EP0087340A1 - Device for deflecting and stacking envelopes - Google Patents

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EP0087340A1
EP0087340A1 EP83400246A EP83400246A EP0087340A1 EP 0087340 A1 EP0087340 A1 EP 0087340A1 EP 83400246 A EP83400246 A EP 83400246A EP 83400246 A EP83400246 A EP 83400246A EP 0087340 A1 EP0087340 A1 EP 0087340A1
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Roland Allio
Gilbert Del Fabbro
François Debrabant
François Gillet
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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
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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
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/26—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts
    • B65H2404/261—Arrangement of belts, or belt(s) / roller(s) facing each other for forming a transport nip
    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a fold routing and stacking device.
  • Stackers of known type require the installation of often very complicated servo systems. For such a device to function properly, it is indeed necessary that the introduction of the pleats and the correct formation of the stack can be done simultaneously.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks and relates to a very simple plotting and stacking device for stacking flat objects over a considerable length without using costly logic and control equipment.
  • this main transfer path consists of at least one set of conveyor belts and intermediate belts between which the folds to be routed and stored are pinched; the belt being driven in motion by at least one set of pulleys Pn and at least one drive motor means cooperating with the intermediate belt driven around two pulleys and frictionally driven by the conveyor belt of the corresponding main transfer path, each set of intermediate belts also driving by friction but in the opposite direction of scrolling at least one set of deflection belts around two pulleys constituting an exit path.
  • a device essentially consists of a switch responsible for extracting the folds from the conveyor system to guide it towards an inclined stacker 30 to benefit from the inertia of the folds, while a pallet 5 or tamper moves automatically along an axis 6 towards the bottom of the stacker 30 under the effect of the weight of the stack and the kinetic energy of the last letter arriving in the stacker 30, while keeping the stack compressed thanks to a calibrated return spring (not visible in this figure) which tends to oppose its movement.
  • the plane of the support plate 80 makes a given angle with the horizontal which makes it possible to use the effect of gravity and to offer operators good accessibility for emptying the stacker. This angle is preferably 23 °.
  • the plate therefore comprises a so-called high part (A) and a so-called low part referenced (B).
  • the effect of gravity can be optimized by means of strips 7 providing the lower part of the letters with a low contact surface combined with a low coefficient of friction inherent in the choice of material.
  • the conveyor system 100 is a belt system.
  • the folds are pinched between them as described below.
  • a first belt 3 is called the drive belt. It is an endless belt rotating around a set of pulleys Pn and driven in movement by motor means 50. This first belt 3 cooperates with a second endless belt 2, rotating between two pulleys P3 and P4; the drive of this second belt 2 being made from the first belt 3 by simple friction.
  • Each fold is pinched between this first and this second belt 3 and 2 and is thus routed along the conveyor system along a main transfer path 100.
  • At least one deflection flap bearing the general reference 51 is arranged to occupy two positions under the action of a control member such as an electromagnet 52, for example.
  • the first position of the so-called “rest” flap ensures the uninterrupted movement of the folds along the main transfer path 100.
  • the second, called “deflection” ensures the exit of the fold from the main transfer path 100 to a output transfer 101 constituted by a belt 4 driven by friction on the belt 2 and rotating around the pulleys Pl and P2.
  • the flap positioned in a deflection position is referenced 51b in FIG. 1 and the flap 5la is in this same figure, in the so-called rest position.
  • the direction of travel of the third belt 4 (arrow f4) is opposite to that of the second belt 2 (arrow f2).
  • the front edge of the deflected letter is supported by the third belt 4 which introduces and presses the letter against the stack if it has already started to form or if it is the first deflected letter, directly against pallet 5.
  • a single pallet is shown so as not to unnecessarily burden the figure, but there are as many pallets as switching flaps, therefore, as stacking tracks.
  • the pallet 5 moves along a translation axis 6.
  • the pallet 5, sliding on this axis activates a limit switch which controls the inhibition of the box concerned within the sorting program so that the machine can continue to sort on all the other uninhibited stackers.
  • a cleat cleat 8 provides mechanical locking of the pallet in the low position.
  • the inner face of the flap (xy) (that which allows the switch in the stacker) is mounted in such a way that it is tangent to the pulley P2 for receiving the folds in the stacker as shows the dotted line 60.
  • the letters arrive in the stacker with an inclination for example of 23 ° relative to the vertical plane and that the plane of the support plate 80 is also 23 ° relative to the horizontal plane.
  • a stop plate 81 is provided to stop the front edge of the letters at the same reference level.
  • a referral and stacking device for folds in accordance with the invention allows the stacking of letters of any form of mechanically processed mail, the stacking of bank or postal checks, the stacking of labels, finally the stacking of any object pinched or transported between two belts.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis. Un tel dispositif comprend une platine support 80, faisant avec l'horizontal un angle de 23° et comportant au moins une première courroie 3 entrainée par des moyens moteurs 50, au moins une une seconde courroie 2 entrainée par friction par la courroie 3 et entrainant à son tour au moins une courroie 4. Un moyen de déviation 51 placé dans une position de déviation au moyen d'un moyen de commande dévie les plis vers un empileur 30 constitué d'une palette 5 coulissant sous l'effet de la pile de plis en cours de formation, le long de l'axe 6.The invention relates to a fold routing and stacking device. Such a device comprises a support plate 80, making an angle of 23 ° with the horizontal and comprising at least a first belt 3 driven by motor means 50, at least one second belt 2 driven by friction by the belt 3 and driving in turn at least one belt 4. A deflection means 51 placed in a deflection position by means of a control means deflects the folds towards a stacker 30 consisting of a pallet 5 sliding under the effect of the stack of folds during formation, along axis 6.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis.The invention relates to a fold routing and stacking device.

