EP1079975B1 - Device for symbol printing and franking machine comprising same - Google Patents

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EP1079975B1
EP1079975B1 EP00910948A EP00910948A EP1079975B1 EP 1079975 B1 EP1079975 B1 EP 1079975B1 EP 00910948 A EP00910948 A EP 00910948A EP 00910948 A EP00910948 A EP 00910948A EP 1079975 B1 EP1079975 B1 EP 1079975B1
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Gérard Coudray
Hervé BEORD
Hervé Baumann
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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
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/007—Conveyor belts or like feeding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • 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 sign on a predetermined location of a face of a flat object having a thickness in a given range.
  • the sign to be printed is the franking mark.
  • the invention aims to provide such a device having good performance in terms of print quality.
  • a device for printing a sign on a predetermined location of a face of a flat object having a thickness in a given range comprising a stop element for the printing face of the flat object, driving means for moving the object along the abutment element with its printing surface which is flush with this element, and printing means including means for printing said sign on said predetermined location while the object is moved by the drive means along the stop member, said means drive comprising an unsprung support means for the print face of said object and comprising a belt having a strand opposite said support means and extending between an upstream roller and a downstream roller suspended so that said object may be sandwiched between said unsprung support means and said belt strand; characterized in that said belt wraps around at least two other rollers, at least one of which is unsprung.
  • At least one of the rollers around which said belt is wound is rotated.
  • the belt is thus set in motion by one of the rollers around which it winds, which is favorable to the constancy of its speed and therefore to the regularity of the printing of the sign.
  • the regularity of the speed is better than in the device described by the abovementioned patent application, in which the belt is driven by external counter-rollers on which the upstream roller and the downstream roller are respectively leaning, the conditions contact between the belt and these rollers being modified during the suspension movements of the upstream and downstream rollers.
  • the device according to the invention comprises an arm carrying the trunnion of one of said upstream rollers and downstream roller while said arm is oscillation mounted on the trunnion of said other unsprung roller.
  • said arm extends, from said journal on which it is mounted to oscillation, downstream.
  • each of said two other rollers is unsprung and each of said upstream roller and downstream roller is carried by a respective arm mounted to oscillation on the trunnion of a respective one of said two other pebbles.
  • said belt wraps around three of said other rollers, respectively a first unsprung roller, a second unsprung roller and a third suspended roller.
  • this third other roller makes it possible to obtain a particularly good regularity of the speed of movement of the belt.
  • said third suspended roller is suspended depending on one of said upstream rollers and downstream roller, so that if the latter has a suspension movement of such a nature to relax said belt, the suspension movement of the third roller is likely to retension said belt.
  • said third roller is suspended depending on said downstream roller.
  • the device according to the invention comprises an arm mounted to oscillate at its center on the trunnion of said other unsprung roller, said arm carrying at one end the trunnion of one of said upstream roller and downstream roller, while at the other end he carries the trunnion of a second said other pebble.
  • the winding angle of the belt on the second other roller is preserved at least approximately during the suspension movement, this which is particularly interesting when the second other roller is driven and, which is also particularly interesting in this case, the second other roller is in contact with the belt by the face thereof intended to come into contact with the object, so that one benefits for the drive of the belt of any anti-slip character of this face.
  • said unsprung support means is formed by the strand of a second belt extending between two unsprung rollers, positioned in a predetermined manner with respect to said stop element.
  • the invention also aims, in a second aspect, a franking machine comprising a device as explained above, to print a franking mark.
  • the franking machine 1 illustrated in the drawing comprises a device for printing a franking mark on a flat object such as the letter 2, in the standardized position 3 (FIG. 2) located on the face where it can be read.
  • the address of the addressee here the upper face 4 of the envelope that includes the letter 2.
  • the letter 2 must be passed in a corridor 5 that the machine 1 comprises, this corridor being delimited by elements integral with the frame, respectively a support 6 which forms the ceiling of the corridor 5, a table 7 which forms the floor and a flange 8 which forms a lateral limit, the corridor being open opposite the flange 8.
  • the machine 1 To drive objects such as the letter 2, the machine 1 comprises an upper belt 9 and a lower belt 10 for sandwiching them, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5.
  • the upper belt 9 rotates around six rollers 11 to 16 rotatably mounted on the frame of the machine, without being suspended relative thereto, the rollers 11 and 16 delimiting the ends, respectively upstream and downstream, of the loop that 4me the belt 9, the lower portion of this loop being located in the corridor 5 and bearing on the rollers 13 and 14, which are small, the upper portion of this loop being located above the support 6 and meeting the rollers 12 and 15 which deflect the belt 9 to circulate near the support 6, the position of the roller 15 being adjustable by means of a pressure screw (not shown) to give the belt 9 the tension required to avoid its sliding relative to the roller 16, which serves to drive it in rotation, the roller 16 is itself driven by the motor 17, as will be explained below.
  • the lower belt 10 rotates about five rollers 18 to 22 among which the rollers 18 and 21 are mounted to rotate on the frame of the machine 1 without being suspended relative thereto, while the rollers 19, 20 and 22 are suspended, the rollers 18 and 22 delimiting the ends, respectively upstream and downstream, of the loop formed by the belt 10, the upper portion of this loop being located in the corridor 5 where it relies on the rollers 18, 19 and 22 while the lower portion of this loop is located below the table 7 where it meets, between the rollers 22 and 18, the rollers 21 and 20, the roller 21 serving to drive the belt 10 in rotation, and being itself driven, as will be explained below, thanks to the engine 17.
  • roller 19 To allow the roller 19 to have a suspension movement, its central pin is carried by an arm 23 mounted to oscillate on the pin of the roller 18, so that the pin of the roller 19 can describe a trajectory in an arc relative to at the journal of the roller 18, a spring 24 being provided for biasing the arm 23 upwards, that is to say in the direction that urges the roller 19 towards the end of the upper belt 9 located in the corridor 5.
  • roller 18 is disposed just below the roller 11, away from it, and that the relative arrangement of the rollers 13 and 19 is such that the roller 13 serves as a counter-roller to the roller 19, in providing him with support for the efforts exerted by the jurisdiction 24.
  • the trunnion of each of these rollers is mounted at a respective end of an arm 25 whose center is mounted to oscillate on the trunnion of the roller 21, the path followed by the trunnion rollers 20 and 22 during a suspension movement being thus a circular arc centered on the journal of the roller 21, the movements of the rollers 20 and 22 being in opposition, that is to say that when the roller 22 s lower, the roller 20 rises and vice versa.
  • a spring 26 is provided to urge the arm 25 in the direction where the roller 22 rises, that is to say in the sense that it meets the strand of the upper belt 9 located in the corridor 5 .
  • roller 16 serves as a counter-roller roller 22, that is to say, it allows it to resume the forces exerted by the spring 26.
  • the motor 17 serves to drive the rollers 16 and 21 in rotation, which is achieved by virtue of a belt 27 (not shown in FIG. 4) engaged on the pulley 28 of the motor 17, on the pulley 29 integral with the journal of the roller 16 and on the pulley 30 integral with the journal of the roller 21.
  • the upper and lower faces of the letter 2 are thus driven at exactly the same speed, which avoids the appearance on these surfaces of folds or ripples detrimental to the quality of the printing of the franking mark made, the way explained below, during the passage of the letter 2 in the machine 1.
  • the passage 5 and the drive means of the machine 1 are capable of admitting objects whose maximum thickness corresponds to the spacing between the rollers 11 and 18, and that whatever the thickness of the driven object, or the disparity of thickness that may present it, its printing face will be very accurately plated on the outer surface of the belt 9 at least between the rollers 13 and 14.
  • the machine 1 comprises printing means 32 mounted directly on the frame of the machine, located transversely between the flange 8 and the belts 9 and 10 and located, in the direction longitudinal, between the rollers 13 and 14.
  • the printing means 32 comprise an ink jet cartridge 33 provided with a printing head 34 (FIG. 3) passing through an opening of a plate 35 which has a hollow 36 from which the head 34 can send ink to the object 2, without coming into contact therewith.
  • the hollow 36 is open downstream of the head 21, as seen in FIG.
  • a first presence detector which controls the start of the motor 17 when an object begins to be introduced into the machine 1, and a second presence detector that triggers the printing process when the object has reached a predetermined location.

