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EP2902974A1
EP2902974A1 EP14191984.5A EP14191984A EP2902974A1 EP 2902974 A1 EP2902974 A1 EP 2902974A1 EP 14191984 A EP14191984 A EP 14191984A EP 2902974 A1 EP2902974 A1 EP 2902974A1
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Stefan Beckmann
Wolfgang Muhl
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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
    • 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
    • B41J11/0095—Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end
    • 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
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    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
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    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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    • 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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    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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  • the invention relates to a printing device with a separate pressure element for franking strips according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the printing device has a removable box-shaped assembly on the lower part and a transport device with a conveyor belt in the upper part of a housing, wherein the mail pieces transported in a gap between the two parts become.
  • the printer device is used in connection with mail processing devices, in particular in a franking machine.
  • a mail piece is to be understood as meaning a print carrier, such as a letter, or a strip-shaped print carrier, such as a franking strip, or another flat good suitable for printing, which has three dimensions.
  • German utility model DE 202010015354 U1 is already a modular printer device with a removable box-shaped assembly known in the pressure elements are provided to press a flat Good to a conveyor belt from below ( 1a and 1b ).
  • German utility model DE 202010015351 U1 is a device for lowering, positioning and raising of pressure elements of a printer device known.
  • This has two guide channels, a rocker and fasteners and moldings and can be pulled out together with the box-shaped assembly in the lower part of the franking machine completely forward from the franking machine to facilitate a jam removal or accelerate.
  • To lower the pressure device and before removal of the box-shaped unit must the rocker is actuated.
  • the guide channels and the other above-mentioned components cooperate with two guide means which protrude from the lower part of the printing device.
  • the pressure device is initially opposite to the z-direction (ie downward) and upon reaching a predetermined insertion position in the z-direction (ie upwards) moves during insertion of the box-shaped assembly in the printer device.
  • a brush body is mechanically coupled to a spring system having a number of spring elements, which are arranged between a base plate and a base plate.
  • the spring elements are compression springs, the spring constant is so small that the brush body placed on the base plate is deflected against the spring force of the spring elements, if a very thin flat material is transported by the conveyor belt.
  • the compression springs of the pressure device are biased to a minimum pressure force of F2min, which is just sufficient to transport thin flat good, such as franking strips, without the brush elements of the brush are deformed. The deflection takes place because of the small spring constant of the compression springs before the brush elements of the brush can yield.
  • the spring force continues to increase linearly with the thickness of the flat material up to a value F3max.
  • This solution has been optimized for thick flat goods and for a long brush life.
  • a disadvantage may occur if a very thin flat product, such as a franking strip, is to be transported by the conveyor belt. Then the force effect F2max can be set so metered doses that during transport of the franking strip slippage on the conveyor belt is avoided.
  • the module with the magazine is arranged laterally offset to the conveyor belt (see ibid Fig. 2 ) that the print carrier are detected by the conveyor belt only in the edge region and are wider around this edge region than the otherwise widest strip-shaped print carrier.
  • the conveyor belt runs outside next to the printing window and the print carrier is guided by the conveyor belt with the rest of the intended area for printing under the printing window.
  • a transport module is located on a lateral letterhead and opposite is a counter-pressure device, wherein a print carrier is trapped between the aforementioned two means trapped during printing.
  • a disadvantage of this solution is the detection of a strip-shaped print carrier (franking strip) just in the edge region, wherein printing takes place in a wider printing range of the strip-shaped print carrier.
  • the printer device is equipped with an ink printing device to which a flat Good is pressed by a pressing device in a known manner.
  • the ink printing device contains interchangeable ink cartridges, each with a printhead and the pressure device is part of a removable and in a direction of insertion y retractable box-shaped unit.
  • the pressure device is acted upon by a spring force to press the flat material in the pressing direction z to a conveyor belt.
  • a sensor for the pressure release of the ink printing device is arranged.
