EP1533260B1 - Verbesserte Ausrichtvorrichtung für Post bearbeitende Maschine - Google Patents

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EP1533260B1
EP1533260B1 EP04292730A EP04292730A EP1533260B1 EP 1533260 B1 EP1533260 B1 EP 1533260B1 EP 04292730 A EP04292730 A EP 04292730A EP 04292730 A EP04292730 A EP 04292730A EP 1533260 B1 EP1533260 B1 EP 1533260B1
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Emmanuel Bernard
Jean-Pierre Gregoire
Alain Multignier
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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
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/10—Pusher and like movable registers; Pusher or gripper devices which move articles into registered position
    • B65H9/101—Pusher and like movable registers; Pusher or gripper devices which move articles into registered position acting on the edge of the article
    • 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
    • B65H1/04—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
    • B65H1/06—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile for separation from bottom of 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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/34—Apparatus for squaring-up piled 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/36—Positioning; Changing position
    • B65H2301/363—Positioning; Changing position of material in 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
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/12—Width
    • 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
    • B65H2511/22—Distance
    • 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 exclusively to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a device for jigging mail items intended to equip a mail item supply module of a mail processing machine.
  • a mail piece jogging device which acts directly on the lateral (and possibly rear) positioning of the mail items is indispensable in a mail processing machine, since without jogging, the mail items would not show up in a suitable position. the printing station and the resulting postal impression could be refused by the postal administration.
  • This device must also be retractable to allow the passage of large mail items.
  • the present invention therefore aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks with an improved jogging device for exerting optimal stress on the stack of mail items.
  • An object of the invention is also to provide a device that allows the processing of a stack of large mail items (typically> 200 mm) whose height exceeds a mean value of 150 mm.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a device whose integration into a traditional mail processing machine is easy to achieve without having to redefine the general architecture of this machine.
  • a jigging device for mail processing machine comprising a receiving tray for receiving in a stack of articles the mail items to be printed, a jogging device for jogging this stack of articles against a wall of referencing, a selection means for extracting one by one from this stack of articles the mail items to be printed and printing means for printing a postal fingerprint on the selected mail article, said jogging device having a sliding slideway sliding on a fixed slide whose one end is fixed close to said reference wall above a transport path of the mail items and a jogging flap, characterized in that it further comprises a strip externally slidably mounted on said movable slide and at the end end of which is mounted said jogging flap, a brake friction pad fixed on said fixed slide and mounted between said fixed slide and said movable slide, and an elastic element whose one end is connected to said movable slide and the other end to said external strip to ensure an automatic retreat and a determined value said outer strip with respect to said movable slide once the
  • Said setback value is given by the compressed length of a compression spring forming said elastic element.
  • said friction pad is sized to apply a greater frictional force to the force obtained by the compression of said compression spring.
  • said jogging flap is articulated to the terminal end of said outer strip both around a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. It may further include an elastic member for pulling the flap down against said receiving tray as it rotates about said vertical axis.
  • This elastic element is formed by a tension spring fixed between a first stud secured to the jogging flap and a second stud integral with a support piece whose one end is mounted on said horizontal axis and the other end can slide in a groove of jogging flap. It may also comprise a piece bearing a heel forming a secondary jogging element and articulated on an axis fixed on the support piece and provided with an oblong groove which cooperates with a pin of said jogging flap.
  • said jogging flap further comprises a shaft which during the rotation of the flap causes the embedding of a locking piece in an orifice of said outer strip to lock the flap in the jogging position.
  • the present invention also relates to any mail processing machine incorporating the aforementioned jogging device.
  • FIG. figure 1 A mail processing machine incorporating a jogging device according to the invention is illustrated in FIG. figure 1 . It conventionally comprises from upstream to downstream (with respect to the direction of movement of the mailpieces through the machine): a mail item supply station 10 provided with a receiving tray 12 on which are placed in a compact pile, homogeneous or not (depending on whether these articles are of the same size or not), the articles of mail to be printed; drive rollers 14 for conveying mail items through the machine along a transport path of the mail items; a lateral jogging device 16 of these mailpieces against a reference wall 18 whose upper part is inclined rearwardly; a selection station 20 for extracting one by one from the bottom of the stack the mail items to be printed; and a printing station 22 for printing a postal imprint on the selected mail article.
  • this machine can also include means for gluing and closing mail items and possibly internal means of weighing mail items.
  • the jogging device comprises a movable slide 32 which slides externally on a fixed slide ball 34.
  • the movable slide is mounted in an outer protective strip 36 which can itself slide on this movable slide a very short predetermined distance and to the end end of which is articulated a jogging flap 30.
  • an automatic retraction mechanism of the jogging device formed of a brake friction shoe 38 and a spring of compression 40 whose one end is connected to the movable slide 32 and the other end to the outer strip 36.
  • the friction pad 38 is fixed on the fixed slide 34 between the movable slide and the latter and is dimensioned to apply a force of friction greater than the force obtained by the compression of the spring, so as to ensure automatic maintenance in the jogging position chosen by the operator according to the width of the stack of envelopes.
  • the spring 40 is compressed by the operator when it pushes against the stack of envelopes the jogging flap mounted at the end of the strip and thus also moves the movable slide which is secured thereto along the fixed slide.
  • the flap 30 abuts against the battery and the operator then releases the flap, the spring relaxes to return to its initial free state with a set back a few millimeters, for example 4 mm, bringing the headband back a fixed distance corresponding to the compressed length (compression height) of the spring, the movable slide being maintained in position by the braking pad. In this way, no envelope is deformed while the stack remains properly pressed against the fold guide.