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L'invention a trait à un dispositif pour imprimer un signe sur un emplacement prédéterminé d'une face d'un objet plat ayant une épaisseur comprise dans une plage donnée.The invention relates to a device for printing a sign on a predetermined location of a face of a flat object having a thickness in a given range.

On sait qu'on trouve ce genre de dispositif notamment dans les machines à affranchir, le signe à imprimer étant la marque d'affranchissement.We know that we find this kind of device including franking machines, the sign to be printed is the franking mark.

On a déjà proposé, notamment dans la demande de brevet français FR-A1-2 766 757, de prévoir un élément de butée pour la face à imprimer de l'objet, de déplacer celui-ci avec sa face à imprimer qui est à fleur de cet élément, et d'imprimer le signe pendant le déplacement de l'objet, grâce à une cartouche à jet d'encre dont l'utilisation est possible puisque l'élément de butée permet de maintenir constante la distance entre la buse d'éjection d'encre et l'emplacement de l'objet où le signe doit être imprimé, malgré les variations d'épaisseur d'un objet à l'autre ainsi que les disparités d'épaisseur que peut présenter un même objet.It has already been proposed, particularly in the French patent application FR-A1-2 766 757, to provide an abutment element for the print side of the object, to move the latter with its print side which is flush of this element, and to print the sign during the displacement of the object, thanks to an inkjet cartridge whose use is possible since the stop element makes it possible to maintain constant the distance between the nozzle of ejection of ink and the location of the object where the sign is to be printed, despite variations in thickness from one object to another and the disparities in thickness that may present the same object.

L'invention vise à fournir un tel dispositif présentant de bonnes performances en matière de qualité d'impression.The invention aims to provide such a device having good performance in terms of print quality.

Elle propose à cet effet un dispositif pour imprimer un signe sur un emplacement prédéterminé d'une face d'un objet plat ayant une épaisseur comprise dans une plage donnée, comportant un élément de butée pour la face à imprimer de l'objet plat, des moyens d'entraînement pour mouvoir l'objet le long de l'élément de butée avec sa face à imprimer qui est à fleur de cet élément, et des moyens d'impression comportant des moyens pour imprimer ledit signe sur ledit emplacement prédéterminé pendant que l'objet est mu par les moyens d'entraînement le long de l'élément de butée, lesdits moyens d'entraînement comportant un moyen d'appui non suspendu pour la face à imprimer dudit objet et comportant une courroie présentant un brin en regard dudit moyen d'appui et s'étendant entre un galet amont et un galet aval suspendus de sorte que ledit objet puisse être pris en sandwich entre ledit moyen d'appui non suspendu et ledit brin de la courroie ; caractérisé en ce que ladite courroie s'enroule autour d'au moins deux autres galets, dont au moins un est non suspendu.It proposes for this purpose a device for printing a sign on a predetermined location of a face of a flat object having a thickness in a given range, comprising a stop element for the printing face of the flat object, driving means for moving the object along the abutment element with its printing surface which is flush with this element, and printing means including means for printing said sign on said predetermined location while the object is moved by the drive means along the stop member, said means drive comprising an unsprung support means for the print face of said object and comprising a belt having a strand opposite said support means and extending between an upstream roller and a downstream roller suspended so that said object may be sandwiched between said unsprung support means and said belt strand; characterized in that said belt wraps around at least two other rollers, at least one of which is unsprung.