  • a printer device is to be equipped with a means for strip-shaped print carrier, which ensures that the strip-shaped print carrier are transported from the release of pressure and during printing without slippage.
  • the base of the pressure device has a Anyak emotions foundedplatte with a recess at the edge of Antik emotions foundedplatte extending further in the pressure body in the z-direction to the ink pressure device out.
  • a further pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier which includes a pressure element that is designed to be movable separately to the pressure body and is acted upon by a spring force of another spring or resilient element.
  • the separate pressure element of the further pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier is movably arranged in the recess.
  • the sensor for the pressure release is arranged on the front wall of the housing lower shell of the printer device and has a sensor region which is adjacent to the separate pressure element in the insertion direction y of the box-shaped structural unit.
  • the separate pressure element is actuated by a control unit pivoted.
  • the movement of the separately movable pressure element can be controlled so as to produce a pressure only by means of the separately movable pressure element, if necessary, while a strip-shaped print carrier is transported.
  • the separate pressure element is already pivoted independently of the control unit due to a kinematic coupling of mechanical components of the printer device and the box-shaped assembly when the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • a rotatably mounted on an axle roller is used to prevent unnecessary abrasion of the separately movable pressure element and the conveyor belt of a transport device.
  • the remaining pressure elements are mechanically connected to each other on a side facing away from the pressure surface and are therefore moved together during pressing together by a spring force to the conveyor belt, ie in the z-direction.
  • a pressure device for flat good in contrast to the pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier.
  • the spring force is limited to a minimum value F2min during pressing of the flat product pressure device when no flat product is being transported.
  • a maximum spring force F2max becomes effective when some pressing members are already pressed down, because thin flat material enters a gap between the conveyor belt and the pressing members and is further transported in the transporting direction x, the thickness of the thin flat stock having a predetermined maximum thickness of strip-shaped Pressure media reaches but does not exceed.
  • the pressure by the separate pressure element is greater than or equal to the pressure by the Intelan Kunststoff Chemistry the Anvik stresses.
  • the separate pressure element is preferably a roller.
  • a print start sensor is located near the axis of the roller of the strip printing device, preferably below an axially elongated line. The print start of the strip-shaped print carrier is triggered by a control unit delayed by a defined path length.
  • FIG. 1 a shows a perspective basic representation of a printing device 1 from the left front top, with an inserted box-shaped unit 3, which is docked below a housing upper shell 12 to a housing lower shell 4 and provided in the pressure elements B to a flat good P to a in the housing upper shell 12th to press arranged conveyor belt 2 from below.
  • the pressure elements are designed in the form of a brush.
  • an arrow indicates the x direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
  • the insertion direction of the box-shaped unit is characterized by an arrow in the y-direction and the pressure is applied by the pressure elements in the z-direction of the Cartesian coordinate system. This coordinate system will continue to be maintained below.
  • FIG. 1b shows a perspective schematic representation of a printing device 1 from the left front top with a pulled out box-shaped assembly 3.
  • two guide means 41 and 42 are visible, which are designed as rails. They protrude on the front of the lower housing shell through the first opening 4.1 and second opening 4.2 forward.
  • a pressure device 30 of the box-shaped assembly consists of a spring-mounted brush with a plurality of pressure elements B, which project through an opening in the upper housing part of the box-shaped assembly upwards.
  • FIG. 2a is a plan view of a Monsant formula of a total of v equal contiguous area elements A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , ... A n-1 , A n , A n + 1 , ...
  • each of the surface elements A is preferably square and has an equal edge length a.
  • the surface elements A are arranged in two lines with each other and touch the respective immediately adjacent surface element.
  • a pressure force is understood to mean a force acting perpendicularly to a surface of a pressure body.
  • the pressure P ges is proportional to the pressing force (spring force) and opposite proportional to the effective Bacan horritus composition A ges .
