EP0868227B1 - Dispositif d'empilage intermediaire - Google Patents

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EP0868227B1
EP0868227B1 EP96943994A EP96943994A EP0868227B1 EP 0868227 B1 EP0868227 B1 EP 0868227B1 EP 96943994 A EP96943994 A EP 96943994A EP 96943994 A EP96943994 A EP 96943994A EP 0868227 B1 EP0868227 B1 EP 0868227B1
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Werner Frank
Holger Schererz
Gerhard Obier
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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
    • B65H31/30—Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3072—Arrangements for removing completed piles by moving a surface supporting the pile of articles on edge, e.g. by using belts or carriages
    • 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
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support 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
    • 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
    • B65H83/00—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such
    • B65H83/02—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such performed on the same pile or stack
    • 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4226—Delivering, advancing piles
    • B65H2301/42265—Delivering, advancing piles by moving the surface supporting the pile of articles on edge, e.g. conveyor or carriage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/20—Location in space
    • B65H2511/21—Angle
    • B65H2511/214—Inclination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/40—Movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2515/00—Physical entities not provided for in groups B65H2511/00 or B65H2513/00
    • B65H2515/30—Forces; Stresses
    • B65H2515/34—Pressure, e.g. fluid pressure
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a device and a method for intermediate stacking of mail items, especially in letter processing systems.
  • Intermediate stacker z. B in letter sorting systems as a link between Coarse sorting sections and fine sorting machines are used. Of the Intermediate stacker buffers the irregularly arriving mail items so that the fine sorting machine can be loaded evenly.
  • the individual to be stacked Shipments between a conveyor belt and a rear belt pinched in the proximity of the stacking location at which the stack of items already exists is or is formed by the items to be stacked.
  • the stack is formed in that the consignments one by one be carried with their front edge to a stacking wall.
  • the front belt is at a certain distance from the stacking wall removed from the shipment and the shipment is moving due to their inertia along a fence further towards the stacking wall.
  • the shipment is turned by a rotating stacking roll, which is driven, for example, by the rear belt in the Conveyed space between the stack of mail and the stacking roll and transported to the stacking wall.
  • the lower edge of the items in the item stack is on one Underfloor belt transverse to its direction of movement along the Stacking wall can be moved.
  • a singulation device On the stacking roll opposite side of the stack is a singulation device present, the consignments of the batch one by one from the Can deduct batches of mail for further processing.
  • the underfloor belt is thus in the direction of the separating device moves that the stack is so close to the separating device that the consignment closest to the separating device is deducted can be.
  • the stacking roll In the stacking area, the stacking roll must be in one Position that the items to be stacked between the stacking roller and the stack perfectly up to the stacking wall can be promoted.
  • a three-phase motor is included for stacking the items electromagnetic clutch present, which the stacking trolley with the Stacking roll depending on the consignment to be stacked along the Underfloor belt in the direction opposite to the take-off roller emotional.
  • a lever is located near the stacking roller the batch of mail presses. The lever operates a proximity sensor of a signal for switching the clutch and thus a method of Stacking trolley to the rear, i.e. away from the take-off roller, releases as soon as a certain minimum pressure acts on the lever. As soon as the clutch drops below a certain minimum pressure released again and the stacking trolley remains on the now assumed position.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to achieve a flawless Function of the intermediate stacker even with unevenly thick consignments or ensure that the shipment is particularly heavy.
  • the intermediate stacker has a stacking roller, a stacking trolley, an underfloor belt, a separating device, a Pressure measuring device near the stacking roller for measuring the Pressure of the stack against the pressure measuring device and one Device for recognizing the inclined positions of the stack of items.
  • the stacking roller is arranged on the stacking trolley.
  • the stacking trolley is movable along the underfloor belt by a drive.
  • the separating device is arranged at the end of the underfloor belt. The consignments to be stacked are consecutively between the Stacking roll and the already stacked shipments through the stack roll rotating about its axis is conveyed to a stack wall and then stand on the underfloor belt across from it Direction of movement.
  • the separating device at the other end of the stack can subtract each consignment and thus the consignment stack zoom out again.
  • the space created there is replaced by a Moving the underfloor belt in the direction of Separating device eliminated.
  • the stacked items increase the pressure of the stack on the pressure measuring device in the Is arranged near the stacking roller.
  • Subtracted shipments and thus a process of the underfloor belt in Direction of the take-off roller reduce the pressure on the pressure measuring device.
  • the stacking trolley is moved until the Stacking optimal stack pressure is reached.
