EP1323653B1 - Auswahlvorrichtung für Poststücke - Google Patents

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EP1323653B1
EP1323653B1 EP02293216A EP02293216A EP1323653B1 EP 1323653 B1 EP1323653 B1 EP 1323653B1 EP 02293216 A EP02293216 A EP 02293216A EP 02293216 A EP02293216 A EP 02293216A EP 1323653 B1 EP1323653 B1 EP 1323653B1
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Francis Coret
Romain Pillard
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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
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/04—Endless-belt separators
    • B65H3/042—Endless-belt separators separating from the bottom of the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5207—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article
    • B65H3/523—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article the retainers positioned over articles separated from the bottom of the pile
    • B65H3/5238—Retainers of the pad-type, e.g. friction pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5246—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
    • B65H3/5276—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive the retainers positioned over articles separated from the bottom of the pile
    • B65H3/5284—Retainers of the roller type, e.g. rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/54—Pressing or holding devices
    • 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
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42322—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from bottom of the pile
    • 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 the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a mail item selection device implemented in an automatic supply module of a franking machine.
  • a franking machine must be adapted to receive different types of mail items such as documents, folds or envelopes having greater or lesser thicknesses.
  • it often comprises upstream an automatic feeding module, also called feeder, in particular for conveying these mail items at different speeds and usually comprising means for the reception / stacking, selection, transport and possibly the closing of these mail items.
  • US Pat. Nos. 4,909,499, 4,978,114 and 5,431,385 show such automatic feeders comprising a selection module adapted to the passage of mail items of different thicknesses.
  • the selection modules of these feeders maintain the pressure on the mail items while ensuring the selection of one of them. Indeed, these two pressure and selection functions are performed by a single system of belts inclined downstream in the advancing direction of the mail items.
  • a ticket dispenser comprising means for extracting one by one these tickets.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks by proposing a selection device, integrated in a mail item supply module intended to be placed upstream of a franking machine, and comprising selection means which are independent of the action exerted by the stack of mail articles, that this either low or high due to the treatment of a variable number of envelopes of significant weight for example.
  • a selection device for separating one by one the items of a stack of mail items having a support surface and transport means for driving these mail items over the support surface, characterized in that it further comprises a movable pressure plate cooperating with the transport means to drive downstream a portion of the mail items from the stack of mail items to separate and corresponding to a predetermined maximum thickness of articles of mail and independent selection means movable individually to select a mail item among the mail items driven by the means of transport, the pressure plate pivotable about an axis of articulation of an articulated mechanism which can itself rotate around a tilting axis, so as to remain constantly parallel to said support surface regardless of the number of art icles of mail transported.
  • the pivoting of said pressure plate about said hinge axis is exerted against a first elastic means, one end of which is fixed to said pressure plate and the other end is fixed to said hinge mechanism.
  • the pivoting of said mechanism articulated around said axis of tilting is exerted against a second elastic means, one end of which is fixed to said articulated mechanism and the other end is fixed to a fixed or built-up part of the device.
  • said pressure plate comprises a limit stop of its pivoting with the articulated mechanism.
  • the transport means comprise parallel drive belts controlled by a common motor means and extending through said support surface.
  • the selection means comprise tongues interposed between the drive belts and acting against elastic means, one end of which is fixed on said tongue and the other end is fixed to the fixed or built-up part of the device.
  • An additional selection tab is advantageously disposed outside the drive belts to allow separation of large format mail items.
  • the selection device further comprises downstream of said means for selecting the articulated return means for driving upstream all the mail items except one from said selection means.
  • An automatic mailing material supply module conventionally comprises a feed zone consisting essentially of a tray intended to receive a pile of mail items and comprising first transport rollers for driving these mailpieces downstream. (and against a reference wall) at a separation zone comprising a selection device in which these items are extracted one by one from the stack. Second transport rollers are generally provided at the exit of this zone of separation for conveying the mail articles thus extracted to a module for anchoring and closing (when present) of these mail items.
