CA1191262A - Electronically controlled postage machines and postage meters - Google Patents
Electronically controlled postage machines and postage metersInfo
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- CA1191262A CA1191262A CA000395920A CA395920A CA1191262A CA 1191262 A CA1191262 A CA 1191262A CA 000395920 A CA000395920 A CA 000395920A CA 395920 A CA395920 A CA 395920A CA 1191262 A CA1191262 A CA 1191262A
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- Prior art keywords
- electronically controlled
- postage
- machine according
- sensors
- stepping motors
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
- G07B2017/00524—Printheads
- G07B2017/00548—Mechanical printhead
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A postage machine and/or postage meter make use of a micro-processor, a memory and a register for setting postage values, types of despatch, dates and other printing means. In order to prevent accidental or deliberate damage through peripheral leads, components such as the memory and register, which react to changes in external voltage, are protected by preceding checking components, In order to check the correct setting of the stepping motors through the register, the positions of the said stepping motors are reported, through sensors, to the micro-processor.
A postage machine and/or postage meter make use of a micro-processor, a memory and a register for setting postage values, types of despatch, dates and other printing means. In order to prevent accidental or deliberate damage through peripheral leads, components such as the memory and register, which react to changes in external voltage, are protected by preceding checking components, In order to check the correct setting of the stepping motors through the register, the positions of the said stepping motors are reported, through sensors, to the micro-processor.
Description
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Postage machines and postage meters are used to stamp letters and parcels efficiently. To this end, machines are used which carry out the setting and prin-ting of -the postage value, date information, type of despatch and advertising material. By means of mechanically controlled componen-ts they also compute the amount of postage. Such a machine, consis-ting of mechanical means of adjustment, is costly to produce and maintain.
The use of electroni.c and electrical assemblies offers more economical production and, at the same time, simplifies maintenance of the machines.
It is an object of the invention to provide a largely electronically con-trolled pos-tage machine and pos-tage meter which is less costly to produce and is more compact than purely mech-ani.cal mach.ines.
rC'hc invention prov:i.des an elec-tronically controll.ed postage machine and/or postage meter in whi.ch a microprocessor, a non-transient memory and a register are used to set postage values, date information and type o:E despatch and to set off the pred~termined postage amounts against those actually used, and in which sensors and drivers controlled by -the microprocessor are used -to set printing rolls via s-tepping mo-tors, characterlzed in tha-t the variable pieces of information and signals, .Eed-in through peripheral leads and a keyboard, are ]inked to predeter-mined stored data, that the non-transient memory, -the keyboard and the register are preceded by checking components which prevent direct in-tervention through the peripheral lines to the non-GAE 6 P 2295 B '. ~
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transient memory, that the stepping motors can be controlledboth individually and also in parallel, whereby one of the check-ing componen-ts, in collaboration with the register, con-trols the phasing of the stepping motors Eor -the printing rolls through non-inverted and inverted outputs from the register and under-takes the addressing of the motors -through the -timing-pulse con-nection of the register, and during parallel operation of the stepping mo-tors information for -the phase-con-trol of all stepping motors is offered simultaneously through -two driver stages, the driving power being switched by one driver only to -those motors wh:ich have not yet reached their precleterm:i.ned positions.
-la-The invention is explained hereinafter in greater detail with reference to the drawing attached hereto in which Figure 1 is a block wir;ng diagran~ showing the electronic-control porti,on of a postage machine;
Figure 2 is a diagram showing the register-control of the stepping motors;
Figure 3 is a diagram showing a parallel control of the stepping motors; and Figure ~ is a diagram showing the sensor-matrix for monitoring the position of the adjusting elements.
'[n all thc Eigures, similar assemblies .InCI COlllpOllellts be~-r the same~
re ~orellcc nulmc rcl:l s .
The control-portion of a postage mclchine consists essentially of a micro-processor 10, a non-transient memory 20, a programme-store 30, a keyboard and display-device ~0 and a register 50. A power-supply feeds appropriate voltages to the various assemblies and a battery is associated with control-units 10, 20, 40, 50, the battery being charged while the unit is in operation and being switched on for a limited period of time in order to supply the elec-tronic system, keyboard and display Checking components 21, ~1, 51 precede non-trcLnsient memory 20, keyboard and display-dcvice ~0 and register 50 Check-ing components 21, ~1, 51 protect subseqllent components 20, ~0, 50 f'rom un-controllable voltages passing through peripheral leads 11. They also prevent the computed values fed into non-transient memory 20 from external influences, a read-out being possible through peripheral lines 11 ~on-transient memory 20 may be in the form of a battery-powered read/~rite s-tore ~with battery supply in the event of voltage failure), a mechanically operated store, or a store operating on the charge-carrier-shaft principle and adapted to be cancelled 26~
electrically. Non-transient memorv 20 is used to store the con-tent o the register, appliance parameters and all accounting values. In view oE preceding checking component 21, read-out and write-in are controlled ~y micro-processor 10 in normal operation, whereas only read-out from memory 20 is possible through peripheral lines 11.
