EP2034452A1 - Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats - Google Patents

Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats Download PDF

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Publication number: EP2034452A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: franking; objects; transport; shipping; shipping objects
Prior art date: 2007-09-07
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP07405269A

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Thomas P. Haug

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Frama AG

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Frama AG

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2007-09-07

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2007-09-07

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2009-03-11

2007-09-07 Priority to AT07405269T priority Critical patent/ATE486333T1/de

2007-09-07 Application filed by Frama AG filed Critical Frama AG

2007-09-07 Priority to DE502007005476T priority patent/DE502007005476D1/de

2007-09-07 Priority to EP07405269A priority patent/EP2034452B1/fr

2007-09-07 Priority to EP10005678.7A priority patent/EP2221771B1/fr

2008-08-29 Priority to AU2008207654A priority patent/AU2008207654A1/en

2008-09-03 Priority to US12/231,548 priority patent/US20090083198A1/en

2008-09-05 Priority to CN200810212807.6A priority patent/CN101380855B/zh

2009-03-11 Publication of EP2034452A1 publication Critical patent/EP2034452A1/fr

2010-10-27 Application granted granted Critical

2010-10-27 Publication of EP2034452B1 publication Critical patent/EP2034452B1/fr

Status Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current

2027-09-07 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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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
- G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/16—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/26—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping the articles
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
- B65H29/6609—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/24—Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a pile
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
- B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
- B65H2301/333—Inverting
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
- B65H2301/34—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement
- B65H2301/342—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement with change of plane of displacement
- B65H2301/3421—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement with change of plane of displacement for changing level of plane of displacement, i.e. the material being transported in parallel planes after at least two changes of direction
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
- B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
- B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
- B65H2301/42144—Forming a pile of articles on edge by erecting articles from horizontal transport flushing with the supporting surface of the pile
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
- B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
- B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
- B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
- B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
- B65H2301/44732—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact transporting articles in overlapping stream
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
- B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
- B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail
- 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
- G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
- G07B2017/00483—Batch processing of mailpieces
- 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
- G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
- G07B2017/00491—Mail/envelope/insert handling system

