EP2072271A2 - Device for pressing flat goods onto a transport module - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for pressing flat goods on a transport module according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the invention is used in microprocessor-controlled printing devices and is suitable for franking machines and other mail processing equipment.
- a transport principle with an overhead belt and a bottom-mounted sprung counter-pressure device, between which a mailpiece is clamped, is known from the patent DD 233 101 B5
- a thermal transfer ribbon is not suitable as a conveyor belt.
- the thermal transfer ribbon is disposed above a feed table over which the mail pieces are transported horizontally post-downstream.
- the feed table has openings through which a driven counter-pressure roller passes through the mail item.
- a second printing area for printing franking strips is provided, which are rolled up on rolls and which are unrolled for printing.
- the second pressure path causes higher manufacturing costs and requires a correspondingly larger expansion of the housing transversely to the mailpiece transport direction.
- a printing device for an ink-jet franking machine has already been proposed, wherein a franking print is printed by means of an ink-jet print head on a mail piece in the case of an approximately horizontal letter transport.
- the ink jet printhead is arranged to be stationary behind a guide plate in a recess for printing.
- As a transport device is a revolving conveyor belt, which is also arranged on the side of the guide plate.
- a supporting and pressing device is arranged with a plurality of rollers, so that a fed mail piece between the rollers of the support and pressure device and the circulating conveyor belt is clamped.
- the device can not avoid skewing the print carrier. Even an insufficiently tensioned conveyor belt or not exactly parallel alignment of the axes of those rollers on which the conveyor belt rotates, carries the aforementioned danger in itself. Due to the large number of roles of support and pressure device latter is very expensive.
- DE 196 05 015 C1 US 5,949,444
- the Applicant Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co the Applicant Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co.
- An apparatus for character printing on a predetermined place on one side of a flat recording medium and a correspondingly equipped franking machine are known.
- a transport belt is arranged on the one hand on the inkjet printhead side and on the other hand forms an unsupported support means for the print side of a flat recording medium (object, mail, envelope).
- a counter-pressure device supports the flat object from below, in which a belt rolls around at least two other rollers, at least one of which is not suspended.
- One from the EP 1 170 141 B1 Known device for printing a print carrier in the printing area uses in the power transmission area a driven transport drum and non-driven counter-pressure rollers or alternatively a non-driven counter-pressure conveyor belt.
- a stationary ink jet printhead prints in the print area the downstream moving print carrier, wherein the ink jet print head is arranged axially to the transport drum.
- the printing area is preferably about 1 inch and is spaced from the power transmission area, wherein the distance of the farthest pixel from the edge of the transport drum is smaller than the radius of the circumference of the transport drum.
- the disadvantage is the low approximately linear contact of the mail piece surface to be printed with the transport drum and a spaced feed wheel for mailpieces.
- the feed wheel is driven by a toothed belt from the transport drum. This causes a ⁇ x offset of the dots in the print image. Othogonal this results in a ⁇ y offset of the dots in the printed image, especially in very large mailpieces.
- a franking machine is known, inter alia, an electronic part (meters) and the transport device for mailpieces with an electronic control.
- a keyboard and a display unit of the meter are connected to the electronic part.
- the electronic control is electrically connected to a drive of the transport device to the drive.
- To drive for example, an electric motor with gear is used.
- the transport device has a conveyor belt, which in the transport area with a predetermined Stiction on a part of the surface of the flat goods or mail pieces acts, which is not printed, but the printing area is close.
- At least one ink cartridge is arranged opposite to the direction of gravity above a printing window in the z direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
- at least one ink jet printhead ejects ink droplets opposite to the z direction in the direction of gravity, which fly through the printing window.
- the printing window is arranged on the edge of a conveyor belt in the y-direction in a housing part, wherein the conveyor belt transports a flat good to be printed on the edge during printing in the transport direction x on the at least one print head over.
- the invention has for its object to develop a device for pressing flat goods to a transport module of a microprocessor-controlled printing device, the friction on a conveyor belt of the transport module is high and minimal on the pressure device.
- the printing device on the one hand, postcards and, on the other hand, C4 letters with a mailpiece thickness of up to 10 mm are to be processed at a high print quality and at low production costs and at a medium mail throughput, the accessibility to the flat goods also being ensured in the event of a traffic jam.
