EP1526924B1 - Verfahren zur erkennung von mehrfachabzuegen in einer postsortiereinrichtung - Google Patents

Verfahren zur erkennung von mehrfachabzuegen in einer postsortiereinrichtung Download PDF

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EP1526924B1
EP1526924B1 EP03753635A EP03753635A EP1526924B1 EP 1526924 B1 EP1526924 B1 EP 1526924B1 EP 03753635 A EP03753635 A EP 03753635A EP 03753635 A EP03753635 A EP 03753635A EP 1526924 B1 EP1526924 B1 EP 1526924B1
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Jean-Michel Reboul
Etienne Fesquet
Olivier Roch
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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
    • B65H7/00—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
    • B65H7/02—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
    • B65H7/06—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed
    • B65H7/12—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to double feed or separation
    • B65H7/125—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to double feed or separation sensing the double feed or separation without contacting the articles
    • 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
    • B07C1/04—Forming a stream from a bulk; Controlling the stream, e.g. spacing the articles
    • 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
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/11—Length
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail

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  • the invention relates to a method for detecting folds in multiple engagement in a postal sorting facility.
  • the method is more particularly intended for a postal sorting facility in which postal folds are introduced at the entrance of the installation in the form of piles of folds and in which each fold is automatically popped to be directed to a sorting outlet corresponding to the recipient address it carries.
  • An unstacker located at the entrance of the installation has the folds in series one behind the other on a conveyor. At the output of such an unstacker, or at the end of other steps in the sorting process, it happens that several folds remain hooked to each other, which forms a fold in multiple engagement (or multiple plug).
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages by providing a reliable detection method and having a negligible implementation cost.
  • the subject of the invention is a method for the detection of folds in multiple engagement in a postal sorting facility comprising a conveyor serially moving folds to sorting outlets, consisting in passing each fold in a plurality of detectors arranged along the conveyor for measuring at several points of said sorting installation the length of each fold in order to detect a variation in length of each fold, this variation in length being indicative of the presence of a fold in multiple engagement, characterized in that the sensors used in the postal sorting facility are used as detectors and connected to a management system arranged to locate each fold along the conveyor so as to synchronize the sorting operations, this management system being further programmed to perform said measurements of the length of each fold and detect a variation in the length of each fold.
  • the folds of a multiple plug offset with respect to each other due in particular to mechanical friction which is a natural separating power.
  • the overall length of the multiple taps tends to vary, so that an evaluation of the length variation of each fold provides reliable information for detecting multiple taps.
  • the evaluation of the length of a fold being relatively simple to implement, the performance of the installation is improved for a low cost.
  • the length measurements of a fold with a passage detector may consist of measuring the passage time of the fold in the detector or the distance traveled by the conveyor belts of the folds when the detector is obscured.
  • the method can thus be implemented on an existing installation simply by reconfiguring the passage detectors or by reconfiguring the management system of the sorting installation.
  • the detection of variation in length is inhibited for a predetermined duration during the start and / or stop phases of the installation.
  • the disturbances introduced into the length measurements by the variations in conveying speed occurring during the stopping and starting of the sorting installation are avoided.
  • the single figure is a very schematic representation of the implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • a postal sorting facility 1 comprises a postal fold introduction station by stack or unstacker 2, downstream of which a conveyor 3 and several switching stations (not shown) are intended to guide each postal mail to a sorting outlet corresponding to the recipient address it carries.
  • a conveyor 3 downstream of which a conveyor 3 and several switching stations (not shown) are intended to guide each postal mail to a sorting outlet corresponding to the recipient address it carries.
  • each fold is for example photographed in order to automatically identify the recipient address it carries, then it follows on the conveyor 3 a variable length timing path.
  • the length of each fold is measured at several points of the path so as to detect a possible variation of this length corresponding to a multiple tap.
  • different passage detectors 4, 5, 6, 7 distributed along the path followed by the mailpieces are connected to a management system of the sorting installation. This management system centralizes the data provided by these detectors to calculate the length variation of each fold.
  • a fold out of the unstacker 2 is first measured at 4 to obtain a reference length which is stored in the management system.
  • these passage detectors are connected to the installation management system so that it precisely locates each fold along the conveyor to synchronize subsequent routing operations. More particularly, at the outlet of the unstacker, the folds are spaced irregular distances along the conveyor, so it is essential to locate each fold after unstacking to synchronize the sorting facility. According to the invention, these passage detectors can usefully be exploited to carry out length measurements, which makes it possible to implement the method on an existing sorting installation without the addition of dedicated sensors. The implementation of the method may thus simply consist of modifying the programming of the management system of the sorting installation.
  • passage detectors are generally very simple: they typically comprise a photocell associated with a light beam so as to provide a presence signal when a mailpiece obscures the light signal.
  • the appearance of a presence signal (that is to say its rising edge) is taken into account by the management system to control the installation.
  • the length measurement of the folds with such passage detectors will consist in taking into account the duration during which the presence signal is emitted and the average speed of movement to deduce the sought length.
  • the measurement of length variation will be inhibited by the management system when starting and stopping the sorting installation in order to avoid measurement errors that may give rise to false rejections.
  • the conveying speeds are not homogeneous along the sorting installation while the movement of the belts is measured at certain points. This is a major source of errors in length measurements.
  • the start of the installation can disturb the measurements of length variations.
  • the variation measurements will be inhibited in case of stopping of the sorting installation following a jam, or following the triggering of an emergency stop.
  • the inhibition time which is a predetermined duration recorded in the management system corresponds substantially to the distance traveled by a letter between an order to stop the installation and a return to a speed deemed sufficient to be homogeneous along the length of the system. sorting facility.
  • the measurements of length variations can be inhibited as soon as a stop is triggered, to be reactivated after restarting, as soon as the feed counter is incremented.
  • a predetermined length is generally connected to the plant management system in order to permanently provide it with the advancing position of the conveyor including during the transitional phases such as stopping. and start.
  • the predetermined length conditioning the inhibition of length variation measurements may for example be evaluated during tests. More particularly, this length corresponds to the actual movement of the conveyor between, on the one hand, the triggering of a stop and, on the other hand, the achievement of a nominal conveying speed after restarting.

