Neopost Industrie

Neopost Technologies

Smh Alcatel

Alcatel Satmam

Societe Anonyme Dite: Alcatel Satman

Societe Anonyme Dite: Alcatel Satmam

Marek Krasuski

Bernard Prugnolle

Dominique Mazeiller

Christophe Bezelga

Fabien Chatte

Jean-Pierre Gregoire

Michel Fajour

Claude Gerbaud

Michel Joson

Andre Garrigue

Frederic Trescazes

Patrice Montigny

Cedric Allibert

Pierre Milet

Michel Serruya

A method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece by means of a portable measuring device having a housing provided with an opening having a side reference surface along which the mailpiece is guided under a position sensor in a first pass along a first dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the first dimension of the mailpiece is determined by a processing unit and is communicated to a franking system to which the portable measuring device is connected, and in a second pass along a second dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the second dimension of the mailpiece is determined by the processing unit and is communicated to the franking system.

Method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece

In a mail franking system including a central secure metering device (PSD) connected to a remote credit reloading server () and a plurality of local franking management modules (-to-N) each including a local secure metering device (-to-N) and connected to said central secure metering device via a user's local area network (LAN), there is provided a method wherein a franking session is opened, each of the local franking management modules books a predetermined franking value from a central secure metering device so as to perform secure frankings up to the limit of this value and at the end of session each of these modules transmits its consumed franking value to the central device which is then debited by an overall franking value equal to the sum of the franking values consumed by each of the local modules.

Franking system with distributed metering

In a mailpiece feed device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck for receiving a stack of mailpieces for printing, selector means for extracting the mailpieces for printing one-by-one from said stack, and superposed conveyor rollers including movable upper rollers for conveying downstream the mailpieces extracted one-by-one in this way, there are further provided movable optical read means that are placed downstream from said selector means and that move synchronously with said movable upper conveyor rollers for conveying the mailpieces, so that, in cooperation with processor means, said optical read means scan and recognize automatically the data printed on said mailpieces.

Mailpiece feed device having an integrated image sensor

A printing method for printing a mail item in a franking machine, the mail item carrying postal-imprint data and other printed data, in which method, during the process of continuously printing on the mail item in the franking machine, the other printed data is printed first, before printing the postal imprint data.

Printing method for a compact machine and an associated machine

This invention relates to a device for maintaining the take-up rollers of document feeders of a folding/insertion machine, comprising a sheet imbibed with a liquid maintenance product and intended to be entrained inside the machine by the take-up rollers, this self-cleaning sheet comprising retaining means for stopping its advance in the machine and allowing its withdrawal once the take-up rollers of the feeder are stopped.

Maintenance device for folding/insertion machine

A system for preparing mail items, the system comprising a general-purpose computer for preparing a document to be sent, a secure metering device connected to the general-purpose computer via a secure link so as to send it postage metering or &ldquo;franking&rdquo; information, a printer connected to the general-purpose computer so as to print both the document to be sent, and at least a destination address for the document and a postage imprint on an envelope that is to receive the document, and a folder/inserter connected both to the printer and to the general-purpose computer so as to receive and fold the printed document and so as to insert it into the corresponding franked envelope.

System for preparing mail items

The inverter makes it possible to use a very simple conveyor for coupling the outlet of a printer in a word processor system to the inlet of a folder-inserter, even though the printer outputs printed pages in an order that is unsuitable for direct insertion into envelopes. The inverter includes a read/write memory in which the sequence of binary words representing the text of a letter is stored as it is output by the word processor system, with the address of the beginning of each page of text being identified. These binary words are played back, page by page, with the pages being played back in inverted order of text pages, but with the characters making up the pages being played back within each page in their initial order. The invention is applicable to folder-inserters for preparing mail.

Electronic page inverter for a mail processing system, and a folder-inserter including such an inverter

The present invention relates to a folding and/or inserting machine comprising a first path coupled upstream to a document entry and downstream to a first entry of a folding module, a second path coupled upstream to an empty envelope entry and downstream to a first entry of an insertion module itself coupled downstream of an exit of the folding module, a third path coupled upstream to an exit of the insertion module and downstream to a filled and closed envelope exit, and a fourth path coupled upstream to a first advertizing insert or reply envelope entry and downstream to a second entry of the insertion module, and a fifth path coupled upstream to a second advertizing insert or reply envelope entry downstream to the second entry of the insertion module, the routing of the advertizing inserts or the reply envelopes along the fourth and fifth paths between the advertizing insert or reply envelope entries and the second entry of the insertion module being effected through the folding module without passage through the folding pockets.

