Typewriting machines – Including adjustment for optimum printing plane – Responsive to thickness of record-medium
Patent
1986-07-18
1987-11-10
Pieprz, William
Typewriting machines
Including adjustment for optimum printing plane
Responsive to thickness of record-medium
101 91, 101232, 400 58, B41F 1320, B41J 1120
Patent
active
047054131
ABSTRACT:
The thickness compensation means includes an upper and lower reaction roller. The upper reaction roller is rotatably mounted to a mailing machine is fixed location. A bracket is pivotally mounted to the mailing machine for rotatably supporting the lower reaction roller in tangential radial alignment with the upper reaction roller. The bracket is biased in a first direction to urge the lower reaction roller through an accommodating opening in the mailing machine platen into tangential communication with the upper reaction roller. The bracket further rotatably supports an impression roller in tangential alignment to the print drum of a postage meter coupled to the mailing machine. The bracket and supported rollers are so positioned relative to the imprinting station of the mailing machine that a longitudinally traversing mailpiece is first encountered by the reaction rollers causing the bracket to pivotally deflect in a second direction resulting in prepositioning of the impression roller relative to the postage meter print drum in accordance with mailpiece thickness for subsequent indicia printing on the mailpiece.
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Arnoldi, administrator Walter E.
Arnoldi, deceased Walter E.
Parks, Jr. Charles G.
Pieprz William
Pitchenik David E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
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