La présence de ces autres galets est favorable au maintien de la tension de la courroie et donc à la constance de la vitesse de déplacement du brin en contact avec l'objet, ce qui permet d'obtenir une bonne régularité pour l'impression du signe.The presence of these other rollers is favorable to maintaining the tension of the belt and therefore to the constancy of the speed of movement of the strand in contact with the object, which makes it possible to obtain a good regularity for printing the sign. .

Selon des caractéristiques préférées, au moins un des galets autour desquels s'enroule ladite courroie est entraîné en rotation.According to preferred features, at least one of the rollers around which said belt is wound is rotated.

La courroie est ainsi mise en mouvement par l'un des galets autour desquels elle s'enroule, ce qui est favorable à la constance de sa vitesse et donc à la régularité de l'impression du signe.The belt is thus set in motion by one of the rollers around which it winds, which is favorable to the constancy of its speed and therefore to the regularity of the printing of the sign.

En particulier, la régularité de la vitesse est meilleure que dans le dispositif décrit par la demande de brevet susvisée, dans lequel la courroie est entraînée par des contre-galets extérieurs sur lesquels s'appuient respectivement le galet amont et le galet aval, les conditions de contact entre la courroie et ces galets étant modifiées lors des mouvements de suspension des galets amont et aval.In particular, the regularity of the speed is better than in the device described by the abovementioned patent application, in which the belt is driven by external counter-rollers on which the upstream roller and the downstream roller are respectively leaning, the conditions contact between the belt and these rollers being modified during the suspension movements of the upstream and downstream rollers.

De préférence, pour des raisons de commodité de réalisation, c'est ledit autre galet non suspendu qui est entraîné en rotation.Preferably, for the sake of convenience, it is said other unsprung roller which is rotated.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées, le dispositif selon l'invention comporte un bras portant le tourillon de l'un desdits galets amont et galet aval tandis que ledit bras est monté à oscillation sur le tourillon dudit autre galet non suspendu.According to other preferred features, the device according to the invention comprises an arm carrying the trunnion of one of said upstream rollers and downstream roller while said arm is oscillation mounted on the trunnion of said other unsprung roller.

Le guidage du mouvement de suspension du galet amont et /ou du galet aval obtenu grâce à ce bras permet en effet d'obtenir un bon maintien de la tension de la courroie.Guiding the suspension movement of the upstream roller and / or the downstream roller obtained with this arm makes it possible to obtain a good maintenance of the tension of the belt.

De préférence, ledit bras s'étend, à partir dudit tourillon sur lequel il est monté à oscillation, vers l'aval.Preferably, said arm extends, from said journal on which it is mounted to oscillation, downstream.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées, pour les raisons qui viennent d'être exposées, chacun desdits deux autres galets est non suspendu et chacun desdits galet amont et galet aval est porté par un bras respectif monté à oscillation sur le tourillon d'un respectif desdits deux autres galets.According to other preferred features, for the reasons which have just been described, each of said two other rollers is unsprung and each of said upstream roller and downstream roller is carried by a respective arm mounted to oscillation on the trunnion of a respective one of said two other pebbles.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées, ladite courroie s'enroule autour de trois dits autres galets, respectivement un premier galet non suspendu, un deuxième galet non suspendu et un troisième galet suspendu.According to other preferred features, said belt wraps around three of said other rollers, respectively a first unsprung roller, a second unsprung roller and a third suspended roller.

La présence de ce troisième autre galet permet d'obtenir une régularité particulièrement bonne de la vitesse de déplacement de la courroie.The presence of this third other roller makes it possible to obtain a particularly good regularity of the speed of movement of the belt.

De préférence, ledit troisième galet suspendu est suspendu dépendamment de l'un desdits galets amont et galet aval, de sorte que si ce dernier a un mouvement de suspension de nature à détendre ladite courroie, le mouvement de suspension du troisième galet est de nature à retendre ladite courroie.Preferably, said third suspended roller is suspended depending on one of said upstream rollers and downstream roller, so that if the latter has a suspension movement of such a nature to relax said belt, the suspension movement of the third roller is likely to retension said belt.

De préférence encore, pour des raisons pratiques d'encombrement, ledit troisième galet est suspendu dépendamment dudit galet aval.More preferably, for practical reasons of space, said third roller is suspended depending on said downstream roller.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées, le dispositif selon l'invention comporte un bras monté à oscillation en son centre sur le tourillon dudit autre galet non suspendu, ledit bras portant à une extrémité le tourillon de l'un desdits galet amont et galet aval, tandis qu'à l'autre extrémité il porte le tourillon d'un deuxième dit autre galet.According to other preferred features, the device according to the invention comprises an arm mounted to oscillate at its center on the trunnion of said other unsprung roller, said arm carrying at one end the trunnion of one of said upstream roller and downstream roller, while at the other end he carries the trunnion of a second said other pebble.

