JPH0920320A - Devices for issuing and attaching delivery slip - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make a delivery-slip-issuing/attaching operation highly reliable, by securely taking out by the use of a delivery-article-extracting rejection-means a delivery article whose code data cannot be read and a delivery article with a delivery slip having wrong destination address. CONSTITUTION: A delivery-slip-issuing device 3 reads the code data of each delivery article (a) by means of a bar code reader 6 set in a transfer means 2, and transmits its information to a control part 5. Then, the control part 5 controls two printers 7a and 7b. A delivery-slip-attaching device 4 sends out support bands 8, on which delivery slips are peelably provided, by means of roll parts so that they are passed through corresponding printers 7a and 7b, and separates the delivery slips from the support bands 8 to attach them by means of guides part 10a and 10b, respectively. Further, a rejection box 24 comprises a rejection means by providing an extraction drive-device 22 for taking out the delivery article (a), which is controlled by a control part 5, when its code data cannot be read by the bar code reader 6 or bar code readers 6a-6c fail to read it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention issues a delivery certificate such as a delivery certificate and a delivery slip necessary for transferring a delivery along a physical distribution route in postal delivery and home delivery services, and delivers this delivery slip. The present invention relates to a delivery slip issuing / pasting device for sticking to a product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to deliver a delivery by mail delivery or home delivery service, a delivery certificate such as a delivery certificate used for registered mail or a delivery slip used in the delivery business is created and attached to the delivery. Then, the delivery processing is performed. In this delivery slip, the delivery recipient and the delivery information such as the delivery destination and the sender are described, or
It has a stamp field for receipt stamps, and by bringing back the delivery slip, it is possible to confirm that the delivery person has completed the delivery process and manage delivery reliably. In addition, when creating this delivery slip, the delivery address of the delivery, the delivery address, the delivery phone number, the delivery, the sender's address, the sender's name (name),
The sender's telephone number and the handling address of the delivery destination were handwritten with information such as the post office code and the arrival code of the courier.

[0003]

Therefore, if there are a lot of deliveries, it will take a lot of time and effort to create these delivery slips, and the delivery slips to be affixed to the deliveries will be mistaken for other deliveries. There was a problem that it could not be reliably delivered after it was attached. Therefore, the inventor has attempted to develop a delivery form issuing / pasting device capable of automatically issuing and attaching a delivery form to a large number of deliveries. However, in the delivery ticket issuing and pasting processing work, however, if a large amount of deliverables are handled, if a delivery ticket that is not a legitimate delivery destination is mistakenly pasted during the processing, it will cause great confusion. Even if one or two errors are correct, all of them must be inspected, and the work is extremely complicated, resulting in a significant reduction in work efficiency. It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery slip issuing and pasting device that can reliably and easily take out those deliverables even if a delivery slip that is not an authorized delivery destination is pasted.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the delivery slip issuing and pasting device of the present invention is a delivery data file storage means for storing in advance code data attached to a delivery and delivery data corresponding to this code data. And a code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered article with the code data along an appropriate transfer route for transferring the delivered article, and the delivery data corresponding to the read code data. The delivery form is automatically attached to the deliveries by providing delivery form issuing means for printing out the corresponding delivery data by searching from the above and issuing delivery form attaching means for attaching the issued delivery form. A delivery slip issuing and pasting device for processing, wherein the code data to be read by the code reading means is a read error or a read error. When the corresponding delivery data is not found as a result of searching the code data of the delivery data file storage means for the code data, the reject means for taking out the delivery article is provided at a predetermined position on the transfer route of the delivery article. Is.

Further, the code data is attached along the delivery data file storage means for storing in advance the code data attached to the delivery and the delivery data corresponding to this code data, and an appropriate transfer route for delivering the delivery. Code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered product and delivery data corresponding to the read code data are retrieved from the delivery data file storage means of the previous term, and the corresponding delivery data is printed out together with the code data and the delivery slip is printed. A delivery form issuing means for issuing a delivery form, a delivery form attaching means for attaching the issued delivery form, and code data for the delivery form attached to the delivery product and the delivery form attached before the delivery form was attached in advance. A code collating means for reading and collating with the code data is provided so that the delivery slip is automatically pasted on the delivery. In a form issuing and pasting device, when the code data attached to the delivery in advance read by the code collating means and the code data of the delivery form do not match, the above-mentioned at the predetermined position on the transfer route of the delivery. It is provided with a reject means for taking out the delivery.

