EP1663527A1 - Device used to organise flat packets according to a determined sequence - Google Patents

Device used to organise flat packets according to a determined sequence

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EP1663527A1
EP1663527A1 EP04764902A EP04764902A EP1663527A1 EP 1663527 A1 EP1663527 A1 EP 1663527A1 EP 04764902 A EP04764902 A EP 04764902A EP 04764902 A EP04764902 A EP 04764902A EP 1663527 A1 EP1663527 A1 EP 1663527A1
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mail items
pocket
pocket ring
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Peter Berdelle-Hilge
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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
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
    • B07C3/082—In which the objects are carried by transport holders and the transport holders form part of the conveyor belts

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  • the invention relates to a device for organizing flat mail items according to a definable sequence of delivery points assigned to the recipient addresses, with at least one separating device, each with a subsequent reading device for determining the address information on the mail items, and with a circumferential pocket ring, in the pockets of which can be emptied in a controlled manner a read shipment is being carried.
  • EP 820 818 AI A solution for sorting in a certain order has become known (EP 820 818 AI), which uses an intermediate storage consisting of pockets or similar elements, each of which can record a shipment and, on command, can be returned to the actual storage compartment.
  • An intermediate storage consisting of pockets or similar elements, each of which can record a shipment and, on command, can be returned to the actual storage compartment.
  • All the items to be sorted are placed in the pockets of the clipboard in any order.
  • the mail items are then removed from the pockets of the intermediate store and transferred to the storage compartments in such a way that they are in the order to be produced in the latter.
  • a separate storage is provided for each shipment.
  • the sorting is carried out with two rounds of the pockets of the intermediate store, one round for filling the pockets, another for emptying the pockets.
  • this requires a large number of storage compartments, each of which must be equipped with a control mechanism which causes the consignment to be transferred from the correct pocket in the buffer.
  • a corresponding solution has also become known, in which several items are stacked in the shelves in an orderly manner.
  • the deliveries of the consignments from the containers to the shelves take place in several rounds, with the order of Consignments in each shelf correspond to the sequence of delivery points assigned to the addresses of the consignments located in the respective shelf (DE 199 43 362 AI).
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for organizing flat mail items according to a definable sequence of delivery points assigned to the recipient addresses, in which the mail items are read and read only once and brought into the defined sequence by means of circumferential pocket rings, with the expense of Removal of the consignments is reduced and other consignments or streams of consignments can also be included.
  • a coherent part of the pocket ring Arranged underneath a coherent part of the pocket ring, referred to as the overlap region, is a part of a transport device that moves at a relative speed for this purpose, with a collecting belt for receiving the mail items from the bags for further transport of the mail items to a stacking device.
  • the transport speed of the collecting belt is matched to the transport speed of the pocket ring so that each section of the collecting belt during its movement. has passed each pocket of the pocket ring at least once along the coverage area, and the mail items are emptied from the pockets of the pocket ring onto the collective belt in accordance with the recipient addresses read in such a way that they leave the collective belt in the stacking device in the specified sequence of the recipient addresses.
  • the device thus has at least one output.
  • a buffer storage device for receiving the read mail items is advantageously arranged between the reading device or readers and the pocket ring.
  • the read mail items can each be loaded into the buffer pockets in the pocket loading station, which deliver the mail items in controlled fashion to empty pockets of the sorting pocket ring in at least one output and which, in a further advantageous embodiment, can be coupled to a circulating, endless means of conveyance and can be uncoupled from the means of conveyance.
  • the buffer pockets of the buffer storage device are coupled to the conveying means and the transferring buffer storage runs in the same direction, positioned at the same speed, to the loading pocket.
  • the pocket ring and the collecting belt rotate in opposite directions, so that the speed of the collecting belt can be kept relatively low.
  • devices for loading with additional mail items to be distributed to the respective recipient addresses are advantageously arranged on the sections assigned to the recipient addresses above the parts of the collecting belt lying outside the coverage area.
  • sensors are provided for measuring the mail item thicknesses. If the total height of the mail items assigned to a delivery point exceeds a limit value, the adjacent areas can also be loaded with mail items of the same delivery point as required.
  • the collecting belt in a U-shape under part of the pocket ring.
  • the pocket ring and / or the buffer store have at least one loading and unloading station outside the coverage area for the additional discharge of mail items from the pockets according to certain sorting criteria. This makes it possible to separate items according to certain criteria in addition to sorting.
  • the pocket ring In order to keep the base area of the device as small as possible, it is advantageous to add an additional part of the pocket ring that extends beyond the overlap area and is not located under the unloading stations of the buffer store To manage level, which is above the level of the buffer memory or below the level of the anthology, the mail items circulating in the same direction in both levels. It is particularly advantageous if the height-overriding deflection of the pocket ring takes place in the interior of the buffer store.
  • a second device for arranging is provided, which is rotated to the first device by 180 ° about the vertical axis, with which the part of the pocket ring which is not above the collecting belt is in the opposite part to the corresponding part of the first device another level.