  • Such automatic feeder further comprises various known control and control means necessary for its operation (in particular the actuation of the various rollers for driving mail items) and it is therefore unnecessary to describe in more detail.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a selection device according to the invention. It comprises, downstream of a separating plate 10 intended to limit to a maximum value, for example 20 mm, the thickness of the stack of mail items introduced into the device above a support surface 12 , a means of transport downstream of the mail articles formed of a set of drive belts 14, 16, 18 for cooperating with a pressure plate 20 mounted on an articulated mechanism 22 and intended to ensure a suitable pressure on the stack of mail items prior to the selection of one and only one of them by individual selection means formed of independent selection tabs 24, 26, 28 interposed between the drive belts.
  • the independence of the selection tabs makes it possible to take into account differences in thickness within the same article of mail and to standardize wear.
  • the pressure plate can pivot about a hinge axis 30A, 30B of the articulated mechanism which can itself pivot about a tilting axis 32, so that the pressure plate can remain constantly parallel to the support surface 12 regardless of the number of mail items transported (within the limit of course the maximum allowable thickness).
  • the pivoting of the pressure plate around the axis of articulation is exerted against a first elastic means 34, one end 34A is fixed to the pressure plate and the other end 34B is fixed on the articulated mechanism.
  • This first elastic means makes it possible to adapt the compression force of the pressure plate as a function of the height of articles present under this plate.
  • the pivoting mechanism hinged about the tilting axis is exerted against a second elastic means 38, 40, one end 38A, 40A is fixed to the articulated mechanism (more precisely to a duckbill end of this mechanism) and the other end 38B, 40B is fixed to a fixed part, or frame 36, of the device.
  • This second elastic means of greater rigidity than the first elastic means allows to generate a localized force on the rear part of the pressure plate. It reinforces the load applied to the mail items by the first elastic means.
  • the axes of articulation and tilt are of course each fixed between two longitudinal walls (not shown) of the frame on either side of the transport path of the mail items.
  • the pressure plate further comprises a stop 20A, 20B for limiting its pivoting with the articulated mechanism to prevent the free opening of the pressure plate and to facilitate the fixing of the spring 34 (in addition, it does not fall when it is done to a maintenance operation on the device).
  • the three parallel drive belts 14, 16, 18 of the transport means are controlled by a common motor means 42 through a set of gears and extend through the support surface 12.
  • the selection tongues two of which of them are interposed between the three drive belts, act against elastic means 44, 46, one end 44A, 46A is fixed on the tongue and the other end 44B, 46B is fixed to the fixed part or frame 36, of the device.
  • the selection means may also include a third selection tab disposed outside the drive belts to facilitate the separation of large format mail items, for example in A4 format.
  • This tongue like the previous ones, is movable individually against an elastic means one end of which is fixed on the tongue and the other end is fixed to the frame.
  • select tabs and drive belts may be variable. It depends in particular on the format of the mail items processed by the feeder. Thus, for a feeder processing only standard European format envelopes, it can be envisaged the use of only two drive belts and a selection tab interposed between these two belts, unlike the illustrated example where three drive belts and two intercalated selector tabs are provided.
  • the selection device further comprises downstream means for selecting the delivery means for driving upstream all the mail items except one from the selection means. Indeed, it can happen, however exceptionally, that the selection tabs select two and not a single mail item.
  • these delivery means preferably formed of as many conveyor rolls 50, 52 as there are selection tongues then allow to drive in the opposite direction the second mail item above and to leave The first roller below and in direct contact with the drive belts 14, 16, 18 are passed.
  • the conveying rollers are mounted on a common shaft 56 rotated through a deflection belt 60 and drive sprockets, by a drive shaft 62 itself driven in rotation by motor means 58. This drive shaft further constitutes a pivot axis around which the conveying rollers are articulated to allow insertion and the training of a mail article of great thickness (of 16 mm maximum for an initial separation plate of 20mm).
  • the operation of the separation device is as follows.
  • the mail items stacked on the receiving tray of the feed zone are driven by the transport rollers of this area to the selection device which will extract them one by one to direct them to a next module of the feeder then to the actual franking machine.