Ainsi, l'éventuel mou dû au mouvement de suspension du galet amont ou aval est rattrapé par le deuxième autre galet, l'angle d'enroulement de la courroie sur ce deuxième autre galet se conserve au moins approximativement lors des mouvement de suspension, ce qui est particulièrement intéressant quand le deuxième autre galet est entraîné et, ce qui est également particulièrement intéressant dans ce cas, le deuxième autre galet est en contact avec la courroie par la face de celle-ci prévue pour entrer en contact avec l'objet, de sorte que l'on profite pour l'entraînement de la courroie de l'éventuel caractère anti-glissement de cette face.Thus, the possible slackness due to the suspension movement of the upstream or downstream roller is caught by the second other roller, the winding angle of the belt on the second other roller is preserved at least approximately during the suspension movement, this which is particularly interesting when the second other roller is driven and, which is also particularly interesting in this case, the second other roller is in contact with the belt by the face thereof intended to come into contact with the object, so that one benefits for the drive of the belt of any anti-slip character of this face.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées, ledit moyen d'appui non suspendu est formé par le brin d'une deuxième courroie s'étendant entre deux galets non suspendus, positionnés de façon prédéterminée par rapport audit élément de butée.According to other preferred features, said unsprung support means is formed by the strand of a second belt extending between two unsprung rollers, positioned in a predetermined manner with respect to said stop element.

Grâce ces caractéristiques on peut obtenir d'excellents résultats d'impression, notamment si les deux courroies sont entraînées à la même vitesse de façon synchrone.Thanks to these characteristics, excellent printing results can be achieved, especially if both belts are driven at the same speed synchronously.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques préférées :

  • ladite deuxième courroie s'enroule exclusivement autour de galets non suspendus ;
  • deux desdits galets non suspendus autour desquels s'enroule ladite deuxième courroie, servent de contre-galet respectivement pour ledit galet amont et pour ledit galet aval ;
  • un même moteur sert à entraîner lesdites courroie et deuxième courroie ;
  • ledit élément de butée est décalé latéralement par rapport audit moyen d'appui ;
  • ledit élément de butée est disposé entre ledit moyen d'appui et un moyen de butée latérale pour ledit objet à affranchir ; et/ou
  • lesdits moyens d'impression comportent au moins une cartouche à jet d'encre munie d'une tête pour envoyer, depuis un creux de l'élément de butée, de l'encre sur ledit emplacement prédéterminé de l'objet.
According to other preferred features:
  • said second belt wraps exclusively around unsprung rollers;
  • two of said unsprung rollers around which said second belt is wound serve as a counter-roller respectively for said upstream roller and for said downstream roller;
  • a same motor serves to drive said belt and second belt;
  • said abutment member is offset laterally with respect to said bearing means;
  • said abutment member is disposed between said abutment means and lateral abutment means for said object to be franked; and or
  • said printing means comprise at least one ink jet cartridge provided with a head for sending ink from said indentation member to said predetermined location of the object.

L'invention vise également , sous un deuxième aspect, une machine à affranchir comportant un dispositif tel qu'exposé ci-dessus, pour imprimer une marque d'affranchissement.The invention also aims, in a second aspect, a franking machine comprising a device as explained above, to print a franking mark.

L'exposé de l'invention sera maintenant poursuivi par la description d'un exemple de réalisation, donnée ci-après à titre illustratif et non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés. Sur ceux-ci :

  • la figure 1 est une vue très schématique en perspective d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention, faisant partie d'une machine à affranchir, une lettre étant montrée en cours de passage dans cette machine ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue de dessus de ce dispositif où, pour la clarté du dessin, seuls certains éléments de celui-ci ont été représentés, une lettre à affranchir étant montrée en cours d'introduction dans la machine ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en élévation-coupe prise comme indiqué par III-III sur la figure 2, la lettre à affranchir étant en cours de passage dans la machine avec une portion au niveau des moyens d'impression ;
  • les figures 4 et 5 sont des vues en élévation du dispositif, respectivement avec une lettre en cours d'introduction et une lettre en cours de passage, comme sur les figures 2 et 1 ; et
  • la figure 6 est une vue similaire à la figures 5, mais montrant la lettre en cours de passage dans la machine juste derrière une étiquette d'affranchissement.
The description of the invention will now be continued by the description of an exemplary embodiment, given below by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. On these:
  • Figure 1 is a very schematic perspective view of a device according to the invention, forming part of a franking machine, a letter being shown during passage in this machine;
  • Figure 2 is a top view of this device where, for the sake of clarity of the drawing, only certain elements thereof have been shown, a letter to be franked being shown during introduction into the machine;
  • Figure 3 is an elevational sectional view taken as indicated by III-III in Figure 2, the letter franking being in the process of passing through the machine with a portion at the printing means;
  • Figures 4 and 5 are elevational views of the device, respectively with a letter being introduced and a letter being passed, as in Figures 2 and 1; and
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the letter being passed through the machine just behind a postage label.

La machine à affranchir 1 illustrée sur le dessin comporte un dispositif pour imprimer une marque d'affranchissement sur un objet plat tel que la lettre 2, à l'emplacement normalisé 3 (figure 2) se trouvant sur la face où l'on peut lire l'adresse du destinataire, ici la face supérieure 4 de l'enveloppe que comporte la lettre 2.The franking machine 1 illustrated in the drawing comprises a device for printing a franking mark on a flat object such as the letter 2, in the standardized position 3 (FIG. 2) located on the face where it can be read. the address of the addressee, here the upper face 4 of the envelope that includes the letter 2.

