CA1098794A - Document storage receptacle - Google Patents
Document storage receptacleInfo
- Publication number
- CA1098794A CA1098794A CA296,064A CA296064A CA1098794A CA 1098794 A CA1098794 A CA 1098794A CA 296064 A CA296064 A CA 296064A CA 1098794 A CA1098794 A CA 1098794A
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- tongue
- receptacle
- document
- stack
- frame
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/20—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
- B65H29/22—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders and introducing into a pile
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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
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/52—Stationary guides or smoothers
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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
- B65H31/00—Pile receivers
- B65H31/02—Pile receivers with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
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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
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
- B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
- B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
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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
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
- B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
- B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail
Abstract
ABSTRACT
TITLE: Document Storage Receptacle The invention relates to a document storage receptacle having an unmovable bottom, in which receptacle a guiding element, resilient in itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, is fixed without being able to pivot, and in which receptacle a stack of documents can be formed under the tongue and the end edge of the tongue rests on the stack, in which from the moment when the leading edge of a document touches the end wall of the receptacle, the tongue presses part of the document against the stack, which part is at least one fifth of the length of the document, and in which a pivotally mount-ed U-shaped frame enclosing the tongue, of which frame the end part, in its normal position, rests on the tongue, and the side-parts of which are lower than the first half of the tongue, seen from the entrance of the receptacle.
TITLE: Document Storage Receptacle The invention relates to a document storage receptacle having an unmovable bottom, in which receptacle a guiding element, resilient in itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, is fixed without being able to pivot, and in which receptacle a stack of documents can be formed under the tongue and the end edge of the tongue rests on the stack, in which from the moment when the leading edge of a document touches the end wall of the receptacle, the tongue presses part of the document against the stack, which part is at least one fifth of the length of the document, and in which a pivotally mount-ed U-shaped frame enclosing the tongue, of which frame the end part, in its normal position, rests on the tongue, and the side-parts of which are lower than the first half of the tongue, seen from the entrance of the receptacle.
Description
~98794 The invention relates to a document storage receptacle having a fixed bottom, in which receptacle a guiding element, resilient in -itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, is fixed without being able to pivot, and in which receptacle a stack of documents can be formed under the tongue and the end edge of the tongue rests on the stack.
A receptacle of the above-mentioned type is known. However, the tongue in the known receptacle has its second curve only at its far-thest end, so that the tongue cannot exert any moment on the document which has reached the end wall of the receptacle with its leading edge and which, moreover, is still floating. As a consequence this document may hinder the subsequent document, thus causing blockage.
The invention offers a solution for the problem mentioned.
According to the invention there is provided a document storage receptacle including at least a fixed bottom, a back wall and an end wall and arranged to form in said receptacle a stack of documents having a predetermined maximum length, said documents being introduced lengthwise into said receptacle in a plane parallel to said bottom and in a direction parallel to said back wall, said receptacle including a guiding element, resilient in itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, which is fixed without being able to pivot and extends downwardly towards said bottom so that said stack of docu-ments is formed under the tongue with the end edge of said tongue resting on the stack, wherein when the leading edge of a said document touches the end wall of the receptacle,the tongue engages the document at a position which is spaced by at least one fifth of the length of the document from said end wall.
As a result of pressing at least one fifth of the length of the document against the stack or the bottom of the receptacle, the re-maining part of the document or the postal article quickly swings down,so that the path is quickly cleared for a subsequent postal article, if any.
. -1~9~794 The elastic characteristic and the shape of the tongue are of great importance. They can be chosen such that the tongue exercises -a certain slowing-down, guiding and swinging effect on the postal articles, so that a good stacking of them, even if they are of a wide S range of sizes and weights, in the receptacle is ensured. Good re-sults are attained with a tongue made of synthetic material. In case of a relatively low percentage of moisture, however, light-weight postal articles easily stick to the tongue because of static electric-ity. It is not sufficient to make the tongue antistatic, because even then the electric charge supplied by the postal articles cannot be carried off quickly enough. A solution for the problem just men-tioned is provided thanks to a pivotally mounted U-shaped frame en-closing the tongue, of which frame the end part, in its normal posi-tion, rests on the tongue, and the side-parts of which are lower than the first half of the tongue, seen from the entrance of the receptacle.
In the case of light-weight postal articles the first half of thetongue is replaced by the side-parts of the frame, whereas the heavier postal articles which are not hindered by static electricity, push away the frame.
The invention will now be elucidated with the help of the drawings, in which Fig. I shows a front view of some receptacles placed one on top of the other;
Fig. 2 shows a top view of a receptacle according to the cross section ~ - II in Fig.l, and Fig. 3 shows a cross section, according to the line III - III
in Fig. 1, of some receptacles placed one on top of the other.
