Computer-responsive supplemental printer
    1.
    发明授权
    Computer-responsive supplemental printer 失效
    计算机响应补充打印机

    公开(公告)号:US3990362A

    公开(公告)日:1976-11-09

    申请号:US559551

    申请日:1975-03-18

    摘要: A supplemental printer is mounted piggy-back fashion atop a conventional high speed chain printer or other form of computer output printing equipment; and prints, upon the same print-out sheet as the high speed printer, information generated by the same electronic digital computer to which the high speed printer responds. The supplemental printer is capable of printing postage or other special indicia not easily incorporated into the print symbol repertoire of the high speed printer. In order to make the supplemental printer operate rapidly enough to be compatible with electronic data processing equipment, its print impression is divided into parts printed by individual type segments, each actuated by its own individual print solenoid. Some of the segments are equipped with solenoid-actuated variable numerical print modules for the purpose of printing postage or other variable numerical information. After printing, the segments return to positions at unequal levels in order to deter "wiping off" unauthorized postage or other valuable print impressions.

    摘要翻译: 辅助打印机以传统的高速链式打印机或其他形式的计算机输出打印设备的背面搭载背面安装; 并且在与高速打印机相同的打印页面上打印由高速打印机响应的同一电子数字计算机生成的信息。 补充打印机能够打印不容易并入高速打印机的打印符号库中的邮资或其他特殊标记。 为了使补充打印机足够快地运行以与电子数据处理设备兼容,其印刷印象被分成由单独的类型片段打印的部件,每个片段由其各自的打印螺线管驱动。 一些部分装有用于打印邮资或其他可变数字信息的电磁致动可变数字打印模块。 打印后,分段返回不平等的位置,以阻止“擦除”未经授权的邮资或其他有价值的打印印象。

    Mailing machine including dimensional rating capability
    2.
    发明授权
    Mailing machine including dimensional rating capability 失效
    邮件机包括尺寸评级功能

    公开(公告)号:US06832213B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-14

    申请号:US09303983

    申请日:1999-05-03

    IPC分类号: G07B1700

    摘要: A mailing machine comprising a device for feeding an envelope having a width in a path of travel; a device for determining the width of the envelope; and a control device in operative communication with the determining device for using the width of the envelope to ascertain a proper amount of postage to be applied to the envelope. According to a first embodiment, the determining device includes a sensor array located transverse to the path of travel for detecting the presence of the envelope where the sensor array includes an inner plurality of sensors and an outer plurality of sensors located further away from a registration wall than the inner plurality of sensors. According to a second embodiment, the determining device includes a first sensor for detecting a lead edge of the envelope and a sensor line located downstream in the path of travel from the first sensor and at an angle to the path of travel so as to detect a lead corner of the envelope.

    摘要翻译: 一种邮寄机器,包括用于馈送在行进路径中具有宽度的信封的装置; 用于确定信封的宽度的装置; 以及控制装置,其与所述确定装置可操作地通信,以使用所述信封的宽度来确定适用于所述信封的邮资量。 根据第一实施例,确定装置包括一个传感器阵列,该传感器阵列横向于行进路径,用于检测传感器阵列包括内部多个传感器的外壳的存在,以及位于远离配准壁的外部多个传感器 比内部多个传感器。 根据第二实施例,确定装置包括用于检测外壳的引导边缘的第一传感器和位于从第一传感器行进的路径下游并与行进路径成一定角度的传感器线,以便检测 信封的引导角。

    Guide and support structure for a mailing machine
    3.
    发明授权
    Guide and support structure for a mailing machine 失效
    邮件机的指导和支持结构

    公开(公告)号:US5913627A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-22

    申请号:US989126

    申请日:1997-12-11

    摘要: Mailing machine for feeding a mailpiece and printing a postal indicia thereon. The mailing machine includes: a drive assembly for feeding the mailpiece in a path of travel, a printer located adjacent to the path of travel to define a print station, the printer for printing the postal indicia on the mailpiece as the mailpiece is fed through the print station; a wall parallel to the path of travel for registering a top edge of the mailpiece; a shield located in the print station for registering a top surface of the mailpiece, the shield having a suitable opening to allow the printer to print on the top surface of the of the mailpiece; and a guide assembly for biasing the top surface of the mailpiece against the shield. The guide assembly including a first support rail including a first top guide surface and a second top guide surface vertically spaced apart from the first top surface, the first support rail spaced apart transverse to the path of travel from the wall and a device for biasing the first support rail upward so that the mailpiece is fed between the shield and the first support rail as the mailpiece is fed through the print station so that a first type of mailpiece having a width greater than a threshold value contacts the first top guide surface and a second type of mailpiece having a width less than the threshold value contacts the second top guide surface.