- a transport module is arranged above a feed table in the z-direction and has, in a manner known per se, a conveyor belt for mailpieces or flat printed products.
- the device for pressing flat goods on a transport module has pressure elements, which through an opening in a feed table for flat goods on the flat Work well with a spring force.
- the feed table is mounted above a housing lower shell.
- the pressure elements are designed as lowerable spring elements and anchored in the housing lower shell.
- an actuating element is arranged to actuate a lowering device, which is arranged in the lower housing shell.
- the lowering device has a lever mechanically connected to the actuating element and a slider coupled thereto, which causes a lowering of the spring elements when the actuating element is actuated.
- the spring elements can compensate letter thicknesses up to 10 mm. By lowering them, a mail piece jam can be easily remedied.
- FIG. 1a is a perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module shown from the top front and right.
- a - not shown - postal item or flat good can be supplied above a feed table 13.
- the aforementioned transport module has been arranged above the feed table 13 but has not been shown.
- the transport module has, in a manner known per se, a conveyor belt for the transport of postal items or flat goods.
- the pressure device 40 is disposed below the feed table 13 and acts through a large rectangular opening 130 of the feed table 13 in the z direction on the underside of the supplied mail piece or flat goods.
- the spring elements 41 a to 41 j are shown in the operating position and not lowered. The lowering is intended to eliminate a jam on mailpieces or flat goods.
- the feed table 13 has on the input current side in the feed region slide rails 136, which are integrally formed on a base plate 135 and reduce the sliding friction for supplied flat goods. Between the feed area and the rectangular opening 130, a ramp 137 is arranged, which raises the front edge of the supplied flat goods. It forms together with a - not shown - a sluice plate, wherein the plate is arranged parallel to the base plate 135 above the same and serves as an upper guide for flat goods. Thus, flat goods can be inserted only up to a certain thickness.
- a guide wall 139 extending in the transport direction and extending orthogonally into the height (z-direction) is formed on the base plate 135, which is widened in the inlet region 138 for flat goods or mail pieces. The latter are detected after exceeding the ramp 137 by means of sensors.
- holes 1301, 1302 and 1303 are formed, which are provided for the transmitting diodes of the sensors.
- the transmitting diodes and phototransistors or diodes are part of transmitted light barriers.
- the base plate 135 is disposed in the mail transport direction x after the ramp 137 and has a middle sized first port 131 and a middle second port 132 opposite the ink jet printheads, the first port 131 being compared to the second port 132 in the y direction, i. is arranged offset by a first distance A in the transverse direction to the mail piece transport direction.
- the first distance A is slightly less than the entire printhead length of a 1 ⁇ 2 "HP print head
- the second aperture 132 is offset from the first aperture 131 in the x-direction, ie offset in the mailpiece transport direction by a second distance B which is more than one whole
- Both the first and second openings 131 and 132 in the feed table 13 are formed in a ⁇ -shape (phi-shaped) .
- the two first and second openings 131 and 132 are respectively preceded by an elongate rectangular opening 133, 134 upstream of the post.
- the area of the large rectangular third opening 130 exceeds the area of the middle sized second opening 132 by more than an order of magnitude with the second opening 132 offset in the y direction from the third opening 130, the offset being so minimal that both openings are immediately adjacent each other are adjacent or separated only by a very thin connecting web.
- the third opening 130 allows a passage of spring elements 41 a to 41 j of the resiliently against a flat Good or mailpiece pushing pressure device 40 which is disposed below the feed table 13.
- the feed table 13 is mounted on a housing lower shell 49.
- the housing lower shell 49 has a right side wall 491, a front wall 492 and a left side wall 493 and a base 496.
- the right side wall 491 has a recess 4911 on the upper edge for spring elements 41i and 41j, which can be lowered post downstream.
- the feed table 13 is stepped downwardly on the downstream frame 1351 such that the frame 1351 defines the third opening 130 and into the recess 4911 on the upper edge of the right Side wall 491 fits.
- the right side wall 491 is formed opposite to a right base side wall 4961 offset in the transport direction. At the same offset the base front wall 4962 is formed offset relative to the front wall 492 in the y-direction.
- the front wall 492 has a recess 47 in which the wall is set back to the pedestal front wall 4962.
