EP1811462A2 - Frankiermaschine mit vertikalen Transportweg - Google Patents

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EP1811462A2
EP1811462A2 EP07100391A EP07100391A EP1811462A2 EP 1811462 A2 EP1811462 A2 EP 1811462A2 EP 07100391 A EP07100391 A EP 07100391A EP 07100391 A EP07100391 A EP 07100391A EP 1811462 A2 EP1811462 A2 EP 1811462A2
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feed tray
franking machine
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Bruno Morel
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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Neopost Technologies SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—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
    • 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
    • B41J13/14—Aprons or guides for the printing section
    • 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
    • B41J13/26—Registering devices
    • B41J13/28—Front lays, stops, or gauges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces

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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a franking machine of simple and inexpensive design for use in an office environment for the printing of mail items in small numbers.
  • the present invention relates to a franking machine whose components, with the exception of the print head, are reduced to their simplest expression.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a franking machine low cost and small size for the postage of a few tens of mail per day.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a machine without motorization of the transport of mail items.
  • the inclination in two directions of the feed tray eliminates the drive means of the mail items and directing these items to a single printing position.
  • the machine thus obtained is particularly simple and robust because devoid of any moving parts.
  • said plate is inclined at an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a first direction (X) and an angle of between 60 and 90 ° in a second direction (Y).
  • the retractable jogging flap is movable and retracts after printing the postal imprint to allow under the effect of the automatic descent of the mail item in a tray receiving mail items.
  • said mail item feed tray integrates a weigh module delivering a weight value of the mail piece placed on said feed tray and to be stamped.
  • FIGS 1 and 2 illustrate in perspective a franking machine of mail items according to the invention.
  • This mail item, envelope or label has at least one printed thumbprint, as is customary, at the top right of this mail item.
  • a machine comprises printing means 10 of the mail article, typically an inkjet print head, a tray or feed tray 12 for feeding mail items such printing means and a receiving tray 14 for receiving mail items once these are freed by the means of printing.
  • this machine includes a user interface 16 for entering and displaying the postage amount or, if it is determined automatically, postal data necessary for its determination (weight class, geographical area of destination, services requested, etc.) and secure processing means 18 including, inter alia, postage accounting data, in particular ascending and descending counters, and the reloading data. It may also include means of connection to a remote server system which then makes it a communicating machine including reloading and sending statistics.
  • the feed tray can integrate a weighing module 22 delivering the weight of the mail piece placed on the tray and to be stamped.
  • the user will only have to enter the geographical code of destination of the mail item and possibly the requested service so that the postage amount of the mail item is determined.
  • the feed tray 12 is not only inclined but has a double inclination so that, after its fall process, the envelope or the label is found in abutment against a longitudinal reference wall 12A and a retractable jogging flap 20, always in the same position regardless of its initial position on the feed tray (being of course understood that the mail item has a predefined orientation).
  • the franking machine of the present invention is particularly adapted to small numbers (at most a few tens per day) and, by its simplified and robust structure, it can be implemented in various environments, not only office, but also industrial or commercial.

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EP07100391A 2006-01-23 2007-01-11 Frankiermaschine mit vertikalen Transportweg Withdrawn EP1811462A3 (de)

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FR0650221A FR2896447B1 (fr) 2006-01-23 2006-01-23 Machine a affranchir a chemin vertical

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US7672907B2 (en) 2010-03-02
FR2896447A1 (fr) 2007-07-27

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