A lceyboard and display-device 40, preceded by a checking element, is provided for feeding-in postage values, the date, -the type of despatch and other values. 'I`he feed-in may also be effected through peripheral leads 11.
Display 40 acts, in conjunction with the data demanded Erom programme-store 30, upon register 50 which controls the setting oE pr:intecl values. Slnce progranm~e-s-tore 30 is ln the Eorm oE a llon-variable wo-rking 5 to-re, an associatc?(l checkillg compollellt ;s unnocessary. Checlcing compollent 4I for d-isl)l.ly ~In nlollitor~ the keyboard-inpllt :E~mctions ancl the d;i.splay, ancl the postclge pre-set SUIll is also fed-in through it. An additional acknowledgement-key serves to release the printer if a predetermined maximum postage amount is exceeded.
The values fed-in by keyboard 40 for setting the prlnting roll(s~
pass through micro-processor 10 to register 50 which controls stepping motors 53. Different control-means are poss:ible Eor setting the unipolar stepping motors 53. Figure 2 shows a preferred arrangemellt in which phclse-sett:ing oE
the sa:icl stepping motors :is controlled, through-register 50 ancl a clr:iver-stage 52, by -the inver-ted and non-inverted outputs ~, A, B, E3 o:E thc reglster. The addressing of stepplng motors 53 ls controlled by -the tlmel-lg-pulse or actlvating connectlon of reglster 50. As a result of thls, even the mo-tors whlch are not movecl are held, during the settlng procedure, at thelr maxlmum possible torclue.
Fur-tllermore, by a simple change in programme-store 30, -this method of connec-t:ing stepping motors 53 permits both parallel operatlon and the selection of individual motors.
Figure 3 shows a further adjustment of stepping motors 53. In this case, the motors operate in parallel. Two drivers 54, 55 are provided, one driver 55 for phase-control and another driver 54 for motor-selection. All of the stepping motors receive the sarme phase information throug~l the one driver 55. Connection oE the motors to, and disconnecting them from, the power supply is preferably effected through the centre connection of -the relevant motor, the phase-connections being disconnected by diodes.
Stepping motors 53 move racks for setting tlle printing rolls. These racks carry a plurality of, for example two, control-means co-operating with stationcLry sensors 60 wh:ich may be in the Eorm oE llall l)robes, optical com~)on-ents, o-r capacit.ltive sensors. I~:igure ~I sllows the matrix ol-' se,llsors 60. Tl~o said senso:rs, w:ith an open collector outlet, llave l common Ze:rO-VO1t.lge COIIIIeC-tion. 'I'he positive supply-connections, passed througll transistors, constitute the gaps and the supply-voltage connections 61, 62, 63, 64 constitute the lines of the matrix. The signal outputs to nicro-processor 61...64 are interrogated in parallel and, depending upon the length of the control-means to sensors 60, either a signal appears at the base of one of the transistors or no signal appears. The choice o:E gaps is made by transistors 65, 66, 67 through which th(,` supply lines to sensors 60 are wired. 't'he setting s:ignals are transmitted to micro-processor lO. Delay times for processing these setting s:ignals may be commullicated to micro-processor 10 through keyboard 40, thus making possible the transfer of the printed image, i.e. a displacement of the punch-print, to a franking strip or to a letter or parcel.
The use of a micro-processol lO, and the :Eeeding of appropriate information in non-transient memory 20, makes it possible to connect additional devices through peripheral lines 11, thus still further increasing the efficiency of mail processing. For example, the setting of the postage-value may be controlled by means of a scale, or in:Eormation on postage classification may be given by an envelope-s-tuffing machine. Furthermore, items mai.led may be entered according to accoun-ting headings, a ledger-printer may record -the postage-values used and/or a connecti.on to a data-processing unit permits statistical evaluation.
Postage machines and postage meters are used to stamp letters and parcels efficiently. To this end, machines are used which carry out the setting and prin-ting of -the postage value, date information, type of despatch and advertising material. By means of mechanically controlled componen-ts they also compute the amount of postage. Such a machine, consis-ting of mechanical means of adjustment, is costly to produce and maintain.