  • a pressure surface (thick border) of a pressure element is shown as a rectangle within the plurality of v same pressure elements A in plan view. Such a pressure surface can be defined anywhere within the Intelan horr ges .
  • FIG. 2b is a plan view of a separate surface element and a Rescuean horrinous surface elements shown.
  • the separate surface element A S is, for example, the pressure surface of the separate pressure element 361, which is arranged in an indentation of a pressure body 31 independently movable from the pressure body.
  • the separate pressure element 361 preferably has a slightly smaller area than the surface element A of FIG. 2a , If the surface of the separate pressure element is cut out, then the remaining surface elements result A in the arrangement of FIG. 2b for a total of v-1 contiguous surface elements then a total pressure surface according to equation (2):
  • a B A ⁇ v - 1
  • the pressure body 31 distributes the pressing force F on v-1 pressure surfaces A.
  • the contact pressure for the common arrangement of pressure elements according to Fig. 2b is therefore increased compared to the arrangement according to Fig. 2a ,
  • the pressure surface A S of a separate pressure element 361 may differ from the square shape.
  • the separate pressure element 361 may also be composed of a plurality of pressure elements or constructed differently, for example as a roller or skid.
  • the separate pressure element 361 is mounted on a carrier or preferably at least partially formed.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective schematic representation of a pressure device 36 for strip-shaped print carrier according to a first variant, from the back above.
  • a spring-mounted roller R is used in conjunction with or as a separate pressure element for strip-shaped print carrier in a recess of the pressure body 31.
  • This roller is rotatably mounted on an axis 36111 parallel to the y-direction.
  • a sensor region of a pressure-start sensor in the insertion direction y of the box-shaped structural unit is arranged adjacent to the separate pressure element 361 with the roller R.
  • the print start sensor detects reaching a position of the leading edge of the print carrier for the print release of the printer device.
  • the one downstream post edge of the indentation 312 (see Figure 4 ) is parallel to the edge E of a single surface element A n-1 of the pressure element B n-1 .
  • This edge E is present one side of the pressure element B n-1 , wherein the side is closest to a post-downstream edge of the indentation.
  • the edge E can be extended with a line in the insertion direction, ie in the y-direction and is orthogonal to the transport direction x.
  • the aforesaid extended line is parallel to the post upstream elongated axis 36111 and has a distance D from the extended axis 36111 in the transport direction x.
  • the radius r of the roller 3611 corresponds to a fraction of the edge length b of the separate pressure element.
  • the pressure body 31 may have a plurality of pressure elements B, for example in the form of a brush. But it can also be designed as a bellows or present in another form.
  • the pressure elements B of the pressure body 31 are pressed against a flat material P with a minimum spring force F2min and at most with a spring force F2max.
  • the spring force increases proportionally with the thickness of the flat Guts, since the An für Associates foundedplatte is deflected against the spring force effect of the thickness accordingly.
  • the contact pressure body is designed as a brush body with a lateral indentation.
  • the recess has a sufficient shape and size, so that it is ensured that during the pressing of a strip-shaped print carrier to the conveyor belt, the separate function of the roller is not affected.
  • the width of the running surface of the roll preferably corresponds to the width of the edge region of the strip-shaped print carrier.
  • the border area is not printed.
  • the width of the tread of the roller R is at most one third of the printing area width of the strip-shaped print carrier.
  • the compression spring 3614 may be omitted if the rocker itself is resilient.
  • An adjusting means 362 is arranged near the other pivotally mounted end of the rocker and provided to press the separate pressure element against gravity to a franking strip to be printed when the adjusting means 362 - in a manner not shown - is controlled by a control unit accordingly.
  • the adjusting means is, for example, a stepping motor with a camshaft, the latter acting on the rocker as a function of the position of the camshaft achieved during a rotation.
  • the rocker is due to gravity on the camshaft.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective schematic representation of a pressure device for flat goods, from the left front below, without the pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier before, from the indentation 312 emerges at the edge of the Antik Eisenplatte 311, which continues in the pressure body 31 in the z direction.