  • the jogging flap 30 can take two distinct positions: a rest position, or inactive, in which the flap must be able to fold at the top of the transport path of the envelopes to a height greater than the maximum thickness of an envelope, about 20 mm, and let the documents very large format (greater than the width of the receiving tray is about 200 mm) and an active position, in which the flap is folded down on the working path, the lower end of the flap 30A down from this maximum height to a height minimum sufficient to retain thin envelopes, typically about 2 mm.
  • a rest position or inactive, in which the flap must be able to fold at the top of the transport path of the envelopes to a height greater than the maximum thickness of an envelope, about 20 mm, and let the documents very large format (greater than the width of the receiving tray is about 200 mm)
  • an active position in which the flap is folded down on the working path, the lower end of the flap 30A down from this maximum height to a height minimum sufficient to retain thin envelopes, typically about 2 mm.
  • the jogging flap 30 is hinged both around a vertical axis 42 which allows its pivoting by 90 ° from the inactive position in the extension of the strip 36 to the conventional active position parallel to the positioning wall. reference 18, but also on a horizontal axis 44 which allows this descent of the shutter during its rotation under the action of an elastic element 46. During this rotation about its vertical axis, it cooperates in its lower part 30A with a surface of cam 36A of the headband.
  • the elastic element a tension spring, which makes it possible to pull the shutter downwards is fixed between a first stud 48 integral with this shutter and a second stud 50 integral with a support piece 52, one end of which is mounted on the horizontal axis 44 and the other end can slide in a groove 30B of the flap.
  • the opening of the shutter towards its active position by pivoting about the vertical axis 42, will also cause its rotation about the horizontal axis 44 under the traction of the spring 46 until its lower end 30A comes to rest on the receiving tray 12.
  • the shutter causes a shaft 54 which is integral with it to hold a locking piece 56 which will fit into a corresponding orifice 36B of the strip locking the flap in the jogging position (see FIG. figure 7 ).
  • the operator To return to the inactive position, the operator must first lift the flap by pivoting about the horizontal axis 44 before folding it on the blank of the strip by pivoting about its vertical axis 42.

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  1. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine, umfassend eine Aufnahmeplatte (12) zur Aufnahme der zu bedruckenden Poststücke als einen Stapel von Stücken, eine Einrüttelvorrichtung (16) zum Einrütteln dieses Stapels von Stücken an einer Ausrichtwand (18), ein Auswahlmittel (20), um aus diesem Stapel von Stücken die zu bedruckenden Poststücke eines nach dem anderen herauszuziehen, sowie ein Druckmittel (22) zum Aufdrucken eines Poststempels auf das ausgewählte Poststück, wobei die Einrüttelvorrichtung eine bewegliche Gleitschiene (32), die an einer festen Gleitschiene (34) gleitet, deren eines Ende in der Nähe der Ausrichtwand oberhalb eines Transportweges der Poststücke befestigt ist, sowie eine Einrüttelklappe (30) umfaßt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie ferner eine Außenleiste (36), die an der beweglichen Gleitschiene verschieblich angebracht ist und an deren abschließenden Ende die Einrüttelklappe angebracht ist, einen eine Bremse bildenden Reibschuh (38), der an der festen Gleitschiene befestigt und zwischen der festen Gleitschiene und der beweglichen Gleitschiene angebracht ist, sowie ein elastisches Element (40) umfaßt, dessen eines Ende mit der beweglichen Gleitschiene und dessen anderes Ende mit der Außenleiste verbunden ist, um ein automatisches Zurückfahren der Außenleiste um einen bestimmten Wert gegenüber der beweglichen Gleitschiene sicherzustellen, sobald die Einrüttelklappe mit dem Poststückstapel in Kontakt gebracht ist.
  2. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das elastische Element eine Druckfeder ist.
  3. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Zurückfahren mit bestimmtem Wert durch die eingefederte Länge der Feder vorgegeben ist.
  4. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Reibschuh bemessen ist, um eine Reibungskraft anzulegen, die größer als die durch das Einfedern der Druckfeder erzielte Kraft ist.
  5. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrüttelklappe an dem abschließenden Ende der Außenleiste sowohl um eine vertikale Achse (42) als auch um eine horizontale Achse (44) angelenkt ist.
  6. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrüttelklappe ferner ein elastisches Element (46) umfaßt, um die Klappe bei ihrer Drehung um die vertikale Achse nach unten gegen die Aufnahmeplatte zu ziehen.
  7. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das elastische Element von einer Zugfeder gebildet ist, die zwischen einem ersten Zapfen (48), welcher mit der Einrüttelklappe fest verbunden ist, und einem zweiten Zapfen (50), welcher mit einem Tragteil (52) fest verbunden ist, befestigt ist, dessen eines Ende an der horizontalen Achse angebracht ist und dessen anderes Ende in einer Nut (30B) der Einrüttelklappe gleiten kann.
  8. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie ferner ein Teil (58) umfaßt, das einen Ansatz (66) trägt, der ein sekundäres Einrüttelelement bildet, und das an einer an dem Tragteil (52) befestigten Achse (60) angelenkt und mit einer länglichen Nut (62) ausgestattet ist, die mit einem Stift (64) der Einrüttelklappe zusammenwirkt.
  9. Einrüttelvorrichtung für eine Postbearbeitungsmaschine nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrüttelklappe ferner eine Welle (54) umfaßt, die beim Drehen der Klappe zum Einfügen eines Blockierteils (56) in eine Öffnung (36B) der Außenleiste führt, um die Klappe in der Einrüttelposition zu verriegeln.
  10. Postbearbeitungsmaschine, die eine Einrüttelvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9 umfaßt.
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