EP1417043B1 - Method and device for identifying stack sections - Google Patents

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EP1417043B1
EP1417043B1 EP01969211A EP01969211A EP1417043B1 EP 1417043 B1 EP1417043 B1 EP 1417043B1 EP 01969211 A EP01969211 A EP 01969211A EP 01969211 A EP01969211 A EP 01969211A EP 1417043 B1 EP1417043 B1 EP 1417043B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65H2301/42612—Forming batches by inserting a wire or tape shaped marker element cut into tabs before or upon insertion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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  • the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identifying stacking sections of mail sorted in sorting machines according to the distribution order.
  • separation cards are used for the identification of the stack sections, which are higher than the broadcast spectrum to be processed and machinable.
  • the invention specified in claims 1 and 8 has the object of characterizing portions of sorted sorting machine according to the distribution order mailing stacks, without the use of mitzusortierter separation cards.
  • this is achieved by the automatic identification of the last or the first and last consignment of a stack section to be distinguished in the stack by an easily visible on the stack material, easily removable on adhesive, which is applied by means of an automatic sticker dispenser.
  • the stickers can be applied as soon as the recipient addresses are read and the consignment has been assigned to the breakpoints of the distribution order in accordance with the corresponding sorting plan.
  • the sticker dispenser is located in the sorting machine between the reading unit and the distributor and pushes the sticker on an agreed place of the read and selected according to the sorting plan consignment. In this process, the shipment is transported past the sticker dispenser and upon reaching the intended Aufbringeortes on the particular shipment is the pressing of the sticker during the Vorbeitransportes the sticker dispenser.
  • the stack sections to be identified can advantageously consist of the items to be distributed by the individual deliverers and / or of the items that are allocated to the individual breakpoints.
  • the printing of the characters advantageously takes place one after the other in the transport direction.
  • the items to be sorted are placed edgewise on a material input 2, from where they are pushed by means of a holding device, not shown, to a separating device.
  • the respective foremost consignment is withdrawn there from the stack and individually transported in the direction of the arrow, for example by means of a known Deckbanksystems.
  • the respective shipment arrives at a reading unit 4, where the recipient address is read.
  • the program goes through a more or less long letter train to give the reading unit 4 time for the reading process.
  • the consignment is transported past an automatic sticker dispenser 3 and sorted into the units of the breakpoint numbers in 10 compartments of a sorting section 1.
  • the assignment of the recipient addresses to the stops is carried out according to the loaded sorting plan.
  • the composition of the stack to be sorted is not yet known at the beginning of this first run, some of the bins may overflow.
  • the overflowing shipments are then sorted into an appropriately marked overflow compartment.
  • the mail items are taken from the sorting compartments of the sorting unit section 1 and placed on the material input 2. It must be ensured that the order of the programs sorted into the compartments is strictly adhered to, whereby the programs from the overflow compartments are classified according to their assignment in the stack to the other programs of the overflowed compartment.
  • the application of stickers 5 can take place by means of automatic label dispenser 3 from the next sorting pass.
  • the stickers 5 are on the last consignment 7 of the stack to be marked or if necessary, additionally applied to the first batch of the stack, eg if only a certain section within the stack is to be marked.
  • the application of the sticker 5 on the shipments takes place only in the last sorting.
  • the stickers 5 are applied by the sticker dispenser 3 in the transport direction during the transport of the mail items 6,7 by means of a pressure roller so that the sticker 5 protrude upwards from the stack of mail.
  • the stickers Since the broadcasts are of different sizes, as can be seen in FIG. 2, the stickers must always have the same position in the vertical direction and the same length. They have such position and length that the glue-provided part only on the areas that are covered by the smallest shipments, passes and on the adhesive 5 on the largest consignments 6 protrude. For the application process, the pinch roller is accelerated to a peripheral speed that corresponds to the transport speed of the shipment.
  • the stickers can be printed with an additional printer or the stickers are multicolored, ie there are several sticker dispenser 3 are arranged in the sorting machine or the sticker 5 are applied at different locations in the transport direction on the broadcasts. This is achieved by changing the application timing from the leading edge of the mailpieces.

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The invention relates to a method for identifying stack sections of mailings that are sorted according to a distribution sequence in sorting machines. Once the recipient addresses have been read and allocated to the holding points of the distribution sequence, the last or the first and last mailing of a section of the stack to be identified is/are provided automatically with an easily detachable adhesive label (5) that is highly visible in the stack, by means of an automatic adhesive label dispenser (3), which is positioned in the sorting machine downstream of the reading unit (4) for distribution information and upstream of the distribution device (1). The adhesive labels (5) are then removed from the mailings again during the course of the mailing distribution to the recipients.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum Kennzeichnen von Stapelabschnitten von in Sortiermaschinen nach der Verteilreihenfolge sortierten Sendungen.The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identifying stacking sections of mail sorted in sorting machines according to the distribution order.