Pour imprimer la marque d'affranchissement sur l'emplacement 3, il faut faire passer la lettre 2 dans un couloir 5 que comporte la machine 1, ce couloir étant délimité par des éléments solidaires du bâti, respectivement un support 6 qui forme le plafond du couloir 5, une table 7 qui en forme le plancher et un rebord 8 qui en forme une limite latérale, le couloir étant ouvert à l'opposé du rebord 8.To print the franking mark on the location 3, the letter 2 must be passed in a corridor 5 that the machine 1 comprises, this corridor being delimited by elements integral with the frame, respectively a support 6 which forms the ceiling of the corridor 5, a table 7 which forms the floor and a flange 8 which forms a lateral limit, the corridor being open opposite the flange 8.

Pour faire passer la lettre 2 dans le couloir 5, on pose la lettre sur la partie de la table 7 qui est en saillie du côté prévu pour l'introduction (côté que l'on voit à gauche sur les dessins), jusqu'à ce quelle soit entraînée par les moyens prévus à cet effet dans la machine 1, l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement s'effectuant automatiquement pendant que la lettre 2 est entraînée dans le couloir 5, la lettre affranchie étant expulsée de la machine à l'autre extrémité du couloir 5 (extrémité que l'on voit à droite sur les dessins).To pass the letter 2 in the corridor 5, we put the letter on the part of the table 7 which is projecting from the side provided for the introduction (side that we see on the left on the drawings), until it is driven by the means provided for this purpose in the machine 1, the printing of the franking mark being effected automatically while the letter 2 is driven in the corridor 5, the franked letter being expelled from the machine to the other end of the corridor 5 (end that is seen on the right in the drawings).

Pour entraîner les objets tels que la lettre 2, la machine 1 comporte une courroie supérieure 9 et une courroie inférieure 10 pour les prendre en sandwich, ainsi que montré sur les figures 1 et 5.To drive objects such as the letter 2, the machine 1 comprises an upper belt 9 and a lower belt 10 for sandwiching them, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5.

La courroie supérieure 9 tourne autour de six galets 11 à 16 montés à rotation sur le bâti de la machine, sans être suspendus par rapport à celui-ci, les galets 11 et 16 délimitant les extrémités, respectivement amont et aval, de la boucle que fourme la courroie 9, la portion inférieure de cette boucle étant située dans le couloir 5 et s'appuyant sur les galets 13 et 14, qui sont de petite dimension, la portion supérieure de cette boucle étant située au-dessus du support 6 et rencontrant les rouleaux 12 et 15 qui dévient la courroie 9 pour la faire circuler à proximité du support 6, la position du galet 15 étant réglable grâce à une vis de pression (non représentée) afin de conférer à la courroie 9 la tension requise pour éviter son glissement par rapport au galet 16, qui sert à l'entraîner en rotation, le galet 16 étant lui-même entraîné grâce au moteur 17, comme on l'expliquera ci-après.The upper belt 9 rotates around six rollers 11 to 16 rotatably mounted on the frame of the machine, without being suspended relative thereto, the rollers 11 and 16 delimiting the ends, respectively upstream and downstream, of the loop that 4me the belt 9, the lower portion of this loop being located in the corridor 5 and bearing on the rollers 13 and 14, which are small, the upper portion of this loop being located above the support 6 and meeting the rollers 12 and 15 which deflect the belt 9 to circulate near the support 6, the position of the roller 15 being adjustable by means of a pressure screw (not shown) to give the belt 9 the tension required to avoid its sliding relative to the roller 16, which serves to drive it in rotation, the roller 16 is itself driven by the motor 17, as will be explained below.

La courroie inférieure 10 tourne autour de cinq galets 18 à 22 parmi lesquels les galets 18 et 21 sont montés à rotation sur le bâti de la machine 1 sans être suspendus par rapport à celui-ci, tandis que les galets 19, 20 et 22 sont suspendus, les galets 18 et 22 délimitant les extrémités, respectivement amont et aval, de la boucle que forme la courroie 10, la portion supérieure de cette boucle étant située dans le couloir 5 où elle s'appuie sur les rouleaux 18, 19 et 22 tandis que la portion inférieure de cette boucle est située en dessous de la table 7 où elle rencontre, entre les galets 22 et 18, les galets 21 et 20, le galet 21 servant à entraîner la courroie 10 en rotation, et étant lui-même entraîné, comme on l'expliquera ci-après, grâce au moteur 17.The lower belt 10 rotates about five rollers 18 to 22 among which the rollers 18 and 21 are mounted to rotate on the frame of the machine 1 without being suspended relative thereto, while the rollers 19, 20 and 22 are suspended, the rollers 18 and 22 delimiting the ends, respectively upstream and downstream, of the loop formed by the belt 10, the upper portion of this loop being located in the corridor 5 where it relies on the rollers 18, 19 and 22 while the lower portion of this loop is located below the table 7 where it meets, between the rollers 22 and 18, the rollers 21 and 20, the roller 21 serving to drive the belt 10 in rotation, and being itself driven, as will be explained below, thanks to the engine 17.

