12, 14 (also called upstream and downstream rollers) being arranged on either side of means 16 for printing the imprint to ensure precise guidance during printing. Each series of rollers is mounted on a common axis 100, 120, 140 of which the two ends are fixed to two parallel walls 18, 20 forming flanges supporting the transport device.

Lorsque les articles de courrier ne sont pas en prise directe avec ces différents rouleaux d'entraínement, ils reposent sur une table mobile 22 du dispositif de transport munie avantageusement d'un berceau pivotant 24 et dont le déplacement vertical est synchronisé avec l'abaissement de ces rouleaux d'entraínement.When the mail items are not in direct contact with these different drive rollers, they rest on a movable table 22 of the transport device advantageously provided with a pivoting cradle 24 and whose vertical displacement is synchronized with the lowering of these drive rollers.

En outre, afin de mieux répartir les pressions exercées sur les articles de courrier, notamment en fonction des différentes épaisseurs de ces articles, et de réduire les chocs sur les rouleaux d'entraínement aval, l'abaissement de ces deux séries de rouleaux amont 12 et aval 14 est synchronisé au moyen de deux paires de leviers articulés, respectivement 26, 28, comportant deux secteurs dentés en prise mutuelle, et dont le pivotement respectif est couplé (de façon essentiellement proportionnelle et dans le rapport des secteurs dentés) au déplacement de la série de rouleaux à laquelle le levier est étroitement associé. En effet, chaque levier, qui peut pivoter autour d'un axe d'articulation 260, 280 solidaire des flasques 18, 20 du dispositif de transport, comporte à une extrémité un élément de préhension qui vient en prise avec un arbre de liaison associé 262, 282, d'axe parallèle à l'axe commun 120, 140 des rouleaux d'entraínement amont 12 et aval 14, et dont le déplacement suit exactement celui de cet axe commun auquel il est solidarisé.In addition, in order to better distribute the pressures exerted on the articles of mail, in particular according to the different thicknesses of these articles, and to reduce shocks on the downstream drive rollers, the lowering of these two series of upstream 12 and downstream 14 rollers is synchronized by means of two pairs of articulated levers, respectively 26, 28, comprising two toothed sectors in mutual engagement, and the respective pivoting is coupled (essentially proportional and in the ratio of the toothed sectors) to the displacement of the series of rollers which lever is closely associated. Indeed, each lever, which can pivot around a hinge pin 260, 280 secured to the flanges 18, 20 of the transport device, has at one end an element of gripping which engages with an associated connecting shaft 262, 282, axis parallel to the common axis 120, 140 of the drive rollers upstream 12 and downstream 14, and whose displacement follows exactly that of this axis common to which it is united.

Selon la présente invention, l'ensemble du dispositif de transport (avec ses rouleaux d'entraínement et sa table mobile) est mobile en translation, entre une position initiale d'impression et une position terminale de débourrage, par l'intermédiaire de roulettes 30a, 30b, montées sur les deux flasques verticaux parallèles 18, 20 de support du dispositif, et qui peuvent se déplacer respectivement dans des glissières 32a, 32b du corps 34 de la machine à affranchir, de telle sorte que le dispositif de transport peut être extrait pratiquement entièrement de la machine à affranchir (des butées de fin de course 36a, 36b limitent toutefois le déplacement des roulettes sur les glissières de façon à interdire un retrait total du dispositif de transport), au travers d'une ouverture 38 pratiquée dans sa partie arrière (par rapport au sens d'avancée des articles de courrier). Chacun des flasques 18, 20 est muni à son extrémité avant d'une pointe de guidage 40a, 40b destinée à coopérer en fin de course retour (donc dans la position d'impression) avec une fente 42a, 42b pratiquée dans une partie de corps 34, l'une de ces deux fentes 42a assurant par une partie précisément ajustée à la pointe de guidage correspondante une fonction de recentrage du dispositif de transport (voir la figure 1A). Dans la position d'impression, les flasques 18, 20 sont alors positionnés contre le corps 34 de la machine à affranchir et repoussent des moyens ressort, par exemple des ressorts à lames de compression 44a, 44b.According to the present invention, the entire transport device (with its drive rollers and its mobile table) is mobile in translation, between an initial printing position and a terminal position cleaning, by means of rollers 30a, 30b, mounted on the two parallel vertical flanges 18, 20 for supporting the device, and which can move respectively in slides 32a, 32b of the body 34 of the franking machine, so that the transport device can be extracted almost entirely from the franking machine (stops limit switch 36a, 36b however limit the movement of the rollers on the slides so as to prevent total removal of the transport device), through an opening 38 made in its rear part (relative to the forward direction of mail items). Each of the flanges 18, 20 is provided at its front end with a guide tip 40a, 40b intended for cooperate at the end of the return stroke (therefore in the printing position) with a slot 42a, 42b made in a body part 34, one of these two slots 42a ensuring by a part precisely adjusted to the guide tip corresponding a function of refocusing the transport device (see the Figure 1A). In the printing position, the flanges 18, 20 are then positioned against the body 34 of the franking machine and repel spring means, for example compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.