The receptacle I has a back wall 2, an entrance wall 3, an end wall 4 and a bottom 5. The receptacle leans backwards: seen in the plane of the entrance wall 3 the back wall 2 forms an angle of ~ 10 with the vertical, whereas the angle formed by the bottom 5 and the , .
~C~987~g horizontal is ~ 20 . The postal articles 6 are supplied by the con-veyor belt 7 and pass through the entrance wall 3. In the receptacle a postal article touches a frame 8, consisting of a fixed pivot 9, two side-parts 10 and an end part 11. In its normal position the end part 11 rests on the tongue 12, which is fixed to the traverse bar 13, on which the pivot 9 of the frame 8 is mounted as well. The tongue 12 is made of synthetic material, and has more or less the shape of an S.
It is resilient and when the receptacle is empty, it rests with one end on the bottom 5.
lo The tongue has the following functions:
1. it has to slow down the postal article;
A receptacle of the above-mentioned type is known. However, the tongue in the known receptacle has its second curve only at its far-thest end, so that the tongue cannot exert any moment on the document which has reached the end wall of the receptacle with its leading edge and which, moreover, is still floating. As a consequence this document may hinder the subsequent document, thus causing blockage.
The invention offers a solution for the problem mentioned.
According to the invention there is provided a document storage receptacle including at least a fixed bottom, a back wall and an end wall and arranged to form in said receptacle a stack of documents having a predetermined maximum length, said documents being introduced lengthwise into said receptacle in a plane parallel to said bottom and in a direction parallel to said back wall, said receptacle including a guiding element, resilient in itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, which is fixed without being able to pivot and extends downwardly towards said bottom so that said stack of docu-ments is formed under the tongue with the end edge of said tongue resting on the stack, wherein when the leading edge of a said document touches the end wall of the receptacle,the tongue engages the document at a position which is spaced by at least one fifth of the length of the document from said end wall.
As a result of pressing at least one fifth of the length of the document against the stack or the bottom of the receptacle, the re-maining part of the document or the postal article quickly swings down,so that the path is quickly cleared for a subsequent postal article, if any.
. -1~9~794 The elastic characteristic and the shape of the tongue are of great importance. They can be chosen such that the tongue exercises -a certain slowing-down, guiding and swinging effect on the postal articles, so that a good stacking of them, even if they are of a wide S range of sizes and weights, in the receptacle is ensured. Good re-sults are attained with a tongue made of synthetic material. In case of a relatively low percentage of moisture, however, light-weight postal articles easily stick to the tongue because of static electric-ity. It is not sufficient to make the tongue antistatic, because even then the electric charge supplied by the postal articles cannot be carried off quickly enough. A solution for the problem just men-tioned is provided thanks to a pivotally mounted U-shaped frame en-closing the tongue, of which frame the end part, in its normal posi-tion, rests on the tongue, and the side-parts of which are lower than the first half of the tongue, seen from the entrance of the receptacle.
In the case of light-weight postal articles the first half of thetongue is replaced by the side-parts of the frame, whereas the heavier postal articles which are not hindered by static electricity, push away the frame.
The invention will now be elucidated with the help of the drawings, in which Fig. I shows a front view of some receptacles placed one on top of the other;
Fig. 2 shows a top view of a receptacle according to the cross section ~ - II in Fig.l, and Fig. 3 shows a cross section, according to the line III - III
in Fig. 1, of some receptacles placed one on top of the other.
The receptacle I has a back wall 2, an entrance wall 3, an end wall 4 and a bottom 5. The receptacle leans backwards: seen in the plane of the entrance wall 3 the back wall 2 forms an angle of ~ 10 with the vertical, whereas the angle formed by the bottom 5 and the , .
~C~987~g horizontal is ~ 20 . The postal articles 6 are supplied by the con-veyor belt 7 and pass through the entrance wall 3. In the receptacle a postal article touches a frame 8, consisting of a fixed pivot 9, two side-parts 10 and an end part 11. In its normal position the end part 11 rests on the tongue 12, which is fixed to the traverse bar 13, on which the pivot 9 of the frame 8 is mounted as well. The tongue 12 is made of synthetic material, and has more or less the shape of an S.
It is resilient and when the receptacle is empty, it rests with one end on the bottom 5.
lo The tongue has the following functions:
1. it has to slow down the postal article;
2. it has to guide it, and
3. it has to lay it down with a swinging movement.
