Postage meter having a worm gear drive
    31.
    发明授权
    Postage meter having a worm gear drive 失效
    邮资计有蜗轮传动

    公开(公告)号:US4852479A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-01

    申请号:US129638

    申请日:1987-12-07

    申请人: David W. Hubbard

    发明人: David W. Hubbard

    IPC分类号: G07B17/00

    摘要: This invention relates to a postage meter having a plurality of worm gears for adjusting the rotational position of postage print wheels. Each worm gear selectively moves a rack which is an engagement with a postage print wheel so as to provide rotational movement to the print wheel. Sensors are provided so that the rotational position of each worm gear can be determined thereby indicating the position of the print wheels.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种具有多个用于调整邮票打印轮的旋转位置的蜗轮的邮资计费器。 每个蜗轮选择性地移动与邮资打印轮接合的齿条,以便向打印轮提供旋转运动。 设置传感器,使得可以确定每个蜗轮的旋转位置,从而指示打印轮的位置。

    Impulse ink jet print head and method of making same
    32.
    发明授权
    Impulse ink jet print head and method of making same 失效
    脉冲喷墨打印头及其制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US4680595A

    公开(公告)日:1987-07-14

    申请号:US795584

    申请日:1985-11-06

    摘要: An impulse ink jet print head and method of fabricating same. The print head comprises a plurality of superposed, contiguous plates including a nozzle plate with at least a pair of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the plates. Another plate is a channel plate defining at least a pair of coplanar axially aligned elongated chambers, each connected to an ink supply and having an outlet communicating with an associated nozzle. A diaphragm plate overlies the channel plate and has transducers thereon for displacing ink in each of the chambers to eject discrete ink droplets from the nozzles. Other plates may include a manifold plate for directing ink to a plurality of pairs of chambers and a restrictor plate with restictor orifices positioned between the manifold plate and each of the chambers. The method of fabricating the print head includes forming the different plates, forming the transducers, and assembling all of the components in a particular relationship.

    摘要翻译: 脉冲喷墨打印头及其制造方法。 打印头包括多个重叠的连续板,其包括具有至少一对喷嘴的喷嘴板,喷嘴板沿垂直于板平面的方向喷射墨滴。 另一个板是限定至少一对共面轴向对准的细长室的通道板,每个细长室连接到供墨装置并具有与相关喷嘴连通的出口。 隔膜板覆盖在通道板上并且在其上具有用于移动每个室中的墨的换能器,以从喷嘴喷射离散的墨滴。 其他板可以包括用于将油墨引导到多对室的歧管板和具有定位在歧管板和每个室之间的再生孔的限流板。 制造打印头的方法包括形成不同的板,形成换能器,并以特定的关系组装所有的部件。

    Low range automatic weighing device
    33.
    发明授权
    Low range automatic weighing device 失效
    低档自动称重装置

    公开(公告)号:US4411328A

    公开(公告)日:1983-10-25

    申请号:US361310

    申请日:1982-03-24

    申请人: David W. Hubbard

    发明人: David W. Hubbard

    IPC分类号: G01G1/29

    CPC分类号: G01G1/29

    摘要: A weighing device is disclosed which comprises a frame, a pan element for supporting a load to be weighed, a channel member connected to the pan for retaining a plurality of weight elements in a vertically movable manner, a motor supported within the frame and a shaft member operatively connected to and extending from the motor, the shaft member including a spring for supporting the pan element. A plurality of collapsible support members are secured at one end thereof to the frame and each have at their opposite ends a device that is adapted to receive and lift one of the weight elements when the support member is in an extended and non-collapsed position. A camming arm is secured to the shaft member and extends in a direction toward the support members. A switch is provided for energizing the motor when the pan is depressed by a load. The motor turns the shaft member and guides the camming arm into contact with successive collapsed support members in a step-by-step manner to place a number of the support members in an extended position and lift a corresponding number of the weights substantially equal to the weight of the load.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种称重装置,其包括框架,用于支撑待称重负载的盘元件,连接到盘的通道构件,用于以可垂直移动的方式保持多个重量元件,支撑在框架内的马达和轴 构件可操作地连接到电动机并从电动机延伸,所述轴构件包括用于支撑盘元件的弹簧。 多个可折叠的支撑构件在其一端固定到框架,并且每个在其相对端处具有适于在支撑构件处于延伸和非收缩位置时接收和提升其中一个配重元件的装置。 凸轮臂固定在轴构件上并朝向支撑构件的方向延伸。 提供了一个开关,用于在锅被负载压下时使电动机通电。 电动机转动轴构件并且引导凸轮臂与连续的倒塌的支撑构件以一步一步的方式接触,以将多个支撑构件放置在延伸位置,并将相应数量的重量提升到基本等于 负载重量。