The use of electroni.c and electrical assemblies offers more economical production and, at the same time, simplifies maintenance of the machines.
It is an object of the invention to provide a largely electronically con-trolled pos-tage machine and pos-tage meter which is less costly to produce and is more compact than purely mech-ani.cal mach.ines.
rC'hc invention prov:i.des an elec-tronically controll.ed postage machine and/or postage meter in whi.ch a microprocessor, a non-transient memory and a register are used to set postage values, date information and type o:E despatch and to set off the pred~termined postage amounts against those actually used, and in which sensors and drivers controlled by -the microprocessor are used -to set printing rolls via s-tepping mo-tors, characterlzed in tha-t the variable pieces of information and signals, .Eed-in through peripheral leads and a keyboard, are ]inked to predeter-mined stored data, that the non-transient memory, -the keyboard and the register are preceded by checking components which prevent direct in-tervention through the peripheral lines to the non-GAE 6 P 2295 B '. ~
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....
transient memory, that the stepping motors can be controlledboth individually and also in parallel, whereby one of the check-ing componen-ts, in collaboration with the register, con-trols the phasing of the stepping motors Eor -the printing rolls through non-inverted and inverted outputs from the register and under-takes the addressing of the motors -through the -timing-pulse con-nection of the register, and during parallel operation of the stepping mo-tors information for -the phase-con-trol of all stepping motors is offered simultaneously through -two driver stages, the driving power being switched by one driver only to -those motors wh:ich have not yet reached their precleterm:i.ned positions.
-la-The invention is explained hereinafter in greater detail with reference to the drawing attached hereto in which Figure 1 is a block wir;ng diagran~ showing the electronic-control porti,on of a postage machine;
Figure 2 is a diagram showing the register-control of the stepping motors;
Figure 3 is a diagram showing a parallel control of the stepping motors; and Figure ~ is a diagram showing the sensor-matrix for monitoring the position of the adjusting elements.
'[n all thc Eigures, similar assemblies .InCI COlllpOllellts be~-r the same~
re ~orellcc nulmc rcl:l s .
The control-portion of a postage mclchine consists essentially of a micro-processor 10, a non-transient memory 20, a programme-store 30, a keyboard and display-device ~0 and a register 50. A power-supply feeds appropriate voltages to the various assemblies and a battery is associated with control-units 10, 20, 40, 50, the battery being charged while the unit is in operation and being switched on for a limited period of time in order to supply the elec-tronic system, keyboard and display Checking components 21, ~1, 51 precede non-trcLnsient memory 20, keyboard and display-dcvice ~0 and register 50 Check-ing components 21, ~1, 51 protect subseqllent components 20, ~0, 50 f'rom un-controllable voltages passing through peripheral leads 11. They also prevent the computed values fed into non-transient memory 20 from external influences, a read-out being possible through peripheral lines 11 ~on-transient memory 20 may be in the form of a battery-powered read/~rite s-tore ~with battery supply in the event of voltage failure), a mechanically operated store, or a store operating on the charge-carrier-shaft principle and adapted to be cancelled 26~
electrically. Non-transient memorv 20 is used to store the con-tent o the register, appliance parameters and all accounting values. In view oE preceding checking component 21, read-out and write-in are controlled ~y micro-processor 10 in normal operation, whereas only read-out from memory 20 is possible through peripheral lines 11.
A lceyboard and display-device 40, preceded by a checking element, is provided for feeding-in postage values, the date, -the type of despatch and other values. 'I`he feed-in may also be effected through peripheral leads 11.
Display 40 acts, in conjunction with the data demanded Erom programme-store 30, upon register 50 which controls the setting oE pr:intecl values. Slnce progranm~e-s-tore 30 is ln the Eorm oE a llon-variable wo-rking 5 to-re, an associatc?(l checkillg compollellt ;s unnocessary. Checlcing compollent 4I for d-isl)l.ly ~In nlollitor~ the keyboard-inpllt :E~mctions ancl the d;i.splay, ancl the postclge pre-set SUIll is also fed-in through it. An additional acknowledgement-key serves to release the printer if a predetermined maximum postage amount is exceeded.
The values fed-in by keyboard 40 for setting the prlnting roll(s~
pass through micro-processor 10 to register 50 which controls stepping motors 53. Different control-means are poss:ible Eor setting the unipolar stepping motors 53. Figure 2 shows a preferred arrangemellt in which phclse-sett:ing oE
the sa:icl stepping motors :is controlled, through-register 50 ancl a clr:iver-stage 52, by -the inver-ted and non-inverted outputs ~, A, B, E3 o:E thc reglster. The addressing of stepplng motors 53 ls controlled by -the tlmel-lg-pulse or actlvating connectlon of reglster 50. As a result of thls, even the mo-tors whlch are not movecl are held, during the settlng procedure, at thelr maxlmum possible torclue.