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  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Inspection Of Paper Currency And Valuable Securities (AREA)

Claims (5)

  1. Verfahren für die Erfassung von zusammenhaftenden Briefumschlägen in einer Postsortiereinrichtung (1), umfassend einen Förderer (3), der Umschläge aufeinanderfolgend zu Sortierausgängen verlagert, bei dem jeder Umschlag in einer Mehrzahl von Detektoren (4, 5, 6, 7), welche entlang des Förderers angeordnet sind, vorbeigeführt wird zur Messung in mehreren Punkten der Postsortiereinrichtung der Länge jedes Umschlags zur Erfassung einer Variation der Länge jedes Umschlags, wobei die Variation der Länge als Anzeichen für die Gegenwart eines zusammenhaftenden Umschlages dient,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass man als Detektoren Durchlaufdetektoren nutzt, die in der Postsortiereinrichtung vorgesehen sind und die mit einem Verwaltungssystem verbunden sind, das ausgebildet ist zur Lokalisierung eines jeden Umschlags entlang des Förderers derart, dass die Sortierschritte synchronisiert werden, wobei dieses Verwaltungssystem darüber hinaus programmiert ist zum Ausführen der Längenmessungen jedes Umschlags und zur Erfassung einer Variation in der Länge jedes Umschlages.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, in dem die Erfassung der Variation der Länge jedes Umschlags durch das Verwaltungssystem für eine vorbestimmte Dauer bei dem Anfahren und/oder bei dem Anhalten der Sortiereinrichtung gehemmt ist.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, in dem die Sortiereinrichtung einen Vorschubzähler des Förderers umfasst, wobei die Erfassung der Variation der Länge jedes Umschlags durch das Verwaltungssystem gehemmt ist, solange der Vorschubzähler nicht um eine vorbestimmte Länge inkrementiert worden ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, in dem jede Längenmessung eines Umschlags mit einem Durchlaufdetektor darin besteht, die von dem Umschlag während der Verdunklung des Durchgangsdetektors durchlaufene Entfernung zu messen.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, in dem die Länge jedes Umschlags an wenigstens drei verschiedenen Punkten entlang des Förderers (3) gemessen wird.
EP03753635A 2002-07-11 2003-07-10 Verfahren zur erkennung von mehrfachabzuegen in einer postsortiereinrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP1526924B1 (de)

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FR0208738A FR2842127A1 (fr) 2002-07-11 2002-07-11 Procede de detection de prises multiples dans une installation de tri postal
PCT/FR2003/002183 WO2004007100A2 (fr) 2002-07-11 2003-07-10 Procede de detection de prises multiples dans une installation de tri postal

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