Re ].: The postal article is slowed down a. when bumping against the frame and in case it has pushed away this frame, when bumping against the tongue;
b. when sliding along the frame and the tongue, and c. when slipping between the tongue and the bottom or the stack of postal articles.
In the situations a. and b. this slowing-down decreases according as the tongue reaches a higher level in the receptacle, so according as the stack of postal articles has grown higher.
In the situation c. in which the pressure on the bottom or on the stack is obtained by the resilience of the tongue, the slowing-down action increases according as the tongue reaches a higher level in the receptacle.
Re 2.: In order to be able to guide the postal article, that is to prevent it from changing its direction in its plane in an un-desirable manner, the tongue must have a certain width and also be in a position exactly parallel to the plane of the incoming postal article.
Re 3.: The way in which the postal article is laid down with a swinging movement is shown in Fig. 1. The postal article 14 has slipped -~9t~i7~4 with its leading edge between the tongue-end and the postal ar-ticle 6 in consequence of which its direction has changed. The tongue-end exerts pressure on the postal article 14, mostly af-ter having been pushed up first. As a result of the pressure exerted and the flexural stiffness of the postal article its tail-end quickly swings downwards, thus clearing the path for a subsequent postal article, if any.
The elastic constant of the tongue has to be such that even in the case of a high stack the light-weight postal articles nevertheless just reach the end wall 4. This implies that the first postal articles that arrive in the receptacle may come against the end wall too hard in con-sequence of which they rebound. For this reason the end wall 4 is pad-ded witha shock-absorbing material 15. In case of a stream of well-separated postal articles it has proved to be possible to effect a good and quick stacking of postal articles by means of a receptacle designed according to the invention.
The cut-away portion 16 in the bottom 5 facilitates the removal of a stack from the receptacle.
The frame 8 guides light-weight postal articles, such as airmail letters. These postal articles may be statically charged to such an extent that they stick to the tongue. This is prevented by the frame 8.
Because of their little weight airmail letters are unable to push away the frame. The contact areas of the side-parts 10 of the frame are so small that the static electricity no longer causes any inconvenience.
Beyond the frame the tongue is less smooth, in consequence of which the postal article sticks less easily to the tongue. Thanks to the change in direction of the postal article the vertical speed has increased.
Because of the fact that the postal article passes along the frame, its electrostatic charge slightly decreases. The light-weight postal ar-ticle is not so much slowed down by the frame as it would have been by the tongue without the frame. For these reasons the light-weight postal article, after having passed along the frame, still has enough energy g4 to lie down, without being hindered by static electricity, on the bottom of the receptacle or on top of the stack of postal articles already formed.
Re ].: The postal article is slowed down a. when bumping against the frame and in case it has pushed away this frame, when bumping against the tongue;
b. when sliding along the frame and the tongue, and c. when slipping between the tongue and the bottom or the stack of postal articles.
In the situations a. and b. this slowing-down decreases according as the tongue reaches a higher level in the receptacle, so according as the stack of postal articles has grown higher.
In the situation c. in which the pressure on the bottom or on the stack is obtained by the resilience of the tongue, the slowing-down action increases according as the tongue reaches a higher level in the receptacle.
Re 2.: In order to be able to guide the postal article, that is to prevent it from changing its direction in its plane in an un-desirable manner, the tongue must have a certain width and also be in a position exactly parallel to the plane of the incoming postal article.
Re 3.: The way in which the postal article is laid down with a swinging movement is shown in Fig. 1. The postal article 14 has slipped -~9t~i7~4 with its leading edge between the tongue-end and the postal ar-ticle 6 in consequence of which its direction has changed. The tongue-end exerts pressure on the postal article 14, mostly af-ter having been pushed up first. As a result of the pressure exerted and the flexural stiffness of the postal article its tail-end quickly swings downwards, thus clearing the path for a subsequent postal article, if any.
The elastic constant of the tongue has to be such that even in the case of a high stack the light-weight postal articles nevertheless just reach the end wall 4. This implies that the first postal articles that arrive in the receptacle may come against the end wall too hard in con-sequence of which they rebound. For this reason the end wall 4 is pad-ded witha shock-absorbing material 15. In case of a stream of well-separated postal articles it has proved to be possible to effect a good and quick stacking of postal articles by means of a receptacle designed according to the invention.
The cut-away portion 16 in the bottom 5 facilitates the removal of a stack from the receptacle.
The frame 8 guides light-weight postal articles, such as airmail letters. These postal articles may be statically charged to such an extent that they stick to the tongue. This is prevented by the frame 8.
Because of their little weight airmail letters are unable to push away the frame. The contact areas of the side-parts 10 of the frame are so small that the static electricity no longer causes any inconvenience.