  • the indentation of the pressure body is formed on one of the front side of the printer device facing away from the edge of the pressure body.
  • the pressure body 31 is formed, for example, as a brush body, which lacks the brush elements in the region of the indentation.
  • the brush body is - in a conventional manner - supplemented by a double-spring system that is supported on the bottom plate (not shown) of the housing lower shell of the box-shaped unit.
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a second variant of the pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier, from the back above.
  • the upper part of the box-shaped structural unit is designed as a feed table 13, in which a common opening for the separate pressure element 361 and for the pressure body 31 is provided.
  • the separate pressing element 361 consists of the roller 3611, which is rotatably mounted on an axis which is fixed to an angle plate 3612 which is provided for mechanically coupling the roller 3611 with a shaft support 14.
  • the feed table 13 is mounted on a housing lower shell 38 of the box-shaped assembly.
  • the roller 3611 mounted on the angle plate 3612 projects in the region of the indentation 312 of the pressure-plate bottom plate 311 into the space above the opening 130.
  • the shaft support 14 has at its movable end to a free-jet shaft with two openings 141 and 142, which are each provided for an ink jet print head.
  • the separate pressure element 361 is preferably mounted near the fin 144 on the free-jet shaft housing.
  • the shaft carrier is pivotally mounted on the underside of the feed table.
  • the Anvikögrenplatte 311 which also has a rectangular shape and fits into the opening 130, a plurality of pressure elements is firmly connected to each other at its base.
  • the pressing elements form a contact pressure body 31.
  • the contact pressure body 31 and the pressure body bottom plate 311 are preferably designed as brushes.
  • the pressure body 31 is according to the FIG. 5 taken from a cavity below the opening 130 and shown away from the feed table, so that a recording medium 32 for the Anyak Eisen 31 and two compression springs 331, 332 visible. Both compression springs are part of a first compression spring system. They are arranged between the receiving carrier 32 and the Andruck Eisenumble 311 on the underside of the brush body.
  • the compression springs 331 and 332 are effective at a mounted brush body respectively at the two long ends of the underside of the brush body and are mounted on the bottom of the receiving carrier 32.
  • the feed table 13 has upstream of an inlet in the form of a ramp 137 and slide rails 136 which are arranged on top of the base plate 135 of the feed table.
  • the feed table has a recess 138 located on the rear side of the box-shaped structural unit for a sensor carrier plate (not shown).
  • the sensor carrier plate is arranged on the front wall of the printer device in a protective housing ( Figure 9 ) and protrudes - in a manner not shown - into the recess 138, when the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • FIG. 6a is a perspective view of the second variant according to Fig. 5 with a longitudinal section through the feed table 13, shown from the top rear left, with a pressure body 31 mounted on the receiving carrier 32 and with a pressure device, which identifies a roller 3611.
  • the compression springs 371 to 374 of the second compression spring system are arranged at the four corners of the underside of the receiving carrier 32.
  • the compression springs are compressed but only during transport of very thick flat Good.
  • the effective for strip-shaped print carrier compression springs of the first compression spring system are in the FIG. 6a covered by the shaft carrier, but go out of the FIG. 5 out.
  • the shaft support 14 is pivotally mounted, which has two bearing pins 145, 146 at its one end, which is arranged below the ramp 137 of the feed table.
  • a bearing 139 is integrally formed on the underside of the feed table. This allows pivoting of the shaft support 14 about an axis 148 defined by the bearing journals. The latter lies parallel to the y-direction.
  • a free-jet shaft is formed, which projects through an opening in the feed table 13 upwards.
  • a mounting block 382 and a slot-shaped opening ( Fig. 7a, b ) are formed in the bottom plate 380 of the housing lower shell of the box-shaped structural unit.
  • the mounting block 382 is provided for attaching a leaf spring 383 which is secured at its one end to the mounting block 382 with a fastener 381 and is freely movable with the other end.