    Apparatus for control of pivoting wing-type sail
    34.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for control of pivoting wing-type sail 有权
    用于控制枢转翼型帆的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08069801B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-06

    申请号:US12800212

    申请日:2010-05-10

    IPC分类号: B63H9/04

    CPC分类号: B63H9/0607

    摘要: A steerable wing-type sail system for a wind powered craft. The system includes first and second secondary airfoils and that are spaced outwardly to the sides of the plane of the main sail, and that are positioned rearwardly of the trailing edge of the sail. The secondary airfoils are selectively pivotable so as to steer the main sail in one direction or the other. The main sail is also provided with a pivoting flap at its trailing edge, which pivots simultaneously with and in the same direction as the secondary airfoils. The secondary airfoils are carried on elongate horizontal booms mounted near the mid-span height of the main sail. The secondary airfoils pivot about vertical axes at the distal ends of the booms, and are operated by control cables that are retracted and paid out by linear actuators or similar mechanisms. The craft may be multi-hull vessel, such as a catamaran. The control mechanism for the secondary airfoils may operate the airfoils in response to signals received from one or more onboard sensors. The system is suitable for use on an autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV).

    摘要翻译: 用于风力发电工艺的可操纵翼型帆系统。 该系统包括第一和第二二次翼型件,并且与主帆的平面的侧面向外间隔开,并且定位在帆的后缘的后方。 二次翼型件可选择性地枢转,以便在一个方向或另一个方向上转向主帆。 主帆还在其后缘处设置有枢转翼片,其在与第二翼型件同时和相同的方向上枢转。 辅助翼型件承载在靠近主帆的中跨高度附近的细长水平起重臂上。 辅助翼型件在悬臂的远端处围绕垂直轴线枢转,并且由通过线性致动器或类似机构缩回和支付的控制缆线操作。 工艺可能是多船体,如双体船。 辅助翼型件的控制机构可以响应于从一个或多个机载传感器接收的信号而操作翼型件。 该系统适用于自主无人驾驶水面船只(AUSV)。

    Apparatus and method for deskewing sheets
    35.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for deskewing sheets 失效
    用于歪斜板的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5566932A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-22

    申请号:US306286

    申请日:1994-09-15

    申请人: David W. Hubbard

    发明人: David W. Hubbard

    IPC分类号: B65H9/06 B65H9/04

    CPC分类号: B65H9/06

    摘要: An apparatus and method for deskewing sheets as they are transported along a path. An intake roller assembly and an urged roller assembly are positioned along the path. The urge roller assembly bears upon a sheet with a forced selected so that the urge roller will slip if the sheet is blocked before the sheet is damaged. A rotatable element having a pair of stop elements in an upstream and a pair of deflecting elements at a downstream end is pivotable mounted beneath the path and rotates in a plane normal to the path, and is bias so that the deflecting elements intersect the path and the stop element are clear from the path. When the intake roller assembly drives a sheet against the deflecting elements the rotatable element rotates as the sheet rides over the deflecting element so that the stop elements intersect the path. If the sheet is skewed, that is if one edge is advanced, that edge will encounter the stop elements first. The urge roller assembly will then slip on the advanced side of the sheet while driving the other side forward until the sheet is deskewed. As the sheet is deskewed the deflecting elements are cleared and the rotatable element rotates to remove the stop elements from the path and the deskewed sheet continues for further processing. A pair of parallel guide plates are provided above and below the path to guide the sheet and increase its effective stiffness.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在沿着路径传送纸张时对纸张进行偏移校正的装置和方法。 进气辊组件和推压辊组件沿着路径定位。 推力辊组件承载在被强制选择的片材上,使得如果在片材损坏之前片材被阻塞,则推压辊将滑动。 具有在上游侧的一对止动元件和在下游端的一对偏转元件的可旋转元件可枢转地安装在路径下方并且在垂直于路径的平面中旋转,并且偏置,使得偏转元件与路径相交,并且 停止元素从路径中清除。 当进纸辊组件将片材驱动抵靠偏转元件时,可旋转元件随着片材越过偏转元件而旋转,使得止动元件与路径相交。 如果纸张偏斜,那就是如果一个边缘前进,则该边缘将首先遇到停止元素。 然后推动辊组件将在片材的高级侧滑动,同时向前驱动另一侧,直到片材进行去歪斜。 当片材进行去歪斜时,偏转元件被清除,并且可旋转元件旋转以从路径移除止动元件,并且去歪斜片继续进行进一步处理。 在路径的上方和下方设置一对平行的引导板以引导片材并增加其有效刚度。

