公开(公告)号：US06779880B1

公开(公告)日：2004-08-24

申请号：US10368919

申请日：2003-02-19

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Edward O'Sullivan

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Edward O'Sullivan

IPC分类号： B41J2175

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752

摘要： An ink cartridge insertion/extraction mechanism includes a cover pivotally mounted to the housing of the ink cartridge holder. A pair of links are pivotally mounted to the cover and extend into the ink cartridge holder. The bottom of each link is provided with a boss that extends into the ink cartridge holder that contacts the bottom of ink cartridge. As the cover is rotated closed, a pushing rib on the cover contacts the top of the ink cartridge and pushes the ink cartridge further into the holder, causing the needles to puncture the septum of the ink cartridge. To extract the ink cartridge, the cover is rotated from the closed position to the open position, lifting the links until the bosses at the bottom end contact the bottom of the ink cartridge and lift the ink cartridge off of the needles.

摘要翻译： 墨盒插入/取出机构包括可枢转地安装到墨盒保持器的壳体的盖。 一对连杆枢转地安装在盖上并延伸到墨盒保持器中。 每个连杆的底部设置有凸起，该凸台延伸到与墨盒底部接触的墨盒保持器中。 当盖旋转关闭时，盖上的推动肋接触墨盒的顶部并将墨盒进一步推入保持器中，导致针刺穿墨盒的隔膜。 为了提取墨盒，盖子从关闭位置旋转到打开位置，提起连杆，直到底端的凸台接触墨盒的底部并将墨盒从针上提起。

公开(公告)号：US06773100B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-10

申请号：US10326509

申请日：2002-12-19

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Edward O'Sullivan

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Edward O'Sullivan

IPC分类号： B41J2175

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752

摘要： A receiving assembly for an ink cartridge is provided. A replaceable ink cartridge is provided with one or more bosses that extend out from the ink cartridge. A lever is rotatively mounted to a housing for the ink cartridge. The lever includes a curved cam slot. During rotational movement of the lever, the cam slot operatively engages a respective boss and causes the boss to follow a cam formed by the sides of the cam slot. Following the cam form by the cam slot cause the boss to move either upward or downward, according to the direction of the rotational movement, and corresponding movement of the ink cartridge. Downward movement of the ink cartridge will cause a needle mounted to the housing to puncture a septum in the bottom of the ink cartridge, thereby allowing access to the ink contained therein.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于墨盒的接收组件。 可替换的墨盒设置有从墨盒延伸出的一个或多个凸起部。 杠杆可旋转地安装到用于墨盒的壳体。 杠杆包括弯曲的凸轮槽。 在杠杆的旋转运动期间，凸轮槽可操作地接合相应的凸台并使凸台跟随由凸轮槽的侧面形成的凸轮。 通过凸轮槽沿着凸轮形状，导致凸台根据旋转运动的方向向上或向下移动，以及墨盒的相应运动。 墨盒的向下移动将导致安装在外壳上的针刺入墨盒底部的隔膜，从而允许访问其中所容纳的墨水。

公开(公告)号：US20080180484A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-31

申请号：US11770401

申请日：2007-06-28

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/185

摘要： Printer waste ink subsystem apparatuses are described including an apparatus located between a waste ink pump output port and a waste ink container such as a waste ink pad or sponge for containing waste ink splashing. In one illustrative example, a muffler is placed at the distal end of the waste ink pump discharge port. Such a muffler contains waste ink splatter caused by air bubbles in the waste ink stream as it exits the waste ink pump output port.

摘要翻译： 描述了打印机废墨子系统装置，其包括位于废墨泵输出端口和废墨盒之间的装置，例如用于容纳废墨溅的废墨垫或海绵。 在一个说明性示例中，消声器被放置在废墨泵排出口的远端处。 这样的消音器在废墨水流出废墨泵输出口时含有由废墨液流中的气泡引起的废墨溅。

公开(公告)号：US06464217B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-15

申请号：US09439597

申请日：1999-11-12

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Wayne W. Pritchett ,  Paul R. Sette ,  Richard A. Sloan, Jr.