- an actuating element 46 is arranged, whose surface terminates with the running surface of the feed table.
- FIG. 1b is a perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top front and right with lowered spring elements shown.
- the spring elements 41 a to 41 j in the third opening 130 of the feed table 13 are drawn lowered in the transport direction (x-direction) and in the direction of gravity (counter to the z-direction) and lie below the feed table.
- the frame 1351 in the recess 4911 on the upper edge of the right side wall 491 is therefore stepped down.
- the feed table 13 is mounted on the housing lower shell 49 via screws 1352, 1353 and 1354 in the base plate 135 by means of screws (not shown).
- the hole 1354 is near the left side wall 493, and the holes 1352 and 1353 are disposed near the front wall 492 on the feed table 13.
- the base plate 135 of the feed table 13 has a fourth opening 1355 on the front wall 492 which allows operation of the actuator whose surface 460 in structure is equal to that of the surface of the feed table 13.
- the actuator has a power arm 461 which exits an opening 470 of the left side wall 471 of the indentation.
- the pressing device 40 will be explained in detail below.
- FIG. 1c is a perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top rear and right with lowered spring elements and with open-topped housing shown.
- the pressure device 40 can be adjusted by a slider 42 from the operating position to the second position shown.
- the spring elements 41 a to 41 j are arranged in two rows on both sides of the slider 42 and anchored on the housing lower shell 49.
- the spring element 41a for anchoring a foot 415a which closes a bearing opening 4971 on an angled upper edge of a first inner wall 497 of the housing lower shell 49 on one side.
- the housing lower shell 49 is parallel to a second inner wall 498, which is constructed symmetrically to the first, both having angled upper edges 4972, 4982, which face each other.
- the housing lower shell 49 has a bottom plate 490, on which both the first and second inner walls are standing and the base are formed.
- the pedestal has a left pedestal sidewall 4963 which merges with a pedestal step 495 in the left sidewall 493.
- the left side wall 493 has on its inner sides a hook 494 for attachment of a - not shown - tension spring.
- On the base stage 495 are mounting columns 4931 and 4932, which lean against the left side wall 493.
- On the inside of the transition of the front wall 492 to the right side wall 491 stands on a pedestal stage another mounting column 4921.
- the mounting column serve to attach the feed table.
- the feed table and the tension spring were removed from the drawing Fig. 1c omitted to increase their clarity.
- the pedestal has a right pedestal sidewall 4961 which merges with pedestal 495 into right sidewall 491.
- the housing lower shell 49 has a first number of such guide receptacles, which are integrally formed on the angled upper edges 4972, 4982.
- the slider 42 has at its lower edge an equal number of guide leaves 44, which are distributed symmetrically on both sides.
- the slider 42 has at its Upper edge of a second number of fingers 43a to 43j are distributed symmetrically on both sides, wherein the second number corresponds to the number of spring elements used 41 a to 41 j.
- the indentation on the front wall 492 has an indentation wall 472 parallel to the front wall 492, a right indentation sidewall 473 and a left indentation sidewall 473 with an opening 470 from which the force arm 461 of an angled lever, which is used here as an actuator, surrounds the slider 42 to move against a spring action.
- an actuating force is exerted, which is transmitted via the angled part of arm 462 of the angle lever according to the law of levers on the angled load arm 463.
- the angle lever rotates about an axis which passes through a shaft 464, which is rotatably mounted in the bearing openings 4971, 4981 of the two inner walls of the housing lower shell 49.
- a bolt carrier 465 is integrally formed with a bolt 4651 which slides in a slot 421 which is disposed at the one end of the slider 42 at its upper edge.
- a pin 424 for attachment of the tension spring - not shown - attached is integrally formed with a bolt carrier 465.
- FIG. 1d is a perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top rear and right with lowered spring elements without housing shown.
- the spring elements 41a to 41j are drawn by the fingers 43a to 43j of the slider 42 in a second position, which differs from the operating position.
- FIG. 2 a rear view of the slide of the pressure device with lowered spring elements and mounted lever.
- the slider 42 acts in an x / z plane.
- the spring elements 41a to 41j are lowered by the fingers 43a to 43j of the slider 42 in the direction of the white arrow when the shaft 464 of the angle lever in Direction of the black arrow is turned.
