公开(公告)号：US06041569A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-28

申请号：US890789

申请日：1997-07-11

申请人： Gerald C. Freeman ,  Norman R. Lilly

发明人： Gerald C. Freeman ,  Norman R. Lilly

IPC分类号： B43M5/04 ,  B65B7/20

CPC分类号： B43M5/042

摘要： A mailing machine has an envelope transport device extending longitudinally therethrough and a digital ink jet printing device located adjacent the downstream end of the transport device. Due to the criticality of the spacing between the upper surface of an envelope and the discharge nozzles of the ink jet print head, the envelopes passing through the mailing machine must have their upper surfaces registered with a fixed plane that extends in spaced relationship with the nozzles. The mailing machine includes a flap closing device having fixed and movable elements that can accommodate variations in thickness of the envelopes extending from the registration plane downwardly within a fixed range so that the flap closing device can simultaneously close the flaps of both thin and thick envelopes passing through the mailing machine in a mixed stream.

摘要翻译： 邮寄机具有纵向延伸的信封传送装置和位于传送装置的下游端附近的数字喷墨打印装置。 由于封套的上表面与喷墨打印头的排出喷嘴之间的间隔的关键性，通过邮寄机的信封必须使其上表面与固定平面配准，该平面与喷嘴间隔开延伸 。 邮寄机包括具有固定和可移动元件的挡板关闭装置，其可以适应从定位平面向下延伸到固定范围内的信封厚度的变化，使得折片关闭装置可以同时关闭通过的薄和厚信封的折片 通过邮件机混合流。

公开(公告)号：US5913627A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-22

申请号：US989126

申请日：1997-12-11

申请人： Gerald C. Freeman ,  Norman R. Lilly

发明人： Gerald C. Freeman ,  Norman R. Lilly

IPC分类号： B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/14 ,  G07B17/00 ,  B41J13/24

CPC分类号： B41J13/14 ,  B41J11/005 ,  G07B17/00467 ,  G07B17/00661 ,  G07B2017/00669 ,  G07B2017/00685

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。

公开(公告)号：US4724959A

公开(公告)日：1988-02-16

申请号：US787345

申请日：1985-10-15

申请人： Flavio Manduley ,  Norman R. Lilly

发明人： Flavio Manduley ,  Norman R. Lilly

IPC分类号： H01R12/70 ,  B65D73/02

CPC分类号： H01R12/7076

摘要： A mailer for the delivery of replacement units and the return of replaced units. Preferably the units include electronic components such as PROM's mounted on printed circuit boards. A replacement unit is held within the mailer by a restraint in a position such that an address for a customer to whom the replacement unit is to be delivered affixed to the replacement unit is visible through a window in the mailer. Insertion of a replaced unit into the mailer causes the restraint to release the replacement unit and secure the replaced unit in such a position that no address is visible through the window. Accordingly, the mailer would be returned to the vendor whose address is imprinted on the mailer with no need for further effort on the part of the customer. In one embodiment of the disclosed invention, where the units are PROM modules mounted on printed circuit boards, when the replaced unit is partially inserted into the mailer the mailer may then be used as an extraction tool to remove the replaced unit from an edge connector, and when the replaced unit is fully inserted into the mailer the mailer maybe used as an insertion tool to insert the replacement unit into the edge connector.

摘要翻译： 用于交付更换单元的邮件程序和更换的单元的返回。 优选地，这些单元包括电子部件，例如安装在印刷电路板上的PROM。 更换单元通过限制在一个位置上被保持在邮寄者内，使得通过邮寄者的窗口可以看到要更换单元的客户的地址被贴在更换单元上。 将更换的单元插入到邮寄器中导致约束释放更换单元并将更换的单元固定在通过窗口没有地址可见的位置。 因此，邮寄者将被返回给地址被印在邮寄者上的供应商，而不需要客户的进一步努力。 在所公开的发明的一个实施例中，其中单元是安装在印刷电路板上的PROM模块，当更换的单元被部分地插入到邮件程序中时，邮件可以用作提取工具以从边缘连接器移除被替换的单元， 并且当更换的单元完全插入到邮寄器中时，邮寄者可以用作插入工具以将更换单元插入到边缘连接器中。

公开(公告)号：US06739793B2

公开(公告)日：2004-05-25

申请号：US10247049

申请日：2002-09-18

申请人： Neil F. Baldino ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  David Privin

发明人： Neil F. Baldino ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  David Privin

IPC分类号： F16B2100

CPC分类号： G07B17/00467 ,  B65H2402/10 ,  B65H2402/40 ,  Y10T403/59 ,  Y10T403/591 ,  Y10T403/593

摘要： A connection device is provided for meshing of gears on disparate modules, such as those that form a mailing machine. A tongue having a rack can extend from a first module into a cavity formed in the second module. A spur gear is mounted to the second module and can engage the rack of the tongue received into the cavity. A mechanism controls movement of the first spur gear. The mechanism can include a drive gear meshed with the first spur gear and concentrically mounted on one end of a drive shaft with a worm gear mounted concentrically on an opposing end of the drive shaft. Rotation of the worm gear causes the spur gear and the drive gear to rotate and cause movement in the rack received into the cavity and separate or bring together the modules as a result of the movement in the rack.

