Sealing system for creating sealed letter by use of envelope sheet with bond part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9302443-B2
Application number	US-201313765270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	Feb 23, 2012
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A sealing system for creating a sealed letter by use of an envelope sheet with a bond part on a basis of a sealing setting. The sealing system includes a transmission amount detector configured to detect an amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path, a bond position calculator configured to calculate a first bond position where the bond part exists in the envelope sheet on a basis of the amount of transmission as detected by the transmission amount detector, and a judgment unit configured to judge whether the envelope sheet is conveyed a correct way round in a conveyance direction of the envelope sheet, from the first bond position as calculated by the bond position calculator and a second bond position based on the sealing setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sealing system for creating a sealed letter including an envelope sheet with at least one bond part, the sealing system comprising:
a transmission amount detector configured to detect an amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path;
a bond position calculator configured to calculate a first bond position based on the amount of transmission detected by the transmission amount detector, the first bond position being a position on the envelope sheet where the at least one bond part is located; and
a judgment unit configured to judge whether the envelope sheet is conveyed in a predetermined position relative to a conveyance direction of the envelope sheet, wherein
the judgement unit judges whether the envelope sheet is conveyed in the predetermined position by comparing the first bond position, as calculated by the bond position calculator, with a second bond position, the second bond position being set based on a predetermined sealing setting.

2. The sealing system according to claim 1 , wherein the bond position calculator is configured to calculate the first bond position by adding up amounts of transmission as detected by the transmission amount detector in each of regions into which the envelope sheet is divided in the conveyance direction.

3. The sealing system according to claim 1 , wherein the judgment unit is configured to judge whether the second bond position and the first bond position are located in symmetrical positions against a center of the envelope sheet in the conveyance direction.

4. The sealing system according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the first bond position based on the amount of transmission of the envelope sheet includes calculating a detected sheet thickness, the detected sheet thickness being calculated based on the amount of transmission, as detected by the transmission amount detector, of regions into which the envelope sheet is divided in the conveyance direction.

5. The sealing system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission amount detector irradiates the envelope sheet with one of light, infrared rays, and radial rays, and
the transmission amount detector receives the one of light, infrared rays, and radial rays transmitted through the envelope sheet to detect the amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on the conveyance path.

6. A sealing system for creating a sealed letter including an envelope sheet with at least one bond part, the sealing system comprising:
a transmission amount detector configured to detect an amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path;
a controller; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations including:
calculating a first bond position based on the amount of transmission detected by the transmission amount detector, the first bond position being a position on the envelope sheet where the at least one bond part is located; and
judging whether the envelope sheet is conveyed in a predetermined position relative to a conveyance direction of the envelope sheet by comparing the first bond position with a second bond position, the second bond position being set based on a predetermined sealing setting.

7. The sealing system according to claim 6 , wherein the first bond position is calculated by adding up amounts of transmission as detected by the transmission amount detector in each of regions into which the envelope sheet is divided in the conveyance direction.

8. The sealing system according to claim 6 , wherein the memory storing further instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to judge whether the second bond position and the first bond position are located in symmetrical positions against a center of the envelope sheet in the conveyance direction.

9. The sealing system according to claim 6 , wherein calculating the first bond position based on the amount of transmission of the envelope sheet includes calculating a detected sheet thickness, the detected sheet thickness being calculated based on the amount of transmission, as detected by the transmission amount detector, of regions into which the envelope sheet is divided in the conveyance direction.

10. The sealing system according to claim 6 , wherein
the transmission amount detector irradiates the envelope sheet with one of light, infrared rays, and radial rays, and
the transmission amount detector receives the one of light, infrared rays, and radial rays transmitted through the envelope sheet to detect the amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on the conveyance path.

Assignees

• Riso Kagaku Corp

Inventors

• Yabune Hirokazu

Classifications

• B43M5/047 Primary

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• B31B39/00 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B31B2170/00

  Construction of flexible containers · CPC title

• B31B70/006 Primary

  Controlling; Regulating; Measuring; Safety measures · CPC title