Les empileurs de type connu nécéssitent la mise en place de systèmes d'asservissement souvent très compliqués. Pour qu'un tel dispositif fonctionne correctement il faut en effet que l'introduction des plis et la formation correcte de la pile puisse se faire simultanément.Stackers of known type require the installation of often very complicated servo systems. For such a device to function properly, it is indeed necessary that the introduction of the pleats and the correct formation of the stack can be done simultaneously.

La présente invention a pour but de pallier ces inconvénients et concerne un dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis très simple permettant l'empilage d'objets plats sur une longueur importante sans faire appel à des équipements coûteux de logique et de controle.The object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks and relates to a very simple plotting and stacking device for stacking flat objects over a considerable length without using costly logic and control equipment.

Elle concerne plus précisément un dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis destiné à assurer le tri et le stockage de plis en fonction de leur destination ces plis étant transporté par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une voie de transfert principale comportant au moins un moyen d'orientation du pli de cette voie de transfert principale vers au moins une voie de sortie débouchant sur au moins un empileur où les plis sont tassés par une palette, tous ces moyens étant portés par une platine support, caractérisé en ce que cette voie de transfert principal est constituée par au moins un jeu de courroies transporteuses et des courroies intermédiaires entre lesquelles sont pincées les plis à aiguiller et à stocker ; la courroie étant entraînée en mouvement par au moins un jeu de poulies Pn et au moins un moyen moteur d'entraînement coopérant avec la courroie intermédiaire entraînée autour de deux poulies et entraînée par friction par la courroie transporteuse de la voie de transfert principal correspondante, chaque jeu de courroies intermédiaires entraînant également par friction mais dans le sens inverse de défilement au moins un jeu de courroies de déviation autour de deux poulies constituant une voie de sortie.More specifically, it relates to a ply routing and stacking device intended to sort and store plies according to their destination, these plies being transported via at least one main transfer channel comprising at least a means for orienting the fold of this main transfer path towards at least one exit path leading to at least one stacker where the folds are packed by a pallet, all these means being carried by a support plate, characterized in that this main transfer path consists of at least one set of conveyor belts and intermediate belts between which the folds to be routed and stored are pinched; the belt being driven in motion by at least one set of pulleys Pn and at least one drive motor means cooperating with the intermediate belt driven around two pulleys and frictionally driven by the conveyor belt of the corresponding main transfer path, each set of intermediate belts also driving by friction but in the opposite direction of scrolling at least one set of deflection belts around two pulleys constituting an exit path.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide des explications qui vont suivre et des figures jointes, parmi lesquelles :