  • both devices can be nested one inside the other, which means that the required floor space is almost halved compared to a separate installation.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a device for ordering according to the distribution order with loading of the pocket ring
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of a device with loading of the collecting belt divided into sections
  • 3 shows a schematic plan view of an arrangement device
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a device for ordering with several levels
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of two nested devices for ordering.
  • the mail items 4 are first combined in a known manner in a separating device 1 from a stack. Then the recipient addresses of the mail items 4 are recorded and determined in a reading device, not shown.
  • the read programs 4 are then passed to a buffer storage device 2. There, each consignment 4 is conveyed via a loading station into a circulating buffer pocket 3, these buffer pockets 3 being able to be coupled to a circulating conveying means in a controlled manner and being able to be uncoupled from the conveying means in a controlled manner, and the transfer takes place in the coupled state.
  • the mail items 4 are transported from each separating device 1 into the buffer pockets 3 via a separate loading station.
  • both a non-constant input current from the separating devices 1 and an output current that is not synchronous and / or not constant with the input current can be processed further.
  • the buffer pockets 3 can be opened downwards in a controlled manner in order to deliver the mail items 4 to empty pockets 6 of a further pocket ring 5, including a circumferential one.
  • the pockets 6 are firmly connected to the rotating conveyor.
  • the pocket ring 5 and the buffer pockets 3 run in the same direction.
  • the mailings 4 are sorted according to the agreed sequence of the delivery points, in that the mailings 4, controlled by opening the pocket bottoms of the pockets 6, fall down onto a collecting belt 7 which is divided into sections and runs in the opposite direction to the pocket ring 5 with its upper run.
  • the collecting belt 7 is arranged in a U-shape under the pocket ring, i.e. the pocket ring 5 is longer than the collecting belt 7.
  • the transport speeds are coordinated with one another such that each section 8 of the collecting belt 7 has passed each pocket 6 of the pocket ring 5 once during its movement along the area of overlap with the pocket ring 5.
  • Several consignments 4 can be loaded in a section 8 up to a maximum total height at which safe transport and stacking behavior (see above) is guaranteed.
  • the collecting belt 7 can also be pre-assigned with consignments by further sorting or input devices for all or special recipients.
  • a stacking device for stacking the mail items 4 in the specified sequence in container 9.
  • a device for portioning can also be arranged between the collecting belt 7 and the stacking device, in which the related mail items of a delivery point before stacking in Bags and pouches can be packed or provided with banderoles.
  • the mail items 4 can be stacked in the container 9 in an upright or lying position.
  • the mail items 4 are loaded onto the collecting belt 7 in such a way that they leave it in the appropriate sequence. If shipments 4 of different but neighboring delivery points are loaded into a section 8, they must lie one above the other in the defined sequence of delivery points.
  • the sequence is shown in FIG. 4 in a simple example for explanation.
  • the mail items 4 located in the pocket ring 5 are to be placed in a container in the order from top to bottom blue, red, green, purple according to FIG. 4g.
  • Pocket ring 5 and collecting band 7 move in opposite directions to each other.
  • the mail item marked with purple is placed in a section of the collecting belt 7 (FIG. 4b). If the program 4 marked with green is then above this section, it is placed on the program purple (FIG. 4c) and the program 4 marked with blue runs past this section, since it is the last program in sequence, and is in unload the following section (FIG. 4d).
  • the mail item red has reached the section with the two mail items purple and green and is being unloaded as the top mail item. This was done on the condition that the previously measured mail item thicknesses allow the three mail items to be stored in one section. Subsequently, the mail items 4 are stacked in the desired order in a container in the stacking device (FIG. 4f).
  • the pocket ring 5 can pass through two levels.
  • the part of the pocket ring 5 which does not cover the collecting belt 7 can be folded about a horizontal axis above or below the covering part:
  • the pocket ring 5 then has in principle the course of a lying figure eight, which was folded in its knot and there by the buffer storage device 2 is included.
  • the actuators for opening the pockets 6 of the pocket ring 5 can be arranged in a stationary manner with constant synchronization between the pocket ring 5 and the collecting belt 7.
  • FIG. 5 shows a 540 ° deflection over the in- system interior. Outside the coverage area, outputs 10 of the buffer storage device 2 for loading the pockets 6, unloading stations 11 for additionally discharging mail items 4 from the bags 6 according to specific sorting criteria, a loading station 12 for loading the buffer bags with the mail items from the separating device 1 and also can be seen an output 13 of the buffer storage device 2 for discharging separated mail items.
  • both systems A and B can be merged, as shown in FIG one system the additional level of the pocket ring 5 is above the level of the buffer storage device 2 and in the other system below the level of the buffer storage device 2. This means that only a small footprint is required.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device which is used to arrange flat packets according to a determined sequence of delivery points associated with receiver addresses, whereby below a continuous part of a surrounding pocket ring (5) designated as a covering area, one part of a collector belt (7), which is displaced with relative speed, is arranged on a stacking device to receive packets (4) from the pockets (6) in order to further transport the packets (4). The transportation speed of the collector belt (7) is synchronised with the transportation speed of the pocket ring (5) such that each section (8) of the collector belt passes along the covering area of each pocket (6) of the pocket ring (5) at least once during the movement thereof. The packets (4) are emptied onto the collector belt (7) from out of the pockets (6) of the pocket ring (5) according to the read recipient addresses such that they leave the collector belt (7) in the stacking device in a determined sequence of the recipient addresses.