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the invention relates to a method for franking, printing and / or imaging of flat shipping objects, such as envelopes, cards, mailers, labels, printed products and the like.
franking system which is assigned a conveyor system for conveying the objects to be sent by the franking system, which conveyor system is the at a distance subsequent mailing objects to a franking process, and the stamped in a certain area area, printed and / or illustrated shipping objects then leads to the franking behind each other individually or in an imbricated formation superimposed away.
Unsatisfactory is also a known embodiment in which the franked envelopes or shipping objects are moved after leaving the franking system in a direction transverse to the conveying direction transport, in which a shingled stream of slender formats, such as C5, for the purpose of exemption of the freshly printed fields of the shipping objects not reliable can be formed. Moreover, such arrangement is possible only with considerable space requirement and correspondingly high movement use of an operator.
the object of the present invention has been to process the freshly prepaid shipping objects so that in particular the printed stamps and / or advertising signs and other information remain undamaged.
this object is achieved in that the shipping objects leaving the franking system at a distance are preferably deposited into a shingled stream via a falling step, in which the distance between the shipping objects corresponds at least approximately to the size of the area freshly franked on a shipping object.
the shipping objects are deposited via the case step in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the franking system transport direction in a scale flow in which the distance of the transported in the longitudinal direction of shipping objects at least approximately the for the Franking used length of the shipping objects corresponds.
Schuppenstrom Struktur is advantageously carried out by a reduced after franking of the shipping objects transport speed, that is, a lower speed than the conveying speed used in franking, with which the shipping objects are individually printed.
the formation of imbricated flow is assisted by a stop, which is switched into the trajectory of the mailing objects leaving the franking system in order to establish the distance between the objects to be sent.
the attack can intercept the shipping objects resp. position and initially guide laterally in a direction transverse to the conveying direction when franking transport direction.
the invention further relates to a device for franking, printing and / or imaging of flat shipping objects by means of a franking system, the Franking unit for franking and / or imaging of the shipping objects, which are individually supplied to the franking unit, passed through this and carried away, wherein the franking unit is assigned a franking section forming conveyor system, the conveyor end opens into a transport system.
Franking systems are placed on plan shelves or tables and have a freely accessible length for operation by persons.
the collecting containers arranged at the end of a franking system are unable to process the large quantities of franked shipping objects further. be prepared for further processing, especially if the shipping objects are automatically separated from a stack supplied to a franking and / or imaging aggregate.
the value stamp is triggered by the subsequent shipping object on the first Can smear sliding effect. This circumstance can not be remedied by the fact that the removal of the shipping objects is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor of the franking system. This is the later machine readability resp. Processability of a shipping object is no longer guaranteed and the additional needs of an exhibition area not eliminated.
this object is achieved in that the transport system designed for transport reception of shipping objects is driven below the franking system and in the opposite direction of the mailpieces to be franked by the franking system.
the transport system designed for transport reception of shipping objects is driven below the franking system and in the opposite direction of the mailpieces to be franked by the franking system.
the transport rollers can be drivingly connected to each other by means of driven traction means, such as a roller chain or a drive belt.
the transport system can travel along a conveying path which runs through the feed line provided for the franking system.
Feed line, the franking and / or Betradeungsumble and the WegLabrange the franked shipping objects is formed, adjustable and adjustable trained.
this does not mean that the delivery end of the transport system, the upstream end of the delivery of the franking system or. the feed end of the conveyor system is superior, although this could be an advantage for removing the shipping items for further handling of the franked shipping items.
the transport speed of the transport system relative to the conveying speed of the mailpieces to be franked resp. the moving on the conveyor system of the franking system packages is changeable to maintain the isolation or the shipping objects in a scale flow to be able to transport with selectable scale distance.
the speed used for franking may also be used to form the transport stream on the transport system, but this would not correspond to the use of optimal performance of the franking system.
the upstream end of the transport system is assigned a stop for the franked shipping objects guided away from the franking system by the delivery system.
the stop in turn, the distance of the shipping objects can be influenced on the transport system and prevents the shipping objects leaving the franking system are not promoted too far to be no longer detected by the transponder system can.
the stop is preferably spaced and adjustably spaced from the upstream end of the transport system and may be used in cooperation with the position of the transport system in the conveying direction of the shipping objects, in particular for optimizing the transport flow on the transport system.
the transfer of the franked shipping objects to the transport system can be promoted if the downstream end of a delivery device WegDispvoriques the franking system is opposite to the transport system.
a receiving device jamming the shipping objects is arranged at the delivery end of the transport system, which collects the incoming shipping objects into a heap or stack, so that they can be removed by hand.
the receiving device is advantageous as an adjustable position Support formed on which the shipping objects at least partially accumulated erect.
the support element can be adjusted appropriately in different inclination positions, so that the accumulating shipping objects upright and form a sloping stack that is easily removed.
the support element can be pivoted about a transversely directed to the transport direction of the transport system axis in different inclinations, adapted to the formation of the shipping objects stream.
the franking and transport system can be detachably connected one above the other.
the conveyor belt of the transport system with through openings and be provided below a working strum with an evacuatable chamber which extends approximately to the delivery end of the transport system so that the shipping objects adhere to the perforated conveyor belt until it leaves the transport system.
a stacking device receiving the shipping objects may be arranged, in which the shipping objects are taken over one another after dropping.
a turntable is suitable as a stack floor, which is rotatable by 180 ° to compensate for the different thickness of a mailpiece and has a pre-collection device that holds the shipping objects during rotation of the table.
the Fig. 1 to 3 show a device 1 with a franking system 2 for franking and / or imaging of flat shipping objects 3, such as envelopes, cards, mailers, small packages, labels, printed products or the like.
the franking system 2 consists of a franking unit 4, the shipping objects 3 with a Marks and / or advertising signs and / or information provides, the franking unit 4 by hand or by means of mechanical feeding device 5 can be charged.
a supply device can be seen with which the shipping objects are separated from a stack (not shown) on its underside and then fed to the franking unit 4 by means of a loading device 6.
a usable automatic feeding device 5 with shipping objects 3 is in the EP 06405106.3 described.
a conveyor system 7 ensures a continuous conveyor flow from the feed via the feedthrough and the routing of the shipping objects 3 in the franking system 2.
the conveyor section of the conveyor system 7 assigned to the franking system 2 could be referred to as a franking section.
Fig. 1 in that the franking system 2 in technical language also denotes franking machine a plate 8 or a table is placed, the length of which corresponds approximately to that of the franking system.
the plate 8 may be fixed to a stand 11 supported on the floor (mobile) or to a wall (not shown).
a conveying end 9 of the conveying system 7 assigned to the franking system 2 opens into a transport system 10, which is located below the franking 2 and the conveying system 7, respectively.
the transport system 10 has an endless circulating conveyor belt 12, which at the franking 2- resp. the conveyor system 7 facing upper side resp. Funding side forms a Hätrum 13, to which the franked resp. imaged shipping objects 3 fall over a level formed by the conveyor system 7 and the transport system 10 (case level or conveyor stage).
the height of this step is more than the thickest shipping object 3 transported on the transport system 109.
the step or drop step could also be designed to be changeable, for which purpose the height distance between conveyor system 7 and the conveyor system 10, which runs approximately parallel to it and forms an approximately horizontal conveyor plane, would have to be adjustable.
the conveyor belt 12 of the transport system 10 revolves around two spaced guide rollers 14 which have transversely to the transport direction arranged axes, one of which is driven.
the transport system has a side cover 21.
a device could be used which forms a conveying plane for transporting objects to be transported 3 by transport rollers.
the transport system 10 dominates the conveyor 7- resp.
Franking system 2 so that the shipping objects 3 are dropped after the franking or imaging of the conveying end of the conveyor system 7 in the transport direction of the transport system 10 upstream conveyor end 15 and detected by the latter and further transported in the opposite direction.
a trouble-free onward transport can be achieved, the transport system 10 along the conveyor 7- resp.
Franking system 2 adjustable that is, the Mass of the supernatant of the upstream in the transport direction conveying end of the transport system 10 may be selected so that a trouble-free operation.
the ideal Ueberstandsmass depends on the format, weight and / or speed of the franking continuous shipping items 3. Accordingly, by the transport speed of Trasnsportsystems 10 resp. the workstring 13 are sewn, wherein the transport speed of the transport system 10 may also be decisive in terms of formation of the transported shipping objects 3. The faster the transport speed, the greater the distances resp. the scale spacing of the transported shipping objects 3 in the transport stream.
a stop 16 for the franked and / or imaged mailpieces 3 led away from the franking system 2 by the conveyor system 7 is arranged at the upstream conveying end of the transport system 10.
the stop 16 provides a guarantee for a deflection of the shipping objects 3 and supports the desired formation of transported on the transport system 10 shipping objects 3.
the stop 16 can be adjusted relative to the upstream end of the conveyor system 10, ie approximately or further removed. This is like in the Fig. 1 and 3 shown, a telescopically actuated adjusting device 17 illustrated, the operation of which requires no special description due to the awareness.
the transport system 10 preferably also projects beyond the upstream conveying end of the franking 2 or its conveying system 7 when the former is maximally extended beyond the downstream conveying end of the franking 2 or conveying system, respectively. This projected maximum, so that the shipping objects 3 are easily removed at the end of delivery of the transport system 10.
a receiving device 18 is attached, at which the shipping objects 3 lift to a stack-like formation standing.
the receiving device 18 causes a congestion stagnant Dispatch objects 3 and has a respect to position about a transversely to the transport direction of the transport system 10 aligned axis in different inclinations adjustable support member 19 and a lateral guide 20.
the receiving device 18 projects beyond the franking system 2 or the conveyor system 7 arranged above it.
Franking system 2 and transport system 10 are formed separable from each other, whereby a subsequent cultivation of the transport system 10 to a franking system 2 resp. which can be used with a transport system 10 convertible franking system 2 also solo.
the conveyor belt of the transport system 10 may be provided with openings and the workstring be performed on an underneath tightly arranged, evacuated chamber, which causes the shipping objects to leave the chamber, respectively. of the transport end stick on the working strand of the conveyor belt.
a stacking device accommodating the shipping objects could also be arranged, which advantageously has a turntable and a pre-collecting device arranged above it.

