公开(公告)号：EP0581392B1

公开(公告)日：1995-11-15

申请号：EP93202715.4

申请日：1989-12-08

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Holbrook, Russell W. ,  Kulpa, Walter J. ,  Morabito, James

IPC分类号： B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/26 ,  B65H29/66 ,  B65H9/16

CPC分类号： B65H3/063 ,  B65H3/26 ,  B65H3/62 ,  B65H5/24 ,  B65H9/16 ,  B65H9/166 ,  B65H2404/1118 ,  B65H2701/1916

公开(公告)号：EP0604142A3

公开(公告)日：1995-03-01

申请号：EP93310272.5

申请日：1993-12-20

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： B41J32/00

CPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J17/32

摘要： An improved thermal ribbon cassette is detachably mounting to a thermal printing postage meter. The thermal ribbon cassette has an opening, a plurality of posts. Some of which posts are located to each side of the opening, a take-up spool and a supply spool rotatively mounted in the housing, and a thermal ink transfer ribbon supply wrapped around the supply spool and extending to the take-up spool threaded from and between the post and extending through the opening. The opening is located to receive a thermal print head therein such that the transfer ribbon traverses below the print element of the thermal print head. Slots are formed in the respective forward and rear wall, a first post to the take-up side of the aperture is positionably mounted in the slots such that the angle downstream of the opening may be selectively changed.

公开(公告)号：EP0581392A3

公开(公告)日：1994-02-16

申请号：EP93202715.4

申请日：1989-12-08

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Holbrook, Russell W. ,  Kulpa, Walter J. ,  Morabito, James

IPC分类号： B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/26 ,  B65H29/66 ,  B65H9/16

CPC分类号： B65H3/063 ,  B65H3/26 ,  B65H3/62 ,  B65H5/24 ,  B65H9/16 ,  B65H9/166 ,  B65H2404/1118 ,  B65H2701/1916

摘要： The front feeder for a high speed machine for handling mixed mail, includes a nudger drive assembly 6 for advancing the mail pieces while maintaining registration, means 56, 57 for fluffing a stack of mail contributing to pre-shingling of the mail as it is advanced downstream, angled decks and a back prop for a guideless hopper region 10, a tamper sub-system 22 for maintaining registration of flapped envelopes, and structure configured to guide open envelope flaps along a slot 35 for downstream sealing purposes.

摘要翻译： 用于处理混合邮件的高速机器的前馈送器包括用于在保持登记的同时前进邮件的轻推驱动组件6，用于在邮件被推进时使邮件堆垛起作用以帮助邮件预先摆动的装置56,57 用于无导向料斗区域10的下游，成角度甲板和后部支撑件，用于保持折叠式封套的配准的篡改子系统22以及配置为沿着槽35引导打开的封套襟翼以用于下游密封目的的结构。

公开(公告)号：EP1770649B1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-02

申请号：EP06019497.4

申请日：2006-09-18

申请人： Pitney Bowes, Inc.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B17/00193 ,  G07B2017/00516

公开(公告)号：EP1770649A3

公开(公告)日：2007-05-09

申请号：EP06019497.4

申请日：2006-09-18

申请人： Pitney Bowes, Inc.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B17/00193 ,  G07B2017/00516

摘要： A postage meter includes a slot to receive insertion of an envelope. A registration plate defines a top side of the slot. The registration plate has a window formed therein. The registration plate is for defining a printing location for a top surface of the envelope. A print head is mounted above the registration plate for printing a postage indicium on the top surface of the envelope. The postage meter includes a spring-loaded platform for pressing the envelope against the registration plate. The platform has a recess therein facing the window in the registration plate. The recess has a depth of at least about 5 mm. A cantilever spring is positioned between the window and the recess to apply an upward force to the envelope.

公开(公告)号：EP1555129A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-20

申请号：EP04029845.7

申请日：2004-12-16

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： B41J2/185 ,  B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J2/16588 ,  B41J2/16523 ,  B41J2/185 ,  B41J2002/1728

摘要： A postage meter includes a print head, a purge unit for removing waste ink from the print head, and an ink tray assembly for receiving the waste ink. The ink tray assembly includes a tray and a vapor-permeable, liquid-impermeable cover membrane across the opening of the tray.

摘要翻译： 邮资计包括打印头，用于从打印头除去废墨的净化单元和用于接收废墨的墨盘组件。 墨水盘组件包括穿过托盘的开口的托盘和透气的，液体不可渗透的覆盖膜。

公开(公告)号：EP0712098A3

公开(公告)日：1998-01-07

申请号：EP95117959.7

申请日：1995-11-14

申请人： PITNEY BOWES, INC.