Fur-tllermore, by a simple change in programme-store 30, -this method of connec-t:ing stepping motors 53 permits both parallel operatlon and the selection of individual motors.
Figure 3 shows a further adjustment of stepping motors 53. In this case, the motors operate in parallel. Two drivers 54, 55 are provided, one driver 55 for phase-control and another driver 54 for motor-selection. All of the stepping motors receive the sarme phase information throug~l the one driver 55. Connection oE the motors to, and disconnecting them from, the power supply is preferably effected through the centre connection of -the relevant motor, the phase-connections being disconnected by diodes.
Stepping motors 53 move racks for setting tlle printing rolls. These racks carry a plurality of, for example two, control-means co-operating with stationcLry sensors 60 wh:ich may be in the Eorm oE llall l)robes, optical com~)on-ents, o-r capacit.ltive sensors. I~:igure ~I sllows the matrix ol-' se,llsors 60. Tl~o said senso:rs, w:ith an open collector outlet, llave l common Ze:rO-VO1t.lge COIIIIeC-tion. 'I'he positive supply-connections, passed througll transistors, constitute the gaps and the supply-voltage connections 61, 62, 63, 64 constitute the lines of the matrix. The signal outputs to nicro-processor 61...64 are interrogated in parallel and, depending upon the length of the control-means to sensors 60, either a signal appears at the base of one of the transistors or no signal appears. The choice o:E gaps is made by transistors 65, 66, 67 through which th(,` supply lines to sensors 60 are wired. 't'he setting s:ignals are transmitted to micro-processor lO. Delay times for processing these setting s:ignals may be commullicated to micro-processor 10 through keyboard 40, thus making possible the transfer of the printed image, i.e. a displacement of the punch-print, to a franking strip or to a letter or parcel.
The use of a micro-processol lO, and the :Eeeding of appropriate information in non-transient memory 20, makes it possible to connect additional devices through peripheral lines 11, thus still further increasing the efficiency of mail processing. For example, the setting of the postage-value may be controlled by means of a scale, or in:Eormation on postage classification may be given by an envelope-s-tuffing machine. Furthermore, items mai.led may be entered according to accoun-ting headings, a ledger-printer may record -the postage-values used and/or a connecti.on to a data-processing unit permits statistical evaluation.
Claims (12)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An electronically controlled postage machine and/or postage meter in which a microprocessor, a non-transient memory and a register are used to set postage values, date information and type of despatch and to set off the predetermined postage amounts against those actually used, and in which sensors and drivers controlled by the microprocessor are used to set printing rolls via stepping motors, characterized in that the variable pieces of information and signals, fed-in through peripheral leads and a keyboard, are linked to predetermined stored data, that the non-transient memory, the keyboard and the register are preceded by checking components which prevent direct intervention through the peripheral lines to the non-transient memory, that the stepping motors can be controlled both individually and also in parallel, whereby one of the checking components, in collabor-ation with the register, controls the phasing of the stepping motors for the printing rolls through non-inverted and inverted outputs from the register and undertakes the addressing of the motors through the timing-pulse connection of the register, and during parallel operation of the stepping motors information for the phase-control of all stepping motors is offered simul-taneously through two driver stages, the driving power being switched by one driver only to those motors which have not yet reached their predetermined positions.
2. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, during paralleloperation of the stepping motors, the phase-connections are disconnected by diodes.
3. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the stepping motors actuate adjusting means carrying control-means acting upon the sensors.
4. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that Hall probes with an open collector outlet are used as the sensors.
5. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that optical components with an open collector outlet are used as the sensors.
6. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that capacitative sensors with an open collector outlet are used as the sensors.
7. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, 4 or 5, characterized in that the sensors are connected to each other in the form of a matrix.
8. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, 4 or 5, characterized in that the positive supply voltage is fed through transis-tors to the sensors.
9. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the transistors address the signal generators for the position of the stepping motors.
10. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the setting signals of the sensors, which release the print, are transmitted to the micro-processor with a delay for transfer of the printed image.
11. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 10, characterized in that the delay-time may be controlled by the keyboard.
12. An electronically controlled postage machine according to claim 1, characterized in that a battery is associated with the control-units, the said battery being used to supply power to the electronic system, the keyboard and the display.
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