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Vorrichtung zum Ordnen von flachen Sendungen nach einer festlegbaren AbfolgeDevice for arranging flat mail items according to a definable sequence

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Ordnen von flachen Sendungen nach einer festlegbaren Abfolge von den Empfängeradressen zugeordneten Zustellpunkten, mit mindestens einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung mit jeweils nachfolgender Le- seeinrichtung zur Ermittlung der auf den Sendungen befindlichen Adressinformationen und mit einem umlaufenden Taschenring, in dessen gesteuert entleerbare Taschen jeweils eine gelesene Sendung befördert wird.The invention relates to a device for organizing flat mail items according to a definable sequence of delivery points assigned to the recipient addresses, with at least one separating device, each with a subsequent reading device for determining the address information on the mail items, and with a circumferential pocket ring, in the pockets of which can be emptied in a controlled manner a read shipment is being carried.

Zum Ordnen in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge wurde eine Lösung bekannt (EP 820 818 AI), die einen Zwischenspeicher benutzt, der aus Taschen oder ähnlichen Elementen besteht, die jeweils eine Sendung aufnehmen und diese auf Befehl in das eigentliche Ablagefach wieder abgeben können. Dabei werden zunächst alle zu ordnenden Sendungen in beliebiger Reihenfolge in den Taschen des Zwischenspeichers untergebracht. Sodann werden die Sendungen so aus den Taschen des Zwischenspeichers entnommen und in die Ablagefächer überführt, dass sie sich in letzteren in der herzustellenden Ordnung befinden. Für jede Sendung ist eine eigene Ablage vorgesehen. Das Sortieren erfolgt mit zwei Umläufen der Taschen des Zwischenspeichers, ein Umlauf für das Befüllen der Taschen, ein weiterer für das Entleeren der Taschen. Dazu ist aber eine große Anzahl von Ablagefächern notwendig, wobei jedes mit einem Steuermechanismus ausgestattet sein muss, der die Übergabe der Sendung aus der richtigen Tasche des Zwischenspeichers veranlasst .A solution for sorting in a certain order has become known (EP 820 818 AI), which uses an intermediate storage consisting of pockets or similar elements, each of which can record a shipment and, on command, can be returned to the actual storage compartment. First, all the items to be sorted are placed in the pockets of the clipboard in any order. The mail items are then removed from the pockets of the intermediate store and transferred to the storage compartments in such a way that they are in the order to be produced in the latter. A separate storage is provided for each shipment. The sorting is carried out with two rounds of the pockets of the intermediate store, one round for filling the pockets, another for emptying the pockets. However, this requires a large number of storage compartments, each of which must be equipped with a control mechanism which causes the consignment to be transferred from the correct pocket in the buffer.