Le déplacement du dispositif de transport dans le corps de la machine à affranchir est assuré par un ensemble de commande manuelle 46 munie d'une poignée 48 agissant sur un mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable 50.The movement of the transport device in the machine body to be franked is ensured by a manual control assembly 46 provided a handle 48 acting on a disengageable locking mechanism 50.

L'ensemble de commande manuelle 46 se présente sous la forme d'un tiroir sans fond avec essentiellement deux longerons parallèles 52, 54 dont les premières extrémités sont réunies par la poignée 48, les secondes extrémités libres de ces deux longerons étant maintenues parallèles par une entretoise 49 et se terminant chacune par un ergot formant butée 56, 58 destiné à coopérer avec une partie fixe 60 solidaire des flasques 18, 20. Dans une zone intermédiaire, entre ces première et seconde extrémités, les longerons présentent chacun une rampe 62, 64 avantageusement à trois portions de came avec des pentes décroissantes, respectivement fortes 62a, 64a, moyennes 62b, 64b et faibles 62c, 64c, qui coopèrent par glissement avec le premier arbre de liaison 262 associé à la série de rouleaux amont 12. Deux axes (ou deux paires de galets) de guidage 66, 68 montés entre les flasques support 18, 20 et disposés de préférence près des deux extrémités des longerons peuvent en outre être ajoutés pour parfaire le guidage de ces longerons lors du déplacement du dispositif de transport dans la machine. The manual control assembly 46 is in the form a bottomless drawer with essentially two parallel beams 52, 54 the first ends of which are joined by the handle 48, the second free ends of these two beams being held parallel by a spacer 49 and each ending in a lug forming a stop 56, 58 intended to cooperate with a fixed part 60 integral with the flanges 18, 20. In an intermediate zone, between these first and second ends, the longitudinal members each have a ramp 62, 64 advantageously three cam portions with decreasing, respectively steep slopes 62a, 64a, medium 62b, 64b and weak 62c, 64c, which cooperate by sliding with the first connecting shaft 262 associated with the series of upstream rollers 12. Two guide pins (or two pairs of rollers) 66, 68 mounted between the support flanges 18, 20 and preferably arranged near the two ends beams can also be added to perfect the guidance of these side members when moving the transport device in the machine.

Le mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable 50 comporte une pièce sensiblement en forme de fourche de levage, dont le manche formant plateau 70 est en contact permanent avec une lame flexible de déverrouillage 72 qui fait partie intégrante de la poignée 48, et dont les deux dents, parallèles et plates, sont articulées sur un arbre de liaison 74 à l'encontre d'un moyen ressort, par exemple deux ressorts de rappel 76, 78. Chacune de ces deux dents comporte en partie basse un ergot formant crochet de verrouillage 80, 82 et qui, en coopérant avec une ouverture de centrage 84, 86 du corps de la machine à affranchir, assure le maintien du dispositif de transport dans la position initiale d'impression. Dans cette position, les flasques 18, 20 sont en contact avec le corps 34 et repoussent les ressorts à lames de compression 44a, 44b.The disengageable locking mechanism 50 comprises a part substantially in the form of a lifting fork, the handle of which forms plate 70 is in permanent contact with a flexible blade of unlocking 72 which is an integral part of the handle 48, and both of which teeth, parallel and flat, are articulated on a connecting shaft 74 to against a spring means, for example two return springs 76, 78. Each of these two teeth has in the lower part a lug forming locking hook 80, 82 and which, by cooperating with an opening of centering 84, 86 of the franking machine body, maintains the transport device in the initial printing position. In this position, the flanges 18, 20 are in contact with the body 34 and repel the compression leaf springs 44a, 44b.