- the bolt 4651 of the load arm 463 is movably disposed in the slot 421. A rotation of the angle lever upon actuation of the actuating element 46 causes a force of the load arm 463, which is transmitted via the bolt 4651 on the slot 421.
- the slider 42 is proportionately moved in the x direction against the force of the tension spring 45, wherein the attached to the lower housing shell 49 tension spring 45 is brought to a pin 424 of the slider 42 into engagement.
- the slider 42 is also against the z-direction, ie moved in the direction of gravity.
- FIG. 3 is a front view of a slider 42 of the pressure device shown.
- FIG. 4 is a front view of a slider of the pressure device shown with lowered spring elements and mounted lever.
- the movement of the actuating element (angle lever) 46 is converted via a arranged at the end of the slider 42 slot 421 in guided by guide blades 44 movement of the slider whose fingers push 43b ... 43j on the spring elements 41 b to 41 j and this down lower.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a spring element of the pressure device shown.
- Each spring element 41 is made of spring steel sheet and has a foot 415, which is designed for anchoring and a head 411-413, 416, which is equipped with a means for reducing the friction.
- the latter may for example consist of a roller 417 which is rotatably mounted in a head-mounted holder 416.
- the spring steel sheet extending from head to foot may be Z- or S-shaped.
- the first region 411 has a first opening 4111 which extends into the second region 412 and is angled from the second region 412. The first opening is provided for the roller 417.
- the first region 411 has a second opening 4112 at the end of the spring steel sheet for mounting the support 416, the support 416 extending via second and third regions 412 and 413 to the beginning of the fourth region 414 of the spring steel sheet.
- a hole for a fastening bolt, rivet or screw 4161 for fixing the bracket 416 is provided.
- the attachment can also be done by alternative means.
- the device for pressing flat goods to a transport module may alternatively consist of a plurality of pressure elements whose number is substantially higher than that shown in the illustrated embodiment.
- each pressure element can also consist of an S-shaped bent spring steel sheet or of another artificial material having a spring characteristic. Such a material should have in the head area a sufficiently smooth surface or a sliding friction-reducing structure.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Andrücken flacher Güter an ein Transportmodul gemäß des Oberbegriffs des Anspruchs 1. Die Erfindung kommt in mikroprozessorgesteuerten Druckvorrichtungen zum Einsatz und ist für Frankiermaschinen und andere Postverarbeitungsgeräte geeignet.The invention relates to a device for pressing flat goods on a transport module according to the preamble of claim 1. The invention is used in microprocessor-controlled printing devices and is suitable for franking machines and other mail processing equipment.
Ein Transportprinzip mit einem oben liegenden Band und einer unten angeordneten gefederten Gegendruckvorrichtung, zwischen welchen ein Poststück eingeklemmt wird, ist aus der Patentschrift
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Eine Frankiermaschine besteht bekanntlich u.a. aus einem elektronischen Teil (Meter) und der Transportvorrichtung für Poststücke mit einer elektronischen Steuerung. Eine Tastatur und eine Anzeigeeinheit des Meters sind mit dem elektronischen Teil verbunden. Die elektronische Steuerung ist mit einem Antrieb der Transportvorrichtung zu deren Ansteuerung elektrisch verbunden. Zum Antrieb wird beispielsweise ein Elektromotor mit Getriebe eingesetzt. Die Transportvorrichtung weist ein Transportband auf, welches im Transportbereich mit einer vorbestimmten Haftreibung auf einen Teil der Oberfläche der flachen Güter bzw. Poststücke einwirkt, welcher nicht bedruckt wird, aber dem Druckbereich nahe ist.From the
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A franking machine is known, inter alia, an electronic part (meters) and the transport device for mailpieces with an electronic control. A keyboard and a display unit of the meter are connected to the electronic part. The electronic control is electrically connected to a drive of the transport device to the drive. To drive, for example, an electric motor with gear is used. The transport device has a conveyor belt, which in the transport area with a predetermined Stiction on a part of the surface of the flat goods or mail pieces acts, which is not printed, but the printing area is close.
