EP0608161A1 - Vorrichtung zum vorübergehenden Speichern von flachen Gegenständen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum vorübergehenden Speichern von flachen Gegenständen Download PDF

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EP0608161A1
EP0608161A1 EP94400074A EP94400074A EP0608161A1 EP 0608161 A1 EP0608161 A1 EP 0608161A1 EP 94400074 A EP94400074 A EP 94400074A EP 94400074 A EP94400074 A EP 94400074A EP 0608161 A1 EP0608161 A1 EP 0608161A1
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Jean-Luc Alex Marc Remy
Jean Roch
Jean-Pierre Volat
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
    • B07C3/082—In which the objects are carried by transport holders and the transport holders form part of the conveyor belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/025—Devices for the temporary stacking of objects provided with a stacking and destacking device (interstack device)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/18—Orientating articles other than in a stream, e.g. turning, deflecting or changing direction

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  • the present invention relates to a device for the temporary storage of flat objects, in particular for a postal sorting machine.
  • the temporary storage device comprises a rotary drum provided at its periphery with several longitudinal grooves and arranged in the extension of an inlet conveyor on which the flat objects circulate one to one following a given direction in a plane slightly inclined on the vertical.
  • a flat object leaves the input conveyor, its longitudinal lower edge is received in one of the grooves of the drum and its rear face abuts against one of the pallets of a reception conveyor moved in synchronism with the drum.
  • the flat object When the drum turns a quarter of a turn, the flat object is kept parallel to itself by conjugate advancement of the receiving conveyor and its lower edge is presented in a nip area between an edge of the drum and a motorized roller which ensures the injection of the object into the bucket of an outlet conveyor located below.
  • the next groove of the drum is presented in the extension of the input conveyor to receive a new flat object there pressing against another pallet of the receiving conveyor.
  • Such a device is suitable for operation of the delay line type, but it is not suitable for operating as a stacker-destacker, that is to say when the movement of flat objects between the input and the output of the device n is not synchronous.
  • the document EP-A-0 480 822 also describes a temporary storage device of the delay line type using two motorized helical spirals which receive one by one the flat objects circulating in a given direction in an input conveyor, move them in synchronism, one by one, in a direction orthogonal to their direction in the inlet conveyor, and deliver them to an outlet station where they are ejected individually into buckets of an outlet conveyor located under the helical spiral device .
  • Such a device is of a delicate technical realization, in particular because of the cantilever mounting of the helical spirals and the need to provide between the input conveyor and the helical spirals of the orientable arms with driving belts capable of directing one by one flat objects to a suitable position along helical spirals.
  • the device described in this document EP-A-0 480 822 can only operate in delay line mode.
  • Document US-A-3,519,145 describes a temporary storage device consisting of two superimposed wheels comprising regularly distributed radial fins and defining two by two of the boxes suitable for receiving flat objects.
  • the two coaxial and superimposed wheels are separated by a disc provided with a slot and a second disc also provided with a slot is provided under the lower wheel.
  • the two wheels and the intermediate disc are motorized, while the lower disc is fixed.
  • the radial cells pass in front of an input conveyor from which they receive one by one of the letters.
  • letters from the input conveyor can be transferred from the upper wheel to the lower wheel through the slot in the intermediate disc, and from the lower wheel to a conveyor outlet through the fixed lower disc slot.
  • Such a device operates in stacker-destacker mode, that is to say that the upper wheel receives the letters at the rate of the inlet conveyor and that the lower wheel delivers them at the rate of the outlet conveyor.
  • the device therefore plays the role of a buffer in which flat objects can remain for variable durations if there is no synchronization between the input flow and the output flow.
  • such a device can also operate in a delay line if the input flow and the output flow must be synchronous.
  • the device of document US-A-3,519,145 has a certain number of limitations.
  • its storage capacity is a function of the number of boxes that the wheels have, boxes which must be sufficiently narrow to maintain the letters in a substantially vertical position while having an entry opening of sufficient width to ensure the introduction one by one of the letters from the entry conveyor.
  • the increase in storage capacity therefore requires an increase in the diameter of the wheels and a decrease in the angle at the center formed between the walls of a box. but this increase quickly leads to a significant bulk of the device.
  • the increase in the diameter of the wheels also results in an increase weight likely to cause inertia problems for the step-by-step drive of the upper wheel in synchronism with the input conveyor and of the lower wheel in synchronism with the output conveyor.
  • this temporary storage device does not offer the possibility of modulation as a function of the space available between the input conveyor and the output conveyor, which can be variable from one machine to another.
  • the letters are obligatorily evacuated towards the exit conveyor without being able to be directed towards another direction, for example in the event of non-recognition of address.
