EP0725371B1 - Système de datage automatique pour machine d'affranchissement - Google Patents
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- EP0725371B1 EP0725371B1 EP96400173A EP96400173A EP0725371B1 EP 0725371 B1 EP0725371 B1 EP 0725371B1 EP 96400173 A EP96400173 A EP 96400173A EP 96400173 A EP96400173 A EP 96400173A EP 0725371 B1 EP0725371 B1 EP 0725371B1
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- 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
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
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- 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
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
- G07B2017/00354—Setting of date
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- the invention relates to a franking machine comprising a mechanism for printing on articles of mail a postal imprint including a date postage.
- the invention relates more particularly to a machine franking machine with adjustment system automatic postage date in the imprint postal so that you can automatically affix mail items imprint including date current postage or a date after that current date in order to perform post-dating.
- This last functionality is particularly interesting for the user who wishes to free articles from mail in advance.
- the invention relates to a machine postage comprising a printing mechanism a postal imprint including a postage date on a mail item to be franked and a system of setting the postage date printed by the printing mechanism including a processor connected to a calendar clock to receive a current date and controlling the printing mechanism to cause printing a postal imprint with a date current postage based on date common.
- the processor is further programmed to prevent printing the postal imprint when the date of current postage to print corresponds to a date of closure of the Postal Administration.
- the postage date affixed to an article of mail may cause a delay for the recipient of this mail item.
- the date postage affixed to each mail item urges the Postal Administration to forward the article to its recipient within a certain period.
- the invention helps to avoid situations where the use of a franking machine can cause harm both for the recipients of franked mail items only for Administration PO.
- Detection as the current postage date corresponds to a day when the Administration is closed postal is carried out simply by program by calculating a day number corresponding to the postage date current from a reference date previously saved, which requires little memory space.
- the franking machine includes a mechanism 1 for printing a postal imprint 2 on a mail item 3.
- the postal imprint 2 includes a stamp 2A, a postage date 2B and a flame 2C advertising where applicable.
- the printing mechanism may consist of a rotary drum with print wheels that serve to print each symbol constituting the amount postage, for example 2.80, and the date postage, for example 09/01/95 or January 9 1995.
- This adjustment system includes a processor 4 connected to a clock calendar 5 to receive information representative of a current date.
- Processor 4 is in additionally connected to the printing mechanism 1 through a member 6 which is used to configure the printing mechanism 1 to print a postal imprint including as date a date supplied by the processor, by example the current date it gets from the clock calendar.
- This organ 6 can be made up of micromotors acting on the print wheels indicated above.
- the processor 4 is connected to one or more information entry keys, such as the 7 key. 7 is used to offset the postage date to be printed on mail items compared to the current date provided by the calendar clock so as to do operate the franking machine in mode postdating.
- processor 4 in response to n press button 7, advance date postage of n days after the current date. If the current date is 09/01/95 and if the operator presses two times key 7 (n equals 2), the processor controls the printing mechanism 1 to print as date postage on 01/11/95.
- the processor 4 is also programmed to control the postage date (that provided by the calendar clock or that imposed by operator in post-date mode) to be printed on each mail item and if applicable prevent printing of the postal imprint when the postage date corresponds to a day when the Administration is closed postal, for example a Saturday or a Sunday.
- Figure 2 illustrates how the program works controlling processor 4 to detect that a date after a reference date, here 01/01/93, corresponds to a Saturday or a Sunday.
- the date of reference is maintained in a memory 8 connected to the processor 4.
- 01/01/93 is a Friday.
- processor 4 first establishes at 21 a first postage date expressed under the form "day number of the month / number of the month / year" either DD / MM / YY.
- This first date can be the current date provided by calendar clock 5 or later set by the operator after pressing button 7. For example, if the postage date is 1/8/95, DD is 8, MM is 1 and AA is 95. This is here of a Sunday.
- processor 4 compares the value R with 3.
- TAB1 and TAB2 are two data tables shown in Figure 3 and stored in the memory 8. In the example case, J3 is equal to 0.
- the tables TAB1 and TAB2 each have 13 values each accessible by an index whose value is equal to MM-1. Index values are indicated by numbers 0 to 12.
- N is equal to 738.
- This JS value is between 0 and 6, 0 indicating a Sunday and 6 indicating a Saturday.
- JS is equal to 0 which corresponds to a Sunday.
- the JS value is then tested at 28. If JS is different from 0 or 6, the processor commands at 29 printing a postal imprint including the date postage which he obtained in 21 and returns to this step for a new postage cycle. Otherwise it prevents at 30 the printing of the postal imprint with this postage date because it is a Sunday or a Saturday, which is the case in the example considered.
- the processor determines at 31 a new date DD / MM / YY 'later corresponding to the day of the following Postal Administration immediately the day detected at 27 as the closing day, for example by adding a day or two days to the date DD / MM / YY obtained in 21.
- this date posterior is 09/01/95 which is a Monday.
- step 31 the processor continues step 31 with step 32 in which is carried out an automatic control of the franking mechanism 1 configured with the main date and then returns to step 21.
- the processor switches to a step 32 ′ where it displays, on a display screen 9, a message warning "DATE NOT VALID" indicating to the operator than the chosen postage date, for example the 01/08/95, corresponds to a closing day of the Postal Administration, in this case a Sunday. Furthermore, the later date determined in 31, here the 01/03/95 is displayed on screen 9 and the processor waits a validation command entered by the operator for order the printing of a postal imprint including as the postage date this later date.