[0006]

When the code data to be read by the code reading means is a read error or the read code data is searched for the code data in the delivery data file storage means, the corresponding delivery data is not found. Since the above-mentioned means is provided with a reject means for taking out the delivered product at a predetermined position on the transfer route of the delivered product, it is ensured that the code data attached to the delivered product in the process of issuing and attaching the delivery form cannot be read. You can take it out.

Further, the code read by the code collating means,
When the code data attached to the delivery in advance and the code data of the delivery slip do not match, the delivery means issuing and pasting process is performed because the reject means for taking out the delivery at the predetermined position on the transfer route of the delivery goods is provided. If you have attached a delivery slip that is not an authorized delivery destination, you can reliably take out the delivery.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in detail below based on preferred embodiments. FIG. 1 is an overall explanatory view of a delivery slip issuing and pasting device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a surface explanatory view of an envelope handled as a delivery to be processed in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a back side explanatory view, FIG. 4 is a plan view explanatory diagram in which a delivery voucher is pasted on the back side of the envelope in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a process flow explanatory diagram of the delivery voucher issuing and pasting device in FIG.

Prior to the explanation of the delivery slip issuing and pasting device 1,
Explaining the envelope as the delivery a in FIGS. 2 and 3, the code data B1 attached to the delivery a in advance and the address and name as the delivery destination information 31 are displayed on the front side (FIG. 2). Has been done. 32 is code data corresponding to the code data B1 displayed in Arabic numerals. FIG. 3 has a sealing tongue piece 33 on the back side of the envelope.

FIG. 1 will be described as an embodiment in which the delivery note issuing and pasting apparatus 1 issues and attaches a registered mail delivery certificate as a delivery note used when a sealed letter is sent by registered mail. As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery slip issuing and pasting device 1 includes a supply unit 2 one by one.
The delivery means (envelope) a supplied from 1 is transported in one direction (from left to right in the figure) and is sent to the sorting section 22 such as a stocker, and the transporting means 2 is constituted by a conveyor belt, and each delivery is specified individually. A delivery form issuing device 3 configured to read code data (described later) represented as a bar code on the upstream side in the transfer direction on the transfer means 2, and a delivery form 16 (registered mail) issued by the delivery form issuing device 3. Mail delivery certificate)
(See FIG. 4) The delivery slip attaching device 4 attaches (see FIG. 4) to the delivery a on the transfer means 2.

The delivery voucher issuing device 3 is supplied with one delivery product a from the feeding unit, and the code data B1 of the delivery product a.
Is read from the lower side with the bar code reader 6 installed in the conveyor belt of the transfer means 2 on the upstream side with the surface side of the delivered article a facing downward, and the information is sent to the control section 5.
Further, it is composed of two sets of printers 7a and 7b which operate under the control of the control unit 5. Under the control of the control unit 5, the delivery voucher pasting device 4 has a support band 8 on which the delivery vouchers having adhesive means are arranged side by side so that the delivery vouchers can be peeled off. , A guide part 10a for sequentially separating and sticking the delivery slip from the support band 8 toward the pair of roll parts 9 which are sent out so as to pass through the transfer means 2 and wound around the transfer means 2 and the envelope a which moves on the transfer means 2, And 10b.

It should be noted that the control unit 5 has a code data B1 assigned to the delivery a in advance and the code data B.
Under the control of the control unit 5, the storage unit 11 in which the code data and the delivery data 31 are sent and stored from the delivery data file D in which the delivery data corresponding to 1 is stored and the operating states of all the devices are displayed. A display unit 12 and an input unit 13 that gives external input information such as a manual operation instruction to the control unit 5 are connected to each other.