  • - la figure 1 est une représentation schématique d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention ;
  • - la figure 2 est une représentation schématique destinée à mieux faire comprendre le fonctionnement d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention ;
The invention will be better understood with the aid of the explanations which follow and of the attached figures, among which:
  • - Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a device according to the invention;
  • - Figure 2 is a schematic representation intended to better understand the operation of a device according to the invention;

Les mêmes éléments, portent les mêmes références dans toutes les figures.The same elements have the same references in all the figures.

Comme le montre la figure 1, un dispositif conforme à l'invention est essentiellement constitué d'un aiguillage chargé d'extraire les plis du système de convoyage pour le guider vers un empileur 30 incliné pour bénéficier de l'inertie des plis, tandis qu'une palette 5 ou tasseur se déplace automatiquement le long d'un axe 6 vers le bas de l'empileur 30 sous l'effet du poids de la pile et de l'énergie cinétique de la dernière lettre arrivant dans l'empileur 30, tout en maintenant la pile comprimée grâce à un ressort de rappel taré (non visible sur cette figure) qui tend à s'opposer à son déplacement. Le plan de la platine support 80 fait avec l'horizontale un angle or donné qui permet d'utiliser l'effet de la gravité et d'offrir aux opérateurs une bonne accessibilité pour le vidage de l'empileur. Cette angle est de préférence de 23°. La platine comporte donc une partie dite haute (A) et une partie dite basse référencée (B). L'effet de la gravité peut être optimisé au moyen de réglettes 7 offrant à la partie inférieure des lettres une surface de contact faible combinée avec un coëfficient de frottement faible inhérent au choix du matériau. On peut par exemple utiliser des réglettes en nylon.As shown in FIG. 1, a device according to the invention essentially consists of a switch responsible for extracting the folds from the conveyor system to guide it towards an inclined stacker 30 to benefit from the inertia of the folds, while a pallet 5 or tamper moves automatically along an axis 6 towards the bottom of the stacker 30 under the effect of the weight of the stack and the kinetic energy of the last letter arriving in the stacker 30, while keeping the stack compressed thanks to a calibrated return spring (not visible in this figure) which tends to oppose its movement. The plane of the support plate 80 makes a given angle with the horizontal which makes it possible to use the effect of gravity and to offer operators good accessibility for emptying the stacker. This angle is preferably 23 °. The plate therefore comprises a so-called high part (A) and a so-called low part referenced (B). The effect of gravity can be optimized by means of strips 7 providing the lower part of the letters with a low contact surface combined with a low coefficient of friction inherent in the choice of material. One can for example use nylon strips.

Le système de convoyage 100 est un système à courroies. Les plis sont pincés entre celles-ci de la manière décrite ci-dessous. Une première courroie 3 est dite courroie d'entrainement. Il s'agit d'une courroie sans fin tournant autour d'un jeu de poulies Pn et entrainé en mouvement par des moyens moteurs 50. Cette première courroie 3 coopère avec une seconde courroie 2 sans fin, tournant entre deux poulies P3 et P4 ; l'entrainement de cette deuxième courroie 2 se faisant à partir de la première courroie 3 par simple friction. Chaque pli est pincé entre cette première et cette deuxième courroie 3 et 2 et est ainsi acheminé le long du système de convoyage le long d'une voie de transfert principale 100. Au moins un volet de déviation portant la référence générale 51 est agencé pour occuper deux positions sous l'action d'un organe de commande tel qu'un électro-aimant 52, par exemple. La première position du volet dite "de repos" assure le cheminement ininterrompue des plis le long de la voie de transfert principal 100. La seconde, dite "de déviation" assure la sortie du pli de la voie de transfert principal 100 vers une voie de transfert de sortie 101 constituée par une courroie 4 entrainée par friction sur la courroie 2 et tournant autour des poulies Pl et P2. Le volet positionné dans une position de déviation est référencé 51b sur la figure 1 et le volet 5la est dans cette même figure, dans la position dite de repos.The conveyor system 100 is a belt system. The folds are pinched between them as described below. A first belt 3 is called the drive belt. It is an endless belt rotating around a set of pulleys Pn and driven in movement by motor means 50. This first belt 3 cooperates with a second endless belt 2, rotating between two pulleys P3 and P4; the drive of this second belt 2 being made from the first belt 3 by simple friction. Each fold is pinched between this first and this second belt 3 and 2 and is thus routed along the conveyor system along a main transfer path 100. At least one deflection flap bearing the general reference 51 is arranged to occupy two positions under the action of a control member such as an electromagnet 52, for example. The first position of the so-called "rest" flap ensures the uninterrupted movement of the folds along the main transfer path 100. The second, called "deflection" ensures the exit of the fold from the main transfer path 100 to a output transfer 101 constituted by a belt 4 driven by friction on the belt 2 and rotating around the pulleys Pl and P2. The flap positioned in a deflection position is referenced 51b in FIG. 1 and the flap 5la is in this same figure, in the so-called rest position.