Pour permettre au galet 19 d'avoir un mouvement de suspension, son tourillon central est porté par un bras 23 monté à oscillation sur le tourillon du galet 18, de sorte que le tourillon du galet 19 peut décrire une trajectoire en arc de cercle par rapport au tourillon du galet 18, un ressort 24 étant prévu pour solliciter le bras 23 vers le haut, c'est-à-dire dans le sens qui sollicite le galet 19 vers le brin de la courroie supérieure 9 se trouvant dans le couloir 5.To allow the roller 19 to have a suspension movement, its central pin is carried by an arm 23 mounted to oscillate on the pin of the roller 18, so that the pin of the roller 19 can describe a trajectory in an arc relative to at the journal of the roller 18, a spring 24 being provided for biasing the arm 23 upwards, that is to say in the direction that urges the roller 19 towards the end of the upper belt 9 located in the corridor 5.

On observera que le galet 18 est disposé juste en dessous du galet 11, à l'écart de celui-ci, et que la disposition relative des galets 13 et 19 est telle que le galet 13 sert de contre-galet au galet 19, en lui procurant un appui reprenant les efforts exercés par le ressort 24.It will be observed that the roller 18 is disposed just below the roller 11, away from it, and that the relative arrangement of the rollers 13 and 19 is such that the roller 13 serves as a counter-roller to the roller 19, in providing him with support for the efforts exerted by the jurisdiction 24.

Pour permettre les mouvements de suspension des galets 20 et 22, le tourillon de chacun de ces galets est monté à une extrémité respective d'un bras 25 dont le centre est monté à oscillation sur le tourillon du galet 21, le trajet suivi par le tourillon des galets 20 et 22 lors d'un mouvement de suspension étant ainsi un arc de cercle centré sur le tourillon du galet 21, les mouvements des galets 20 et 22 étant en opposition, c'est-à-dire que quand le galet 22 s'abaisse, le galet 20 s'élève et vice versa.To allow the suspension movements of the rollers 20 and 22, the trunnion of each of these rollers is mounted at a respective end of an arm 25 whose center is mounted to oscillate on the trunnion of the roller 21, the path followed by the trunnion rollers 20 and 22 during a suspension movement being thus a circular arc centered on the journal of the roller 21, the movements of the rollers 20 and 22 being in opposition, that is to say that when the roller 22 s lower, the roller 20 rises and vice versa.

Un ressort 26 est prévu pour solliciter le bras 25 dans le sens où le galet 22 s'élève, c'est-à-dire dans le sens où il va à la rencontre du brin de la courroie supérieure 9 se trouvant dans le couloir 5.A spring 26 is provided to urge the arm 25 in the direction where the roller 22 rises, that is to say in the sense that it meets the strand of the upper belt 9 located in the corridor 5 .

On observera que le galet 16 sert de contre-galet au galet 22, c'est-à-dire qu'il lui permet de reprendre les efforts exercés par le ressort 26.It will be observed that the roller 16 serves as a counter-roller roller 22, that is to say, it allows it to resume the forces exerted by the spring 26.

Ainsi qu'indiqué ci-dessus, le moteur 17 sert à entraîner en rotation les galets 16 et 21, ce qui est réalisé grâce à une courroie 27 (non représentée sur la figure 4) engagée sur la poulie 28 du moteur 17, sur la poulie 29 solidaire du tourillon du galet 16 et sur la poulie 30 solidaire du tourillon du galet 21.As indicated above, the motor 17 serves to drive the rollers 16 and 21 in rotation, which is achieved by virtue of a belt 27 (not shown in FIG. 4) engaged on the pulley 28 of the motor 17, on the pulley 29 integral with the journal of the roller 16 and on the pulley 30 integral with the journal of the roller 21.

On voit qu'en faisant tourner le moteur 17 dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre (tel qu'on le voit sur les dessins), les galets 16 et 21 tournent dans ce sens, de sorte que la portion de chacune des courroies 9 et 10 se trouvant dans le couloir 5, se déplace de la gauche vers la droite, c'est-à-dire de l'extrémité d'introduction de l'objet 2 vers l'extrémité de sortie, la vitesse linéaire des courroies 9 et 10 étant exactement la même, les poulies 29 ayant le même diamètre et de même pour les galets 16 et 21.It can be seen that by rotating the motor 17 counterclockwise (as shown in the drawings), the rollers 16 and 21 rotate in this direction, so that the portion of each of the 9 and 10 belts in the corridor 5, moves from the left to the right, that is to say from the insertion end of the object 2 towards the outlet end, the linear speed of the 9 and 10 belts being exactly the same, the pulleys 29 having the same diameter and the same for the rollers 16 and 21.

La lettre 2, lorsqu'elle est introduite dans la machine 1 comme montré sur les figures 2 et 4, finit par rencontrer les courroies 9 et 10 entre lesquelles elle peut s'insérer grâce à l'abaissement du galet 19 à l'encontre du ressort 24, la lettre 2 finissant par se trouver prise en sandwich entre les courroies 9 et 10, comme montré sur la figure 5, l'abaissement du galet 22 permettant la poursuite de la progression de la lettre 2 et sa sortie hors de la machine 1.The letter 2, when introduced into the machine 1 as shown in Figures 2 and 4, eventually meet the belts 9 and 10 between which it can be inserted through the lowering of the roller 19 against the spring 24, the letter 2 ending up being sandwiched between the belts 9 and 10, as shown in Figure 5, the lowering of the roller 22 allowing the progression of letter 2 and its exit from the machine 1.