    摘要翻译: 用于馈送邮件并在其上印上邮戳的邮寄机。 邮寄机包括:驱动组件,用于将邮件送入旅行路径;位于行进路径附近的打印机,用于限定打印站;打印机,用于在邮件被馈送通过邮件时在邮件上打印邮戳; 印刷站; 平行于用于登记邮件的顶部边缘的行进路径的墙壁; 位于打印站中的用于登记邮件顶表面的屏蔽件,该屏蔽件具有合适的开口,以允许打印机在邮件的顶表面上打印; 以及用于将邮件的顶表面抵靠屏蔽件偏压的引导组件。 该引导组件包括第一支撑轨道,该第一支撑轨道包括第一顶部引导表面和与该第一顶部表面垂直间隔开的第二顶部引导表面,该第一支撑轨道横向于离开该墙壁的行进路径间隔开, 第一支撑轨向上,使得当邮件通过打印站进给时,邮件被提供在屏蔽和第一支撑轨之间,使得具有大于阈值的宽度的第一类型的邮件与第一顶部引导表面接触,并且 具有小于阈值的宽度的第二类型的邮件接触第二顶部引导表面。

    Method of recalibrating electronic scales
    4.
    发明授权
    Method of recalibrating electronic scales 失效
    重新校准电子秤的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5661268A

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-26

    申请号:US364168

    申请日:1994-12-27

    IPC分类号: G01G19/00 G01G23/01 G01G9/00

    CPC分类号: G01G23/015 G01G19/005

    摘要: A method of recalibrating an electronic scale is disclosed which causes the scale to indicate accurate weight measurements regardless of variations in the physical and/or environmental conditions under which the scale is operating between a site of origin and a site of installation which tend to adversely effect accurate weight. The method utilizes the removable platter of the scale as a fixed weight of indeterminate amount which is used to calibrate the scale at a site of origin under controlled physical and/or environmental conditions and to recalibrate the scale at a site of installation at which the physical and/or environmental conditions may be different from those that prevailed at the site of origin. Also disclosed is a method of obtaining an accurate indication of the weight of a mail piece placed on the platter of the scale at the site of installation regardless of the variations in physical and/or environmental conditions under which the scale operates, this method being an extension of the method for recalibrating the scale.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种重新校准电子秤的方法,其使得秤可以指示精确的重量测量,而不考虑在原始位置和安装位置之间运行的物理和/或环境条件的变化,其倾向于不利地影响 准确的体重。 该方法使用刻度盘的可拆卸盘作为不确定量的固定重量,其用于在受控物理和/或环境条件下校准原点位置处的刻度,并在安装位置重新校准刻度,其中物理 和/或环境条件可能与原产地现场不同。 还公开了一种在安装地点获得放置在秤的盘片上的邮件的重量的准确指示的方法,而不管规模运行时的物理和/或环境条件的变化,该方法是 延长重新校准秤的方法。

    Scale locking foot
    5.
    发明授权
    Scale locking foot 失效
    刻度锁脚

    公开(公告)号:US5653417A

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-05

    申请号:US276729

    申请日:1994-07-18

    IPC分类号: F16M7/00 G01G23/00 F16M5/00

    CPC分类号: F16M7/00 G01G23/002

    摘要: An apparatus for adjusting and then maintaining the leveling support of an assembly relative to the surface upon which that assembly has been placed. The apparatus can be locked or maintained in place to prevent the loosening of the adjustment if the assembly is moved. The apparatus is comprised of an elastomeric material molded concentrically around a threaded stud to form a foot; a plurality of longitudinal grooves on the interior wall of the foot; a plurality of longitudinal ridges on the outside surface of an extension from the base section of the assembly; and, a threaded insert within the extension that can mate with the threaded stud.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于调节并且然后维持组件相对于已经放置该组件的表面的调平支撑件的装置。 如果装置移动,装置可以被锁定或保持在适当的位置,以防止调整松动。 该装置包括一个同心圆心地围绕螺柱模制的弹性材料,以形成一个脚部; 在脚的内壁上的多个纵向凹槽; 在离开组件的基部的延伸部的外表面上的多个纵向脊; 以及在延伸部内的可与螺柱配合的螺纹插入件。