摘要翻译： 提供了连接装置，用于在不同模块上的齿轮啮合，例如形成邮寄机的那些模块。 具有齿条的舌头可以从第一模块延伸到形成在第二模块中的空腔中。 正齿轮安装到第二模块并且可以接合容纳到腔中的舌头的齿条。 机构控制第一正齿轮的运动。 该机构可以包括与第一正齿轮啮合的驱动齿轮并且同心地安装在驱动轴的一端，同心地安装在驱动轴的相对端上的蜗轮。 蜗轮的旋转使得正齿轮和驱动齿轮旋转并引起容纳在腔中的齿条的移动，并且由于机架中的移动而使模块分离或组合在一起。

公开(公告)号：US4848062A

公开(公告)日：1989-07-18

申请号：US90868

申请日：1987-08-28

申请人： Flavio Manduley ,  Norman R. Lilly

发明人： Flavio Manduley ,  Norman R. Lilly

IPC分类号： H01R12/70

CPC分类号： H01R12/7076

摘要： A mailer for the delivery of the replacement units and the return of replaced units. Preferably the units include electronic components such as PROM's mounted on printed circuit boards. A replacement unit is held within the mailer by a restraint in a position such that an address for a customer to whom the replacement unit is to be delivered affixed to the replacement unit is visible through a window in the mailer. Insertion of a replaced unit into the mailer causes the restraint to release the replacement unit and secure the replaced unit in such a position that no address is visible through the window. Accordingly, the mailer would be returned to the vendor whose address is imprinted on the mailer with no need for further effort on the part of the customer. In one embodiment of the disclosed invention, where the units are PROM modules mounted on printed circuit boards, when the replaced unit is partially inserted into the mailer the mailer may then be used as an extraction tool to remove the replaced unit from an edge connector, and when the replaced unit is fully inserted into the mailer the mailer maybe used as an insertion tool to insert the replacement unit into the edge connector.

摘要翻译： 用于交付更换单元和更换单元的退货的邮寄员。 优选地，这些单元包括电子部件，例如安装在印刷电路板上的PROM。 更换单元通过限制在一个位置上被保持在邮寄者内，使得通过邮寄者的窗口可以看到要更换单元的客户的地址被贴在更换单元上的位置。 将更换的单元插入到邮寄器中导致约束释放更换单元并将更换的单元固定在通过窗口没有地址可见的位置。 因此，邮寄者将被返回给地址被印在邮寄者上的供应商，而不需要客户的进一步努力。 在所公开的发明的一个实施例中，其中单元是安装在印刷电路板上的PROM模块，当更换的单元被部分地插入到邮件程序中时，邮件可以用作提取工具以从边缘连接器移除被替换的单元， 并且当更换的单元完全插入到邮寄器中时，邮寄者可以用作插入工具以将更换单元插入到边缘连接器中。

公开(公告)号：US06816845B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-09

申请号：US10280312

申请日：2002-10-24

申请人： Donald T. Dolan ,  Yakup J. Igval ,  Gary S. Jacobson ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.

发明人： Donald T. Dolan ,  Yakup J. Igval ,  Gary S. Jacobson ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G07B17/00661 ,  G07B17/00467 ,  G07B2017/00693

摘要： A method and device for improving the efficiency of a postage meter by using a sensing to detect the edges of an incoming envelope in order to initiate a multi-speed profile for transporting the envelope with different speeds through the postage meter. With the multi-speed profile, the postage meter is allowed to have sufficient time to process mail related data and provide mail related data to a print head before the envelope reaches a print zone where the print head starts printing an indicia on the envelope.

摘要翻译： 一种用于通过使用感测来检测输入信封的边缘来提高邮资计费器的效率的方法和装置，以便启动用于以不同速度通过邮资计费器传送信封的多速分布。 通过多速配置文件，在信封到达打印头开始在信封上打印标记的打印区域之前，允许邮资计费器具有足够的时间来处理与邮件有关的数据并且向打印头提供邮件相关数据。