La manoeuvre de débourrage s'effectue comme suit. En fonctionnement normal (figure 1), le dispositif de transport est logé complètement dans le corps (dit aussi « base ») de la machine à affranchir dans une position initiale permettant l'impression de l'empreinte postale, la poignée 48 étant alors simplement affleurante et les ressorts à lames 44a, 44b étant comprimés. Les rouleaux d'entraínement et la table mobile sont dans une position haute et le premier arbre de liaison 262 est en contact avec la portion de came à forte pente 62a, 64a des longerons 52, 54.The cleaning operation is carried out as follows. In normal operation (figure 1), the transport device is housed completely in the body (also called "base") of the franking machine in an initial position allowing the printing of the postal imprint, the handle 48 then being simply flush and the leaf springs 44a, 44b being compressed. The drive rollers and the movable table are in a high position and the first connecting shaft 262 is in contact with the steep cam portion 62a, 64a of the side members 52, 54.

Si un bourrage se produit, l'opérateur va dans un premier temps tirer sur la poignée 48 (figure 2) pour libérer en partie le chemin de transport des articles de courrier. Les longerons 52, 54 fixés à cette poignée vont en se déplaçant entraíner la descente du premier arbre de liaison 262 (qui suit la pente imposée par la rampe 62, 64) ainsi que l'abaissement simultané des rouleaux d'entraínement amont 12 et des rouleaux d'entraínement aval 14, par l'intermédiaire des leviers articulés 26, 28. En effet, les deux leviers articulés coopèrent mutuellement de telle sorte qu'un pivotement du premier levier associé aux rouleaux amont dans un sens de rotation déterminé entraíne un pivotement du second levier associé aux rouleaux aval dans un sens de rotation opposé. La décroissance successive des pentes des portions de came permet de moduler l'effort de traction exercé sur la poignée (élevé au départ et plus faible ensuite). Lorsque les ergots formant butées 56, 58 viennent en contact avec la cloison fixe 60, les longerons se retrouvent immobilisés dans une première position de débourrage. Dans cette position intermédiaire, le premier arbre de liaison 262 est dans une position basse extrême en contact avec la portion de came à faible pente 62c, 64c et les rouleaux amont et aval 12, 14 disposés également dans une position basse (de même que la table mobile 22) libèrent le chemin de transport sur une hauteur déterminée h suffisante pour que l'opérateur puisse passer sa main entre les rouleaux d'entraínement (figure 2). Cette position convient donc particulièrement aux enveloppes immobilisées dans le chemin de transport et relativement faciles d'accès.If a jam occurs, the operator will first pull the handle 48 (Figure 2) to partially clear the transport path of the mail items. The longitudinal members 52, 54 fixed to this handle will move causing the descent of the first connecting shaft 262 (which follows the slope imposed by the ramp 62, 64) as well as the simultaneous lowering of the upstream drive rollers 12 and downstream drive rollers 14, via the articulated levers 26, 28. In fact, the two articulated levers cooperate with each other so that a pivoting of the first lever associated with the upstream rollers in a determined direction of rotation causes a pivoting of the second lever associated with the downstream rollers in an opposite direction of rotation. The successive decrease in the slopes of the cam portions makes it possible to modulate the tensile force exerted on the handle (high at the start and lower thereafter). When the lugs forming stops 56, 58 come into contact with the fixed partition 60, the side members are found immobilized in a first cleaning position. In this intermediate position, the first connecting shaft 262 is in an extreme low position in contact with the gently sloping cam portion 62c, 64c and the upstream and downstream rollers 12, 14 also arranged in a low position (as is the mobile table 22) release the transport path over a determined height h sufficient for the operator to pass his hand between the drive rollers (Figure 2). This position is therefore particularly suitable for envelopes immobilized in the transport path and relatively easy to access.

