EP0788453B1 - Dispositif a separer et a transferer des articles plats - Google Patents

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EP0788453B1
EP0788453B1 EP95935340A EP95935340A EP0788453B1 EP 0788453 B1 EP0788453 B1 EP 0788453B1 EP 95935340 A EP95935340 A EP 95935340A EP 95935340 A EP95935340 A EP 95935340A EP 0788453 B1 EP0788453 B1 EP 0788453B1
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Josef Raschke
Rudolf Schuster
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/22—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
    • B65H5/222—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device by suction devices
    • B65H5/224—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device by suction devices by suction belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/22—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device

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  • the invention relates to a device for separating and transferring flat General cargo according to the preamble of claim 1 (US-A-3861669).
  • the on mail items such as letters, postcards, packages and the like, as a key figure for a location, a delivery area, a mailbox or a bulk recipient, machine-readable postcodes, enable a quick machine Distribution of mail.
  • Sorting the incoming Postal items are, for example, controlled General cargo carriers that are in special loading areas with each loaded with a mail item, and this mail item then to one assigned to the respective zip code Hand in the sorting container or an appropriate sorting compartment. Because the sorting containers or bins in different Levels can be arranged on the conveyors circulating general cargo carriers, if necessary, also various Can bridge high altitudes.
  • the empty general cargo carriers when passing a loading area again with a mail item be loaded.
  • the general cargo carriers are loaded for example with the help of a rotating impeller, the Wing cells form that are already isolated and open a piece of incoming goods arriving and receiving deliver the circulating general cargo carriers.
  • the isolation and the transfer of the piece goods to the one leading to the impeller Conveyor, must be at a processing speed adapted to the entire sorting device, relatively high accuracy.
  • Comparable sorting tasks also arise with the so-called Remission from magazines or newspapers.
  • the ones from Retail unsold pamphlets are listed here sent the wholesaler back and recorded there and for annihilation sorted out or sent back to the respective Newly sorted publishers.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 is based on the problem a quickly and reliably working with little effort Device for separating and transferring to create flat general cargo, which is particularly safe Handling of magazines, newspapers, catalogs and the like guarantee.
  • a device according to the invention can be used in the remission of Magazines or newspapers, in public post offices or are used in the in-house mail centers of large companies.
  • a device according to the invention also in storage systems or order picking machines, for example are used for comparable tasks in which flat, stackable general cargo isolated and to one Funding facility to be handed over.
  • the invention is based on the finding that one with a Suction opening or multiple suction openings provided, endless all-round conveyor belt very good for separation of magazines or newspapers is suitable while on the subsequent path until the printed matter is dropped extremely safe guidance between on a conveyor the carrier belt and an assigned pressure belt results. Is the spine or fold of the printed matter seen in the direction of rotation of the driving belt at the back, so non-stapled documents held together and also loose inserts, if any, cannot fall out.
  • the uprighting of the piece goods makes the separation favored, as that provided in the pick-up position General cargo is withdrawn upwards while the next general cargo counteracts the pull-off force with its own weight. There the piece goods do not have to be pulled off against an edge, is also a separation of general cargo with different Strengths made possible.
  • the embodiment according to claim 2 enables a particularly simple stacking of the piece goods to be separated.
  • the provision of the general cargo on a Belt conveyor with a significantly lower construction effort can be realized as the provision in magazines.
  • the training according to claim 3 leads to a further relief the general cargo.
  • the inclination a stable position of the entire Stack guaranteed.
  • the embodiment according to claim 4 enables a particularly easy guidance of the endless revolving conveyor belt.
  • the individual piece goods during further transport to the drop point only slightly curved.
  • the pressure tape in a simple way using three pulleys the roundness of the drum can be adjusted.
  • the embodiment according to claim 6 enables the zuund can be switched off a targeted take-away of the in the Pick-up position provided piece goods to the desired Time.
  • the development according to claim 7 enables a vote the entire device for separation and transfer from piece goods to a division of the piece goods Device.
  • two or three devices then becomes one device only each second or third division of the conveyor occupied.
  • the device can also have an uneven pitch be coordinated by a conveyor.
  • the embodiment according to claim 9 enables simple Means a complete compensation of a possibly at Grasping the slip occurring. According to claim 9 the speed of the carrier belt in a simple way via the speed of the driving drum controlled.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show in a highly simplified schematic Representation of a device for separating and Transfer of piece goods S to a conveyor designated F in side view or in plan view.
  • a device for separating and Transfer of piece goods S to a conveyor designated F in side view or in plan view.
  • A is one labeled E Facility provided.
  • E acts it is a gradual move towards the pickup position
  • a drivable, horizontally aligned belt conveyor, on which the piece goods S are stacked by hand in an upright, is applied slightly forward inclined position.
  • the conveyor belt of the belt conveyor not shown in FIG. 2, is thereby parallel to each other by several running straps formed.
  • General cargo S is one above the conveyor F by one Roll RO and a drum T endless revolving conveyor belt MB provided in its three parallel sections five suction openings SO are introduced in each case.
  • the five suction openings SO of a band section are each one suction chamber SK arranged on the back of the belt a vacuum source not shown in the drawing connectable.
  • the general cargo provided in pick-up position A. S is thus SO through the suction effect of the suction openings gripped by the carrier belt MB and in the tangential direction the drum T is slightly oblique from the remaining stack subtracted upwards. Immediately following this separation movement the general cargo S is then in the opening gap between the carrier belt MB and one labeled AB Pressure tape pulled in.
  • This endless pressure tape AB is guided over three pulleys UR in such a way that it is the drum T in the desired guide area up to Throws around the discharge point.
  • the direction of rotation of the in figure 2, not shown, pressure tape AB is shown in FIG an arrow PF is shown.
  • the pressure belt AB can be driven be, or also by speed v
  • the entraining conveyor belt MB is frictionally entrained become.
  • the pressure tape AB shown only in Figure 1 is in several parallel straps divided. That way in the area between the three pulleys UR an optical Sensor SS can be arranged at this point between two straps at the beginning and / or end of each of the driving belt MB captured piece goods S recorded. From Figure 2 it can be seen that the signal SI of the sensor SS of a control device SE is supplied. This control device SE in turn influences a drive motor via an output signal AS AM, which has a belt drive RT and the with TW designated drum shaft drives the drum T. Warehousing the drum shaft TW is in Figure 2 by ball bearings KL indicated.
  • the sensor SS thus detects the position of the suction openings SO registered piece goods S on the drum T.
  • One from Sensor SS, if found, slip when gripping and the transport of the piece goods S, can thus via the control device SE by changing the speed accordingly n the drum T and thus the speed v of the driving belt MB to be compensated.
  • F is in the illustrated embodiment a belt conveyor, the unspecified Conveyor belt moving at speed u in the direction of transport emotional.
  • Cross ribs QR create one on the conveyor belt Division t for picking up and transporting the piece goods S.
  • the speed u of the conveyor F and the Speed n of the drum T or the speed v of the driving belt MB are coordinated so that a Transfer of the piece goods S to the conveyor F at each Division t or an integer multiple of the division t of the conveyor F takes place.
  • By changing the Speed n of the drum T or the speed v of the driving belt MB can transfer the general cargo S if necessary also on an uneven division of the conveyor F can be matched.
  • the device for separation and described above for the transfer of piece goods S leads to a rotating impeller, the cells formed by the individual wings pick up the piece goods S arriving on the conveyor device F. and after a corresponding rotation on the rotating one below Deliver general cargo carriers to a sorting facility.