  • a molded part 147 is formed, which rests on the latter near the free end of the leaf spring 383 and serves to transmit power from the leaf spring 383 to the shaft support 14.
  • a lever 39 is used, which is kinematically coupled during insertion of the box-shaped assembly with a ramp 4011 on a support plate 401.
  • the latter is formed on the front wall of the housing lower shell of the printer device.
  • the mounting block 382 and the slot-shaped opening ( Fig. 7a, b ) close, a bearing 385 is formed for the lever 39 to the bottom plate 380.
  • FIG. 6b shows a perspective view of a Auslenkhebels 39 according to the second variant of the invention (see Fig. 5 ).
  • the deflection lever has an axis of rotation 390, which is oriented parallel to the transport direction x with a mounted lever 39.
  • the slot-shaped opening (see Fig. 7a, b ) in the bottom plate 380 of the housing lower shell of the box-shaped unit extends in contrast to orthogonal, ie parallel to the y-direction.
  • the deflection lever 39 has a ramp-shaped run-on slope 391 on its single lever arm, which projects downwards through the slot-shaped opening in the base plate 380 of the box-shaped structural unit in the case of a mounted deflection lever 39.
  • the aforementioned lever arm of a mounted Auslenkhebels extends forward and carries a shape contour 3921 which is integrally formed on the upward side of the Auslenkhebels, wherein the leaf spring rests on the shape contour of a mounted Auslenkhebels.
  • the bell crank body 395 has a mirrored h-shape.
  • the Auslenkhebel stresses 395 goes into two legs, as they are also seen at the bottom of the h-shape. At the end of the legs bearing pins 393, 394 are formed, which are parallel to the x-direction with an assembled lever on an axis 390 and formed on the Auslenkhebel emotions 395 in the x direction.
  • a support plate 401 for the box-shaped assembly is formed on the front wall of the printer apparatus (see Figure 9 ).
  • the bearing surface 401 has a ramp 4011 which starts flat at the front and rises to the rear ( FIG. 6a ).
  • the deflection lever 39 is mounted in the bearing on the bottom plate 380 of the housing lower shell of the box-shaped assembly, wherein the ramp ramp 291 of the Auslenkhebels through the slot-shaped opening (see Fig. 7a, b ) protrudes in the bottom plate.
  • the ramp engages the ramp ramp 391 of the articulation lever when the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer engine and kinematic coupling results in which the mold contour 3921 presses on the middle portion of the leaf spring, with the assembled articulation arm about the axis 390 is turned.
  • the free end of the leaf spring pushes with a spring force F5 (see Fig. 6d ) to the molded part 147 which is integrally formed on the underside of the shaft support 14.
  • F5 see Fig. 6d
  • Fig. 6a shows that the roller 3611 is mounted on the deflectable shaft support 14 which is pivotally mounted on the underside of the feed table 13 and which is held lowered by the leaf spring 383 in a lowered position.
  • FIG. 6c is a view of a longitudinal section through the feed table shown from the rear, which shows a mounted on an opening in the feed tray 13 on the receiving carrier 32 and 31 a pressure device for strip print carrier in the event that the box-shaped assembly is not inserted into the printer device.
  • the leaf spring 383 is relaxed, the shaft support 14 is unswiveled and the roller 3611 is lowered - as in FIG. 6a already shown.
  • FIG. 6d is a view of a longitudinal section through the feed table shown from the rear, a mounted on an opening in the feed tray on the recording medium 32 and 31 pressure-fitting device for strip-shaped print carrier, in the case shows that the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • the roller 3611, the shaft support 15, the leaf spring and the lever visible, noticeable.
  • the ramp on the support plate 401 which - not shown manner - on the front wall of the housing lower shell of the pressure device for the box-shaped assembly is arranged (see Figure 9 ) and the lever are advised by the insertion into a kinematic coupling, as a result of which the leaf spring 383 is pushed upwards, ie in the z-direction.
