EP1062058B1 - Installation de tri pour articles postaux plats - Google Patents

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EP1062058B1
EP1062058B1 EP99917772A EP99917772A EP1062058B1 EP 1062058 B1 EP1062058 B1 EP 1062058B1 EP 99917772 A EP99917772 A EP 99917772A EP 99917772 A EP99917772 A EP 99917772A EP 1062058 B1 EP1062058 B1 EP 1062058B1
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Burghard Rebel
Bertram Wanner
Karsten Knipper
Raymond P. Brady
Christoph Maurer
Rudolf Schuster
Adolf Hoepler
Christian Kassel
Matthias Stroessner
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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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating

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  • the invention relates to a sorting system for flat Postal goods with a rotating one leading to a sorting device Feed belt.
  • a sorting device for flat mail is e.g. by WO 95/02468 became known. It is common for the mail to feed the sorting device by means of a feed belt, the several along a horizontal straight transport route has successive processing stations. Such Processing stations are e.g. Input stations, in which the postal matter is applied from side belts to the feed belt becomes. Arder stations are e.g. an alignment station, a viewing station, an ejector and downstream printing stations for labeling the mail with the destination addresses corresponding signatures.
  • the position of the mail is checked and checked in the viewing station read in the destination address.
  • Mail items lying incorrectly are laterally removed from the feed belt in the following ejector away.
  • Unclearly written addresses are sent to one Workplace submitted and corrected there. For this operation a longer period of time is required so that the section between the viewing station and the finishing process accordingly must be kept long.
  • a buffer is described in US-A1-4986423, for letters in a cover band system with relative small deflection radius clamped transported to different heights become.
  • the shipments are relatively thin, flexible letters that allow these small bending radii. Due to complete clamping during transport is one spatial orientation is not necessary during transport. Should also relatively stiff large letters, magazines, etc., i.e. broadcasts processed with very different thicknesses, so they can not be trapped safely and without shifts can be transported in a shroud system.
  • the invention is based, the overall length of the task Reduce feed section with processing stations. This problem is solved by the invention according to claim 1.
  • the cover device prevents the mail items in sections with e.g. reverse transport position from the feed belt can fall down.
  • the sorting system according to claim 5 enables the mail items without bending over the as roller-like deflection devices respectively. By rounding the corners of the polygon it is possible to reduce the number of its pages so far that the smallest possible sleeve diameter is reached without the feed belt being kinked inadmissibly. In doing so, a defined position of the mail item is placed on the feed belt reached so that kinking can be avoided can.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically the course of a straight line Arrows meandering feed belt 1 to a Sorting device 2.
  • the horizontal in its transverse direction oriented feed belt 1 has a first, horizontal extending section 3 with several lying one behind the other Input stations 4 for flat mail items 5.
  • the feed belt 1 is on its top with constant pitch with protruding stops'6, the compartments form for the postal goods 5.
  • the mail items 5 in an alignment station 7 aligned with the stops 6.
  • a subsequent viewing station 8 detects those on the Postal items 5 applied destination addresses and checked the location the postal goods 5 on the conveyor belt.
  • a subsequent one Ejector 9 removes e.g. incorrectly positioned or too large Mail items 5 from the feed belt 1 into a collecting container 10.
  • the feed belt 1 is deflected by 180 ° and returned below the first section 3 to the beginning.
  • the collecting container 10 is in the extension of the first section 3 so that the to be ejected Transport goods 5 of the extended transport direction without Cross movement in a simple throwing parabola into the collecting container 10 can be sorted out.
  • the feed belt 1 is via two further deflection devices 11 in each case by approximately 90 ° into a second functional section 12 deflected, which is above the first section 3 extends parallel to this.
  • this functional section 12 there is at least one further processing station in the form of a printing station 13, in which the Mail items 5 are provided with a distinctive signature can.
  • the viewing station 8 and the printing station 13 are via data lines, not shown, with a line, not shown Computer workstation connected, in the inaccurately read Addresses can be corrected by hand.
  • the length of the feed belt 1 between the viewing station 8 and the printing station 13 can be kept as long by the present invention be that with a small footprint enough time is available for correcting the addresses.
  • Deflection devices 11 are roller-like as equilateral Polygons formed, the side length of the distance between corresponds to two successive stops 6.
  • the Feed belt 1 is relative to the deflection devices 11 adjusts that the stops 6 each in the corner area of the Deflection devices 11 are located.
  • the support section of the feed belt 1 for the postal goods 5 lies straight on the flat sides of the deflection device. This ensures that the mail items 5 each above the straight line Sides of the polygons are arranged and thus when redirecting cannot be bent.

Claims (5)

  1. Installation de tri pour articles (5) postaux plats, comportant une bande (1) transporteuse d'alimentation circulante, menant à un dispositif (2) de tri et subdivisée en tronçons identiques au moyen de butées (6), bande à laquelle sont associés, dans des parties (3, 12) orientées horizontalement, plusieurs postes (par exemple 4, 7, 8, 9, 13) de traitement successifs pour les articles (5) postaux reposant à plat, caractérisée en ce qu'une première (3) des parties orientées horizontalement, comportant les postes (4, 7, 8, 9) de traitement antérieurs, est disposée en dessous d'une deuxième (12) des parties orientées horizontalement, comportant les postes (13) de traitement postérieurs et le retour de la bande (1) transporteuse d'alimentation au dispositif (2) de tri, et en ce que la bande (1) transporteuse d'alimentation est, après la première partie (3) orientée horizontalement, renvoyée autour de la première partie (3) vers la deuxième partie (12) orientée horizontalement au moyen d'au moins deux dispositifs (11) de renvoi, une bande (14) de recouvrement, circulant sur un parcours partiel, étant prévue dans la région de renvoi sur le côté des butées (6) en entrant en contact avec celles-ci, bande qui est elle aussi guidée par les dispositifs (11) de renvoi.
  2. Installation de tri suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le dernier poste de traitement de la première partie (3) orientée horizontalement est un éjecteur (9) pour les articles (5) postaux reposant de façon défectueuse, éjecteur dont la direction d'éjection se situe dans la direction de transport de la première partie (3).
  3. Installation de tri suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'un poste (8) de visualisation pour la reconnaissance des adresses est disposé avant l'éjecteur (9), et en ce qu'un autre poste de traitement est réalisé sous forme de poste (13) d'impression, qui se trouve dans la deuxième partie (12).
  4. Installation de tri suivant la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la bande (1) transporteuse d'alimentation est renvoyée à 180° dans un premier dispositif (11) de renvoi, puis chaque fois à environ 90° dans un deuxième et dans un troisième dispositif (11) de renvoi.
  5. Installation de tri suivant l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les dispositifs (11) de renvoi sont réalisés sous forme de polygones circulairement équilatéraux dont la longueur des côtés correspond au pas d'écartement des articles (5) postaux, et en ce que la position de transport des articles (5) postaux est adaptée à la position angulaire des dispositifs (11) de renvoi de telle sorte que les régions de coin de préférence arrondies des dispositifs (11) de renvoi se situent entre les articles (5) postaux successifs, les butées (6) étant guidées sur les régions de coin des dispositifs (11) de renvoi.
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DE19811079 1998-03-13
DE19811079A DE19811079C2 (de) 1998-03-13 1998-03-13 Sortieranlage für flache Postgüter
PCT/DE1999/000621 WO1999047278A1 (fr) 1998-03-13 1999-03-09 Installation de tri pour articles postaux plats

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