Bekannt wurde auch eine entsprechende Lösung, bei der in die Ablagen jeweils mehrere Sendungen geordnet abgestapelt werden. Die Abgabe der Sendungen aus den Behältern in die Ablagen erfolgt in mehreren Umläufen, wobei die Reihenfolge der Sendungen in jeder Ablage der Abfolge der den Adressen der in der jeweiligen Ablage befindlichen Sendungen zugeordneten Zustellpunkte entspricht (DE 199 43 362 AI) .A corresponding solution has also become known, in which several items are stacked in the shelves in an orderly manner. The deliveries of the consignments from the containers to the shelves take place in several rounds, with the order of Consignments in each shelf correspond to the sequence of delivery points assigned to the addresses of the consignments located in the respective shelf (DE 199 43 362 AI).

Aus der US 3 573 748 ist eine Vorrichtung bekannt, bei derFrom US 3,573,748 a device is known in which

Sendungen aus feststehenden Taschen auf ein in Abschnitte unterteiltes Sammelband entleert werden, und aus der US 5 462 268 A ist eine Vorrichtung bekannt, bei der Sendungen aus umlaufenden Taschen in Behälter und somit in Ab- schnitte eines Förderers entleert werden.Mailings from stationary pockets are emptied onto a collecting belt divided into sections, and a device is known from US Pat. No. 5,462,268 A in which mailings are emptied from rotating pockets into containers and thus into sections of a conveyor.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung zum Ordnen von flachen Sendungen nach einer festlegbaren Abfolge von den Empfängeradressen zugeordneten Zustellpunkten zu schaffen, bei der die Sendungen nur einmal vereinzelt und gelesen und mittels umlaufender Taschenringe in die festgelegte Abfolge gebracht werden, wobei der Aufwand zum Entnehmen der Sendungen reduziert ist und andere Sendungen oder Sendungsströme zusätzlich einbezogen werden können.The invention has for its object to provide a device for organizing flat mail items according to a definable sequence of delivery points assigned to the recipient addresses, in which the mail items are read and read only once and brought into the defined sequence by means of circumferential pocket rings, with the expense of Removal of the consignments is reduced and other consignments or streams of consignments can also be included.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Aufgabe durch die Merkmale des Anspruches 1 gelöst .According to the invention the object is achieved by the features of claim 1.

Unterhalb eines als Überdeckungsbereich bezeichneten zusammenhängenden Teils des Taschenringes ist ein sich dazu mit Relativgeschwindigkeit bewegender Teil einer Transporteinrichtung mit einem Sammelband zur Aufnahme der Sendungen aus den Taschen zum Weitertransport der Sendungen zu einer Stapeleinrichtung angeordnet. Die Transportgeschwindigkeit des Sammelbandes ist so auf die Transportgeschwindigkeit des Ta- schenringes abgestimmt, dass jeder Abschnitt des Sammelbandes während seiner Bewegung . entlang des Überdeckungsbereiches jede Tasche des Taschenringes mindestens einmal passiert hat und wobei die Sendungen aus den Taschen des Taschenringes entsprechend der gelesenen Empfängeradressen so auf das Sam- melband entleert werden, dass sie das Sammelband in der Stapeleinrichtung in der festgelegten Abfolge der Empfängeradressen verlassen. Damit weist die Vorrichtung mindestens einen Ausgang aus.Arranged underneath a coherent part of the pocket ring, referred to as the overlap region, is a part of a transport device that moves at a relative speed for this purpose, with a collecting belt for receiving the mail items from the bags for further transport of the mail items to a stacking device. The transport speed of the collecting belt is matched to the transport speed of the pocket ring so that each section of the collecting belt during its movement. has passed each pocket of the pocket ring at least once along the coverage area, and the mail items are emptied from the pockets of the pocket ring onto the collective belt in accordance with the recipient addresses read in such a way that they leave the collective belt in the stacking device in the specified sequence of the recipient addresses. The device thus has at least one output.

Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen dargelegt .Advantageous embodiments of the invention are set out in the subclaims.

