EP1608470B1 - Structure de transfert de bacs pour machine de tri postal - Google Patents

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EP1608470B1
EP1608470B1 EP04767899A EP04767899A EP1608470B1 EP 1608470 B1 EP1608470 B1 EP 1608470B1 EP 04767899 A EP04767899 A EP 04767899A EP 04767899 A EP04767899 A EP 04767899A EP 1608470 B1 EP1608470 B1 EP 1608470B1
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a postal sorting machine comprising sorting outlets distributed over one or more horizontal rows, parallel and superimposed and wherein each sorting outlet is provided with a storage bin for mail items.
  • the invention extends to so-called bi-face sorting machines comprising sorting outlets on its two lateral sides.
  • the invention is particularly applicable to a letter mail sorting machine working in one or more passes, and in particular a sorting machine capable of preparing the round of factors in one, two or three passes. More particularly, the invention applies to a sorting machine capable of preparing in two passes the tour of a hundred factors, and more depending on the number of sorting outlets.
  • the postal items are entered for a first pass in the sorting machine and are sorted a first time in sort output receptacles.
  • Each receptacle is emptied manually into a storage bin provided for this purpose positioned in structures or trolleys. These structures or trolleys containing the storage bins are then transported in a defined order at the entrance of the sorting machine so that the postal items are reinserted into the machine for a second pass.
  • the receptacles contain the perfectly sorted postal items for the touring factors and their contents are transferred to the storage bins. These storage bins are then taken to a place of evacuation so that the factors can take them.
  • the reloading operation of the machine between the first pass and the second pass is done entirely manually.
  • the operators use trolleys on which the storage bins are stored temporarily.
  • the operators must extract the bins from the sorting outlets in a precise order and reintroduce them into the sorting machine in the same order. This results in risks that bins are interchanged during temporary storage on the carriage which has the effect of introducing a malfunction for the preparation of the tour factors.
  • the operators must take the storage bins to a place of evacuation remote from the sorting machine, which further increases the handling operations. In addition these operations of handling increase the time necessary to the realization of the preparation of the tour of the factors.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above disadvantages by providing a postal sorting machine, which minimizes manual operations, decreases the duration of reloading and reduces the risk of bins being swapped between two sorting passes.
  • the subject of the invention is a postal sorting machine comprising sorting outlets distributed over one or more horizontal, parallel and superimposed rows, characterized in that a tray transfer structure is arranged along said rows of boxes.
  • sorting outlets this transfer structure comprising one or more superposed tray conveyors which extend respectively parallel to the rows of sorting outlets and one or more superposed gangways movable along the rows of sorting outlets and each extending between row of sorting outlets and a corresponding tray conveyor for enabling the transfer of at least one storage bin from a sorting outlet to a corresponding bin conveyor.
  • the operator For the transfer of the storage bins, either to the input of the sorting machine to make a new pass, or to a place of evacuation, the operator must only drag the storage bins of the sorting outlets on the gangways to the conveyors, the conveyors then transport the storage bins to the desired location.
  • the time required for the operation and the effort for the operator is less because it does not have to move and just have to slide the storage bins without lifting.
  • the maneuvers to be performed by the operator are simple, so there is very little risk that it invert the order of the storage bins even at the end of the second sorting pass.
  • the postal sorting machine comprises a row of sorting outlets, a tray conveyor and a corresponding gateway which are arranged substantially in the same horizontal plane.
  • the conveyors are either conveyor belts or accumulation conveyors.
  • the conveyors are arranged to move the storage bins in two opposite directions so as to be able to bring the storage bins on one side to an input of the sorting machine and the another side towards a place of evacuation of the bins.
  • each gateway comprises a set of parallel idle rollers to facilitate the movement of the bins.
  • each gateway is arranged to be raised or lowered or retracted.
  • each gateway is mounted either on a trolley with wheels or on a frame of the corresponding tray conveyor.
  • FIGS. 1 and 1A there is shown a postal sorting machine 1 constituted by a sorting unit 2 and a transfer structure 3 of the storage bins 4.
  • the sorting unit 2 consists of a unit for introducing and recognizing postal items 5, in the case of an example of two rows. 6a and 6b horizontal, parallel and superimposed sorting outlets 7, storage bins 4 postal items near the sorting outlets 7. The postal items are introduced into the sorting unit 2 in an input 8 of the machine.
  • the transfer structure 3 is composed of two superimposed conveyors 9 (more visible in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4), for example with a strip, arranged parallel to rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7 and of two gangways 10 (which are still visible in Figures 2, 3 and 4) movable along the rows of sorting outlets and each disposed between a row 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7 and a conveyor 9.
  • the conveyors 9 are bidirectional and extend between the inlet 8 and an evacuation place indicated by Ev in FIG. 1.
  • the catwalks 10 which extend perpendicularly to the rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7 in FIGS. 1 and 1A are movable and move along the rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7.