Le sens de défilement de la troisième courroie 4 (flèche f4) est inverse de celui de la deuxième courroie 2 (flèche f2). Le front avant de la lettre déviée est prise en charge par la troisième courroie 4 qui introduit et presse la lettre contre la pile si celle-ci a déjà commencé à se former ou s'il s'agit de la première lettre déviée, directement contre la palette 5. Une seule palette est représentée pour ne pas alourdir inutilement la figure, mais il y a autant de palettes que de volets d'aiguillage donc que de voies d'empilages.The direction of travel of the third belt 4 (arrow f4) is opposite to that of the second belt 2 (arrow f2). The front edge of the deflected letter is supported by the third belt 4 which introduces and presses the letter against the stack if it has already started to form or if it is the first deflected letter, directly against pallet 5. A single pallet is shown so as not to unnecessarily burden the figure, but there are as many pallets as switching flaps, therefore, as stacking tracks.

Au fur et à mesure que la pile de lettres se forme la palette 5 se déplace le long d'un axe de translation 6. La palette 5, coulissant sur cet axe actionne un détecteur de fin de course qui commande l'inhibition de la case concernée au sein du programme de tri de sorte que la machine puisse continuer à trier sur l'ensemble des autres empileurs non inhibés. Un taquet coinceur 8 assure le verrouillage mécanique de la palette en position basse.As the stack of letters is formed, the pallet 5 moves along a translation axis 6. The pallet 5, sliding on this axis activates a limit switch which controls the inhibition of the box concerned within the sorting program so that the machine can continue to sort on all the other uninhibited stackers. A cleat cleat 8 provides mechanical locking of the pallet in the low position.

Le fonctionnement du dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis est maintenant expliqué en se referrant plus particulièrement à la figure 2.The operation of the ply switching and stacking device is now explained with particular reference to FIG. 2.

Les mêmes éléments portent les mêmes références que dans la figure précédente.The same elements have the same references as in the previous figure.