Um den Beladeprozess der Taschen in der Taschenbeladestation vom Beladen des Sammelbandes zu entkoppeln, ist es vorteilhaft, zwischen diesem Taschenring und der Transporteinrichtung mit dem Sammelband einen weiteren, zum oberen Taschen- ring mit unterschiedlicher Transportgeschwindigkeit und/oder -richtung umlaufenden Taschenring, anzuordnen, dessen Taschen Sendungen aus dem oberen Taschenring aufnehmen und an die Transporteinrichtung mit Sammelband in dem Überdeckungsbereich abgeben.In order to decouple the loading process of the pockets in the pocket loading station from the loading of the collecting belt, it is advantageous to arrange a further pocket ring, the one around the upper pocket ring with different transport speed and / or direction, between this pocket ring and the transport device with the collecting belt Bags Pick up mail items from the top pocket ring and hand them over to the transport device with collecting belt in the overlap area.

Damit die Sendungen sicher neben- und aufeinander liegen, ist es vorteilhaft, das Sammelband in Abschnitte mit Stegen zu unterteilen.So that the mail items are safely next to and on top of each other, it is advantageous to divide the collecting belt into sections with webs.

Um nicht konstante Sendungseingangsströme ohne Einbuße der Sortierperformance verarbeiten zu können, ist zwischen der oder den Leseeinrichtungen und dem Taschenring vorteilhaft eine Pufferspeichereinrichtung zur Aufnahme der gelesenen Sendungen angeordnet. Die gelesenen Sendungen sind jeweils in der Taschenbeladestation in die Puffertaschen ladbar, welche die Sendungen in mindestens einem Ausgang gesteuert an leere Taschen des sortierenden Taschenringes abgeben und welche in weiterer vorteilhafter Ausgestaltung an ein umlaufendes, endloses Fördermittel ankoppelbar und von dem Fördermittel abkoppelbar sind. Bei der Übergabe sind die Puffertaschen der Pufferspeichereinrichtung an das Fördermittel angekoppelt und der übergebende Pufferspeicher läuft in der gleichen Richtung mit der gleichen Geschwindigkeit positioniert zur beladenden Tasche.In order to be able to process non-constant mail input streams without sacrificing the sorting performance, a buffer storage device for receiving the read mail items is advantageously arranged between the reading device or readers and the pocket ring. The read mail items can each be loaded into the buffer pockets in the pocket loading station, which deliver the mail items in controlled fashion to empty pockets of the sorting pocket ring in at least one output and which, in a further advantageous embodiment, can be coupled to a circulating, endless means of conveyance and can be uncoupled from the means of conveyance. During the transfer, the buffer pockets of the buffer storage device are coupled to the conveying means and the transferring buffer storage runs in the same direction, positioned at the same speed, to the loading pocket.

Vorteilhaft ist es auch, wenn der Taschenring und das Sammel- band gegenläufig umlaufen, so dass die Geschwindigkeit des Sammelbandes relativ gering gehalten werden kann. Zur Zusammenführen der Sendungen aus dem Taschenring mit weiteren Sendungen/Sendungsströmen sind über den außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches liegenden Teilen des Sammelbandes vor- teilhaft Vorrichtungen zum Beladen mit weiteren an die jeweiligen Empfängeradressen zu verteilenden Sendungen auf die den Empfängeradressen zugeordneten Abschnitte angeordnet. Um sicherzustellen, dass die Sendungen nur bis zur maximal vorgesehenen Höhe auf das Sammelband geleitet werden, sind Sensoren zum Messen der Sendungsdicken vorgesehen. Überschreitet die Gesamthöhe der einem Zustellpunkt zugeordneten Sendungen einen Grenzwert, so können auch die angrenzenden Bereiche je nach Bedarf mit Sendungen des gleichen Zustell - punktes beladen werden.It is also advantageous if the pocket ring and the collecting belt rotate in opposite directions, so that the speed of the collecting belt can be kept relatively low. In order to combine the mail items from the pocket ring with further mail items / mail streams, devices for loading with additional mail items to be distributed to the respective recipient addresses are advantageously arranged on the sections assigned to the recipient addresses above the parts of the collecting belt lying outside the coverage area. To ensure that the mail items are only fed onto the collecting belt up to the maximum intended height, sensors are provided for measuring the mail item thicknesses. If the total height of the mail items assigned to a delivery point exceeds a limit value, the adjacent areas can also be loaded with mail items of the same delivery point as required.