  • the device for detecting inclined positions of the stack of items monitors the batch of items. If it reports an inclined position, an electronic control circuit controls the stacking trolley and / or the underfloor hinge so that the inclined position is removed. Until it is eliminated the inclination becomes the information of the pressure measuring device ignored.
  • the stack is preferably by a short-term process of the underfloor belt towards the front, i.e. towards Separating device, erected again.
  • the stack is preferably moved backwards by a method of Underfloor belt and the stacking trolley erected forward again.
  • the stacking trolley moves forward and backward depending on the pressure measuring device, provided there is no inclination is reported.
  • a third lever as part of the Pressure measuring device in the same vertical position as the two levers the particularly preferred device for recognizing the Provide inclined positions and the third lever with a driver stop equip and the other two levers with a driver and the third lever has the same shape as the other two To give lifting with the exception of the driver stop and the Carrier.
  • the two levers can be used to identify Inclined positions are used, on the other hand, they can be the same Determine the pressure: If one of the two levers is subjected to a higher load as the third lever, it gives the pressure on its drivers on the Driver stop of the third lever and thus deflects it, so that the lever that is most heavily loaded for the Deflection of the third lever is decisive.
  • the mail items SE are conveyed standing between the front belt V and the rear belt H and transported along the guide rollers FR 2 , FR 3 , FR 4 , the guide fences LZ 1 , LZ 2 supporting the guidance.
  • the front belt V is steered around the guide roller FR 4 , while the rear belt H is guided further in the direction of the stacking roller SR.
  • a consignment that was located between the front belt V and the rear belt H is conveyed further from the guide roller FR 4 due to its inertia in the direction of the stacking roller SR, detected by the stacking roller SR and between the stacking roller SR and the stack of items ST up to the stacking wall SW promoted.
  • a stacking spiral SP advantageously detects the mail item SE as it passes and at the same time presses it away from the rear belt H in the direction of the mail item stack ST.
  • the more mail items are stacked the more the stacking trolley SW has to be transported away from the take-off roller AR.
  • the underfloor belt UB is moved with the motor M 1 so that the consignment SE closest to the take-off roll can be pulled off the take-off roll.
  • the control of the motor M 1 is taken over by the electronic circuit ES.
  • the control of the stacking trolley SW is described below:
  • a particularly preferred feeler lever arrangement FH has three levers FH 1 , FH 2 , FH 3 , which lie one above the other in the same vertical position and are each pressed by the springs F 1 , F 2 , F 3 against the stack of items ST.
  • the levers FH 1 and FH 2 operate the switches S 1 and S 2 on the one hand, and on the other hand, depending on the position, they can press the driver stop MA 1 of the lever FH 3 via their drivers MI 1 or MI 2 and thus the lever FH 3 with deflect.
  • the lever FH 3 has the magnet MG at its end opposite the mail item stack, which is guided past a Hall sensor HS.
  • the lever FH 3 is deflected onto one of the levers FH 1 , FH 2 , FH 3 and the magnet MG is thus brought into a specific position with respect to the Hall sensor HS.
  • the signal from the Hall sensor is converted into corresponding voltages in the electronic circuit ES for the direct current motor drive M 2 , which drives the stacking carriage SW via a toothed belt Z.
  • the stacking trolley is moved faster, slower or not at all.
  • the switching points of switches S 1 and S 2 are on one level to the underfloor band level. If the upper switch S 2 reports “on” and the lower switch S 1 "off”, this means an inclined position to the rear (see FIG. 4). If the upper switch S 2 reports "off” and the lower switch S 1 "on”, this means an inclined position to the front (see FIG. 5).
  • the stack In the case of an inclined position to the rear, the stack is preferably erected again to the front by a brief movement of the underfloor belt UB and the stacking carriage SW. In the case of an inclined position to the front, the stack ST is preferably erected to the front by moving the underfloor belt.
  • the signals from the Hall sensor HS have no effect on the drive of the motor M 2 and thus on the movement of the stacking carriage SW.
  • the invention is easily modified. So instead of the previously described Feeler lever arrangement, a pressure measuring device and a device be used for inclination detection, the inclination detection e.g. B. by two near the stacking roll across Direction of movement of the underfloor belt UB one above the other Light barriers can be realized and an inclined position is then recognized when the light barriers report different states.
