CA2252254A1 - Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on the envelopes - Google Patents

Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on the envelopes Download PDF

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CA2252254A1
CA2252254A1 CA002252254A CA2252254A CA2252254A1 CA 2252254 A1 CA2252254 A1 CA 2252254A1 CA 002252254 A CA002252254 A CA 002252254A CA 2252254 A CA2252254 A CA 2252254A CA 2252254 A1 CA2252254 A1 CA 2252254A1
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envelope
registration shield
ink jet
top surface
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William A. Brosseau
Mark M. Broschart
David B. Wilk
Claude Zeller
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Priority to EP98119488A priority patent/EP0911764A3/en
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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
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00532—Inkjet

Abstract

Mailing machine comprising a printer module including an array of ink jet print elements for printing on an envelope having a top surface, a registration shield located below and spaced apart from the printer module and a transport apparatus. The registration shield includes a top surface and a bottom surface and has an opening through which the array of ink jet print elements project ink onto the top surface of the envelope. The transport apparatus feeds the envelope in a path of travel so that the envelope passes between the registration shield and the printer module.
Additionally, the transport apparatus includes a device for biasing the top surface of the envelope into contact with the registration shield. The registration shield further includes a channel extending parallel to the path of travel and in substantial alignment with the opening so that the top surface of the envelope in proximity to the channel does not contact the bottom surface of the registration shield so as to allow air to flow through the opening.
CA002252254A 1997-10-15 1998-10-16 Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on the envelopes Expired - Fee Related CA2252254C (en)

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US08/951,073 US5923343A (en) 1997-10-15 1997-10-15 Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on envelopes
EP98119488A EP0911764A3 (en) 1997-10-15 1998-10-15 Mailing machine having registration shield for ink jet printing on envelopes
CA002252254A CA2252254C (en) 1997-10-15 1998-10-16 Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on the envelopes

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US08/951,073 US5923343A (en) 1997-10-15 1997-10-15 Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on envelopes
CA002252254A CA2252254C (en) 1997-10-15 1998-10-16 Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow capability during ink jet printing on the envelopes

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CA2252254A1 true CA2252254A1 (en) 2000-04-16
CA2252254C CA2252254C (en) 2004-03-23

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US6976801B2 (en) 2000-12-28 2005-12-20 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and system for transporting mailpieces in a printing station
US6604813B2 (en) * 2001-07-06 2003-08-12 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Low debris fluid jetting system
US6877852B2 (en) 2002-07-26 2005-04-12 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Ink jet printing systems and related methods
US7437993B2 (en) * 2005-09-23 2008-10-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with improved printing slot
US8596742B2 (en) * 2010-01-26 2013-12-03 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Inkjet printhead and printing system with boundary layer control
US8576264B2 (en) 2011-11-21 2013-11-05 Pitney Bowes Inc. Registration device for mail processing system having wide print nozzle arrays

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CA2252254C (en) 2004-03-23
EP0911764A3 (en) 2000-07-12
US5923343A (en) 1999-07-13
EP0911764A2 (en) 1999-04-28

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