Es können zur optimalen Ausnutzung des Sammelbandes auch mehrere Sendungen unterschiedlicher, aber benachbarter Zustell - punkte in einen Abschnitt des Sammelbandes geladen werden. Dabei müssen die Sendungen in der festgelegten Abfolge der Zustellpunkte in den Abschnitten des Sammelbandes übereinander liegen.In order to make optimum use of the collection belt, several shipments of different but neighboring delivery points can be loaded into one section of the collection belt. The consignments must lie on top of each other in the specified sequence of delivery points in the sections of the anthology.

Damit der Überdeckungsbereich bezogen auf die Grundfläche möglicht groß ist, ist es vorteilhaft, das Sammelband unter einem Teil des Taschenringes u-förmig anzuordnen.So that the coverage area is as large as possible in relation to the base area, it is advantageous to arrange the collecting belt in a U-shape under part of the pocket ring.

Vorteilhaft ist es auch, wenn der Taschenring und/oder der Pufferspeicher außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches mindestens eine Be- und Entladestation zum zusätzlichen Ausschleusen von Sendungen aus den Taschen nach bestimmten Sortierkriterien aufweisen. Dadurch ist es möglich, zusätzlich zum Sortieren auch das Separieren von Sendungen nach bestimmten Kriterien durchzuführen .It is also advantageous if the pocket ring and / or the buffer store have at least one loading and unloading station outside the coverage area for the additional discharge of mail items from the pockets according to certain sorting criteria. This makes it possible to separate items according to certain criteria in addition to sorting.

Um die Grundfläche der Vorrichtung möglichst klein zu halten, ist es vorteilhaft, den über den Überdeckungsbereich hinausgehenden und nicht unter den Entladestationen des Pufferspeichers befindlichen Teil des Taschenringes in eine zusätzliche Ebene zu führen, die sich über der Ebene des Pufferspeichers oder unter der Ebene des Sammelbandes befindet, wobei die Sendungen in beiden Ebenen gleichsinnig umlaufen. Dabei ist es besonders vorteilhaft, wenn die höhenüberwinden- de Umlenkung des Taschenringes im Inneren des Pufferspeichers erfolgt .In order to keep the base area of the device as small as possible, it is advantageous to add an additional part of the pocket ring that extends beyond the overlap area and is not located under the unloading stations of the buffer store To manage level, which is above the level of the buffer memory or below the level of the anthology, the mail items circulating in the same direction in both levels. It is particularly advantageous if the height-overriding deflection of the pocket ring takes place in the interior of the buffer store.

Zusätzlich ist zu einer ersten Vorrichtung eine zweite Vorrichtung zum Ordnen vorgesehen, die zur ersten Vorrichtung um 180° um die senkrechte Achse gedreht ist, mit welcher der nicht über dem Sammelband befindliche Teil des Taschenringes sich in der gegenüber dem entsprechenden Teil der ersten Vorrichtung zum Ordnen anderen Ebene befindet. So können beide Vorrichtungen verschachtelt ineinander geschoben werden, wo- durch die benötigte Grundfläche gegenüber einer separaten Aufstellung fast halbiert wird.In addition to a first device, a second device for arranging is provided, which is rotated to the first device by 180 ° about the vertical axis, with which the part of the pocket ring which is not above the collecting belt is in the opposite part to the corresponding part of the first device another level. In this way, both devices can be nested one inside the other, which means that the required floor space is almost halved compared to a separate installation.

Um dem Zusteller manuelle Arbeit zu ersparen, ist es vorteilhaft, zwischen Sammelband und Stapeleinrichtung eine Einrich- tung zum Portionieren vorzusehen, in welcher die zusammengehörenden Sendungen für jeweils einen Zustellpunkt vor dem Stapeln in Beutel oder Tüten verpackt oder mit Banderolen versehen werden.In order to save the deliverer from manual work, it is advantageous to provide a portioning device between the collecting belt and the stacking device, in which the items belonging together are packed in bags or bags or provided with banderoles for one delivery point before stacking.

Anschließend wird die Erfindung in einem Ausführungsbeispiel anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert.The invention is then explained in more detail in an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing.

