Maintenance system for a postage meter
AssigneeNeopost Industrie
InventorGuy Bertrand
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Abstract
In a print head of a postage meter of the type having a rotary drum, said print head being provided with a set of engraved printing surfaces, which set has at least first print wheels for printing a postage value and second print wheels for printing a current date, and said postage meter including an inking support on which an inking roller is mounted for the purpose of inking the print head, firstly the inking roller is replaced with the cleaning roller, then the motor of the print head is actuated for a determined duration, and, at the end of said determined duration, the inking roller is put back into place after the cleaning roller has been removed. The invention also relates to a a corresponding cleaning system, and to a postage meter incorporating such a system.
Claims15
A method of cleaning a print head of a postage meter of the type having a rotary drum, said print head (1) being provided with a set of engraved printing surfaces, which set has at least first print wheels (10) for printing a postage value and second print wheels (12) for printing a current date, and said postage meter including an inking support (9) on which an inking roller (7) is mounted for the purpose of inking the print head, said method comprising the following steps:
- replacing the inking roller with the cleaning roller;
- actuating the motor of the print head for a determined duration;
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- at the end of said determined duration, placing the inking roller back into place after the cleaning roller has been removed.
A cleaning system for a postage meter including a rotary drum, a print head (1) provided with a set of engraved printing surfaces, which set has at least first print wheels (10) for printing a postage value and second print wheels (12) for printing a current date, and an inking support (9) on which an inking roller (7) is mounted for the purpose of inking the print head, said system comprising:
- a cleaning roller mounted in place of the inking roller (7) so as to be put into contact with the print head;
- and actuating means (3) for actuating the motor of the print head in a determined cleaning cycle.
A ready-to-use cleaning kit for a postage meter including a rotary drum, a print head (1) and an inking support (9) on which an inking roller (7) is mounted for the purpose of inking the print head, said cleaning kit comprising a cleaning roller mounted in place of the inking roller so as to be put into contact with the print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.