Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co.

Karl Rabofsky Gmbh

Michael Sperling

Peter Rieckhoff

Arno Heinen

Detlef Rothgänger

Roland Pietschmann

Frank Matecka

The invention relates to a method for making standing folds in a material web and a knife folding machine () for producing such standing folds. The knife folding machine has at least two folding knives (), which are situated one opposite the other with respect to the material web (). A folding channel () extends from the folding knives () in the folding direction (F). In order to reduce the costs involved in resetting the knife folding machine () to other material webs () to be folded or at the end of a material web (), a work transfer device () is provided, which, in an ejection mode, has a stop () which juts into the projection area of the standing folds () in the folding channel () in the folding direction (F). As a result of the work transfer device (), the standing fold parcel () in the folding channel () is able to be ejected and to be further processed in normal fashion by following appliances, without waste being incurred.

Method for making standing folds and knife folding machine with work transfer device

An internal postage meter machine interface circuit is equipped with transmission and reception registers for storing data transmitted parallel and with a shift register for serial-to-parallel or parallel-to-serial conversion of transmitted data within an actuator/sensor control. Data are communicated serially between the meter and a register unit in the base. Sensors and actuators of the base are connected to the register unit. Sensor signals are shifted into the shift register of the actuator/sensor controller and are present therein so as to be fetchable in parallel. A sensor status register group for parallel data of the sensor signals of at least one sensor is provided as a reception register. At least one sensor status register and at least one interrupt control register are connected to a watchdog circuit in order to monitor the received bits of the sensor signals for status change in order to trigger an interrupt to the control unit, as warranted.

Internal postage meter machine interface circuit

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Berlin, Germany

Michael Sperling