In the delivery form issuing device 3, the bar code reader 6 reads the code data of the delivery a transferred by the transfer means 2, and the delivery data corresponding to the code data is recorded in advance. From the information in the delivery data file, that is, from the storage unit 11, the delivery a
The delivery data obtained by searching the delivery data corresponding to the code data of the
When the delivery slip pasting device 4 separates the printed delivery slip on the transfer means 2 side, the code data B1 attached to the delivery a in advance is read. The delivery slips 16 and 16 with the code data B2 corresponding to the delivered product a are attached. In addition, 6a, 6b and 6c are code data B of the delivery slips 16 and 16 attached to the delivery a.
2 and B2 are bar code readers for collating the code data B1 previously attached to the delivered product a.

On the other hand, these deliveries a may be canceled before delivery, or delivered by another route.
The code data of the delivery a designated to be extracted in the process of the delivery note issuing and pasting device 1 is input from the input unit 13, and the data can be registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14. The data of the designated delivery can be input by inputting Arabic numerals from the input unit 13 or by using another bar code reader or the like, if necessary.

In the subsequent stage of the bar code readers 6a, 6b, 6c, the pickup box 23 for stocking the designated delivery item a and the code data B1 previously attached to the delivery item a can be read by the bar code reader 6. Code data B of the delivery slips 16 and 16 attached to the delivery a by the barcode readers 6a, 6b and 6c
2, a reject box 24 is provided for extracting a code data B1 that has been previously attached to the delivered product a and that cannot be collated.

The pickup box 23 has a bar code reader 6 or bar code readers 6a, 6b and 6c.
When any one of the code data registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14 is read, a sampling drive device 21 for extracting the target delivery a under the control of the control unit 5 is provided to constitute a pickup means. To do. Further, in the reject box 24 as well, in the case of the code data B1 which cannot be read by the bar code reader 6 or the collation failure in the bar code readers 6a, 6b, 6c, the target delivery a under the control of the control unit 5 is performed. An extraction drive device 22 for extracting the components is provided and constitutes reject means.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the delivery slips 16 and 16 are attached to the envelope main body and the position where the sealed tongue piece 33 which is sealed is covered with the sakai. As shown in FIG. An adhesive is applied to the back surface of the delivery slip 16 and a transparent film is bonded underneath so that it can be peeled off, and the adhesive is applied to the back surface of the transparent film.
After the various delivery information is output to 6 as described above, it is attached to the delivery a through the adhesive on each back surface. The delivery slip 16 on the right side of the figure is separated from the delivered product a in the delivery process and is used as a picture by the post office.

FIG. 5 shows a work flow for issuing and pasting the delivery slips 16, 16. First, the delivered product a in which the code data is individually specified is supplied (step 10).
1) The process moves to the step (103) of reading the code data B1 from the delivered product (step 102) and searching the delivery data corresponding to the code data B1. If the code data B1 cannot be read as the search result, a read error occurs and reject processing is performed with (NG) (step 107). Although not described in the flow, if delivery data is not obtained as a search result, an error occurs (NG) and a reject process is performed (step 107).

Of course, at least the code data is attached to the delivered product in advance, and the code data is associated with the delivery data (delivery management data relating to the destination etc., which is input separately). It is prepared.

When the delivery data is searched and an instruction to output the delivery data is issued, the delivery data is output to the delivery slips 16 and 16 according to the instruction (step 10).
4) Then, the process proceeds to the step of attaching the delivery slips 16, 16 to the delivery a (step 105).

Then, the step of reading and comparing the code data B1 of the delivered product a subjected to step 105 and the code data B2 output on the delivery slip (step 106).
If there is a disagreement (NG) at this stage, the sampling drive device 22 is driven under the control of the control unit 5 to extract the delivery product a and a reject process is performed (step 10).
7).

On the other hand, the consignment that has become coincident (0K) in step 106 is transferred to the next process (step 10).
8) It will be. In this step 108, when the code data registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14 is read, the extraction drive device 21 is controlled under the control of the control unit 5.
Is driven to pick up the delivered product a for pickup processing (step 109).

