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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Axel Ortmann, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Muhl, Hohen Neuendorf, DE;
Axel Ortmann, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Muhl, Hohen Neuendorf, DE;
Francotyp-Postalia GmbH, Birkenwerder, DE;
Abstract
A printer apparatus has a contact pressure device for flat articles on a continuously moving transport belt, in particular letters in a franking and/or addressing machine. In order to increase the usable region and/or of the throughput of the printer apparatus, flat articles of different thicknesses are processed with predetermined speed, without slippage, in succession with arbitrarily small gaps between successive articles. An elastic, bellows-shaped, resiliently supported air bag has a low-friction, wear-resistant cover surface that is in non-positive contact with the transport belt. With its associated retention and air supply devices the bellows serves as a mobile contact pressure module.