Une lettre PLI arrivant au niveau du volet 51b, placée en position de déviation, est prise en charge par la voie dite de transfert de déviation 101 constituée par la courroie 4. Elle quitte donc la voie de transfert principal 100 constituée par la courroie 3 et la courroie 2 comme le montrent les flèches Fdl et Fd2 et vient se glisser entre la courroie 4 et la face supérieure de la palette 5, si l'empileur 30 est vide et entre cette courroie 4 et la lettre du dessus de la pile lorsque celle-ci a déjà commencé à se former. Au fur et à mesure que les plis arrivent dans l'empileur 30, la palette 5 se déplace donc par translation, comme cela déjà été dit précédement suivant l'axe 6. Cette palette 5 est maintenue par un ressort de rappel non représenté sur la figure. Le poids des lettres stockées l'aide dans son mouvement de translation symbolisé par la flèche Ft vers le bas de la platine support B. L'entrée des lettres dans l'empileur 30 est aidée par un déflecteur métallique placé sur la platine et permettant aux pieds de lettres décollés de venir s'introduire correctement dans l'empileur.A letter PLI arriving at the flap 51b, placed in the deflection position, is taken care of by the so-called deflection transfer channel 101 constituted by the belt 4. It therefore leaves the main transfer channel 100 constituted by the belt 3 and the belt 2 as shown by the arrows Fd l and Fd 2 and comes to slip between the belt 4 and the upper face of the pallet 5, if the stacker 30 is empty and between this belt 4 and the letter above the stack when it has already started to form. As the folds arrive in the stacker 30, the pallet 5 therefore moves by translation, as has already been said previously along the axis 6. This pallet 5 is held by a return spring not shown on the figure. The weight of the letters stored helps it in its translational movement symbolized by the arrow Ft downwards from the support plate B. The entry of the letters into the stacker 30 is helped by a metal deflector placed on the plate and allowing the feet of letters peeled off to enter correctly in the stacker.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention la face intérieure du volet (x y) (celle qui permet l'aiguillage dans l'empileur) est montée de telle façon qu'elle soit tangente à la poulie P2 de réception des plis dans l'empileur comme le montre le pointillés 60. Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention qui a déjà été mentionnée précédement, il est important de noter que les lettres arrivent dans l'empileur avec une inclinaison par exemple de 23° par rapport au plan vertical et que le plan de la platine support 80 est également de 23° par rapport au plan horizontal. Ceci constitue un avantage ergonomique par rapport à un empileur horizontal en facilitant la préhension par l'opérateur des lettres stockées et permet d'aider la palette 5 dans son mouvement de translation par suite de l'action de la composante de force donnée par le poids de la pile et l'énergie cinétique de la dernière lettre entrant dans la pile.According to a characteristic of the invention the inner face of the flap (xy) (that which allows the switch in the stacker) is mounted in such a way that it is tangent to the pulley P2 for receiving the folds in the stacker as shows the dotted line 60. According to another characteristic of the invention which has already been mentioned previously, it is important to note that the letters arrive in the stacker with an inclination for example of 23 ° relative to the vertical plane and that the plane of the support plate 80 is also 23 ° relative to the horizontal plane. This constitutes an ergonomic advantage compared to a horizontal stacker by facilitating the gripping by the operator of the stored letters and makes it possible to help the pallet 5 in its translational movement as a result of the action of the force component given by the weight of the stack and the kinetic energy of the last letter entering the stack.

Enfin il convient également de rappeler qu'un seul moyen moteur 50 est utilisé pour entrainer la courroie 3 qui par simple friction entraine la courroie 2 qui a son tour entraine en sens inverse la courroie 4. Celle-ci prend en charge, freine et oriente le pli vers l'empilleur 30, tandis que la courroie 2 assure deux fonctions : celle d'entrainement par friction de la courroie 4 ainsi que le transfert des plis dans la voie principale.Finally, it should also be remembered that only one motor means 50 is used to drive the belt 3 which, by simple friction, drives the belt 2 which in turn drives the belt 4 in reverse. It takes charge, brakes and steers the fold towards the stacker 30, while the belt 2 performs two functions: that of friction drive of the belt 4 as well as the transfer of the folds into the main track.

Une plaque d'arrêt 81 est prévue pour arrêter le front avant des lettres à un même niveau de référence.A stop plate 81 is provided to stop the front edge of the letters at the same reference level.

Les applications d'un dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis conforme à l'invention permet l'empilage des lettres de toute forme de courrier traité mécaniquement, l'empilage de chèques bancaires ou postaux, l'empilage d'étiquettes, enfin l'empilage de tout objet pincé ou transporté entre deux courroies.The applications of a referral and stacking device for folds in accordance with the invention allows the stacking of letters of any form of mechanically processed mail, the stacking of bank or postal checks, the stacking of labels, finally the stacking of any object pinched or transported between two belts.