  • the shaft carrier 14 is pivoted upwards and presses with the roller 3611 against the conveyor belt.
  • the leaf spring 383 is now biased by a spring force F5min. Now comes a strip-shaped print carrier in the gap between the roller and conveyor belt.
  • the spring force F5 with which the roller is acted upon by the leaf spring 383, is greater than the spring force of the first spring system (see FIG.
  • Compression spring 331 and 332) which acts on the pressure body. Due to the greater spring force and the small pressure surface or even by the (theoretical) pressure line of the separate pressure element, the force exerted on the edge region of the strip-shaped print carrier, for example, franking strip pressure force F5 is very large. This leads to a greater static friction of the strip-shaped print carrier on the conveyor belt.
  • the roller 3611 has a low rolling friction. Therefore, slippage of the strip-shaped print carrier on the conveyor belt during transport of the print carrier can be safely avoided.
  • FIG. 7a is a side view of a partially cross-cut feed table 13 shown from the right, which mounted on the receiving medium 32 and the pressure-31 for flat goods and a pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier for the Case shows that the box-shaped assembly is not inserted into the printer device.
  • the ramp 4011 arranged on the supporting flat piece 401 is removed from the ramped starting slope 391 and has no influence.
  • the leaf spring 383 is not tensioned, the shaft support 14 is unswiveled and the roller 3611 is lowered.
  • FIG. 7b is a side view of a partially cross-cut feed table 13 is shown from the right, which shows a mounted on the recording medium 32 Antik emotions 31 and a pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier in the event that the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • the ramp 4011 arranged on the support surface 401 now has an influence on the ramp-shaped run-on slope 391, in that both engage with one another.
  • the shaft support 14 is pivoted and the roller 3611 is pressed up against a franking ST.
  • FIG. 8a shows a view of the box-shaped assembly from behind, which is inserted into the printer device, with a mounted on the recording medium An horrigen 31 and a pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier ST and with a sensor support plate 15 to which a further support plate 16 is arranged opposite to the illumination means , Of the aforementioned pressure device only the outstanding parts (roller and shaft carrier) are visible.
  • the ink cartridges 10, 11 and both support plates are components of the printer device, wherein the support plate 16 under a housing upper shell ( 1a ) of the printing apparatus above and the sensor support plate 15 is disposed below the gap existing between the print heads of the ink cartridges 10, 11 and the pressing device 31.
  • the gap When transporting thick pieces of mail, the gap can be up to 10 mm wide, wherein the pressure device deflects against the vorgenanten spring down.
  • the ink cartridges 10, 11 are stationary during printing.
  • the sensor support plate 15 receives light rays which are parallel to the z-direction.
  • the carrier plate 16 emits light rays that propagate in the opposite direction to the z direction.
  • the sensor support plate 15 is disposed in the recess 138 at the rear of the feed table when the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • the sensor support plate 15 is in a protective housing ( Fig. 9 ) and extends in the transport direction x to one end near the print head of the ink cartridge 10.
  • the sensor support plate 15 has near its downstream end a print start sensor 151.
  • the further support plate 16 has near its one end an illumination source 161 for the print start sensor.
  • FIG. 8b is a view of a detail C to view FIG. 8a shown.
  • Each printhead has at least one row of nozzles that lie in a line (not shown) parallel to the y-direction.
  • a first line 101 which intersects the nozzle row and is orthogonal to the aforementioned line with the row of nozzles and parallel to the z-direction, has a distance D1 from a second line 160, on which the light beam L lies, which is a light emitting diode LED3 as the illumination source 161 for the print start sensor.
  • the distance D1 25 mm
  • a photosensor FS3 serves as a print start sensor 151 and can detect a light beam interruption.
  • the light emitting diode LED3 sends the light beam L to a photosensor FS3, which outputs a signal which initiates the printing start as soon as the leading edge of a mail piece P, thin print carrier or other flat Guts the light beam L interrupts.
