EP1618969A1 - Verfahren zur Bearbeitung von Postsendungen für die Erstellung und Aufteilung von Gangreihenfolgen - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Bearbeitung von Postsendungen für die Erstellung und Aufteilung von Gangreihenfolgen Download PDF

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EP1618969A1
EP1618969A1 EP05300597A EP05300597A EP1618969A1 EP 1618969 A1 EP1618969 A1 EP 1618969A1 EP 05300597 A EP05300597 A EP 05300597A EP 05300597 A EP05300597 A EP 05300597A EP 1618969 A1 EP1618969 A1 EP 1618969A1
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François Madar
Bruno Cartal
Nicolas Basset
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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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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a method of processing postal items for the preparation and separation of factor mail in a postal sorting machine.
  • the invention applies more particularly to a method of processing postal items implemented in a postal sorting machine comprising a bucket carousel flowing over the sorting outlets of the machine, each sorting outlet being equipped with an exchangeable removable tray automatically on order of the sorting system.
  • This postal mail processing method can for example be implemented in the machine known from the patent application US2004 / 0016623.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a postal mail processing method as indicated above making it possible to sort N1xN2 distribution points in the second pass with a simpler physical separation of the factor rounds.
  • the subject of the invention is a method for processing postal items for the preparation of postman's rounds in a postal sorting machine, in which at least two postman turnings are prepared in sorting outlets equipped with bins. interchangeable and in which a mailing of a first postman tour and a mailer of a second postman turn are directed to a common sorting outlet, characterized in that to separate the mailings of the two postman turnings on said exit common sort, the machine controls a tray change in this common sorting outlet.
  • the factor tour to which belongs a current item to be directed to the sorting outlet is different from the current factor round to which belongs the last mailpiece loaded. in said sorting outlet and controlling a change of bin in this sorting outlet to separate the two rounds of factor.
  • the last postal item loaded in a sorting outlet belongs to a postman's tour which is different from the postman's tour to which belongs a next mail item intended to be charged in this Sort out and we order a change of bin in this sorting outlet to separate the two rounds of factor.
  • the invention also extends to a postal sorting machine specially arranged to implement the method defined above.
  • FIG. 1 very schematically illustrates a two-pass sorting plan implemented in the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a very schematic section showing a bin changing device for implementing the method according to the invention.
  • the method of processing postal items according to the invention for preparing factor rounds in an automatic bucket carousel sorting machine thus makes it possible to physically separate the postal items belonging to different factor rounds without affecting the sorting capacity of the item. the machine.
  • the method according to the invention takes advantage of existing devices, in a bucket carousel sorting machine, automatic change of a full bin by an empty bin at the sorting outlets of the machine.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first distribution 20 of nine distribution points numbered 1 to 9 for postal items to be sorted in the first pass in three sorting outlets S1. , S2, S3 of an automatic sorting machine (not shown).
  • the distribution points of the factor rounds are concatenated. More particularly, for the first sorting pass, the distribution points of all the rounds are distributed in the order of each round successively on N1 modulo sorting outputs N1 (N1 being equal to 3 in the case of example). For the second sorting pass, the distribution points assigned to each sorting output in the first pass are distributed over N2 sorting outlets (N2 being equal to 3 in the case of example) to achieve the concatenation of the distribution points of the visible factor rounds in FIG.
  • the bins in the sorting outlets are emptied in the order and the postal items are reintroduced into the sorting machine for the second sorting pass.
  • the contents of the tray of the output S3 obtained in first sorting pass is introduced first and the postal items assigned to the distribution points 3, 6 and 9 are then sorted respectively in the sorting outlets S1, S2 and S3 in second pass.
  • the contents of the tray of the output S2 obtained in the first sorting pass is then introduced into the machine for the sorting of postal items having as distribution points the distribution points 2, 5 and 8.
  • the contents of the tray of the output S1 in the first sorting pass is introduced into the machine for sorting postal items having distribution points as distribution points 1,2 and 3. This process can be assisted by a tray transfer device ranging from sorting outlets to the input of the sorting machine.
  • the postal items assigned to the distribution point 4 will be directed in the tray of the output S2 as the postal items assigned to the distribution point 5.
  • the method of the invention to physically separate the postal items from these two rounds in the second pass, it is carried out automatically a tray change in the output S2 between the moment when the last mailpiece having the distribution point 5 was loaded in the output S2 and the moment when the first mailpiece having the distribution point 4 is loaded in the output S2 , more particularly when it is detected that the two postal items intended to be loaded consecutively in this sorting outlet S2 belong to two different rounds.
  • a change of tank is controlled in the output S2 when the first current send having the distribution point 4 is present in the output S2 since the factor tour of this item is different from that to which belongs to the last consignment presented in the exit S2 and having the point of distribution 5.
  • the sorting system controls in second pass the factor tour to which belongs a current item to direct to a certain sorting outlet and the current factor tour to which belongs the last mailing loaded in the sorting outlet.
  • the sorting system controls a bin change in this sorting outlet. This bin change is of course synchronized with the arrival of the current shipment in the sorting outlet considered. In this way, a physical separation of the two turns is performed at this sorting outlet.
  • This principle can be generalized for any sorting outlet in which two distribution points belonging to different routes have been assigned in the second pass.
  • a current factor tour identifier that is to say a datum representative of the factor tour to which the last factor belongs, is kept in memory during the second pass. loaded shipment in the sorting outlet. For each current item appearing in the second pass in the machine, it identifies the tour of factor to which it belongs and the sorting outlet to which it must be directed. We compare the factor tour of the current shipment to the current factor tour of the sorting outlet in question and in case of difference, we order a tray change.
  • the detection indicated above can be done in other ways without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • this mailing is the last mail item to be unloaded in this outing for a postman tour, while a mail item belonging to another postman tour is expected to arrive shortly in this sorting outlet.
  • the occurrence of the passage of this sending machine can be easily detected in the second pass by reading its identification bar code for example, or by any other equivalent means of identification of the delivery point of the shipment.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates, in very diagrammatic sectional form, a device for automatically changing a full bin by an empty bin in a sorting outlet.
  • the sorting outlets of an automatic sorting machine fed by means of a bucket carousel are in principle already equipped with interchangeable containers and an automatic container changing device such as 22 which replaces, in a sorting outlet 25 placed under the cup carrousel 26, a tray 23 full of postal items 24 by a replacement empty container 27.
  • the tray changing device shown in Fig. 2 comprises a conveyor 28 disposed under the sorting outlet 25 which is arranged to drive two adjacent trays 23,27 in the direction of the arrow 29 so as to place the tray 23 full. on a container evacuation conveyor 30 and the empty container 27 in place of the tray 23 in the sorting outlet 25.
  • a tray transfer device not shown in Fig. 2 may be provided for replenishing the sorting outlet 25 with a new replacement empty container 27 after a bin changing operation.
  • the automatic bin changing device used above is for example part of an automatic bin handling system better known as "ATHS"("Automated Tray Handling System”).
  • This automatic container handling system further comprises conveying devices trays to bring the bins filled with postal items to the entrance of the sorting machine at the end of the first pass, to bring empty bins in front of sorting outlets, or for conveying and managing the storage order of the bins when they are removed from the sorting outlets by means of a labeling and tag reading system.

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