EP 0235745 B1 19910925 - POSTAGE METER
Title (en)
POSTAGE METER
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 90586 A 19860305
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4739701A] In order to be able to simply and rapidly replace a printing plate on the franking head of a franking machine without the hands or the surrounding area being exposed to a risk of dirtying, an automatic change mechanism is provided in the franking head, as well as in and on an interchangeable magazine. An electromotive drive bring about the disengagement and discharge of the printing plate from the franking head into the circumferentially fixed, but detachably secured magazine. Ratchet levers and ejecting levers mounted in the franking head are used for this purpose. These levers are driven by cam bodies, while a similar group of stop levers and delivery levers mounted in the interchangeable magazine is operated by electromagnets. An ejecting lever loaded by a spring presses against the back of the cassette, so that after the release of a latching means the cassette is moved out by means of a pawl on guide bolts. It can then be removed in simple manner with the printing plate enclosed therein and can be replaced by another interchangeable magazine with another printing plate.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 3/44 (2006.01); B41F 27/10 (2006.01); B41K 3/12 (2006.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41F 27/10 (2013.01 - EP US); B41K 3/12 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00548 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0235745 A2 19870909; EP 0235745 A3 19880727; EP 0235745 B1 19910925; AT E67873 T1 19911015; CH 669684 A5 19890331; DE 3773229 D1 19911031; JP 2632155 B2 19970723; JP S62211790 A 19870917; US 4739701 A 19880426
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 87102726 A 19870226; AT 87102726 T 19870226; CH 90586 A 19860305; DE 3773229 T 19870226; JP 3436887 A 19870217; US 1775587 A 19870224