  • the invention aims to provide a temporary storage device which, according to the particular embodiment which is given to it, can operate in delay line or stacker-destacker mode, the configuration of which can be easily adapted according to the space available for its location.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such a device which allows, without deterioration, to transfer individually at a high rate and in a safe manner flat objects from an input conveyor, on which said objects pass in the same plane following a given direction, towards an exit conveyor.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such a storage device which is simple and inexpensive in design, while offering great operational reliability at high flow rate for objects of variable weight and size in large ranges.
  • the movement of said receptacles and the movement of said flat objects in said input conveyor are synchronized to ensure the transfer of a flat object from said reception station into a receptacle in the time interval separating the arrivals at said reception station of said flat object and of the next flat object.
  • said fixed receiving station comprises a plate arranged in said orientation slightly inclined on the vertical and having several cutouts parallel to each other extending from one of its edges and each receptacle comprises a comb, the parallel teeth of which are arranged so as to be able to pass through said cutouts.
  • the receiving conveyor can be designed so that the receptacles describe their movement in a horizontal plane or in a vertical plane.
  • the length of the conveyor, and consequently the storage capacity of the device can, all other things being equal, be optimized as a function of these space constraints.
  • the storage device according to the invention can be adapted to operate in delay line mode. , in FIFO (“First in First out”) stacker-destacker mode or in FILO (“First in last out”) stacker-destacker mode.
  • a temporary storage device 1 for flat objects is interposed between an inlet conveyor 2 with belts 3 and 4 and an outlet conveyor 5 with buckets 6.
  • the temporary storage device 1 comprises a fixed receiving and stopping station 7 comprising a plate 8 slightly inclined on the vertical at an angle preferably between 10 and 20 ° and arranged in the extension of the input conveyor 2.
  • the plate 8 has, from its lateral edge opposite the input conveyor 2, horizontal cutouts 9 extending over most of its length.
  • An articulated and motorized flap 10 having a concavity turned upwards is arranged horizontally along the lower edge of the plate 8 so as to project from the side of the front face of this plate, which is that visible in FIG. 1.
  • the temporary storage device 1 also includes a receiving conveyor 11 made up of several carriages 12 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 1) driven along a horizontal path in a closed loop as shown in FIG. 6.
  • each carriage 12 comprises a receptacle defined by a comb 13 whose teeth 14 are horizontal and by means 15 for retaining the lower longitudinal edge of the flat object intended to be received in the receptacle.
  • the dimensions and the spacing of the teeth 14 of the comb 13 are chosen such that they can pass through the cutouts 9 of the plate 8 during the grip stroke of the carriages 12 in the direction F1, which is orthogonal to the direction F2 of movement of the flat objects on the input conveyor 2.
  • the number of teeth and the spacing between teeth are chosen so as to maintain the objects in the receptacle throughout the range of admissible dimensions , it being understood that the smallest object must be supported in at least two zones according to its height.
  • the teeth 14 of the comb 13 and the retaining means 15 are carried by a console 16, itself suspended from a structure 17 with rollers 18 for rolling and guiding on a T-rail 19 forming part of the structure 20 of the conveyor reception 11.
  • the rolling and guiding structure 17 is coupled to a drive means 21 such as a chain or a cable passing over a drive wheel 22 and a return wheel 23 (FIG. 6).
  • the retaining means 15 of the carriages 12 are arranged horizontally under the lower tooth 14 of the comb 13, at a sufficient distance from this tooth to allow passage to the lower part of the plate 8 and to the flap 10 when the carriage 12 passes through the plane of the reception station 7.
  • the retaining means 15 comprise a frame 24 carrying a fixed flap 25 disposed horizontally, the lower part of which extends substantially in the plane of the comb 14 while its upper part is bent backwards with respect to in the plane of the comb 13, considering the direction F1 of advancement of the carriage. This backward curved part is intended to prevent light and deformable objects from escaping from the receptacle under the lower tooth of the comb.
  • the retaining means 15 comprise a second substantially flat flap 26 and ending in a flange 27 folded down on the front side of the carriage.
  • the flap 26 is articulated around an axis of rotation 28 allowing it to switch between a slightly inclined position on the horizontal as shown in FIG. 3 and a strongly inclined position in which the flaps 25 and 26 define between them a slot d by gravity ejection of a flat object.
  • the flaps 25 and 26 define a horizontal edge dihedral 29, open upwards, in which the lower edge bears a flat object P collected at the reception station 7.
  • the motorized shutter 10 of the receiving and stopping station 7 is articulated around a horizontal axis 30 so as to be able to switch very quickly between the retaining position shown in solid lines and the position for releasing an object shown in lines mixed in FIG. 3.