    Thermal printing postage dispensing device having security features and
method of using
    36.
    发明授权
    Thermal printing postage dispensing device having security features and method of using 失效
    具有安全特征和使用方法的热敏打印邮资分配装置

    公开(公告)号:US5383732A

    公开(公告)日:1995-01-24

    申请号:US169104

    申请日:1993-12-20

    摘要: A thermal printing postage dispensing apparatus that is able to print a postage indicia on a mail piece in a secure manner. A thermal ribbon is provided which has pre-formed images thereon that are of a reduced size in the longitudinal direction. When the images are to be transferred to an envelope to print a postage indicia by a dot matrix thermal printer, the envelope is driven at a greater speed than the ribbon. This results in the indicia being printed on the envelope with a standard size. The preformed images represent the non-variable portion of a postage indicia; whereas, the variable data of the postage indicia is printed by a thermal printer in blank areas left by the pre-formed images.

    摘要翻译: 一种热敏打印邮资分配装置,其能够以安全的方式在邮件上打印邮资标记。 提供了一种热敏带,其在其上具有在纵向方向上尺寸减小的预先形成的图像。 当图像被传送到信封以用点阵热敏打印机打印邮资标记时,信封以比色带更大的速度被驱动。 这导致标记以标准尺寸印在信封上。 预成形图像代表邮资标记的不可变部分; 而邮资标记的可变数据由热打印机在由预先形成的图像留下的空白区域中打印。

    Envelope flap moistening apparatus
    37.
    发明授权
    Envelope flap moistening apparatus 失效
    信封瓣润湿装置

    公开(公告)号:US5354407A

    公开(公告)日:1994-10-11

    申请号:US85370

    申请日:1993-07-02

    IPC分类号: B43M5/02 B43M5/04 B43M5/00

    CPC分类号: B43M5/042 B43M5/02

    摘要: Apparatus for supplying moisture to an envelope, having a body portion and a flap portion, the apparatus including, a substantially solid-rectangle-shaped pad made of a material capable of upwardly transferring fluid by capillary action, a device for supplying fluid to the pad, the fluid supplying device including a source of supply of fluid, the fluid supplying device including an elongate well having an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped base wall, the well including a fluid inlet tube depending from the base wall and removably connected in fluid flow communication with the fluid supply source, the well including a pair of elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced side walls, the well including a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped and oppositely-spaced end walls extending between the side walls, the side and end walls extending upwardly from the base wall, the well including a plurality of upright posts located at spaced intervals longitudinally of the length of the base wall, the posts dividing the well into an elongate receptacle for receiving the pad and an elongate fluid inlet channel connected in fluid flow communication with the inlet tube, the pad removably mounted in the receptacle, a device for supporting the well, the supporting device including a bracket, and the well removably slidably connected to the bracket to facilitate disconnecting the well therefrom.