In step 108, the designated delivery storage unit 14
When the code data not registered in (1) is read, the code data is sent to the sorting unit 22 in the subsequent stage and sorted by a predetermined number of postal codes, and stacking is performed (step 110).

In the above-described embodiment, two delivery vouchers are issued, but only one voucher may be issued. Code readers 6, 6
The coat data to be read by a, 6b, and 6c is not limited to the barcode, and may be the Arabic number read by the OCR method. In addition, the bar code reader 6c for verification is
It is not always necessary to provide the code data, and the coat data read by the code reader 6 may be collated with the code data read by the code readers 6a and 6b by controlling the transfer timing.

Further, the delivery a is shown in the form of an envelope and is displayed from the code data B1 window written in the form of a bar code on an internal document, but is not limited to this. Instead, the code data may be directly written on the outer surface. The delivered product a may have a certain thickness and is not limited to an envelope.

[0026]

[Effect of Gaze] As described above, the delivery slip issuing and pasting device of the present invention uses the code data attached to the delivered product by the code reading means, and the code data to be read is a read error or the read code data. If the corresponding delivery data is not found as a result of searching the code data in the delivery data file storage means, or if the code data attached to the delivery in advance and the code data on the delivery slip do not match, it is attached to the delivery. A delivery item in which code data cannot be read or a delivery slip that is not an authorized delivery destination is pasted can be reliably taken out by the reject means for taking out the delivery item. This not only makes the shipping slip issuing and pasting work extremely reliable, but also requires no special work for taking out unqualified deliverables, significantly improving the delivery work efficiency and achieving a highly practical effect. It plays.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing an embodiment of a delivery slip issuing and pasting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a front surface side of a delivered product.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the back side of the delivered product.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a delivery slip is attached to the back side of the delivered product.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view schematically showing an embodiment of a delivery slip issuing and pasting method of the present invention in a flow chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Delivery slip issuing / pasting device 2 ... Transfer means 3 ... Delivery slip issuing device 4 ... Delivery slip pasting device 5 ... Control unit 6, 6a, 6b, 6c ... Bar code reader 7a, 7b ... Printer 11 ... Storage unit 12 ... Display unit 13 Input unit 14 ... Specified delivery storage unit b ... Delivery B1, B2 ... Code data

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A delivery data file storage means for storing in advance code data attached to a delivery and delivery data corresponding to the code data, and code data attached along an appropriate transfer route for delivering the delivery. A code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered product, and a delivery form for issuing a delivery form by retrieving the delivery data corresponding to the read code data from the delivery data file storage means and printing out the corresponding delivery data. A delivery slip issuing and pasting device that automatically attaches a delivery slip to the delivery by providing an issuing means and a delivery slip attaching means that attaches the issued delivery slip, and is code data to be read by the code reading means. Read the code data in the delivery data file storage means for a read error or the read code data. As a result, when the corresponding delivery data is not found, the delivery slip issuing and pasting device is provided with a reject means for taking out the delivery at a predetermined position on the delivery transfer route. 2. Code data is attached along a delivery data file storage means for storing in advance code data attached to the delivery and delivery data corresponding to this code data, and an appropriate transfer route for delivering the delivery. Code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered product, the delivery data corresponding to the read code data are retrieved from the delivery data file storage means in the previous term, and the corresponding delivery data is printed out together with the code data to produce a delivery slip. Delivery slip issuing means to issue, delivery slip attaching means to attach the issued delivery slip, code data of the delivery slip attached to the delivery and the code attached to the delivery in advance before the delivery attachment is attached Provide a code collation means to read and collate data, and automatically attach a delivery slip to the delivered product. In the device, when the code data attached to the delivery in advance read by the code collating means and the code data of the delivery slip do not match, the delivery is performed at a predetermined position on the transfer route of the delivery. A delivery slip issuing and pasting device, characterized in that it is provided with a rejection means for taking out.