  • the stack to be processed of mail items of the receiving tray is first limited in height by the separating plate 10 and then the introduced mail items are pressed against the drive belts 14, 16, 18 by the pressure plate 20 which will pass from an inclined position to a horizontal position under the action of the articulated mechanism 22.
  • the selected mail items are directed downstream to the selection tabs against which they abut except one of them which will be selected by this tab, ie which will pass under it, to be driven further down (see Figure 2A).
  • the conveyor rolls back will stop the progression of the duplicate that will be driven again once the selected item has been evacuated (see Figure 2B).
  • FIG. 4 perfectly illustrates this phenomenon with the forces exerted as a function of the weight of the stack of mail items respectively at the references 100, 110, 120 by respectively the first 34 and second 38, 40 elastic means of the pressure plate and a tongue of selection 26.
  • the role of the weight of the stack of mail items on the selection function of these articles and therefore also on the output of the feeder is reduced.
  • the pressure plate takes the loss of effort in the receiving tray and allows better training of this article.

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  1. Auslesevorrichtung um die Stücke eines Stapels von Poststücken voneinander zu trennen, umfassend eine Tragfläche (12) und Beförderungsmittel (14, 16, 18), um diese Poststücke oberhalb der Tragfläche mitzunehmen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie außerdem eine bewegliche Preßplatte (20), die mit den Beförderungsmitteln (14, 16, 18) zusammenwirkt, um einen Teil der Poststücke, die aus dem Stapel von zu trennenden Poststücken hervorgegangen sind und einer vorbestimmten maximalen Dicke von Poststücken entsprechen, stromabwärts mitzunehmen, sowie unabhängige, einzeln bewegliche Auslesemittel (24, 26) umfaßt, um ein Poststück aus den über die Beförderungsmittel mitgenommenen Poststücken auszusortieren, wobei die genannte Preßplatte um eine Gelenkachse (30A, 30B) eines Gelenkmechanismus (22) schwenken kann, der selbst um eine Schwenkachse (32) derart verschwenken kann, daß er - unabhängig von der Anzahl der beförderten Poststücke - ständig parallel zu der genannten Tragfläche (12) bleibt.
  2. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verschwenken der Preßplatte um die genannte Gelenkachse entgegen einem ersten elastischen Mittel (34) erfolgt, dessen eines Ende an der Preßplatte und dessen anderes Ende an dem Gelenkmechanismus befestigt ist.
  3. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannte Preßplatte einen Anschlag (20A, 20B) zur Begrenzung ihres Verschwenkens mit dem Gelenkmechanismus aufweist.
  4. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verschwenken des Gelenkmechanismus um die Schwenkachse entgegen einem zweiten elastischen Mittel (38, 40) erfolgt, dessen eines Ende an dem Gelenkmechanismus und dessen anderes Ende an einem festen Teil oder Gestell (36) der Vorrichtung befestigt ist.
  5. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Beförderungsmittel parallele Treibriemen umfassen, die über ein gemeinsames Motormittel (42) gesteuert werden und die durch die genannte Tragfläche verlaufen.
  6. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Auslesemittel Zungen (24, 26) aufweisen, die zwischen den Treibriemen (14, 16, 18) eingefügt sind und die entgegen elastischer Mittel (44, 46) wirken, deren eines Ende an der Zunge und deren anderes Ende an dem festen Teil oder Gestell der Vorrichtung befestigt ist.
  7. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie ferner eine zusätzliche Auslesezunge aufweist, die außerhalb der Treibriemen angeordnet ist, um eine Trennung großformatiger Poststücke zu ermöglichen.
  8. Auslesevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie außerdem stromabwärts der genannten Auslesemittel Rückführmittel (50, 52) aufweist, die angelenkt sind, um alle Poststücke bis auf eines, das aus den Auslesemitteln kommt, stromaufwärts mitzunehmen.
  9. Vorrichtung zur Versorgung mit Poststücken, die dazu bestimmt ist, stromaufwärts einer Frankiermaschine angebracht zu werden und die eine Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme und zur Stromabwärtsbeförderung eines Stapels von Poststücken sowie eine Vorrichtung zum Aussortieren eines einzigen dieser Poststücke nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 umfaßt.
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