On notera que les mouvements de suspension effectués par les galets 19 et 22 pour permettre le passage de la lettre 2, ainsi que le mouvement du galet 20 qui en résulte, sont tels que la courroie 10 ne prend pas de mou, et qu'en conséquence elle reste bien plaquée sur le galet 21, qui ne patine donc pas vis-à-vis de la courroie 10, ce qui permet à cette dernière d'avoir un mouvement restant synchrone par rapport à celui de la courroie 9.Note that the suspension movements made by the rollers 19 and 22 to allow the passage of the letter 2, and the movement of the roller 20 which results, are such that the belt 10 does not take slack, and that Consequently, it remains well pressed against the roller 21, which therefore does not slip with respect to the belt 10, which allows the latter to have a movement remaining synchronous with that of the belt 9.

Les faces supérieure et inférieure de la lettre 2 sont ainsi entraînées exactement à la même vitesse, ce qui évite de faire naître sur ces surfaces des plis ou des ondulations nuisibles à la qualité de l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement effectuée, de la manière expliquée ci-après, pendant le passage de la lettre 2 dans la machine 1.The upper and lower faces of the letter 2 are thus driven at exactly the same speed, which avoids the appearance on these surfaces of folds or ripples detrimental to the quality of the printing of the franking mark made, the way explained below, during the passage of the letter 2 in the machine 1.

On observera en outre que le fait de faire tourner la courroie 10 autour du galet 21 en lui faisant changer de sens de courbure, c'est-à-dire en mettant en contact la courroie 10 avec le galet 21 par sa face opposée à celle par laquelle elle est en contact avec les galets 20 et 22, permet d'avoir un angle d'enroulement relativement important de la courroie 10 sur le galet 21, et également de faire coopérer ce galet avec cette courroie par la face de celle-ci prévue pour entraîner la lettre 2, c'est-à-dire avec sa face prévue pour ne pas être glissante, de sorte que les risques de glissement du galet 21 vis-à-vis de la courroie 10 sont réduits au minimum.It will further be observed that turning the belt 10 around the roller 21 by making it change direction of curvature, that is to say by bringing the belt 10 into contact with the roller 21 by its face opposite to that by which it is in contact with the rollers 20 and 22, makes it possible to have a relatively large winding angle of the belt 10 on the roller 21, and also to make this roller cooperate with this belt by the face thereof designed to drive the letter 2, that is to say with its face provided to not be slippery, so that the risk of slippage of the roller 21 vis-à-vis the belt 10 are reduced to a minimum.

Grâce à l'indépendance des suspensions du galet 19 et galet 22, la différence d'épaisseur existant entre deux objets qui se suivent, par exemple l'étiquette d'affranchissement 31 et la lettre 2 montrées sur la figure 6, permet d'être sûr que chacun des objets présents dans le couloir 5 est fermement pris en sandwich entre les courroies 9 et 10, et donc entraîné correctement (s'il y avait une certaine dépendance entre la suspension des galets 19 et 22, l'objet le plus mince aurait risqué de ne pas être pincé assez fortement entre les courroies, et subirait un effort d'entraînement différent sur ses faces inférieure et supérieure, susceptible de provoquer des plis et des ondulations sur la surface à imprimer).Thanks to the independence of the suspensions of the roller 19 and roller 22, the difference in thickness existing between two objects that follow each other, for example the franking label 31 and the letter 2 shown in FIG. sure that each of the objects present in the corridor 5 is firmly sandwiched between the belts 9 and 10, and thus driven correctly (if there was some dependence between the suspension of the rollers 19 and 22, the thinnest object would risk not to be pinched strongly enough between the belts, and would suffer a different drive force on its lower and upper faces, may cause wrinkles and ripples on the surface to be printed).

Plus généralement, on observera que le couloir 5 et les moyens d'entraînement de la machine 1 sont capables d'admettre des objets dont l'épaisseur maximum correspond à l'écartement entre les galets 11 et 18, et que quelle que soit l'épaisseur de l'objet entraîné, ou la disparité d'épaisseur que peut présenter celui-ci, sa face à imprimer sera très précisément plaquée sur la surface extérieure de la courroie 9 au moins entre les galets 13 et 14.More generally, it will be observed that the passage 5 and the drive means of the machine 1 are capable of admitting objects whose maximum thickness corresponds to the spacing between the rollers 11 and 18, and that whatever the thickness of the driven object, or the disparity of thickness that may present it, its printing face will be very accurately plated on the outer surface of the belt 9 at least between the rollers 13 and 14.

Pour imprimer la marque d'affranchissement sur l'emplacement 3, la machine 1 comporte des moyens d'impression 32 montés directement sur le bâti de la machine, situés transversalement entre le rebord 8 et les courroies 9 et 10 et situés, selon la direction longitudinale, entre les galets 13 et 14.To print the franking mark on the slot 3, the machine 1 comprises printing means 32 mounted directly on the frame of the machine, located transversely between the flange 8 and the belts 9 and 10 and located, in the direction longitudinal, between the rollers 13 and 14.

Plus précisément, les moyens d'impression 32 comportent une cartouche à jet d'encre 33 munie d'une tête d'impression 34 (figure 3) passant au travers d'une ouverture d'une platine 35 qui présente un creux 36 à partir duquel la tête 34 peut envoyer de l'encre sur l'objet 2, sans entrer en contact avec celui-ci.More specifically, the printing means 32 comprise an ink jet cartridge 33 provided with a printing head 34 (FIG. 3) passing through an opening of a plate 35 which has a hollow 36 from which the head 34 can send ink to the object 2, without coming into contact therewith.

Afin d'éviter d'étaler ou de faire baver l'encre qui vient d'être appliquée par la tête 34, le creux 36 est ouvert en aval de la tête 21, comme on le voit sur la figure 1.In order to avoid spreading or drooling the ink which has just been applied by the head 34, the hollow 36 is open downstream of the head 21, as seen in FIG.