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  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
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Claims (10)

  1. Dispositif pour individualiser et pour transférer des objets (S) plats, notamment des magazines, des journaux, des lettres et analogues, à un dispositif (F) convoyeur, comportant
    un dispositif (E) pour recevoir l'objet (S) en une pile et pour mettre à disposition l'objet (S) en une position (A) d'enlèvement,
    une bande (MB) d'entraínement qui tourne sans fin au-dessus du dispositif (F) convoyeur et dans laquelle est ménagée au moins une ouverture (SO) d'aspiration, et
    au moins une chambre (SK) d'aspiration ménagée dans la région de la position (A) d'enlèvement, sur la face arrière de la bande (MB) d'entraínement, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif comporte
    une bande (AB) de contre-pression tournant sans fin, associée à la bande (MB) d'entraínement dans la région en aval de la position (A) d'enlèvement,
    l'objet (S) mis à disposition en position droite à la position (A) d'enlèvement étant pris dans la région de la chambre (SK) d'aspiration par l'ouverture (SO) d'aspiration de la bande (MB) d'entraínement, étant retiré vers le haut de la pile restante d'objets (S), convoyé plus loin entre la bande (MB) d'entraínement et la bande (AB) de contre-pression et ensuite déchargé sur le dispositif (F) convoyeur.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif (E) de réception et de mise à disposition des objets (S) est formé par un convoyeur à bande, qui peut être entraíné pas à pas en direction de la position (A) d'enlèvement et sur lequel les objets (S) sont déposés en pile en position droite.
  3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur à bandes est orienté au moins à peu près horizontalement et en ce que les objets (S) qui sont dressés sur ce convoyeur sont inclinés en direction de la bande (MB) d'entraínement.
  4. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la bande (MB) d'entraínement est guidée par l'intermédiaire d'un galet (RO) monté au-dessous de la position (A) d'enlèvement et par l'intermédiaire d'un tambour (T).
  5. Dispositif suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la bande (AB) de contre-pression est guidée par l'intermédiaire de trois galets (UR) de renvoi et par l'intermédiaire du tambour (T).
  6. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la bande (MB) d'entraínement est subdivisée en au moins trois tronçons s'étendant parallèlement et en ce qu'il est monté dans les vides (L) entre les tronçons, dans la région de la position (A) d'enlèvement, des butoirs (AW), qui peuvent être basculés vers l'extérieur, pour l'objet (S) mis à disposition.
  7. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la vitesse (u) du dispositif (F) convoyeur et la vitesse (v) de la bande (MB) d'entraínement sont adaptées l'une à l'autre de telle manière que le transfert de l'objet (S) au dispositif (F) convoyeur s'effectue à chaque pas (t) ou à un multiple entier du pas (t) du dispositif (F) convoyeur.
  8. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que, en présence de deux ou plusieurs ouvertures (SO) d'aspiration réparties dans la direction longitudinale de la bande (MB) d'entraínement, leur écartement dans la direction longitudinale est adapté au pas (t) du dispositif (F) convoyeur.
  9. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la position sur la bande (MB) d'entraínement d'un objet (S) pris par une ouverture (SO) d'aspiration est déterminée à l'aide d'un détecteur (SS) et en ce qu'un glissement, détecté par le détecteur (SS), lors de la prise et de l'entraínement de l'objet (S) est compensé par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif (SE) de commande par une modification en conséquence de la vitesse (v) de la bande (MB) d'entraínement.
  10. Dispositif suivant les revendications 4 et 9, caractérisé en ce que la bande (MB) d'entraínement est entraínée par l'intermédiaire du tambour (T) et en ce que le dispositif (SE) de commande fait varier la vitesse (n) de rotation du tambour (T).
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