    Modular mailing machine with load cell scale
    6.
    发明授权
    Modular mailing machine with load cell scale 失效
    带称重传感器秤的模块化邮寄机

    公开(公告)号:US5190115A

    公开(公告)日:1993-03-02

    申请号:US768143

    申请日:1991-09-27

    摘要: A mailing machine comprised of a plurality of modules, each of the modules a particular process function on a delivered envelope. The modules are arranged with in a single process station. The comprising modules include a load cell type scale module having means for weighing a envelope, a transport module having means for positioning the envelope in the process station and ejecting the envelope from the process station, a meter module having printing means for imprinting an indicia on the envelope, a platen module having means for causing the envelope to contact the printing means of the meter module, and a inking module having means for causing printing ink to be deposited on the printing means of the meter module. The modules operate in a manner functionally independent of any other module and in a manner. A tape module is included having means for positioning a tape for indicia printing between the meter module. A cutter module is further included having means for cutting the tape porting subsequent to indicia printing thereon.

    摘要翻译: 一种由多个模块构成的邮寄机,每个模块在传送的信封上具有特定的处理功能。 模块配置在一个单一的处理站。 包括模块包括称重传感器类型秤模块,其具有称重信封的装置,传送模块具有用于将信封放置在处理站中的装置,并且从处理站中弹出信封;仪表模块,具有用于将标记印在其上的打印装置 信封,具有用于使信封接触仪表模块的打印装置的装置的压板模块,以及具有用于使印刷油墨沉积在仪表模块的打印装置上的装置的上墨模块。 这些模块以功能上独立于任何其他模块的方式操作。 磁带模块包括用于定位用于仪表模块之间的标记打印的磁带的装置。 还包括切割器模块,其具有用于在其上标记印刷之后切割带移动的装置。

    Label printing and separating apparatus and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Label printing and separating apparatus and method 失效
    标签印刷分离装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5106448A

    公开(公告)日:1992-04-21

    申请号:US632216

    申请日:1990-12-21

    IPC分类号: B41J11/46 B65C9/46

    摘要: A label printing system prints information on a series of labels carried on a web of release liner. The system includes a data processor and a printer. The printer includes a print head, a mechanism for advancing the web, a mechanism for reversing the web, and a mechanism for separating the labels from the release liner as the web advances. The data processor controls the printer to reverse the web until one of the labels is aligned with the print head, print information on the label, and then advance the web for separation of the printed label from the release liner.

    摘要翻译: 标签打印系统打印一系列在隔离纸网上承载的标签上的信息。 该系统包括数据处理器和打印机。 打印机包括打印头,用于推进纸幅的机构,用于反转纸幅的机构,以及当纸幅前进时用于将标签与释放衬垫分离的机构。 数据处理器控制打印机反转纸幅,直到其中一个标签与打印头对齐,打印标签上的信息,然后前进纸幅以将打印标签与释放衬纸分离。

    Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines

    公开(公告)号:US06309119B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-30

    申请号:US09645979

    申请日:2000-04-21

    IPC分类号: B41J1126

    摘要: A high speed, high volume mailing machine which utilizes ink jet technology for the printing of postage indicia on envelopes being fed through the mailing machine and on discrete portions of tape fed past the printing device of the mailing machine includes a tape storing and feeding mechanism which stores a roll of tape in the form of a web of indefinite length for feeding a discrete portion of the tape past the feeding device for each printing operation of the mailing machine, and feeds the tape forward to bring the printed portion thereof past and then reverses the movement of the tape to bring the new leading edge thereof to the beginning of the printing area. The tape storing and feeding mechanism provides a fixed support for the portion of the tape being printed on so as to maintain a critical gap between the surface of the tape and the plane of the jet nozzles to achieve a high printing quality. The tape storing and feeding mechanism also provides a feeding device which maintains effective control over the movement of the tape without contacting any part of the printed portion thereof, and further provides ample shock absorbing for the roll of tape so that sudden acceleration of the tape strip does not tear the tape in the printing area.

    Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines
    9.
    发明授权
    Tape storing and feeding mechanism for mailing machines 失效
    邮寄机的磁带存放机构

    公开(公告)号:US06224280B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-01

    申请号:US09073534

    申请日:1998-05-06

    IPC分类号: B41J1126

    摘要: A high speed, high volume mailing machine which utilizes ink jet technology for the printing of postage indicia on envelopes being fed through the mailing machine and on discrete portions of tape fed past the printing device of the mailing machine includes a tape storing and feeding mechanism which stores a roll of tape in the form of a web of indefinite length for feeding a discrete portion of the tape past the feeding device for each printing operation of the mailing machine, and feeds the tape forward to bring the printed portion thereof past and then reverses the movement of the tape to bring the new leading edge thereof to the beginning of the printing area. The tape storing and feeding mechanism provides a fixed support for the portion of the tape being printed on so as to maintain a critical gap between the surface of the tape and the plane of the jet nozzles to achieve a high printing quality. The tape storing and feeding mechanism also provides a feeding device which maintains effective control over the movement of the tape without contacting any part of the printed portion thereof, and further provides ample shock absorbing for the roll of tape so that sudden acceleration of the tape strip does not tear the tape in the printing area.

    摘要翻译: 使用喷墨技术的高速大容量邮寄机,用于在通过邮寄机器馈送的信封上以及通过邮寄机的打印装置馈送的胶带的离散部分上印刷邮资标签,包括:一个胶带存放进给机构, 存储一卷无限长的纸幅,用于将邮带的每个打印操作的胶带的离散部分馈送通过供纸装置,并将纸带向前送入,使其打印部分过去,然后反转 磁带的移动将其新的前沿带到打印区域的开头。 磁带存储和传送机构为被印刷的磁带的部分提供固定的支撑,以便在磁带的表面和喷嘴的平面之间保持临界间隙,以实现高的打印质量。 胶带储存和进给机构还提供了一种进给装置,其保持对带的移动的有效控制而不与其打印部分的任何部分接触,并且还为卷带提供充足的冲击吸收,使得带条的突然加速 不打印打印区域中的胶带。

    Sealing and deskewing device for a mailing machine
    10.
    发明授权
    Sealing and deskewing device for a mailing machine 有权
    邮寄机的密封和歪斜设备

    公开(公告)号:US06062003A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US193983

    申请日:1998-11-18

    IPC分类号: G07B17/00 B65B43/26

    摘要: In a mailing machine which transports along a feed path a mailpiece having a moistened flap and a main body portion, a sealing and deskewing device comprising structure for transporting the mailpiece through the mailing machine; a first roller mounted for rotation and having a first roller surface; and a second roller mounted for rotation and having a conical segment and at least one other segment, wherein at times when the mailpiece is transported between the first and second rollers in a skewed orientation relative to the feed path the conical segment operatively cooperates with the transporting means to deskew the mailpiece relative to the feed path and concurrently the first roller surface operatively cooperates with the at least one other segment to apply pressure to the moistened flap to seal the moistened flap to the main body portion.

    摘要翻译: 在沿着进给路径传送具有润湿翼片和主体部分的邮件的邮寄机器中,包括用于通过邮寄机运送邮件的结构的密封和去歪斜装置; 安装为旋转并具有第一辊表面的第一滚子; 以及安装用于旋转并具有圆锥形段和至少另一个段的第二辊,其中当邮件相对于进给路径以倾斜方向在第一和第二辊之间运输时,锥形段与运送 用于相对于所述进给路径对所述邮件进行偏斜扫描的装置,并且所述第一辊表面与所述至少一个其他段可操作地配合,以向所述润湿的翼片施加压力,以将所述润湿的翼片密封到所述主体部分。