1. A press for forming bales of textile material comprising:
a pre-pressing station and a final pressing station;
the final pressing station including a standing press comprising one upper plate and one lower plate, wherein said plates are fitted on coaxial coupling attachments;
means for rotating said plates and bale after final pressing;
a fixed vertical axis roll of wound lateral sheet material adapted to be laterally wrapped around the bale, at least partially, through rotation of said plates and pressed bale by said means for rotating and by effect of the coupling attachments;
a means for cutting the lateral sheet; and
a means for temporarily fastening the end of a portion of the lateral sheet to the plates of the press.
2. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a strap binding device for strapping the bale, and wherein said strap binding device is adapted to be operated after wrapping of the bale.
3. The press according to claim 2, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by 360\xb0 by said means for rotating to wrap three lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
4. The press according to claim 2, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
5. The press according to claim 2, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
6. The press according to claim 2, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
7. The press according to claim 1, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by 360\xb0 by said means for rotating to wrap three lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
8. The press according to claim 7, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
9. The press according to claim 7, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
10. The press according to claim 7, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
11. The press according to claim 1, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
12. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
13. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
14. The press according to claim 1, wherein said means for temporarily fastening comprises oscillating tips which project from the press plates, said tips positioned radially by elastic means to engage the ends of a portion of the lateral sheet, and wherein said tips are adapted to bend towards the bale to release the portion of the lateral sheet by action of the elastic means.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image printing apparatus, comprising:
a communications device which communicates data with a service server for providing a chargeable service over a network;
a print device which prints an image on a predetermined print medium;
a request input device through which a user input a request;
a request execution device which uses a chargeable service by communicating data with the service server through the communications device in accordance with a request input through the request input device, obtains an image to be printed, and prints the image on a predetermined print medium by the print device; and
a payment device which performs a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate for the image and a use rate for the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.
2. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a card interface which reads necessary information in paying a charge using a card, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process according to the information read from the card through the card interface.
3. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:
the request execution device prints a chargeable image provided by the service server or a superimposed image obtained by superimposing the chargeable image with a user image in the print device; and
the payment device performs a paying process on separate payees between a rate for a chargeable image and a printing rate in a charge on the user.
4. The image printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
an image of the user is an image obtained from a user terminal over a network, an image recorded on a user terminal and obtained from a predetermined recording medium, or an image obtained through immediate communications with the user terminal.
5. The image printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the user terminal is a mobile telephone with a camera.
6. The image printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
7. The image printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
8. The image printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
9. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the chargeable service includes distribution of an image, distribution of a ticket, or map information.
10. The image printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
11. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
12. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the request execution device prints a chargeable image provided by the service server or a superimposed image obtained by superimposing the chargeable image with a user image in the print device; and
the payment device performs a paying process on separate payees between a rate for a chargeable image and a printing rate in a charge on the user.
13. The image printing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein
an image of the user is an image obtained from a user terminal over a network, an image recorded on a user terminal and obtained from a predetermined recording medium, or an image obtained through immediate communications with the user terminal.
14. The image printing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the user terminal is a mobile telephone with a camera.
15. The image printing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
16. The image printing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
17. The image printing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
18. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the chargeable service includes distribution of an image, distribution of a ticket, or map information.
19. The image printing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
20. The image printing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the use rate corresponds to at least one of the cost to use the distributed data, the cost of a ticket or the cost associated with the right to reproduce a map.
21. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
22. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the payment device determines the charge for the user based on at least two separate payees, wherein the charge comprises the use rate for one payee and a printing rate for a payee different than the one payee.
23. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the use rate corresponds to charges for obtaining the image to be printed.
24. A payment method, comprising:
receiving a chargeable service use request from a user;
using the chargeable service by communicating data with a service server which provides a chargeable service in accordance with the use request over a network;
receiving a print request for an image from a user;
printing an image in accordance with the print request on a predetermined print medium; and
performing a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate of the image and a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.
25. An image printing apparatus, comprising:
a communications device which communicates data with a service server for providing a chargeable service over a network;
a print device which prints an image on a predetermined print medium; a request input device through which a user input a request;
a request execution device which uses a chargeable service by communicating data with the service server through the communications device in accordance with a request input through the request input device, obtains an image to be printed, and prints the image on a predetermined print medium by the print device; and
a payment device which performs a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate for the image and a use rate for the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process is simultaneous with the printing of the image.
26. The image printing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.