Bei Sortiervorgängen von Sendungen mit entsprechenden Sortiermaschinen, bei denen die Sendungen nach der Verteilreihenfolge sortiert werden, mit dem Ergebnis, dass Sendungsstapel gebildet werden, welche dann manuell in der Verteilreihenfolge vom Bedienpersonal neu formiert bzw. in Behälter verbracht werden, ist es notwendig, Abschnitte des Gesamtstapels zu kennzeichnen, um die Neuformierung zu ermöglichen und um den Verteilablauf rationell und sicher zu gestalten. Gekennzeichnet werden in diesem Zusammenhang die Stapelabschnitte für die jeweiligen Zusteller und/oder die Stapelabschnitte für die verschiedenen Haltepunkte der Verteilreihenfolge.In sorting operations of mailings with corresponding sorting machines in which the mailings are sorted according to the distribution order, with the result that mailing stacks are formed, which are then manually reorganized in the distribution order by the operating personnel or placed in containers, it is necessary to include sections of To mark the entire stack in order to allow the reforming and to make the distribution process rational and secure. In this context, the stack sections for the respective deliverers and / or the stack sections for the various breakpoints of the distribution sequence are marked.

Bisher werden für die Kennzeichnung der Stapelabschnitte Trennkarten verwendet, die höher als das zu verarbeitende Sendungsspektrum und maschinell verarbeitbar sind.So far, separation cards are used for the identification of the stack sections, which are higher than the broadcast spectrum to be processed and machinable.

Sie werden dann mit den zu sortierenden Sendungen in die Sortiermaschine eingegeben, die beispielsweise in einem 3-Durchlauf-Gangfolgesortierprozess in die Verteilreihenfolge z.B. für 4 Zusteller gebracht werden (Im 1. Durchlauf wird auf die Einerstelle, im 2. Durchlauf auf die Zehnerstelle und im 3. Durchlauf auf die Hunderterstelle sortiert). Am Ende des Sortiervorganges stehen die Trennkarten zwischen den im Sortierplan festgelegten Bereichen der einzelnen Zusteller. Genauso können die Trennkarten zur Kennzeichnung der Sendungen für die einzelnen Haltepunkte zwischengefügt werden. Bei der Verwendung der Trennkarten treten folgende Nachteile auf:

  • ■ Die Trennkarten müssen bereitgestellt werden, aus nicht mehr zu bearbeitenden Stapeln aussortiert werden, geordnet werden und an den Anfang oder das Ende eines Sortierlaufes in die Stoffeingabe eingelegt werden.
  • ■ Das Verteilen der Trennkarten kostet Zeit und verringert damit den Maschinendurchsatz.
  • ■ Die Trennkarten verschleißen und müssen regelmäßig erneuert werden.
  • ■ Die Trennkarten erhöhen die zu transportierende Masse teilweise erheblich, was besonders kritisch für den Zusteller bei der Kennzeichnung von dessen Haltepunkten ist.
  • ■ Die Trennkarten müssen vom Zusteller ins Postamt zurückgeführt werden.
They are then entered into the sorting machine with the items to be sorted, which are brought, for example, in a 3-pass Gangfolgesortierprozess in the distribution order, for example, for 4 deliverers (in the 1st pass is on the one-digit, in the second pass to the tens and in 3rd run sorted by the hundredth place). At the end of the sorting process, the separation cards are placed between the areas of the individual deliverers specified in the sorting plan. Likewise, the separation cards can be interposed to identify the broadcasts for each breakpoint. When using the separation cards, the following disadvantages occur:
  • ■ Separation cards must be provided, sorted out of stacks that are no longer machinable, sorted and placed at the beginning or end of a sorting pass in the fabric input.
  • ■ Distributing the separation cards takes time, reducing machine throughput.
  • ■ The separation cards wear out and need to be replaced regularly.
  • ■ The separation cards increase the mass to be transported sometimes considerably, which is particularly critical for the deliverer in the marking of its breakpoints.
  • ■ The separation cards must be returned to the post office by the delivery agent.

Der in den Ansprüchen 1 und 8 angegebenen Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, Abschnitte von mit einer Sortiermaschine nach der Verteilreihenfolge sortierten Sendungsstapeln, ohne die Verwendung mitzusortierter Trennkarten zu kennzeichnen.The invention specified in claims 1 and 8 has the object of characterizing portions of sorted sorting machine according to the distribution order mailing stacks, without the use of mitzusortierter separation cards.