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Wayne W. Pritchett ,  Paul R. Sette ,  Richard A. Sloan, Jr.

IPC分类号： B65H306

CPC分类号： B65H3/0669 ,  B65H2301/42322 ,  B65H2403/731 ,  B65H2404/133 ,  B65H2701/1916

摘要： A method and device for reducing the maximum torque to rollers mounted on a drive shaft of a drive roller assembly. By using a plurality of slip clutches, each for engaging an individual roller to the drive shaft and setting a maximum torque for the individual rollers, each roller is coupled to the drive shaft when the tangential force exerted on the roller does not exceed the maximum torque, and each roller is mechanically decoupled from the drive shaft when the tangential force exerted on the roller exceeds the maximum torque. Because each roller has a separate slip clutch, each roller can be mechanically decoupled from the drive shaft without affecting the other rollers coupled to the drive shaft.

摘要翻译： 一种用于减小安装在驱动辊组件的驱动轴上的辊的最大扭矩的方法和装置。 通过使用多个滑动离合器，每个滑动离合器用于将单独的滚子接合到驱动轴并且为各个滚子设定最大扭矩，当施加在滚子上的切向力不超过最大扭矩时，每个滚子联接到驱动轴 当施加在辊上的切向力超过最大扭矩时，每个辊与驱动轴机械地分离。 因为每个滚子都有单独的滑动离合器，所以每个滚轮可以与驱动轴机械分离，而不会影响与驱动轴相连的其他滚轮。

公开(公告)号：US5529410A

公开(公告)日：1996-06-25

申请号：US331303

申请日：1994-10-28

申请人： Kevin D. Hunter ,  Walter J. Kulpa

发明人： Kevin D. Hunter ,  Walter J. Kulpa

IPC分类号： B41J33/34 ,  B65H23/18 ,  G11B15/43 ,  B41J33/52

CPC分类号： B65H23/1806 ,  B41J33/34 ,  G11B15/43 ,  B65H2513/40 ,  B65H2515/32

摘要： A method and apparatus for controlling tension on a sheet material in a reel-to-reel transport system. The sheet material is feed along a defined path from a supply reel to a take-up reel. A motor is operatively connected to the take-up reel for applying a torque to the take-up reel while a sensor is positioned to detect rotation of the supply reel. A microcontroller enables the motor with an initial PWM pwm.sub.o to create torque on the take-up reel and then incrementally increases the PWM. When the sensor indicates that the supply reel has moved, the current PWM is stored in memory as pwm.sub.i. This pwm.sub.i is subsequently used by the apparatus to determine a desired tension on the thermal ribbon.

摘要翻译： 一种用于控制卷对卷传送系统中片材的张力的方法和装置。 片材沿着从供应卷轴到卷取卷轴的限定路径进给。 电动机可操作地连接到卷取卷轴，以在将传感器定位成检测供带盘的旋转的同时向卷取卷轴施加扭矩。 微控制器使电机具有初始PWM pwmo以在卷取卷轴上产生转矩，然后逐渐增加PWM。 当传感器指示供纸盘已经移动时，当前的PWM作为pwmi存储在存储器中。 该pwmi随后被该装置用于确定热带上所需的张力。

公开(公告)号：US5391007A

公开(公告)日：1995-02-21

申请号：US993995

申请日：1992-12-21

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa

IPC分类号： B41J17/32 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/28

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： 改进的色带盒可拆卸地安装在热敏打印邮资计费器上。 该色带盒具有开口，多个柱。 其中一些柱位于开口的每一侧，卷取卷轴和可旋转地安装在壳体中的供应卷轴，以及缠绕在供应卷轴上的延伸到卷取卷轴的热转印色带供给， 并且在柱和延伸通过开口之间。 开口被定位成在其中接收热敏打印头，使得转印带横过热敏打印头的打印元件下方。 狭槽形成在相应的前壁和后壁中，到孔的卷绕侧的第一柱可定位地安装在槽中，使得可以选择性地改变开口下游的角度。