Im Marktsegment der Frankiermaschinen mit kleinen bis mittleren Postgutdurchsatz wird eine kompakte Transportvorrichtung für Poststücke benötigt, die durch das Freispritzen aber nicht verschmutzt werden sollen. Beim waagerechten Poststücktransport wird davon ausgegangen, dass mindestens eine Tintenkartusche entgegen der Schwerkraftrichtung über einem Druckfenster in z-Richtung eines kartesischen Koordinatensystems angeordnet ist. Beim Drucken stößt mindestens ein Tintenstrahldruckkopf Tintentropfen entgegengesetzt zur z-Richtung in Schwerkraftrichtung aus, die durch das Druckfenster hindurchfliegen. Das Druckfenster ist am Rand eines Transportbandes in y-Richtung in einem Gehäuseteil angeordnet, wobei das Transportband ein am Rande zu bedruckendes flaches Gut während des Druckens in Transportrichtung x an dem mindestens einen Druckkopf vorbei transportiert.In the market segment of franking machines with small to medium Mailgutdurchsatz a compact transport device for mail pieces is needed, which should not be polluted by the free spraying. In the case of horizontal mail piece transport, it is assumed that at least one ink cartridge is arranged opposite to the direction of gravity above a printing window in the z direction of a Cartesian coordinate system. In printing, at least one ink jet printhead ejects ink droplets opposite to the z direction in the direction of gravity, which fly through the printing window. The printing window is arranged on the edge of a conveyor belt in the y-direction in a housing part, wherein the conveyor belt transports a flat good to be printed on the edge during printing in the transport direction x on the at least one print head over.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung zum Andrücken flacher Güter an ein Transportmodul einer mikroprozessorgesteuerten Druckvorrichtung zu entwickeln, wobei die Reibung an einem Transportband des Transportmoduls hoch und an der Andruckvorrichtung minimal ist. Durch die Druckvorrichtung sollen einerseits Postkarten und andererseits C4 Briefe mit einer Poststückdicke bis 10 mm bei einer hohen Druckqualität und bei geringen Herstellungskosten und bei einem mittleren Postgutdurchsatz verarbeitet werden, wobei die Zugänglichkeit zu den flachen Gütern auch bei einem Stau gewährleistet ist.The invention has for its object to develop a device for pressing flat goods to a transport module of a microprocessor-controlled printing device, the friction on a conveyor belt of the transport module is high and minimal on the pressure device. By the printing device, on the one hand, postcards and, on the other hand, C4 letters with a mailpiece thickness of up to 10 mm are to be processed at a high print quality and at low production costs and at a medium mail throughput, the accessibility to the flat goods also being ensured in the event of a traffic jam.
Die Aufgabe wird mit den Merkmalen der Anordnung nach dem Anspruch 1 gelöst.The object is achieved with the features of the arrangement according to claim 1.
Ein Transportmodul ist oberhalb eines Zuführtisches in z-Richtung angeordnet und weist in an sich bekannter Weise ein Transportband für Poststücke bzw. flache Druckgüter auf. Die Vorrichtung zum Andrücken flacher Güter an ein Transportmodul weist Andruckelemente auf, die durch eine Öffnung in einem Zuführtisch für flache Güter auf das flache Gut mit einer Federkraft einwirken. Der Zuführtisch ist oberhalb einer Gehäuseunterschale montiert. Die Andruckelemente sind als absenkbare Federelemente ausgebildet und in der Gehäuseunterschale verankert. Die Realisierung eines geeigneten Andrucks von unten an das Transportband des Transportmoduls erfolgt durch an sich bekannte Federelemente, welche in Transportrichtung unterhalb des Transportbandes angeordnet sind. In einer Einbuchtung der Vorderwand der Gehäuseunterschale ist ein Betätigungselement angeordnet, um eine Absenkvorrichtung zu betätigen, welche in der Gehäuseunterschale angeordnet ist. Die Absenkvorrichtung weist einen mit dem Betätigungselement mechanisch verbundenen Hebel und einen damit gekoppelten Schieber auf, welcher bei Betätigung des Betätigungselements ein Absenken der Federelemente bewirkt. Die Federelemente können Briefdicken bis zu 10 mm ausgleichen. Durch deren Absenken kann ein Poststückstau leicht behoben werden.A transport module is arranged above a feed table in the z-direction and has, in a manner known per se, a conveyor belt for mailpieces or flat printed products. The device for pressing flat goods on a transport module has pressure elements, which through an opening in a feed table for flat goods on the flat Work well with a spring force. The feed table is mounted above a housing lower shell. The pressure elements are designed as lowerable spring elements and anchored in the housing lower shell. The realization of a suitable Andrucks from below to the conveyor belt of the transport module by means of known spring elements, which are arranged in the transport direction below the conveyor belt. In an indentation of the front wall of the housing lower shell, an actuating element is arranged to actuate a lowering device, which is arranged in the lower housing shell. The lowering device has a lever mechanically connected to the actuating element and a slider coupled thereto, which causes a lowering of the spring elements when the actuating element is actuated. The spring elements can compensate letter thicknesses up to 10 mm. By lowering them, a mail piece jam can be easily remedied.
Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen gekennzeichnet bzw. werden nachstehend zusammen mit der Beschreibung der bevorzugten Ausführung der Erfindung anhand der Figuren näher dargestellt. Es zeigen:
- Figur 1a,
- Perspektivische Ansicht einer Andruckvorrichtung für flache Güter an ein Transportmodul von vorn oben und rechts,
- Figur 1b,
- Perspektivische Ansicht einer Andruckvorrichtung für flache Güter an ein Transportmodul von vorn oben und rechts bei abgesenkten Federelementen,
- Figur 1c,
- Perspektivische Ansicht einer Andruckvorrichtung für flache Güter an ein Transportmodul von hinten oben und rechts bei abgesenkten Federelementen und mit oben offenen Gehäuse,
- Figur 1d,
- Perspektivische Ansicht einer Andruckvorrichtung für flache Güter an ein Transportmodul von hinten oben und rechts bei abgesenkten Federelementen ohne Gehäuse,
- Figur 2,
- Rückansicht eines Schiebers der Andruckvorrichtung mit abgesenkten Federelementen und montierten Hebel,
- Figur 3,
- Vorderansicht eines Schiebers der Andruckvorrichtung,
- Figur 4,
- Vorderansicht eines Schiebers der Andruckvorrichtung mit abgesenkten Federelementen und montierten Hebel,
- Figur 5,
- Perspektivische Ansicht eines Federelements der Andruckvorrichtung.
- FIG. 1a,
- Perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top front and right,
- FIG. 1b,
- Perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top front and right with lowered spring elements,
- FIG. 1c,
- Perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top rear and right with lowered spring elements and with open-topped housing,
- FIG. 1d,
- Perspective view of a pressure device for flat goods to a transport module from the top rear and right with lowered spring elements without housing,
- FIG. 2,
- Rear view of a slide of the pressure device with lowered spring elements and mounted lever,
- FIG. 3,
- Front view of a slider of the pressure device,
- FIG. 4,
- Front view of a slider of the pressure device with lowered spring elements and mounted lever,
- FIG. 5,
- Perspective view of a spring element of the pressure device.
In der
Der Zuführtisch 13 weist poststromeingangsseitig im Zuführbereich Gleitschienen 136 auf, welche auf einer Grundplatte 135 angeformt sind und die Gleitreibung für zugeführte flache Güter herabsetzt. Zwischen dem Zuführbereich und der rechteckförmigen Öffnung 130 ist eine Rampe 137 angeordnet, welche die Vorderkante der zugeführten flachen Güter anhebt. Sie bildet zusammen mit einer - nicht dargestellten - Platte eine Schleuse, wobei die Platte parallel zur Grundplatte 135 oberhalb derselben angeordnet ist und als obere Führung für flache Güter dient. Somit können flache Güter nur bis zu einer bestimmten Dicke eingeschoben werden. Im Zuführbereich ist eine in Transportrichtung verlaufende und sich orthogonal in die Höhe (z-Richtung) erstreckende Führungswand 139 auf der Grundplatte 135 angeformt, die im Einlaufbereich 138 für flache Güter bzw. Poststücke aufgeweitet ist. Letztere werden nach einem Überschreiten der Rampe 137 mittels Sensoren erfasst. In der Grundplatte 135 sind Löcher 1301, 1302 und 1303 eingeformt, welche für die Sendedioden der Sensoren vorgesehen sind. Die Sendedioden und Fototransistoren bzw. - dioden sind Bestandteil von Durchlichtschranken.In the
The feed table 13 has on the input current side in the feed region slide rails 136, which are integrally formed on a