    摘要翻译: 用于向封套提供水分的装置,具有主体部分和折翼部分,该装置包括由能够通过毛细管作用向上传送流体的材料制成的基本为实心矩形的垫,用于向衬垫供应流体的装置 所述流体供应装置包括流体供应源,所述流体供应装置包括具有细长的大致矩形形状的底壁的细长井,所述井包括从所述基壁悬垂并可移除地连接在流体流动连通中的流体入口管 与流体供应源一起,井包括一对细长的大致矩形和相对间隔的侧壁,该井包括一对在侧壁之间延伸的基本上矩形和相对间隔的端壁,侧壁和端部 从底壁向上延伸的壁,井包括多个以纵向间隔开的立柱 底壁的长度,柱将井分成用于接收垫的细长插座和与入口管流体连通的细长流体入口通道,可移除地安装在容器中的垫,用于支撑的装置 井,支撑装置包括支架,以及可拆卸地可滑动地连接到支架的井,以便于从井中分离井。

    Oscillating and locking apparatus and method for vibrating tray weighing
scale
    38.
    发明授权
    Oscillating and locking apparatus and method for vibrating tray weighing scale 失效
    振动盘秤称重振荡锁定装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4836312A

    公开(公告)日:1989-06-06

    申请号:US294624

    申请日:1989-01-09

    申请人: David W. Hubbard

    发明人: David W. Hubbard

    IPC分类号: G01G3/16 G01G11/04 G01G19/00

    CPC分类号: G01G19/005 G01G11/04 G01G3/16

    摘要: Oscillating and alternatively locking apparatus and method of determining the mass of an article by the shift of the period of oscillation of a flexibly mounted platform. An article whose mass is to be determined is placed upon the platform. The platform is caused to oscillate and the period of harmonic motion is calibrated. This period is compared against the period of harmonic motion when there is no article upon the platform, and the difference, or shift, in frequency, allows a determination of the mass of the article. A reversible motor is used to provide drive to a conveyor for transporting mail pieces onto the tray and for causing oscillation of the tray for purposes of weighing.

    摘要翻译: 振动和可选择的锁定装置和通过灵活安装的平台的振荡周期的移动来确定物品的质量的方法。 将要确定其质量的物品放在平台上。 使平台振荡,谐波运动的周期被校准。 这个时期与平台上没有物品的谐波运动时期进行比较,频率的差异或偏移允许确定物品的质量。 可逆电动机用于向输送机提供驱动,用于将邮件传送到托盘上并引起托盘的振动以用于称重。

    Single element transducer for an ink jet device
    39.
    发明授权
    Single element transducer for an ink jet device 失效
    用于喷墨装置的单元件换能器

    公开(公告)号:US4635079A

    公开(公告)日:1987-01-06

    申请号:US700582

    申请日:1985-02-11

    申请人: David W. Hubbard

    发明人: David W. Hubbard

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 G01D15/16

    摘要: The ink ejecting portion of an ink jet printer is described, wherein a single ceramic transducer is used to create the pressure for the ink droplets. Unlike prior devices, the transducer is a one-piece member as opposed to use of a crystal and diaphragm. The one-piece member is practical because of the generally spherical configuration of the crystal.

    摘要翻译: 描述了喷墨打印机的喷墨部分,其中使用单个陶瓷换能器来产生墨滴的压力。 与以前的器件不同,传感器是与使用晶体和隔膜相反的单件式器件。 由于晶体的大致球形构造,单件构件是实用的。

    Ink jet array
    40.
    发明授权
    Ink jet array 失效
    喷墨阵列

    公开(公告)号:US4605939A

    公开(公告)日:1986-08-12

    申请号:US771523

    申请日:1985-08-30

    IPC分类号: B41J2/145 G01D15/18

    CPC分类号: B41J2/145

    摘要: An ink jet printing head comprising an array of successive pairs of cavity plates and transducer plates. The transducer plates are one-piece elements composed of piezo-ceramic material and can have multiple diaphragms on opposing faces matching with cavities in the cavity plates. Many such pairs of cavity plates and transducer plates can be joined together to form a printing head which can achieve a very high density of nozzles, specifically, on the order of 150 to 200 nozzles per inch.

    摘要翻译: 一种喷墨打印头,包括连续的空腔板和换能器板阵列。 换能器板是由压电陶瓷材料组成的一体元件,并且可以在与腔体板中的空腔匹配的相对面上具有多个隔膜。 许多这样的空腔板和换能器板对可以连接在一起以形成能够实现非常高密度的喷嘴的打印头,具体地,每英寸150到200个喷嘴。