公开(公告)号：US4930764A

公开(公告)日：1990-06-05

申请号：US291024

申请日：1988-12-28

申请人： Russell W. Holbrook ,  Walter J. Kulpa ,  James Morabito

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

IPC分类号： B65H1/06 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/26 ,  B65H3/48 ,  B65H3/56 ,  B65H3/62 ,  B65H5/24 ,  B65H9/04 ,  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, including a nudger drive assembly for advancing the mail pieces while maintaining registration, and for fluffing a stack of mail contributing to preshingling of the mail as it is advanced downstream, angled decks and a back prop for a guideless hopper region, a tamper subsystem for maintaining registration of flapped envelopes, and structure configured to guide open envelope flaps along a slot for downstream sealing purposes.

公开(公告)号：US07520109B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-21

申请号：US11784744

申请日：2007-04-09

申请人： Thomas W. Fitzsimmons ,  Walter J. Kulpa ,  Richard D. Boughton ,  Ralph A. Rapillo

发明人： Thomas W. Fitzsimmons ,  Walter J. Kulpa ,  Richard D. Boughton ,  Ralph A. Rapillo

IPC分类号： B43M5/04 ,  B43M7/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00467 ,  G07B2017/00241 ,  G07B2017/00491

摘要： A mailing machine is provided for processing mailpiece envelopes including a housing having a transport deck adapted to convey an envelope along a feed path and a receiving station. The mailing machine is reconfigurable to perform one of two mailpiece processing operations by alternately selecting or activating one of two mailpiece modules/assemblies. A first processing module/assembly is disposed along the feed path and is operative to moisten a glue line disposed along an envelope flap during the first mailpiece processing operation. The second processing module assembly is disposed along the feed path and is adapted to cut and open an edge of the envelope during the second mailpiece processing operation. Further, a mechanism for interchangeably receiving one of the first and second the processing modules/assemblies within the receiving station to perform the processing operations.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于处理邮件信封的邮寄机，包括具有适于沿着馈送路径和接收站传送信封的传送甲板的壳体。 邮寄机可重构，以通过交替地选择或激活两个邮件模块/组件中的一个来执行两个邮件处理操作之一。 第一处理模块/组件沿着进给路径布置，并且在第一邮件处理操作期间可操作以润湿沿着信封折边设置的胶合线。 第二处理模块组件沿着进给路径设置并且适于在第二邮件处理操作期间切割和打开信封的边缘。 另外，用于可互换地接收接收站内的第一和第二处理模块/组件之一以执行处理操作的机构。

公开(公告)号：US07216954B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-15

申请号：US10737448

申请日：2003-12-16

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Norman Barrigas

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Norman Barrigas

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/185 ,  G07B2017/00524

摘要： A postage meter includes a print head, a purge unit for removing waste ink from the print head, an ink tray for receiving the waste ink, and a mechanism for heating the ink tray to promote evaporation of the waste ink.

摘要翻译： 邮资计包括打印头，用于从打印头除去废墨的吹扫单元，用于接收废墨的墨盘，以及用于加热墨盘以促进废墨的蒸发的机构。

公开(公告)号：US07195337B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-27

申请号：US10955043

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Norman L. Barrigas

发明人： Walter J. Kulpa ,  Norman L. Barrigas

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J13/12

摘要： A mailing machine print head and carriage that use one or more systems or elements to latch the print head in a controlled location and to guide it into and out of that location in a manner that prevents debris from being transferred to the electrical connector contacts is provided.

摘要翻译： 提供一种邮寄机打印头和托架，其使用一个或多个系统或元件来将打印头锁定在受控位置并且以防止碎片转移到电连接器触点的方式将其引导到该位置并将其引导到该位置之外 。