Die Grundplatte 135 ist in Poststücktransportrichtung x nach der Rampe 137 angeordnet und weist eine mittelgroße erste Öffnung 131 und eine mittelgroße zweite Öffnung 132 gegenüber den Tintenstrahldruckköpfen auf, wobei die erste Öffnung 131 im Vergleich mit der zweiten Öffnung 132 in y-Richtung, d.h. in Querrichtung zur Poststücktransportrichtung um einen ersten Abstand A versetzt angeordnet ist. Der erste Abstand A beträgt etwas weniger als die ganze Druckkopflänge eines ½"-HP-Durckkopfes. Die zweite Öffnung 132 ist gegenüber der ersten Öffnung 131 in x-Richtung, d.h. in Poststücktransportrichtung um einen zweiten Abstand B versetzt angeordnet, der mehr als eine ganze Druckkopfbreite beträgt. Beide, die erste und zweite Öffnung 131 und 132 im Zuführ-tisch 13 sind π-förmig (Phi-förmig) geformt. Den beiden ersten und zweiten Öffnungen 131 und 132 sind jeweils eine langgestreckte rechteckförmige Öffnung 133, 134 poststromaufwärts vorgelagert.The
Die Fläche der großen rechteckförmigen dritten Öffnung 130 übertrifft die Fläche der mittelgroßen zweiten Öffnung 132 um mehr als eine Größenordnung wobei die zweite Öffnung 132 in y-Richtung zur dritten Öffnung 130 versetzt ist, wobei der Versatz so minimal ist, dass beide Öffnungen unmittelbar einander angrenzend benachbart sind oder nur durch einen sehr dünnen Verbindungssteg getrennt sind. Die dritte Öffnung 130 gestattet ein Hindurchtreten von Federelementen 41 a bis 41j der federnd gegen ein flaches Gut bzw. Poststück drückenden Andruckvorrichtung 40, welche unterhalb des Zuführtisches 13 angeordnet ist. Der Zuführtisch 13 ist auf einer Gehäuseunterschale 49 montiert. Die Gehäuseunterschale 49 hat eine rechte Seitenwand 491, eine Vorderwand 492 und eine linke Seitenwand 493 sowie einen Sockel 496. Die rechte Seitenwand 491 weist eine Aussparung 4911 am Oberrand für Federelemente 41i und 41j auf, welche poststromabwärts abgesenkt werden können. Der Zuführtisch 13 ist am poststromabwärts gelegenen Rahmen 1351 nach unten so gestuft, dass der Rahmen 1351 die dritte Öffnung 130 begrenzt und in die Aussparung 4911 am Oberrand der rechten Seitenwand 491 hineinpasst. Die rechten Seitenwand 491 ist gegenüber einer rechten Sockelseitenwand 4961 in Transportrichtung versetzt angeformt. Um den gleichen Versatz ist die Sockelvorderwand 4962 gegenüber der Vorderwand 492 in y-Richtung versetzt angeformt.The area of the large rectangular
Die Vorderwand 492 weist eine Einbuchtung 47 auf, in der die Wand bis zur Sockelvorderwand 4962 zurückgesetzt ist. In der Einbuchtung ist ein Betätigungselement 46 angeordnet, deren Oberfläche mit der Lauffläche des Zuführtisches abschließt.The
In der
Die Grundplatte 135 des Zuführtisches 13 weist eine vierte Öffnung 1355 an der Vorderwand 492 auf, welche die Betätigung des Betätigungselements erlaubt, dessen Oberfläche 460 in der Struktur derjenigen der Oberfläche des Zuführtisches 13 gleicht. Das Betätigungselement weist einen Kraftarm 461 auf, der aus einer Öffnung 470 der linken Seitenwand 471 der Einbuchtung austritt. Die Andruckvorrichtung 40 wird nachfolgend im Detail erläutert.In the
The
In der
Die Andruckvorrichtung 40 kann durch einen Schieber 42 von der Betriebsstellung in die gezeigte zweite Stellung verstellt werden. Die Federelemente 41 a bis 41j sind in zwei Reihen beidseitig des Schiebers 42 angeordnet und auf der Gehäuseunterschale 49 verankert. Beispielsweise hat das Federelement 41a zur Verankerung einen Fuss 415a, welcher eine Lageröffnung 4971 an einer abgewinkelten Oberkante einer ersten Innenwand 497 der Gehäuseunterschale 49 einseitig verschließt. In der Gehäuseunterschale 49 liegt parallel dazu eine zweite Innenwand 498, welche symmetrisch zur ersten gebaut ist, wobei beide abgewinkelte Oberkanten 4972, 4982 aufweisen, die einander zugewandt sind.
