EP0095737A2
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Destination label printer
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1983-05-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-05-26
Abstract
Abstract A destination label printer (28) is incorporated with an automatic postal matter processing apparatus (100). In the latter apparatus, a postal code of postal matter (A) such as cards, letters, etc. is optically read out and then stored in a memory as a postal code data. A quantity of postal matter is automatically sorted into a plurality of mail stacks (B), each of which has the same postal code, in accordance with the postal code data. Then the sorted mail stacks (B) are conveyed out from the processing apparatus (100). The destination label printer (28) comprises a printing section (42), a label convey section (43), and a label transfer section (44). This printer (28) operates as follows. Character patterns, bar codes and so on are printed on a blank label for the destination label (80) by the printing section based upon the contents of the sorting information obtained from the stored postal code data. The printed destination label (80) is transported from the printing section to the transfer section through the convey section. The label is transferred from the transfer section and attached to the mail stack designated by the corresponding postal code data.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumio Komachi
- 👤 Yukito Matsuo
- 👤 Nobuyuki Hirose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:11
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65C; B65C9/00; B65C9/08; B07; B07C; B07C3/00; B07C3/18; B65C9/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A destination label printer (28) incorporated in an automatic postal matter processing apparatus (100) in which a postal code of postal matter is optically read out and stored as postal code data, a quantity of postal matter is sorted into a plurality of mail stacks in accordance with the postal code data in such a manner that each of the sorted mail stacks has the common postal code, and the sorted mail stacks are in turn conveyed out therefrom, characterized by further comprising:
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A destination label printer (28) incorporated in an automatic postal matter processing apparatus (100) in which a postal code of postal matter is optically read out and stored as postal code data, a quantity of postal matter is sorted into a plurality of mail stacks in accordance with the postal code data in such a manner that each of the sorted mail stacks has the common postal code, and the sorted mail stacks are in turn conveyed out therefrom, characterized by further comprising:
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
print pattern processing means for processing the common postal code data so as to obtain sorting information such as a name of the destination post office as print patterns; printing means for printing said print patterns on a blank label for the destination label in accordance with said sorting information; and transportation means for conveying the printed destination label from said printing means to the mail stack designated by said respective common postal code data and conveyed by said automatic postal matter processing means, and for attaching said destination label to said mail stack.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
94 words
print pattern processing means for processing the common postal code data so as to obtain sorting information such as a name of the destination post office as print patterns; printing means for printing said print patterns on a blank label for the destination label in accordance with said sorting information; and transportation means for conveying the printed destination label from said printing means to the mail stack designated by said respective common postal code data and conveyed by said automatic postal matter processing means, and for attaching said destination label to said mail stack.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
129 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said print pattern processing means includes: a first memory section for storing a printer operation program; a second memory section (92) for storing said postal code data sent from said print pattern processing means; a third memory section (95, 96) for storing a conversion table which is used to convert said common postal code data into desired print pattern code, and for storing print pattern data which is searched based upon said desired print pattern code so as to deliver given print pattern data; and a central control section for communicating said first, second and third memory sections to process said postal code data by executing said printer operation program so as to obtain said sorting information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said printing means (42) includes a label supply section (49) for feeding a sheet of blank labels (52) to a printing head section (47) which prints said print patterns on the respective blank label.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said transportation means includes: a convey section (43) having belt members (63, 64) for conveying the printed destination label (80) from a printing head section (47) to a transfer section (44), said transfer section receiving said conveyed destination label and attaching the same to said mail stack designated by said corresponding common postal. code data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said transportation means includes: a first optical sensor (71) for detecting whether said destination label is carried from said print pattern processing means; and a second optical sensor for detecting whether said mail stack is positioned at a given position under said transportation means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: said first memory section of the print pattern processing means includes a disc memory device (112) which stores said printer operation program; and said central control section is a microprocessor (102).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A destination label printer as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that said printing head section of the printing means is a thermal head printer (45).
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