Erfindungsgemäß wird dies durch die automatische Kennzeichnung der letzten oder der ersten und der letzten Sendung eines im Stapel zu unterscheidenden Stapelabschnittes durch einen im Stapelgut sichtbaren, leicht ablösbaren Auf kleber, der mittels eines automatischen Aufkleberspenders aufgebracht wird, erreicht. Die Aufkleber können aufgebracht werden, sobald die Empfängeradressen gelesen werden und die Zuordnung der Sendungen zu den Haltepunkten der Verteilreihenfolge gemäß entsprechenden Sortierplanes erfolgt ist. Der Aufkleberspender befindet sich in der Sortiermaschine zwischen der Leseeinheit und der Verteileinrichtung und drückt den Aufkleber auf eine vereinbarte Stelle der gelesenen und entsprechend dem Sortierplan ausgewählten Sendung. Bei diesem Vorgang wird die Sendung am Aufkleberspender vorbeitransportiert und bei Erreichen des vorgesehenen Aufbringeortes auf die jeweilige Sendung erfolgt das Aufdrücken des Aufklebers während des Vorbeitransportes am Aufkleberspender.According to the invention, this is achieved by the automatic identification of the last or the first and last consignment of a stack section to be distinguished in the stack by an easily visible on the stack material, easily removable on adhesive, which is applied by means of an automatic sticker dispenser. The stickers can be applied as soon as the recipient addresses are read and the consignment has been assigned to the breakpoints of the distribution order in accordance with the corresponding sorting plan. The sticker dispenser is located in the sorting machine between the reading unit and the distributor and pushes the sticker on an agreed place of the read and selected according to the sorting plan consignment. In this process, the shipment is transported past the sticker dispenser and upon reaching the intended Aufbringeortes on the particular shipment is the pressing of the sticker during the Vorbeitransportes the sticker dispenser.

Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen dargestellt.Advantageous embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the subclaims.

Um die Aufkleber und die Sendungen möglichst gering zu beanspruchen, ist es vorteilhaft, die Aufkleber erst beim letzten Sortierlauf aufzubringen. Die zu kennzeichnenden Stapelabschnitte können vorteilhaft aus den von den einzelnen Zustellern auszuteilenden Sendungen und/oder aus den auf die einzelnen Haltepunkte entfallenden Sendungen bestehen.In order to minimize stress on the stickers and the mailings, it is advantageous to apply the stickers only at the last sorting run. The stack sections to be identified can advantageously consist of the items to be distributed by the individual deliverers and / or of the items that are allocated to the individual breakpoints.

Sind in einem Sendungsstapel mehrere Abschnitte zu unterscheiden, so ist es vorteilhaft, diese durch farblich unterschiedliche Aufkleber oder durch Aufkleber mit aufgedruckten unterschiedlichen Kennungen zu kennzeichnen. Eine weitere vorteilhafte Möglichkeit zur Unterscheidung besteht darin, die Aufkleber an verschiedenen Stellen der Sendungen aufzubringen.If several sections are to be distinguished in a mailing stack, then it is advantageous to identify them by different colored stickers or by stickers with different identifiers printed on them. A further advantageous possibility for distinguishing is to apply the stickers at different points of the programs.

Damit die Sendungen bei zu bedruckenden Aufklebern nicht angehalten werden müssen, erfolgt das Drucken der Zeichen vorteilhaft zeitlich nacheinander in Transportrichtung.So that the shipments do not have to be stopped in the case of labels to be printed, the printing of the characters advantageously takes place one after the other in the transport direction.

Anschließend wird die Erfindung in einem Ausführungsbeispiel anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert.
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FIG 1
eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine Sortiermaschine mit Aufkleberspender,
FIG 2
eine Seitenansicht eines Briefstapels bei dem der vorderste Brief mit einem Auf kleber versehen ist.
Subsequently, the invention will be explained in more detail in an embodiment with reference to the drawing.
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FIG. 1
a schematic plan view of a sorting machine with sticker dispenser,
FIG. 2
a side view of a letter stack in which the foremost letter is provided with a glue on.