On observera, ainsi que montré sur la figure 3, que les moyens d'entraînement de l'objet 2 déplacent celui-ci de sorte que sa face à imprimer 4 soit à fleur de la platine 35 et que celle-ci serve d'élément de butée évitant que la face 4 ne vienne rencontrer la tête 34, le positionnement de la face 4 par rapport à la platine 35 étant plus précisément procuré par la portion de la courroie 9 située entre les galets 13 et 14.It will be observed, as shown in FIG. 3, that the drive means of the object 2 move the latter so that its printing face 4 is flush with the plate 35 and that it serves as an element. abutment preventing the face 4 from coming to meet the head 34, the positioning of the face 4 relative to the plate 35 being more precisely provided by the portion of the belt 9 located between the rollers 13 and 14.

Afin que les moyens d'impression 32 soient commandés en synchronisme avec l'avancement de l'objet 2 dans la machine 1, il est prévu un premier détecteur de présence qui commande la mise en route du moteur 17 lorsqu'un objet commence à être introduit dans la machine 1, et un deuxième détecteur de présence qui déclenche le processus d'impression lorsque l'objet est parvenu à un emplacement prédéterminé.So that the printing means 32 are controlled in synchronism with the advance of the object 2 in the machine 1, there is provided a first presence detector which controls the start of the motor 17 when an object begins to be introduced into the machine 1, and a second presence detector that triggers the printing process when the object has reached a predetermined location.

De nombreuses variantes sont possibles en fonction des circonstances, notamment dans la constitution des moyens d'impression et dans ceux des moyens d'entraînement qui servent à mouvoir l'objet à affranchir.Numerous variations are possible depending on the circumstances, in particular in the constitution of the printing means and in those of the drive means used to move the object to be franked.

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  1. Device for printing a sign at a predetermined location (3) on one face (4) of a flat object (2) having a thickness lying within a given range, including an abutment element (35) for the face (4) of the flat object (2) to be printed, drive means for moving the object (2) along the abutment element (35) with its face (4) to be printed which is just above this element, and printing means (32) including means for printing the said sign at the said predetermined location (3) while the object (2) is moved by the drive means along the abutment element (35), the said drive means including a non-suspended support means (9) for the face (4) of the said object (2) to be printed, and including a belt (10) featuring a stretch facing the said support means (9) and extending between an upstream roller (19) and a downstream roller (22) which are suspended in such a way that the said object (2) can be sandwiched between the said non-suspended support means (9) and the said stretch of the belt (10); characterized in that the said belt (10) is wound around at least two other rollers (18, 20, 21), at least one of which (18, 21) is not suspended.
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the rollers (18-22) around which the said belt (10) is wound is driven in rotation.
  3. Device according to Claim 2, characterized in that it is the said other, non-suspended roller (21) which is driven in rotation.
  4. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it includes an arm (23, 25) carrying the journal of one of the said upstream rollers (19) and downstream roller (22) while the said arm (23, 25) is mounted so as to oscillate on the journal of the said other non-suspended roller (18, 21).
  5. Device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the said arm (23, 25) extends downstream from the said journal on which it is mounted so as to oscillate.
  6. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each of the said other two rollers (18, 21) is not suspended and in that each of the said upstream roller (19) and downstream roller (22) is carried by a respective arm (23, 25) mounted so that it can oscillate on the journal of a respective one of the said other two rollers (18, 21).
  7. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the said belt (10) is wound around three other said rollers, respectively a first non-suspended roller (18), a second non-suspended roller (21) and a third suspended roller (20).
  8. Device according to Claim 7, characterized in that the said third suspended roller (20) is suspended dependently from one of the said upstream rollers (18) and downstream roller (22), such that, if this latter has a suspension movement of such a nature as to slacken the said belt (10), the suspension movement of the third roller (20) is of such a nature as to retension the said belt (10).
  9. Device according to Claim 8, characterized in that the said third roller (20) is suspended dependently from the said downstream roller (22).
  10. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it includes an arm (25) mounted so that it can oscillate at its center on the journal of the said other non-suspended roller (21), the said arm carrying, at one end, the journal of one of the said upstream roller and downstream roller (22), while at the other end it carries the journal of a said second other roller (20).
  11. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the said upstream roller (19) is suspended independently of the said downstream roller (22).
  12. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the said non-suspended support means is formed by the stretch of a second belt (9) extending between two non-suspended rollers (13, 14), positioned in a predetermined way with respect to the said abutment element (35).
  13. Device according to Claim 12, characterized in that the said second belt is wound exclusively around non-suspended rollers.
  14. Device according to either of Claims 12 and 13, characterized in that two of the said non-suspended rollers (13, 16) around which the said second belt is wound serve as a counter-roller respectively for the said upstream roller (19) and for the said downstream roller (22).
  15. Device according to any one of Claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the same motor (17) serves to drive the said belt (10) and second belt (9).
  16. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the said abutment element (35) is offset laterally with respect to the said support means (9).
  17. Device according to Claim 16, characterized in that the said abutment element (35) is arranged between the said support means (9) and a lateral abutment means (8) for the said object to be franked (2).
  18. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 17, characterized in that the said printing means (32) include at least one ink jet cartridge (33) equipped with a head (34) for sending ink onto the said predetermined location of the object, from a recess (36) in the abutment element (35).
  19. Franking machine including a device according to any one of Claims 1 to 18, for printing a franking mark.
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