公开(公告)号：US06808594B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-26

申请号：US10383484

申请日：2003-03-07

申请人： Steven A. Supron ,  Neil F. Baldino ,  Robert P. Rebres ,  Norman R. Lilly

发明人： Steven A. Supron ,  Neil F. Baldino ,  Robert P. Rebres ,  Norman R. Lilly

IPC分类号： B43M500

CPC分类号： B43M5/042 ,  Y10T156/1798

摘要： A system and method for managing overflow of moistening fluid in a mailing machine is provided. An overflow pipe is provided in the reservoir, positioned over a sump located beneath the reservoir. The top of the overflow pipe in the reservoir is located slightly above the moistening fluid normal operating level in the reservoir. In the event the level of the moistening fluid rises above the normal operating level to a point above the top of the overflow pipe, the moistening fluid will flow through the overflow pipe and into the sump. The sump contains an absorbent material to absorb any moistening fluid that flows into the sump, thereby preventing the moistening fluid from sloshing out of the sump if the mailing machine is moved. The moistening fluid absorbed by the absorbent material will eventually evaporate, thereby preventing any leakage of the moistening fluid from the mailing machine.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理邮寄机中润湿液溢出的系统和方法。 溢流管设置在储存器中，位于储存器下面的贮槽上方。 储水器中溢流管的顶部略高于储液器中润湿液正常工作水平。 如果润湿液体的水平升高到正常工作水平以上至超过溢流管顶部的点，则润湿液将流过溢流管并进入贮槽。 贮槽包含吸收材料以吸收流入贮槽的任何润湿流体，从而如果邮寄机器被移动，则防止润湿液从贮槽中晃出。 由吸收材料吸收的润湿液体将最终蒸发，从而防止润湿液体从邮寄机器中泄漏。

公开(公告)号：US4944827A

公开(公告)日：1990-07-31

申请号：US323238

申请日：1989-03-15

申请人： Norman R. Lilly ,  M. James Marin ,  Michael E. Field

发明人： Norman R. Lilly ,  M. James Marin ,  Michael E. Field

IPC分类号： B65C9/46

CPC分类号： B65C9/46 ,  Y10T156/1983

摘要： A label printing system. The system includes a computer output printer of the type having a platen roller, a bail rod assembly and a tractor feeder, together defining a web path. A separator rod is attached parallel to the bail rod and introduces a separation angle into the web path. Labels attached to a web of released material are peeled by the separation angle after printing. Variable information is printed on a label being processed and the web is advanced to print fixed information on the next label; moving the printed label over the separator rod and peeling it from the web. A thin edge is left attached to facilitate retrieval by the operator of the printed label. A shipping manifest system including the subject label printer is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 标签打印系统。 该系统包括一种类型的计算机输出打印机，其具有压纸辊，吊环杆组件和拖拉机进给器，一起限定纸幅路径。 分离杆平行于吊杆延伸并将分离角引入卷筒纸路径中。 附着在释放材料的网上的标签在印刷后被剥离角度剥离。 可变信息被打印在正在处理的标签上，并且网页被提前以在下一个标签上打印固定信息; 将印刷的标签移动到分离杆上并将其从网上剥离。 留下薄边缘以方便操作人员打印标签的检索。 还公开了包括主题标签打印机的运送清单系统。

公开(公告)号：US08052147B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US12636548

申请日：2009-12-11

申请人： James A. Salomon ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Aaron D. Smith

发明人： James A. Salomon ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Aaron D. Smith

IPC分类号： B65H39/10

CPC分类号： F16D7/025 ,  B43M3/04 ,  B65H29/58 ,  B65H39/042 ,  B65H39/043 ,  B65H2403/731 ,  B65H2701/182 ,  B65H2701/1916 ,  B65H2801/66

摘要： An inserter system includes a pre-fold accumulator subsystem in which plural sheets are collected before folding and insertion into an envelope. A divert gate is at the upstream side of the pre-fold accumulator to selectively downwardly divert sheets fed in a reverse direction from the pre-fold accumulator. Positioning of the divert gate is controlled by a mechanism that couples the divert gate and a drive shaft that drives a sheet drive belt component of the pre-fold accumulator.

摘要翻译： 插入器系统包括预折叠蓄电池子系统，其中在折叠和插入到封套内之前收集多个片材。 转向门位于预折叠蓄电池的上游侧，以选择性地向下转移沿预反向蓄能器反向馈送的纸张。 转向门的定位是通过一个机构来控制的，该机构将转向闸门和驱动预驱动蓄能器的传动带部件的驱动轴相连接。

公开(公告)号：US07753364B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-13

申请号：US11786877

申请日：2007-04-13

申请人： Thomas M. Lyga ,  James A. Salomon ,  James A. Fairweather ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Anthony W. Chiappetta

发明人： Thomas M. Lyga ,  James A. Salomon ,  James A. Fairweather ,  Norman R. Lilly ,  Anthony W. Chiappetta

IPC分类号： B65H1/08

CPC分类号： B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/0669 ,  B65H3/0684 ,  B65H2220/09 ,  B65H2402/31 ,  B65H2403/512 ,  B65H2403/53 ,  B65H2405/1117 ,  B65H2405/15 ,  B65H2701/1912

摘要： The sheet capacity of a pivoting feed head is combined with a complimentary pivoting design for the paper tray lift, such that a large total capacity of sheets is attained within a compact space, while allowing the lifting mechanisms to be located outside of the perimeter of the paper tray.

摘要翻译： 枢转进给头的片材容量与用于纸盘升降机的互补枢转设计组合，使得在紧凑的空间内获得大的总容量的片材，同时允许提升机构位于 纸盘。