Wie aus der FIG 1 zu entnehmen, werden die zu sortierenden Sendungen hochkant auf eine Stoffeingabe 2 gestellt, von wo sie mittels einer nicht dargestellten Haltevorrichtung zu einer Vereinzelungsvorrichtung geschoben werden. Die jeweils vorderste Sendung wird dort vom Stapel abgezogen und einzeln in Pfeilrichtung abtransportiert, z.B. mittels eines bekannten Deckbanksystems. Als erstes gelangt die jeweilige Sendung an eine Leseeinheit 4, wo die Empfängeradresse gelesen wird. Weiter durchläuft die Sendung eine mehr oder weniger lange Brieflaufstrecke, um der Leseeinheit 4 Zeit für den Leseprozess zu geben. Dann wird die Sendung an einem automatischen Aufkleberspender 3 vorbei transportiert und nach den Einerstellen der Haltepunktnummern in 10 Fächer einer Sortierfachstrecke 1 sortiert. Die Zuordnung der Empfängeradressen zu den Haltestellen erfolgt gemäß des geladenen Sortierplanes. Da bei Beginn dieses ersten Laufes die Zusammensetzung des zu sortierenden Stapels noch nicht bekannt ist, kann es vorkommen, dass einige der Sortierfächer überlaufen. Die überlaufenden Sendungen werden dann in ein entsprechend gekennzeichnetes Überlauffach sortiert. Nach diesem ersten Sortierlauf werden die Sendungen den Sortierfächern der Sortierfachstrecke 1 entnommen und auf die Stoffeingabe 2 gestellt. Dabei muss darauf geachtet werden, dass die Reihenfolge der in die Fächer sortierten Sendungen unbedingt eingehalten wird, wobei die Sendungen aus den Überlauffächern entsprechend ihrer Zuordnung in den Stapel zu den anderen Sendungen des übergelaufenen Faches eingeordnet werden. Im zweiten Sortierlauf nach der Zehnerstelle sind alle Sendungen und ihre Zuordnung zu den Haltepunkten bekannt, so dass die Sendungen in diesem Lauf so auf die Fächer aufgeteilt werden können, dass keine nachträglichen Einordnungen von übergelaufenen Sendungen mehr notwendig sind. Nach diesem zweiten Sortierlauf erfolgt nocheinmal ein sequenzgerechtes Umladen auf die Stoffeingabe 2 und der dritte Sortierlauf auf die Hunderterstelle wird durchgeführt.As can be seen from FIG 1, the items to be sorted are placed edgewise on a material input 2, from where they are pushed by means of a holding device, not shown, to a separating device. The respective foremost consignment is withdrawn there from the stack and individually transported in the direction of the arrow, for example by means of a known Deckbanksystems. First, the respective shipment arrives at a reading unit 4, where the recipient address is read. Further, the program goes through a more or less long letter train to give the reading unit 4 time for the reading process. Then the consignment is transported past an automatic sticker dispenser 3 and sorted into the units of the breakpoint numbers in 10 compartments of a sorting section 1. The assignment of the recipient addresses to the stops is carried out according to the loaded sorting plan. Since the composition of the stack to be sorted is not yet known at the beginning of this first run, some of the bins may overflow. The overflowing shipments are then sorted into an appropriately marked overflow compartment. After this first sorting run, the mail items are taken from the sorting compartments of the sorting unit section 1 and placed on the material input 2. It must be ensured that the order of the programs sorted into the compartments is strictly adhered to, whereby the programs from the overflow compartments are classified according to their assignment in the stack to the other programs of the overflowed compartment. In the second sorting pass after the tens digit, all transmissions and their assignment to the breakpoints are known, so that the transmissions in this run can be distributed among the compartments so that no subsequent classifications of overflowed transmissions are more necessary. After this second sorting sequence, a sequence-appropriate reloading takes place once again on the substance input 2 and the third sorting run on the hundredth place is carried out.