  • the shape and dimensions of the flap 10 and its relative position with respect to the retaining means 15 are chosen so as to allow it to be retracted backwards when a carriage 12 is substantially in the plane of the station receiving and stopping 7.
  • the flap 10 releases the lower edge of a flat object P which can thus fall substantially parallel to itself in the aforementioned dihedral while coming to bear by its rear face against the comb 13 which, like the plate 8, is substantially inclined on the vertical by an angle of between 10 and 20 ° approximately in order to ensure the maintenance in position by gravity flat objects on the receptacles carts.
  • the tilting of the flaps 10 and 26 is controlled by conventional motorization means, not shown, for example a stepping motor for the flap 10 and a spring and electro mechanism. magnet for each flap 26.
  • each carriage 12 is associated with a movable jogging plate 31 connected to the support console 16 by a damper 32, for example of the hydraulic type.
  • the jogging plate is arranged in a vertical plane perpendicular to the plane of the associated comb 13 and extends forward relative to the latter so that the plate 31 protrudes from the front side of the plate 8 when the comb of the corresponding carriage is still behind this plate.
  • the conveyor 2 has at its output a motorized pulley or the like shown in phantom in Figure 1 and ensuring pinching of flat objects to ensure their complete introduction into the receiving station 7.
  • the flat object P1 which was conveyed at the output of the input conveyor 2 substantially with the same inclination as that of the plate 8, finishes its stroke in the receiving and stopping station 7 where it is braked by friction on the plate 8 and its front edge comes to rest against the jogging plate 31 thanks to the associated damper 32 which, preferably, has a e damping frequency of around 0.3 hertz.
  • the carriage 12 arrives substantially in the plane of the plate 7 and, as described above, the flap 10 swings down and releases the flat object P1 which is received in the retaining means 15 of the carriage 12 as shown in FIG. 5 (in which, as is the case in FIGS. 4 and 6, not all of the combs have been shown for reasons of clarity).
  • the movement of the carriages 12 and the movement of the flat objects in the input conveyor 2 are synchronized to ensure the transfer of a flat object from the reception station 7 into a carriage receptacle 12 in the time interval separating the arrivals in the reception station 7 of this flat object and of the next flat object.
  • This synchronization is ensured, for example, by controlling by conventional means the movement of the carriages 12 at constant speed and by slaving the introduction of a flat object into the input conveyor 2 according to the passage of a carriage 12 by a determined position.
  • the object P1 is being introduced by gravity into a bucket 6 of the outlet conveyor 5 under the effect of the tilting of the flap 26 which has released the lower edge of the object P1.
  • an object P2 is being gripped by the following carriage, while a third object P3 is still on the input conveyor 2.
  • the carriages 12 are synchronized in speed and in phase with the buckets 6 of the output conveyor 5.
  • the temporary storage device which has just been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 has an operation of the delay line type, that is to say that all the objects are delivered to the output conveyor with a constant delay with respect to when they enter the system.
  • a device as described above makes it possible to process objects having a maximum length of 381 mm, a maximum thickness of 20 mm with a conveying speed on the input conveyor 2 equal to 1.85 meter / second.
  • the minimum release time is 70 milliseconds, which allows the thickest object (20 mm) to be released while having a safety margin of 10 mm before the injection of the next object. This time makes it possible to accept desynchronizations between objects (advance or delay of the object) in a range of 120 milliseconds (+ 50 milliseconds, - 70 milliseconds).
  • the device makes it possible to accept higher flow rates with higher conveying speeds of up to approximately 3 m / s on the input conveyor 2 while retaining the vertical and horizontal jogging of the objects, for masses up to approximately 1 kg.
  • the device described also has the advantage of accepting multiple catches of objects without the risk of jamming.
  • FIG. 7 illustrating an alternative embodiment in which the homologous elements but of shapes different from those represented in FIGS. 1 to 6 are designated by the same reference increased by the number 100.
  • the temporary storage device in FIG. 7 essentially differs from that shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 in that the carriages 112 move in a plane which is vertical instead of being horizontal, the teeth 114 of the combs 113 being arranged in vertical planes, while the overall plane of the comb retains an inclination towards the rear of between 10 and 20 ° approximately.
  • the cutouts 109 of the plate 108 of the reception and stop station 107 are arranged in vertical planes and the lateral jogging plate 131 is fixed and forms part of the reception and stop station 107.
  • This plate jogging 131 is mounted on a fixed support 140 by means of a hydraulic shock absorber 132 of the same type as the shock absorbers 32, but having a damping frequency at least equal to the flow of objects from the conveyor 2.
  • the means for retaining the lower longitudinal edge of the flat objects are constituted by fixed tabs 110 formed by parts of the plate curved substantially horizontally forward and terminated by an edge turned upwards and intended to retain and guide the lower edge of objects when received.