Si l'espace dégagé n'apparaít pas suffisant pour accéder à l'article bloqué, par exemple lorsqu'il s'agit de retirer une étiquette difficilement repérable dans ce chemin de transport, l'opérateur va alors dans un deuxième temps libérer en totalité le chemin de transport en procédant à un retrait complet de l'ensemble des rouleaux d'entraínement 10, 12, 14. Pour cela, et comme le montre la figure 3, il soulève avec les doigts la lame flexible de déverrouillage 72. Cette action provoque le basculement de la fourche autour de l'arbre de liaison 74 et la remontée des crochets de verrouillage 80, 82, ce qui libère le dispositif de transport qui ne demande plus qu'à rouler sur ses glissières d'autant plus que les ressorts à lames 44a, 44b en se détendant donnent une impulsion de départ au déplacement du dispositif de transport. Le déplacement complet s'effectue ensuite en tirant sur la poignée 48 jusqu'à ce que les roulettes 30a, 30b viennent en arrêt sur les butées de fin de course 36a, 36b (figure 5). Dans cette seconde position terminale de débourrage, l'opérateur peut alors récupérer l'étiquette immobilisée et une fois cette opération effectuée, repousser le dispositif de transport avec la poignée pour que celui-ci reprenne la position initiale d'impression. La rampe 62, 64 parcourue dans le sens contraire va permettre aux rouleaux d'entraínement et à la table mobile de remonter pour reprendre leurs positions hautes d'origine en passant par la position intermédiaire de débourrage, le guidage final du dispositif de transport étant assuré par l'action dans la fente de recentrage.If the cleared space does not appear sufficient to access the article blocked, for example when it comes to removing a label with difficulty locatable in this transport path, the operator then goes to a second step free up the entire transport path by carrying out a complete removal of all drive rollers 10, 12, 14. To this, and as shown in figure 3, he lifts the blade with his fingers unlocking hose 72. This action causes the tilting of the fork around the connecting shaft 74 and the lifting of the hooks locking 80, 82, which frees the transport device which does not require more than rolling on its slides especially as the leaf springs 44a, 44b by relaxing give a starting impulse to the movement of the transport device. The complete displacement is then carried out by pulling on the handle 48 until the rollers 30a, 30b come to a stop on the end of travel stops 36a, 36b (Figure 5). In this second position stripping terminal, the operator can then retrieve the label immobilized and once this operation carried out, push back the transport with the handle so that it returns to the initial position printing. The ramp 62, 64 traversed in the opposite direction will allow the drive rollers and the movable table to go up to resume their original high positions passing through the intermediate position of cleaning, the final guidance of the transport device being provided by the action in the refocusing slot.

Ainsi, avec la structure de l'invention, l'opération de débourrage s'effectue très simplement, si nécessaire en deux étapes successives qui correspondent respectivement à une intervention immédiate aisée (par exemple dans le cas d'une enveloppe visible) et à une intervention moins immédiate mais qui reste toutefois encore relativement aisée (cas d'une étiquette non visible).Thus, with the structure of the invention, the stripping operation is carried out very simply, if necessary in two successive stages which correspond respectively to an easy immediate intervention (by example in the case of a visible envelope) and a less intervention immediate but which remains however still relatively easy (case of a label not visible).