Folding/inserting machine incorporating a separate path for inserts

A document guiding device for an automatic document feeder for a folding and/or inserting machine, the feeder being of the type including a feeder body support plate extending over a sheet inlet chute, at least two loading trays capable of cooperating with said inlet chute in various modes of operation, at least one of the trays including a tilting base capped by a die, constituted by a lip covered in a rough coating and capable of occupying either a closed position for automatic insertion of documents, or an open position for manual insertion, the device including first deflector means disposed upstream from a document feed roller, cooperating selectively with the tilting base so as to orientate each inserted document directly towards the inlet chute to eliminate any points where the lower edge of the document might catch on the roller, or on the feeder body.

Document guiding device for a folding and or inserting machine

A folder and inserter machine comprises a tray for receiving documents to be folded and a folding mechanism having a folding abutment whose position is adjustable under the control of a processor. A pointer member is moved along the document to be folded present in the tray to pick up the distance between the bottom of the document and an address block on the document. The processor connected to the pointer member is organized to compute data representative of fold dimensions for the document on the basis of the distance provided thereto by the pointer member so as to adjust the position of the abutment automatically.

Device for assisting in the adjustment of fold dimensions in a folding

An automatic document feeder for a folding and/or inserting machine has a document entry surmounted by at least two loading bins adapted to cooperate with the document entry in various modes of operation, individually or in combination, using a set of sensors and drive units and controlled by a programmed microprocessor of a control circuit via an input/output interface circuit in the feeder.

Automatic document feeder for folding and/or inserting machine

The present invention relates to an adjustment device for adjusting the position of a fold abutment provided so as to be movable in translation along a shaft fixed on a guide plate for guiding a document to be folded. This adjustment device comprises an actuator device and a transmission device for transmitting the displacement of the actuator device to the abutment, which transmission device is constituted by a looped cable kept taut by three pulleys, with one straight portion of the cable being parallel to the side edge of the plate and connected to the abutment, and with another straight portion of the cable being connected to the actuator device.

Adjustment device for adjusting the fold dimension of documents, in

A two-pocket folding machine has a case formed by a top case portion hinged to a bottom case portion. The case has a top pocket and a bottom pocket, with each pocket including a first plate and a second plate. The top case portion includes the first plate of the top pocket, with the top pocket first plate being fixed to the top case portion. The bottom case portion includes the first plate of the bottom pocket, which is fixed to the bottom case portion. A moving assembly includes preferably a pair of movable panels, with the second plate of the bottom pocket and the second plate of the top pocket being fixed to the movable panels and moving with the moving assembly. The moving assembly is displaced along a predetermined trajectory with respect to the top and bottom case portions during opening and closing of the top and bottom case portions such that the second plates are parallel to and close to the corresponding first plates when the case portions are closed. The first and second plates move away from each other in both the top and bottom case portions when the case portions are open to provide ready access to the insides of the pockets.

Three-portion folding machine having pockets

The folder comprises a top portion (5A) which is openable relative to a bottom portion (5B). It has a first pocket (2) in the top portion, a second pocket (3) in the bottom portion, and a set (4) of folding rollers. The top and bottom portions are constituted by respective frames and the set of rollers is mounted in part in the top portion and in part in the bottom portion. The outlet path (11) for folded documents runs between the top and bottom portions. This provides wide open access to the paper paths inside the folder in the event of a jam.

Folder having pockets

A device for opening envelope bodies so that they can be filled has opening fingers coupled to actuator means for moving the fingers between a retracted position and an opening position in front of each envelope in a filling position. The device includes a preassembled assembly (30) formed on a 'finger' shaft (35) which carries the fingers (30) which are mounted to rotate freely thereon and which are positioned longitudinally therealong and retained resiliently by abutment means, and secondly a guide plate (10) mounted relative to the assembly (30) to oppose the abutment means by constituting a sliding surface for the fingers when they are actuated. The device is applicable to processing mail.

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Fontenay aux Roses, France

Marek Krasuski