  • the inclination detection e.g. B. by two near the stacking roll across Direction of movement of the underfloor belt UB one above the other Light barriers can be realized and an inclined position is then recognized when the light barriers report different states.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'empilage intermédiaire d'envois (SE) utilisé notamment dans les installations de traitement du courrier, comprenant un rouleau (SR), un chariot (SW), une bande sous-jacente (UB) et un dispositif de séparation. Le rouleau (SR) est disposé sur le chariot (SW) et un dispositif de mesure de pression placé à proximité du rouleau sert à mesurer la pression que le lot d'envois (ST) exerce sur le dispositif de mesure de pression. Il est proposé qu'un dispositif détecte toute position inclinée du lot d'envois (ST), que lorsqu'une position inclinée est détectée, le chariot (SW) et/ou la bande sous-jacente (UB) se déplacent jusqu'à disparition de ladite inclinaison et que le chariot (SW) se déplace le long de la bande sous-jacente (UB) jusqu'à ce que le lot d'envois (ST) exerce une certaine pression sur le dispositif de mesure de pression tant que le dispositif ne signale pas de position inclinée.

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  1. Dispositif pour l'empilage intermédiaire d'envois (SE), notamment dans des installations de traitement du courrier, comportant un rouleau d'empilage (SR), un chariot d'empilage (SW), une bande sous-jacente (UB) et un dispositif de séparation, dans lequel le rouleau d'empilage (SR) est disposé sur le chariot d'empilage (SW) et dans lequel un dispositif de mesure de pression est prévu à proximité du rouleau d'empilage pour mesurer la pression de la pile contre le dispositif de mesure de pression,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    il est prévu un dispositif pour détecter d'éventuelles positions inclinées de la pile d'envois (ST),
    lors de la détection d'une position inclinée, le chariot d'empilage (SW) et/ou la bande sous-jacente (UB) sont déplacés jusqu'à ce la position inclinée soit corrigée,
    le chariot d'empilage (SW) est déplacé le long de la bande sous-jacente (UB) jusqu'à ce que la pile d'envois (ST) exerce une certaine pression sur le dispositif de mesure de pression dans la mesure où le dispositif ne signale pas de position inclinée.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    le dispositif pour détecter d'éventuelles positions inclinées comporte deux leviers (FH1, FH2) l'un au-dessus de l'autre, qui s'appuient contre la pile d'envois (ST),
    les leviers actionnent chacun un interrupteur (S1, S2), les points de commutation des interrupteurs (S1, S2) se trouvant sur une perpendiculaire au plan de la bande sous-jacente (UB) et une position inclinée étant détectée lorsque les interrupteurs (S1, S2) ont des positions d'interrupteurs différentes.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    les deux leviers (FH1, FH2) comportent chacun un tenon d'entraínement (MI1, MI2),
    un troisième lever (FH3) est placé dans le même plan vertical que les deux autres leviers (FH1, FH2) et il comporte un taquet d'entraínement (MA),
    le troisième levier (FH3) a la même forme que les deux leviers (FH1, FH2) à l'exception du taquet d'entraínement (MA) et des tenons d'entraínement (MI1, MI2),
    le troisième levier (FH3) fait partie du dispositif de mesure de la pression présente à proximité du rouleau d'empilage (SR) contre le dispositif de mesure de pression,
    il est prévu un dispositif pour détecter la déviation du levier (FH3),
    les tenons d'entraínement (MI1, MI2) des deux leviers (FH1, FH2) peuvent appuyer sur le taquet d'entraínement (MA) du troisième levier (FH3).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    il est prévu un capteur analogique (AS) pour détecter la déviation du levier.
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    le capteur analogique (AS) est un capteur à effet Hall.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    il est prévu un circuit électronique (ES) pour commander la vitesse du chariot d'empilage (SW) le long de la bande sous-jacente (UB) en fonction de la position du troisième levier (FH3).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    le dispositif de séparation est conçu comme un rouleau de retrait (AR).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    le dispositif de séparation est conçu comme une bande de retrait ou comme plusieurs bandes de retrait.
  9. Procédé pour redresser une pile qui se trouve dans un dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait que
    dans le cas d'une position inclinée de la pile (ST) vers l'avant, c'est-à-dire que le bord supérieur des envois est plus éloigné du rouleau d'empilage (SR) que leur bord inférieur, la pile (ST) est redressée par un court déplacement de la bande sous-jacente (UB) vers l'avant,
    dans le cas d'une position inclinée de la pile (ST) vers l'arrière, la pile (ST) est redressée par un déplacement de la bande sous-jacente (UB) et du chariot d'empilage (SW) vers l'avant.
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