- a table of particular days to be avoided can be entered in memory 8 in order to prohibit printing a postal imprint with one of these dates.
- This table can be defined by the machine user.
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Claims (8)
- Machine d'affranchissement comprenant un moyen d'impression (1) d'une empreinte postale (2) incluant une date d'affranchissement (2B) sur un article de courrier à affranchir, un système de réglage de la date d'affranchissement imprimée par le moyen d'impression incluant un processeur (4) connecté à une horloge calendrier (5) pour recevoir une date courante et commandant le moyen d'impression (1) pour provoquer l'impression d'une empreinte postale avec une date d'affranchissement courante établie sur la base de la date courante, machine caractérisée en ce que le processeur est en outre programmé pour empêcher l'impression de l'empreinte postale quand la date d'affranchissement courante à imprimer correspond à une date particulière prédéfinie par l'utilisateur de la machine comme une date de fermeture de l'Administration postale.
- Machine selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le processeur (4) est programmé pour provoquer l'impression d'une empreinte postale avec une date d'affranchissement postérieure à la date d'affranchissement courante quand cette dernière correspond à ladite date particulière prédéfinie.
- Machine selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle le processeur (4) est programmé pour commander l'affichage de ladite date d'affranchissement postérieure sur un écran d'affichage (9) de la machine aux fins d'obtenir une autorisation d'impression d'une empreinte postale avec cette date d'affranchissement postérieure.
- Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle le processeur (4) est programmé pour calculer un numéro de jour (N) à partir d'une date de référence préalablement enregistrée pour détecter si la date d'affranchissement courante à imprimer correspond à ladite date particulière prédéfinie.
- Programme informatique mis en oeuvre dans une machine d'affranchissement comprenant un moyen d'impression (1) d'une empreinte postale (2) incluant une date d'affranchissement (2B) sur un article de courrier à affranchir, un système de réglage de la date d'affranchissement imprimée par le moyen d'impression incluant un processeur (4) connecté à une horloge calendrier (5) pour recevoir une date courante et commandant lé moyen d'impression (1) pour provoquer l'impression d'une empreinte postale avec une date d'affranchissement courante établie sur la base de la date courante, le programme étant conçu pour empêcher l'impression de l'empreinte postale quand la date d'affranchissement courante à imprimer correspond à une date particulière prédéfinie par l'utilisateur de la machine, comme une date de fermeture de l'Administration postale.
- Programme informatique selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il est en outre conçu pour provoquer l'impression d'une empreinte postale avec une date d'affranchissement postérieure à la date d'affranchissement courante quand cette dernière correspond à ladite date particulière prédéfinie.
- Programme informatique selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il est en outre conçu pour commander l'affichage de ladite date d'affranchissement postérieure sur un écran d'affichage (9) de la machine aux fins d'obtenir une autorisation d'impression d'une empreinte postale avec cette date d'affranchissement postérieure.
- Programme informatique selon l'une des revendications 5 à 7 caractérisé en ce qu'il est en outre conçu pour calculer un numéro de jour (N) à partir d'une date de référence préalablement enregistrée pour détecter si la date d'affranchissement courante à imprimer correspond à ladite date particulière prédéfinie.
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FR9501106 | 1995-01-31 | ||
FR9501106A FR2730082B1 (fr) | 1995-01-31 | 1995-01-31 | Systeme de datage automatique pour machine d'affranchissement |
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EP0725371A1 EP0725371A1 (fr) | 1996-08-07 |
EP0725371B1 true EP0725371B1 (fr) | 2004-11-24 |
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EP (1) | EP0725371B1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69633881T2 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2730082B1 (fr) |
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US5999921A (en) * | 1997-04-30 | 1999-12-07 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Electronic postage meter system having plural clock system providing enhanced security |
US6023690A (en) * | 1997-06-12 | 2000-02-08 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Method and apparatus for securely resetting a real time clock in a postage meter |
US5946672A (en) * | 1997-06-12 | 1999-08-31 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Electronic postage meter system having enhanced clock security |
FR2771836B1 (fr) * | 1997-11-28 | 2001-12-07 | Neopost Ind | Dispositif d'impression de donnees d'information sur des articles de courrier |
US6125162A (en) * | 1998-08-20 | 2000-09-26 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Postage meter having non-Gregorian calendar capability |
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US4060720A (en) * | 1975-12-17 | 1977-11-29 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Date printing device with electronic calendar clock |
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- 1995-01-31 FR FR9501106A patent/FR2730082B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1996-01-25 EP EP96400173A patent/EP0725371B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-01-25 DE DE69633881T patent/DE69633881T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-01-30 US US08/594,091 patent/US5654893A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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US4060720A (en) * | 1975-12-17 | 1977-11-29 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Date printing device with electronic calendar clock |
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FR2730082B1 (fr) | 1997-04-18 |
EP0725371A1 (fr) | 1996-08-07 |
US5654893A (en) | 1997-08-05 |
FR2730082A1 (fr) | 1996-08-02 |
DE69633881D1 (de) | 2004-12-30 |
DE69633881T2 (de) | 2005-12-15 |
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