  • an operator arranges the postal items at the entrance 8 of the postal sorting machine 1 where they are introduced in the introduction and recognition unit. of postal items 5, which controls the referral of postal items to sorting outlets 7.
  • the postal items once sorted are found in the receptacles and must be manually transferred to the storage bins 4 placed at each sorting outlet 7
  • the storage bins 4 are returned in sequence to the input 8 via the transfer structure 3 to produce the second sorting pass of the postal items.
  • An operator pushes the storage bins 4 on the gangways 10 of the sorting outlets 7 to the conveyors 9.
  • the storage bins 4 are conveyed from the sorting outlets 7 to the place evacuation ev storage bins 4 which is placed at a distance from the postal sorting machine 1 to store them so that they can be carried away by the factors.
  • FIG. 2 it can be seen that the two rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7 are superimposed and offset from one another in a vertical plane, that is to say that the upper gangway is longer than the lower lower gateway to facilitate access to the storage bins 4.
  • Each of the two rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7, corresponds to a bridge 10 and a conveyor 9, these elements being arranged substantially in the same horizontal plane to allow an operator to slide without lifting them, the storage bins 4 contained in the sorting outlets 7, from the sorting outlet 7 to the conveyor 9.
  • the two superimposed conveyors 9 are arranged on a fixed frame 11.
  • the bridges 10 are arranged on the frame 11 of the conveyors 9 by means of slides 12 and can slide along the rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7. It is observed in FIG. 1 that the displacement of the bridges in the slides 12 is indexed. on notches 13 so that the bridges 10 stop just opposite the sorting outlets 7.
  • the bridges 10 in the horizontally lowered position in FIG. 2 can turn around the axes of rotation A, B and rise to the way of a drawbridge.
  • the two bridges 10 are interconnected by a bar 14 articulated to be moved simultaneously along the rows 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7 and to lower and rise simultaneously.
  • the simultaneous movement of the two bridges 10 along the conveyor 9 reduces the maneuvers and the risk of errors in the order of conveying the storage bins 4 from the output to the input of the sorting machine 1.
  • the operator therefore slides on the bridges 10 the storage bins one by one from the sorting outlets 7 to the conveyors 9 in a precise order. It begins with one end of the rows 6a, 6b, emptying the upper sorting outlet 7, then the lower sorting outlet 7, simultaneously shifts the two gangways 10 by one step 13 or a sorting outlet 7 by operating a lever or a pusher for indexably moving the gateways 10, emptying the upper sorting outlet 7 and then the lower sorting outlet 7, and so on until all the storage bins have been transferred.
  • the storage bins therefore arrive in a predetermined order at the entrance of the postal sorting machine 1 or in the place of evacuation of the bins not shown in FIG. 2 at one end of the conveyors 9.
  • the transfer structure 3 thus avoids handling and movements to the operators, because they do not have to lift the storage bins 4, or to go back and forth between the entrance of the postal sorting machine 1 and the sorting outlets 7. Moreover, the risks of errors in the order of transfer of the storage bins 4 to reintroduce the postal items in the postal sorting machine 1 are reduced because the maneuvers to be performed are simple and the temporary storage of storage bins 4 on trolleys for transporting these storage bins 4 to the entrance of the postal sorting machine 1.
  • the bridges 10 are shown in the raised position vertically. This position makes it possible to leave a totally free space between the conveyor 9 and the rows 6a, 6b for moving the operators. It can be provided that the catwalks 10 are arranged on the frame 11 of the conveyors 9 removably to be retracted.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown a postal sorting machine 1 with a transfer structure 3 for bins having two gangways 10 mounted on a traveling carriage 15 which are not integral with the frame 11 of the conveyors 9.
  • the carriage 15 comprises casters to be easily moved 16 along the conveyors 9 superimposed.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown a postal sorting machine 1 with a transfer structure 3 trays consisting of accumulation conveyors 9a.
  • Such conveyors 9a are known and operate with sensors to move the storage bins 4 step by step.
  • FIG. 5 shows 18a - 18i the different accumulation zones of the conveyors 9a.
  • FIG. 5 also shows a transfer structure 3 with two pairs of gangways 10 ', 10 ".
  • a postal sorting machine 1 having a very large number of sorting outlets 7, it may be advantageous to reduce transfer time storage bins 4 between two passes to double the number of gateways 10 ', 10 "for each row 6a, 6b of sorting outlets 7.
  • Two operators begin the transfer of the storage bins 4 respectively at both ends of the rows 6a, 6b sorting outlets 7, then get closer by emptying the sorting outlets 7 until they meet.
  • FIG. 1 shows a transfer structure 3 in which the two bridges 10 are offset in a vertical plane transverse to the rows of sorting outlets, which is of interest for offering the operator good accessibility to the lowest bridge.
  • the gangways 10 are equipped with a set of parallel idle rollers 17 on which the storage bins 4 are moved.
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