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Dispositif pour le débourrage d'articles de courrier retenus dans le chemin de transport d'une machine de traitement de courrier, le transport des articles de courrier étant assuré par plusieurs séries de rouleaux d'entraínement réparties tout au long de ce chemin de transport et dont au moins deux séries de rouleaux (12, 14) sont disposées, par rapport au sens d'avancée des articles de courrier, respectivement en amont et en aval de moyens d'impression de l'empreinte postale (16), caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un ensemble de commande manuelle (46, 50) pour, dans une première position de débourrage, libérer en partie le chemin de transport des articles de courrier en abaissant simultanément les rouleaux d'entraínement amont et aval et pour, dans une seconde position de débourrage, libérer en totalité le chemin de transport des articles de courrier en procédant à un retrait quasi - complet de l'ensemble des rouleaux d'entraínement.Device for cleaning the mail items retained in the transport path of a mail processing machine, transport mail items being secured by multiple sets of rollers distributed throughout this transport path and including at least two sets of rollers (12, 14) are arranged relative to the direction of mail items, respectively upstream and downstream of means for printing the postal imprint (16), characterized in that it includes a manual control assembly (46, 50) for, in a first cleaning position, partially clear the transport path of mail items by simultaneously lowering the feed rollers upstream and downstream and for, in a second cleaning position, release in the entire transport route for mail items by carrying out a almost complete removal of all drive rollers. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites séries de rouleaux d'entraínement sont montées chacune sur un axe commun (100, 120, 140) dont les extrémités sont fixées à deux parois parallèles formant flasques (18, 20) et mobiles en translation sous l'action dudit ensemble de commande manuelle.Cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that said series of drive rollers are each mounted on a common axis (100, 120, 140) whose ends are fixed to two walls parallel forming flanges (18, 20) and mobile in translation under the action of said manual control assembly. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chacune desdites parois parallèles formant flasques comporte à une extrémité une pointe de guidage (40a, 40b) destinée à coopérer avec une fente (42a, 42b) pratiquée dans une partie de corps (34) de la machine de traitement de courrier afin d'assurer une fonction de recentrage.Cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that each of said parallel walls forming flanges has at a end a guide tip (40a, 40b) intended to cooperate with a slot (42a, 42b) formed in a body part (34) of the machine mail processing to provide a refocusing function. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdites parois parallèles formant flasques et supports des rouleaux d'entraínement sont mobiles en translation par l'intermédiaire de roulettes (30a, 30b) qui peuvent se déplacer dans des glissières (32a, 32b) du corps (34) de la machine de traitement de courrier. Cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that said parallel walls forming flanges and supports of the rollers are movable in translation by means of rollers (30a, 30b) which can move in slides (32a, 32b) of the body (34) of the mail processing machine. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le déplacement des roulettes sur les glissières est limité par des butées de fin de course (36a, 36b) de façon à interdire un retrait total des rouleaux d'entraínement.Cleaning device according to claim 4, characterized in that that the movement of the rollers on the slides is limited by stops limit switch (36a, 36b) so as to prevent total withdrawal of the rollers training. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit ensemble de commande manuelle comporte deux longerons parallèles (52, 54) dont les premières extrémités sont réunies par une poignée (48) actionnable directement par un opérateur, les secondes extrémités libres de ces deux longerons, maintenues par une entretoise (49), se terminant chacune par un ergot formant butée (56, 58) destiné à coopérer avec une partie fixe (60) solidaire desdites parois formant flasques.Cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that said manual control assembly comprises two longitudinal members parallels (52, 54) whose first ends are joined by a handle (48) operable directly by an operator, seconds free ends of these two beams, held by a spacer (49), each ending with a lug forming a stop (56, 58) intended to cooperate with a fixed part (60) integral with said walls forming flanges. Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que lesdits longerons longitudinaux comporte une rampe (62, 64) destinée à coopérer par glissement avec un arbre de liaison (262) solidaire dans son déplacement des rouleaux d'entraínement amont et aval (12, 14).Cleaning device according to claim 6, characterized in that said longitudinal beams comprises a ramp (62, 64) intended to cooperate by sliding with a connecting shaft (262) integral in its displacement of the upstream and downstream drive rollers (12, 14). Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite rampe comporte trois portions de came avec des pentes décroissantes (62a, 62b, 62c ;64a, 64b, 64c).Cleaning device according to claim 7, characterized in that that said ramp has three cam portions with slopes decreasing (62a, 62b, 62c; 64a, 64b, 64c). Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites parois formant flasques et supports des rouleaux d'entraínement sont maintenues dans une position initiale d'impression par un mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable (50).Cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that said walls forming flanges and supports of the drive rollers are held in an initial printing position by a mechanism disengageable locking mechanism (50). Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable comporte une partie formant plateau (70) en contact permanent avec une lame flexible de déverrouillage (72) qui fait partie intégrante de la poignée (48).Cleaning device according to claim 9, characterized in that said disengageable locking mechanism comprises a part forming a plate (70) in permanent contact with a flexible blade unlocking (72) which is an integral part of the handle (48). Dispositif de débourrage selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que ledit mécanisme de verrouillage débrayable comporte un élément en forme de fourche intégrant ladite partie formant plateau et qui est articulé à l'encontre d'un moyen ressort (76, 78) sur un arbre de liaison (74) monté entres lesdites parois formant flasques et comportant deux crochets de verrouillage (80, 82) destinés à coopérer avec des ouvertures de centrage (84, 86) pratiquées dans une partie de corps (34) de la machine.Cleaning device according to claim 10, characterized in that said disengageable locking mechanism comprises an element in fork shape integrating said plate portion and which is articulated against a spring means (76, 78) on a connecting shaft (74) mounted between said walls forming flanges and comprising two hooks locks (80, 82) for cooperating with centering openings (84, 86) formed in a body part (34) of the machine.
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