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EP07405269A 2007-09-07 2007-09-07 Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats Not-in-force EP2034452B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE502007005476T DE502007005476D1 (de)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Verfahren zum Frankieren, Bedrucken und Bebildern von flachen Versandobjekten
EP07405269A EP2034452B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats
EP10005678.7A EP2221771B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats
AT07405269T ATE486333T1 (de)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Verfahren zum frankieren, bedrucken und bebildern von flachen versandobjekten
AU2008207654A AU2008207654A1 (en)	2007-09-07	2008-08-29	Process for franking, printing, and/or producing images on flat mail items
US12/231,548 US20090083198A1 (en)	2007-09-07	2008-09-03	Process for franking, printing, and/or producing images on flat mail items
CN200810212807.6A CN101380855B (zh)	2007-09-07	2008-09-05	对扁平寄送物品盖印、印刷和/或加插图的方法及装置

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP07405269A EP2034452B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP10005678.7A Division EP2221771B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats
EP10005678.7 Division-Into		2010-06-01

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EP2034452A1 true EP2034452A1 (fr)	2009-03-11
EP2034452B1 EP2034452B1 (fr)	2010-10-27

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EP07405269A Not-in-force EP2034452B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats
EP10005678.7A Not-in-force EP2221771B1 (fr)	2007-09-07	2007-09-07	Procédé destiné à affranchir, imprimer et illustrer des objets d'expédition plats

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US (1)	US20090083198A1 (fr)
EP (2)	EP2034452B1 (fr)
CN (1)	CN101380855B (fr)
AT (1)	ATE486333T1 (fr)
AU (1)	AU2008207654A1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE502007005476D1 (fr)

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- 2007-09-07 EP EP07405269A patent/EP2034452B1/fr not_active Not-in-force
- 2007-09-07 AT AT07405269T patent/ATE486333T1/de active
- 2007-09-07 EP EP10005678.7A patent/EP2221771B1/fr not_active Not-in-force
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- 2008-08-29 AU AU2008207654A patent/AU2008207654A1/en not_active Abandoned
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CN101380855B (zh)	2013-04-24
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