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1. Dispositif d'aiguillage et d'empilage de plis destiné à assurer le tri et le stockage de plis en fonction de leur destination, ces plis étant transportés par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une voie de transfert principal 100, comportant au moins un moyen d'orientation 51 du pli de cette voie de transfert principale 100 vers au moins une voie de sortie 101 débouchant sur au moins un empileur 30 où les plis sont tassés par une palette 5, tous ces moyens étant portés par une platine support (80), caractérisé en ce que cette voie de transfert principal 100 est constituée par au moins un jeu de courroies transporteuses 3 et des courroies intermédiaires 2 entre lesquelles sont pincées les plis à aiguiller et à stocker ; la courroie 3 étant entrainée en mouyement par au moins un jeu de poulies Pn et au moins un moyen moteur d'entrainement (50) coopérant avec la courroie intermédiaire 2 entrainée autour de deux poulies P3 et P4 et entrainée par friction par la courroie transporteuse 3 de la voie de transfert principal 100 correspondante, chaque jeu de courroies intermédiaires 2 entrainant également par friction mais dans le sens inverse de défilement au moins un jeu de courroies de déviation 4 autour de deux poulies Pl et P2 constituant une voie de sortie 101.1. Device for routing and stacking folds intended for sorting and storing folds according to their destination, these folds being transported via at least one main transfer channel 100, comprising at least a means 51 for orienting the fold of this main transfer path 100 towards at least one exit path 101 leading to at least one stacker 30 where the folds are packed by a pallet 5, all of these means being carried by a support plate ( 80), characterized in that this main transfer channel 100 is constituted by at least one set of conveyor belts 3 and intermediate belts 2 between which the folds to be pointed and stored are pinched; the belt 3 being driven in movement by at least one set of pulleys Pn and at least one drive motor means (50) cooperating with the intermediate belt 2 driven around two pulleys P3 and P4 and driven by friction by the conveyor belt 3 of the corresponding main transfer channel 100, each set of intermediate belts 2 also causing by friction but in the opposite direction of travel at least one set of deflection belts 4 around two pulleys P1 and P2 constituting an outlet channel 101. 2. Dispositif selon la revendication précédente caractérisé en ce que ce moyen d'orientation 51 est un volet capable d'occuper une première position dite d'orientation telle que 51b et une seconde position dite de repos telle que 51a commandé par un moyen de commande (52).2. Device according to the preceding claim characterized in that this orientation means 51 is a flap capable of occupying a first so-called orientation position such as 51b and a second so-called rest position such as 51a controlled by a control means (52). 3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la face intérieure (x y) de ce volet 51 est montée de telle façon qu'elle soit tangente à la poulie P2 de réception des plis qui lui correspond, lorsqu'il est en position dite d'orientation.3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the inner face (xy) of this flap 51 is mounted so that it is tangent to the pulley P2 for receiving the folds which corresponds to it, when it is in position so-called orientation. 4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que cette platine support (80) est orientée selon un angle Or par rapport à l'horizontale.4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that this support plate (80) is oriented at an angle Or relative to the horizontal. 5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que cet angle α est égal à 23°.5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that this angle α is equal to 23 °. 6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les courroies intermédiaires 2 assurent le transfert des plis d'un empileur amont vers un empileur aval.6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the intermediate belts 2 ensure the transfer of plies from an upstream stacker to a downstream stacker. 7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre une plaque d'arrêt 81 permettant aux lettres de s'empiler selon un même niveau de référence.7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises a stop plate 81 allowing the letters to stack according to the same reference level. 8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que la palette 5 se déplace le long d'un axe 6 depuis le haut vers le bas de l'empileur 30.8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pallet 5 moves along an axis 6 from the top to the bottom of the stacker 30. 9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que cet empileur 30 est équipé de réglettes 7 en matériau permettant un bon glissement de la pile de plis en cours de formations au fur et à mesure du remplissage de l'empileur.9. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that this stacker 30 is equipped with strips 7 of material allowing good sliding of the stack of folds during formations as the filling of the stacker. 10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un taquet coinceur 8 permet le verrouillage mécanique de la palette 5 en position basse.10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a cleat cleat 8 allows the mechanical locking of the pallet 5 in the low position. 11. Dispositif selon la revendication 10 caractérisé en ce que ie vérrouillage de la palette 5 induit l'inhibition de la case concernée.11. Device according to claim 10 characterized in that ie locking the pallet 5 induces the inhibition of the box concerned.
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