Die Gehäuseunterschale 49 weist eine Bodenplatte 490 auf, an welche beide die erste und zweite Innenwände stehend und der Sockel angeformt sind. Der Sockel hat eine linke Sockelseitenwand 4963, die über eine Sockelstufe 495 in die linke Seitenwand 493 übergeht. Die linke Seitenwand 493 weist an ihrer Innenseiten einen Haken 494 zur Befestigung einer - nicht dargestellten - Zugfeder auf. Auf der Sockelstufe 495 stehen Befestigungssäulen 4931 und 4932, welche sich an die linke Seitenwand 493 anlehnen. An der Innenseite des Überganges der Vorderwand 492 zur rechten Seitenwand 491 steht auf einer Sockelstufe eine weitere Befestigungssäule 4921. Die Befestigungssäule dienen zur Befestigung des Zuführtisches. Der Zuführtisch und die Zugfeder wurden aus der Zeichnung
The housing
Die Einbuchtung an der Vorderwand 492 weist eine Einbuchtungswand 472 parallel zur Vorderwand 492, eine rechte Einbuchtungsseitenwand 473 und eine linke Einbuchtungsseitenwand 473 mit einer Öffnung 470 auf, aus welcher der Kraftarm 461 eines Winkelhebels austritt, welcher hier als Betätigungselement verwendet wird, um den Schieber 42 entgegen einer Federwirkung zu verschieben. Am tastenförmige Ende des Kraftarms 461 wird eine Betätigungskraft ausgeübt, welche sich über den abgewinkelten Teilarm 462 des Winkelhebels gemäß dem Hebelgesetz auf den abgewinkelten Lastarm 463 überträgt. Der Winkelhebel dreht sich um eine Achse, die durch eine Welle 464 verläuft, welche in den Lageröffnungen 4971, 4981 der beiden Innenwände der Gehäuseunterschale 49 drehbar gelagert ist. Am abgewinkelten Lastarm 463 ist ein Bolzenträger 465 mit einem Bolzen 4651 angeformt, der in einem Langloch 421 gleitet, das an dem einen Ende des Schiebers 42 an dessen Oberkante angeordnet ist. Neben dem Langloch 421 ist ein Stift 424 zur Befestigung der - nicht dargestellten Zugfeder - angebracht.The indentation on the
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Die Vorrichtung zum Andrücken flacher Güter an ein Transportmodul kann alternativ aus einer Vielzahl an Andruckelementen bestehen, deren Anzahl wesentlich höher ist, als die im erläuterten Ausführungsbeispiel gezeigte. Ein jedes Andruckelement kann vereinfacht auch aus einem S-förmig gebogenen Federstahlblech oder aus einem anderen künstlichen und eine Federcharakteristik aufweisenden Material bestehen.
Ein solches Material sollte im Kopfbereich eine ausreichend glatte Oberfläche oder eine die Gleitreibung herabsetzende Struktur aufweisen.The device for pressing flat goods to a transport module may alternatively consist of a plurality of pressure elements whose number is substantially higher than that shown in the illustrated embodiment. In simplified terms, each pressure element can also consist of an S-shaped bent spring steel sheet or of another artificial material having a spring characteristic.
Such a material should have in the head area a sufficiently smooth surface or a sliding friction-reducing structure.
Die Erfindung ist nicht auf die vorliegenden Ausführungsform an sich beschränkt. Vielmehr ist eine Anzahl von Geräten im Rahmen der Ansprüche denkbar, die eingesetzt werden und die vom gleichen Grundgedanken der Erfindung ausgehend, von den anliegenden Ansprüchen umfasst werden.The invention is not limited to the present embodiment per se. Rather, a number of devices within the scope of the claims is conceivable, which are used and which are based on the same basic idea of the invention, from the appended claims.
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