  • Alternative components such as phototransistors, photocells, etc., or infrared light lamps, among others, can also be used as a print start sensor 151 or as an illumination source 161 for the print start sensor.
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a printing device 1 with pulled out box-shaped assembly 3, from the left front above.
  • the bottom plate 400 of the lower housing shell 4 of the printer device 1 and the front wall 40 of the housing lower shell of the printer device form an edge on which in the plane of the bottom plate of the housing lower shell of the printer device, a support surface 401 is formed for the box-shaped unit.
  • the bearing surface 401 has the ramp 4011, which starts flat at the front and rises to the rear and kinematically cooperates with the aforementioned deflection lever (not visible from above) of the box-shaped unit 3.
  • a protective housing 402 is provided for the sensor support plate, which protects the sensors from interference by extraneous light.
  • the protective housing 402 is arranged on the front wall 40 of the printer device 1.
  • FIG. 10a is a view of a longitudinal section through the feed table from behind, with a pressure body mounted on the receiving carrier 32 31 and with a pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier according to the third variant, in the event that the box-shaped assembly is inserted into the printer device.
  • a skid 363 is disposed at one end of an angle lever 364 and one end of a tension spring 365 is attached to the other end of the bellcrank.
  • the angle lever is pivotally mounted in a located at the bend of a lever arm 3641.
  • the other end of the tension spring 365 is fixed to one end of a linear stepping motor 366, which is moved up to the stepper motor 366, whereby the skid 363 presses the strip-shaped print carrier to the conveyor belt 2.
  • the box-shaped assembly 3 has at its rear side of the housing lower shell 384 a plug 3842 and the printer device has a socket 40.1 on the front wall 40 of the housing lower shell 4 of the printer device 1 for electrically connecting the linear stepping motor 366 to the control unit 17 of the printer device.
  • the support plate 16 for lighting three light emitting diodes (LEDs) are spaced from each other, which is assigned to a support plate 15 for sensors each a photosensitive sensor, wherein the second light emitting diode LED 2 sends a light beam L to a second photosensitive sensor 152 and wherein the third light emitting diode LED3 sends a light beam L to the print start sensor 151.
  • the second photosensitive sensor 152 can detect a stripe-shaped print carrier ST which has entered the gap.
  • the linear stepper motor 366 is controlled by the control unit 17 and the angle lever 364 is pivoted to the strip-shaped print carrier ST zoom.
  • the print start sensor 151 detects a light beam interruption by the leading edge of the strip-shaped print carrier ST when the latter is further transported.
  • the control unit 17 drives the linear stepper motor 366 as soon as the second photosensitive sensor 152 generates a strip-shaped print carrier ST has detected.
  • the separate pressure element against gravity can be pressed against a franking strip to be printed, the linear stepping motor 366 being correspondingly driven by the control unit of the printer device.
  • the clamping of the strip-shaped print carrier ST is realized between the skid 363 and the conveyor belt 2, just before the print start sensor 151 can detect a light beam interruption.
  • the skid 363 is lowered again by a correspondingly delayed activation of the linear stepping motor 366 after the second photosensitive sensor 152 detects a trailing edge of the strip-shaped pusher carrier.
  • the pressure-start sensor 151 can trigger a lowering of the skid 363. A withdrawal of the box-shaped assembly from the printer device is only possible after the skid 363 has been lowered again.
  • FIG. 10b is a view of a longitudinal section through the feed table from the rear, with a mounted on the recording medium and the pressure device for strip-shaped print carrier according to the third variant, in the event that the box-shaped assembly is not inserted into the printer device, which is why the linear stepping motor of box-shaped assembly of the control unit of the printer device can not be controlled.
  • Fig. 3 was a camshaft and in the FIG. 10a, b drawn a linear stepper motor, but should not be excluded by other alternative actuating means of an insert according to the invention.

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