  • These tabs 110 are separated by the cutouts 109 which extend from the bottom of the plate 108.
  • these cutouts 109 have different heights, the three cutouts closest to the input conveyor 2 having for example a height greater than the three most distant cutouts as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the teeth 114 of the combs 113 have different heights which are chosen so as to ensure the retention of the objects over the whole range of admissible dimensions and to allow passage of the comb through the receiving plate 108.
  • These teeth of reduced height are intended to facilitate downstream the gripping of objects outside the carriages by a mechanism, an example of which will be given with reference to FIG. 8.
  • the retaining means 115 are constituted by a flat or slightly concave plate preferably having an adherent upper surface from which the teeth 114 of the comb extend.
  • the foot of each tooth 114 is equipped with a wedge-shaped shoe of suitable height and slope to clear the lower edge of a flat object above the upwardly turned edges of the plate 108 when this object is released. by a carriage 112.
  • the temporary storage device 101 operates in the FIFO type stacker-destacker mode, namely a mode in which the first flat object entering the device is the first to leave it.
  • This device 101 is of the type described in FIG. 7 in which, in addition, the carriages 112 are controlled step by step to present themselves at the reception and stop station 107 in synchronism with the arrival of an object. They are then disengaged from their drive means at 141 by any known suitable means, such as for example the mechanisms used for disengaging the cabins of a gondola at the ascent and descent stations of the users. From station 141, the carriages 112 are therefore advanced over a distance 1 at reduced speed and come to bear against each other so that the outlet conveyor 106 is fed at constant pitch for feeding the device 101 by the conveyor 102 which can be of variable pitch (we do not call the nominal time interval which separates the passage of two consecutive objects by the same position).
  • the flat objects are evacuated from the device 101 by means of a destacking mechanism 142 comprising an arm capable of carrying out movements both in the direction F1 in one direction and in the other and in a vertical plane inclined on this direction.
  • This arm driven by a motor 143 carries suction cups 144 which are applied against the flat object to be grasped during its advance at low speed by the carriage 112 which carries it.
  • the arm of the mechanism 142 performs a stroke in the direction of the arrow F1 to accompany the movement of the object and of the carriage which carries it, then the arm performs a lateral movement which has the effect of escape the flat object from the comb of the carriage and present it at the entry of the exit conveyor 106.
  • Such a destacking mechanism with reciprocating arms and suction cups is described in particular in French patent No. 2,615,840 to which we can refer.
  • unstacking mechanisms can be used to extract the flat objects from the storage device 101, for example a mechanism with suction belts mounted oscillating so as to be able to accompany the movement of the flat object during its grasping on the cart.
  • a mechanism comprises at least two horizontal belts arranged in a substantially vertical plane and the dimensions and spacing of which allow the comb of the carriages to pass.
  • the combs must have horizontal teeth as in the example in FIGS. 1 to 6.
  • the carriages 112 After passing through the unstacking zone for flat objects, the carriages 112 are engaged to a storage zone located in the lower part of the conveyor and not visible in FIG. 8. From this storage zone, the carriages are again engaged so as to present themselves at the reception and stop station 107 in synchronism with the arrival of an object as indicated above.
  • FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the temporary storage device in which the latter operates in the FILO type stacker-destacker mode, that is to say that the first object entering the device is the last to leave it.
  • the plate of the reception station tion and stop 207 consists of two perforated suction belts 208a-208b arranged horizontally so as to be able to pass between the teeth 214 of the combs 213 when these pass in the plane of the reception and stop station 207.
  • the belts 208a-208b are moved intermittently as will be described below.
  • the receiving and stopping station 207 is completed by means 210 for supporting the lower longitudinal edge of the flat objects, this means 210 consisting of a fixed plate provided with notches 244 in which shoes 245 can engage. carried by the combs 213 at their lower part.
  • the objects coming from the input conveyor 202 arrive one by one at the reception and stop station 207 from where they are removed one by one by the carriages 212 moving in the direction of the arrow F1 (FIG. 9).
  • a buffer stock of flat objects is thus formed downstream of the reception station 207, in the direction of the arrow F1.
  • the belts 208a and 208b are stopped and no vacuum is applied to them.
  • the carriages 212 are moved in the opposite direction and the perforated belts 208a and 208b are driven in the direction indicated by the arrow F3.
  • a flat object brought back into abutment against these belts by a carriage 212 is pressed against them under the effect of the vacuum which is then applied to them, then driven towards the outlet conveyor 206.
  • unstacking of the objects towards the outlet conveyor can take place at constant pitch, independently of the pitch between the objects during stacking.
  • the receiving and stopping station 207 therefore plays both the role of stacking and unstacking means depending on the operating phase of the device.
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