Nachdem die Adressen im ersten Sortierlauf gelesen wurden und die Reihenfolge der Sendungen beim Verteilprozess auf der Basis des Sortierplanes feststeht, kann ab dem nächsten Sortierlauf das Aufbringen von Aufklebern 5 mittels automatischer Aufkleberspender 3 erfolgen. Die Aufkleber 5 werden auf die letzte Sendung 7 des zu kennzeichnenden Stapels oder wenn notwendig, zusätzlich auf die erste Sendung des Stapels appliziert, z.B. wenn nur ein bestimmter Abschnitt innerhalb des Stapels gekennzeichnet werden soll. Um die Aufkleber 5 und Sendungen zu schonen, erfolgt das Aufbringen der Aufkleber 5 auf die Sendungen erst im letzten Sortierlauf. Die Aufkleber 5 werden durch den Aufkleberspender 3 in Transportrichtung während des Transportes der Sendungen 6,7 mittels einer Andruckrolle so aufgebracht, dass die Aufkleber 5 nach oben aus dem Sendungsstapel herausragen. Da die Sendungen unterschiedlich groß sind, wie in der FIG 2 zu erkennen, müssen die Aufkleber stets die gleiche Lage in vertikaler Richtung und die gleiche Länge aufweisen. Dabei haben sie solche Lage und Länge, dass der mit Leim versehene Teil nur auf die Bereiche, die durch die kleinsten Sendungen bedeckt sind, gelangt und die Auf kleber 5 über die größten Sendungen 6 hinausragen. Für den Appliziervorgang wird die Andruckrolle auf eine Umfangsgeschwindigkeit beschleunigt, die der Sendungstransportgeschwindigkeit entspricht. Zum Unterscheiden der gekennzeichneten Stapelabschnitte können die Aufkleber mit einem zusätzlichen Drucker bedruckt werden oder die Aufkleber sind mehrfarbig, d.h. es sind in der Sortiermaschine mehrere Aufkleberspender 3 angeordnet oder die Aufkleber 5 werden an unterschiedlichen Orten in Transportrichtung auf die Sendungen aufgebracht. Dies wird durch Veränderung der Applizierungszeitpunkte ausgehend von der Vorderkante der Sendungen erreicht.After the addresses have been read in the first sorting pass and the order of the mailings in the distribution process is determined on the basis of the sorting plan, the application of stickers 5 can take place by means of automatic label dispenser 3 from the next sorting pass. The stickers 5 are on the last consignment 7 of the stack to be marked or if necessary, additionally applied to the first batch of the stack, eg if only a certain section within the stack is to be marked. In order to protect the sticker 5 and shipments, the application of the sticker 5 on the shipments takes place only in the last sorting. The stickers 5 are applied by the sticker dispenser 3 in the transport direction during the transport of the mail items 6,7 by means of a pressure roller so that the sticker 5 protrude upwards from the stack of mail. Since the broadcasts are of different sizes, as can be seen in FIG. 2, the stickers must always have the same position in the vertical direction and the same length. They have such position and length that the glue-provided part only on the areas that are covered by the smallest shipments, passes and on the adhesive 5 on the largest consignments 6 protrude. For the application process, the pinch roller is accelerated to a peripheral speed that corresponds to the transport speed of the shipment. To distinguish the marked stacking sections, the stickers can be printed with an additional printer or the stickers are multicolored, ie there are several sticker dispenser 3 are arranged in the sorting machine or the sticker 5 are applied at different locations in the transport direction on the broadcasts. This is achieved by changing the application timing from the leading edge of the mailpieces.

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  1. Method for marking sections of stacks of postal items sorted according to distribution order in sorting machines, characterised in that after reading and allocating recipient addresses to the stopping points in the distribution order, the last or the first and the last postal items of a section of a stack to be differentiated in the stack are automatically provided with an easily removable sticker (5), which is clearly visible in the stack, by means of an automatic sticker dispenser (3), which is disposed in the sorting machine after the read unit (4) for distribution information and before the distribution device (1), and that the stickers (5) are removed again during the course of distribution of the postal items to the recipients of the postal items.
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the stickers (5) are applied during the last sorting run.
  3. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the sections of the stacks to be marked are the postal items to be distributed by the respective delivery operators according to the sorting plan.
  4. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the sections of the stacks to be marked are the postal items for individual stopping points in the distribution order.
  5. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that a number of sections to be differentiated in a stack of postal items are marked by stickers (5) of different form or colour.
  6. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the stickers (5) are printed with markings to differentiate a number of different sections in a stack of postal items.
  7. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the stickers (5) are applied to different places on the postal items in the transport direction to differentiate a number of different sections in a stack of postal items.
  8. Device for marking sections of stacks of postal items sorted according to distribution order in sorting machines, characterised in that an automatic sticker dispenser is disposed in the sorting machine after the read unit for distribution information and before the distribution device, said automatic sticker dispenser being activated by the sorting machine controller, when a postal item to be marked according to the current sorting plan has reached the position specified for application of the sticker in the transport direction, the application speed and transport speed of the postal items being coordinated at the sticker dispenser.
  9. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that a printer for printing the stickers (5) is disposed after the sticker dispenser (3).
  10. Device according to claim 9, characterised in that the printer is disposed and configured in such a way that the characters are printed one after the other in time in the transport direction onto the moving postal items.
  11. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that a number of sticker dispensers (3) are provided for stickers (5) of different colours or forms.
  12. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that the sticker dispenser (3) can be activated in such a way that the stickers (5) are applied to different places on the postal items in the transport direction to differentiate different sections.
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