发明人： Brookner, George M. ,  Hunter, Kevin D. ,  Kulpa, Walter J. ,  Mailhot, Edward

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  B41L47/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B17/00467 ,  G07B2017/00564

摘要： An apparatus and method is disclosed for controlling the operation of a mailing machine having a postage meter which includes a thermal printer (28) which transfers wax ink from an ink ribbon to an envelope (E) being fed through the mailing machine, in such a way that the printer (28) cannot operate if the envelope (E) is not in a proper position in the mailing machine to completely cover a feed roller (52) which controls movement of the envelope and the ink ribbon. The mailing machine includes a microprocessor (84) that responds to sensors (70, 72) positioned along the feed path of the envelope to prevent initiation of a printing operation if an envelope (E) is not properly positioned in the mailing machine, and which terminates an ongoing printing operation in the event, either that the envelope (E) becomes skewed with respect to the normal direction of feed such that it will expose a portion of the feed roller (52), or that the envelope is too short to receive the entire image which is intended to be printed thereon before the trailing edge of the envelope (E) would uncover the feed roller (52).

公开(公告)号：EP0604142B1

公开(公告)日：1997-09-17

申请号：EP93310272.5

申请日：1993-12-20

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： B41J32/00

CPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J17/32

公开(公告)号：EP0604142A2

公开(公告)日：1994-06-29

申请号：EP93310272.5

申请日：1993-12-20

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： B41J32/00

CPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J17/32

摘要： An improved thermal ribbon cassette is detachably mounting to a thermal printing postage meter. The thermal ribbon cassette has an opening, a plurality of posts. Some of which posts are located to each side of the opening, a take-up spool and a supply spool rotatively mounted in the housing, and a thermal ink transfer ribbon supply wrapped around the supply spool and extending to the take-up spool threaded from and between the post and extending through the opening. The opening is located to receive a thermal print head therein such that the transfer ribbon traverses below the print element of the thermal print head. Slots are formed in the respective forward and rear wall, a first post to the take-up side of the aperture is positionably mounted in the slots such that the angle downstream of the opening may be selectively changed.

摘要翻译： 一种改进的热色带盒被可拆卸地安装到热敏打印邮资计费器。 热色带盒具有开口，柱的复数。 其中一些柱的位于所述开口的每一侧，一个卷取轴和可转动地安装在壳体中的供带轴，和热传墨带供给缠绕在供给卷轴并延伸到从螺纹卷取卷轴 和岗位之间和延伸穿过开口。 开口位于接收的热打印头。其中检查没有转印色带穿过热式打印头的打印元件的下方。 槽在向前respectivement和后壁形成的，第一柱与孔的卷取侧定位地安装在检查的槽那样的开口下游的角度可有选择地改变。

公开(公告)号：EP0376601A2

公开(公告)日：1990-07-04

申请号：EP89313339.7

申请日：1989-12-20

申请人： PITNEY BOWES INC.

发明人： Dannatt, Hugh St. L. ,  Alesi, Thomas W., Jr. ,  Kulpa, Walter J.

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  B65H23/06

CPC分类号： B65H23/063 ,  G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/0062

摘要： The invention disclosed herein provides a passive rolled tape supply system which supplies at least one tape under tension, preferably constant, to a drive system withdrawin the tape. The system includes a mechanism for tensioning the tape as it is withdrawn and a locking mechanism for locking a roll on which the tape is wound. These mechanisms cooperate to perform the following functions: (a) when the tension on the tape is below a predetermined tension, and the tension on the tape is increased, the reel is locked and the tensioning mechanism maintains the tension at the desired value; (b) after the tension mechanism reaches a predetermined point (near the end of its range of travel), the reel is unlocked and is permitted to rotate and dispense tape therefrom as long as the tension on the tape is maintained at the predetermined tension; (c) when the withdrawing tension on the tape falls below the predetermined tension, the reel is locked, and the tensioning mechanism maintains tape tension by retracting any tape returned to the tape supply. A roller is mounted on a lever. The tape withdrawn from the reel 150 or 151 passes over the roller 160 or 165. The lever 161 or 166 pivots about the axis of the reel on which the tape is wound and moves the roller in opposite directions transverse to the axis. A spring device 173 urges the lever in the first direction. The reel 150 or 151 is locked by a pawl and ratchet mechanism. A spring 206 urges the pawl 197 into engagement with the ratchet wheel 199 to lock the reel. The pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel when the lever is pivoted to a predetermined position.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的本发明提供了一种被动卷带供应系统，其将至少一个张力优选恒定的带材提供给带子上的驱动系统。 该系统包括用于在拉出带时张紧带的机构和用于锁定卷绕在其上的卷的锁定机构。 这些机构协调起来执行以下功能：（a）当带上的张力低于预定张力，并且带上的张力增大时，卷轴被锁定，张紧机构将张力保持在期望值; （b）在张力机构到达预定点（其行​​程范围附近）之后，只要磁带上的张力保持在预定张力，卷轴就被解锁并被允许旋转并分配带子; （c）当磁带上的拉伸张力低于预定张力时，卷轴被锁定，并且张紧机构通过缩回返回到磁带供应的任何磁带来保持胶带张紧。 辊子安装在杠杆上。 从卷轴150或151退出的带通过辊160或165.杆161或166围绕卷绕带卷轴的轴线枢转，并使辊沿横向于轴线的相反方向移动。 弹簧装置173沿第一方向推动杠杆。 卷轴150或151由棘爪和棘轮机构锁定。 弹簧206促使棘爪197与棘轮199接合以锁定卷轴。 当杠杆枢转到预定位置时，棘爪从棘轮脱离。