Beyond the frame the tongue is less smooth, in consequence of which the postal article sticks less easily to the tongue. Thanks to the change in direction of the postal article the vertical speed has increased.
Because of the fact that the postal article passes along the frame, its electrostatic charge slightly decreases. The light-weight postal ar-ticle is not so much slowed down by the frame as it would have been by the tongue without the frame. For these reasons the light-weight postal article, after having passed along the frame, still has enough energy g4 to lie down, without being hindered by static electricity, on the bottom of the receptacle or on top of the stack of postal articles already formed.
Claims (2)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A document storage receptacle including at least a fixed bottom, a back wall and an end wall and arranged to form in said receptacle a stack of documents having a predetermined maximum length, said docu-ments being introduced lengthwise into said receptacle in a plane par-allel to said bottom and in a direction parallel to said back wall, said receptacle including a guiding element, resilient in itself and having the shape of a tongue curved into an elongated S, which is fixed without being able to pivot and extends downwardly towards said bottom so that said stack of documents is formed under the tongue with the end edge of said tongue resting on the stack, wherein when the leading edge of a said document touches the end wall of the receptacle,the tongue engages the document at a position which is spaced by at least one fifth of the length of the document from said end wall.
2. A document receptacle in accordance with claim 1, wherein a pivotally mounted U-shaped frame encloses the tongue so that the end part of the frame, in its normal position, rests on the tongue, and the side-parts of the frame are lower than the first half of the tongue, as seen from the entrance of the receptacle.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL7701410A NL170118C (en) | 1977-02-10 | 1977-02-10 | SORTING BOX. |
| NL7701410 | 1977-02-10 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1098794A true CA1098794A (en) | 1981-04-07 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA296,064A Expired CA1098794A (en) | 1977-02-10 | 1978-02-02 | Document storage receptacle |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| BE (1) | BE863824A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1098794A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE2804043C3 (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2380206A1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB1593636A (en) |
| NL (1) | NL170118C (en) |
Families Citing this family (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3311975A1 (en) * | 1983-03-31 | 1984-10-11 | Computer Gesellschaft Konstanz Mbh, 7750 Konstanz | Depositing compartment in a document-processing apparatus for documents conveyed in the vertical position |
| FR2790250B1 (en) | 1999-02-25 | 2001-06-01 | Automatisme Nouveau Organisati | DEVICE FORMING AN OBJECT VENT CHUTE, MODULE INCORPORATING SUCH CHUTE AND OBJECT SORTING DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH |
| DE102005016520A1 (en) * | 2005-04-08 | 2006-10-12 | Eastman Kodak Company | Sheet depositing apparatus for sheet handling machines such as electrophotographic printing machine, has depositing surface of tray arranged at angle to horizontal |
| DE102008034766A1 (en) * | 2008-07-25 | 2010-01-28 | Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag | Sheet guiding element made of antistatic plastic |
Family Cites Families (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB789015A (en) * | 1955-04-19 | 1958-01-15 | British Tabulating Mach Co Ltd | Improvements in or relating to record card stacking devices |
| US3052467A (en) * | 1960-07-18 | 1962-09-04 | Ibm | Stacker for intermixed documents of varying size |
| DE2119418C3 (en) * | 1971-04-21 | 1975-05-07 | Nixdorf Computer Ag, 4790 Paderborn | Magazine for card-shaped data carriers |
| FR2246483B1 (en) * | 1973-10-04 | 1978-11-24 | Eastman Kodak Co | |
| US3957264A (en) * | 1975-08-07 | 1976-05-18 | International Business Machines Corporation | Collator bins |
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1977
- 1977-02-10 NL NL7701410A patent/NL170118C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1978
- 1978-01-31 DE DE19782804043 patent/DE2804043C3/en not_active Expired
- 1978-02-02 CA CA296,064A patent/CA1098794A/en not_active Expired
- 1978-02-07 FR FR7803408A patent/FR2380206A1/en active Granted
- 1978-02-10 GB GB548178A patent/GB1593636A/en not_active Expired
- 1978-02-10 BE BE2056672A patent/BE863824A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| NL170118C (en) | 1982-10-01 |
| BE863824A (en) | 1978-05-29 |
| DE2804043B2 (en) | 1980-09-25 |
| FR2380206A1 (en) | 1978-09-08 |
| GB1593636A (en) | 1981-07-22 |
| DE2804043C3 (en) | 1981-07-02 |
| DE2804043A1 (en) | 1978-08-17 |
| NL7701410A (en) | 1978-08-14 |
| FR2380206B1 (en) | 1981-11-20 |
| NL170118B (en) | 1982-05-03 |
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