Dabei zeigen FIG 1 eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Vor- richtung zum Ordnen nach der Verteilreihenfolge mit Beladen des Taschenringes,1 shows a schematic side view of a device for ordering according to the distribution order with loading of the pocket ring,

FIG 2 eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Vorrichtung mit Beladen des in Abschnitte unter- teilten Sammelbandes, FIG 3 eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine Vorrichtung zum Ordnen,2 shows a schematic side view of a device with loading of the collecting belt divided into sections, 3 shows a schematic plan view of an arrangement device,

FIG 4 eine schematische Darstellung des Funktions- prinzips anhand der schematischen Draufsicht,4 shows a schematic illustration of the functional principle on the basis of the schematic top view,

FIG 5 eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Vorrichtung zum Ordnen mit mehreren Ebenen, FIG 6 eine perspektivische Darstellung zweier in- einander geschachtelter Vorrichtungen zum Ordnen.5 shows a perspective view of a device for ordering with several levels, FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of two nested devices for ordering.

Die Sendungen 4 werden als erstes in bekannter Art und Weise in einer Vereinzelungseinrichfeung 1 aus einem Stapel verein- zeit. Dann werden in einer nicht dargestellten Leseeinrichtung die Empfängeradressen der Sendungen 4 aufgenommen und ermittelt. Die gelesenen Sendungen 4 werden anschließend zu einer Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 geleitet. Dort wird jede Sendung 4 über eine Beladestation in eine umlaufende Puffer- tasche 3 befördert, wobei diese Puffertaschen 3 an ein umlaufendes Fördermittel gesteuert ankoppelbar und vom Fördermittel gesteuert abkoppelbar sind und die Übergabe im angekoppelten Zustand erfolgt .The mail items 4 are first combined in a known manner in a separating device 1 from a stack. Then the recipient addresses of the mail items 4 are recorded and determined in a reading device, not shown. The read programs 4 are then passed to a buffer storage device 2. There, each consignment 4 is conveyed via a loading station into a circulating buffer pocket 3, these buffer pockets 3 being able to be coupled to a circulating conveying means in a controlled manner and being able to be uncoupled from the conveying means in a controlled manner, and the transfer takes place in the coupled state.

Sind aus Durchsatzgründen mehrere Vereinzelungseinrichtungen 1 vorgesehen, werden die Sendungen 4 aus jeder Vereinzelungseinrichtung 1 über eine separate Beladestation in die Puffertaschen 3 transportiert. Durch die Pufferf higkeit kann sowohl ein nicht konstanter Eingangsstrom von den Vereinzelungseinrichtungen 1 als auch ein zu dem Eingangsstrom nicht synchroner und/oder nicht konstanter Ausgangsstrom weiterverarbeitet werden. Die Puffertaschen 3 können gesteuert nach unten geöffnet werden, um die Sendungen 4 an leere Taschen 6 eines weiteren, darunter um- laufenden Taschenringes 5 abzugeben. Hierbei sind die Taschen 6 mit der umlaufenden Fördereinrichtung fest verbunden. Der Taschenring 5 und die Puffertaschen 3 laufen gleichsinnig um.If several separating devices 1 are provided for reasons of throughput, the mail items 4 are transported from each separating device 1 into the buffer pockets 3 via a separate loading station. As a result of the buffering capability, both a non-constant input current from the separating devices 1 and an output current that is not synchronous and / or not constant with the input current can be processed further. The buffer pockets 3 can be opened downwards in a controlled manner in order to deliver the mail items 4 to empty pockets 6 of a further pocket ring 5, including a circumferential one. Here, the pockets 6 are firmly connected to the rotating conveyor. The pocket ring 5 and the buffer pockets 3 run in the same direction.

Das Ordnen der Sendungen 4 nach der vereinbarten Abfolge der Zustellpunkte erfolgt, indem die Sendungen 4 gesteuert durch Öffnen der Taschenböden der Taschen 6 nach unten auf ein sich gegenläufig zum Taschenring 5 mit seinem oberen Trum umlaufendes, in Abschnitte unterteiltes Sammelband 7 fallen. Dabei ist das Sammelband 7 im Grundriss u-förmig unter dem Taschenring angeordnet, d.h. der Taschenring 5 ist länger als das Sammelband 7.The mailings 4 are sorted according to the agreed sequence of the delivery points, in that the mailings 4, controlled by opening the pocket bottoms of the pockets 6, fall down onto a collecting belt 7 which is divided into sections and runs in the opposite direction to the pocket ring 5 with its upper run. The collecting belt 7 is arranged in a U-shape under the pocket ring, i.e. the pocket ring 5 is longer than the collecting belt 7.

Die Transportgeschwindigkeiten sind so aufeinander abgestimmt, dass jeder Abschnitt 8 des Sammelbandes 7 während seiner Bewegung entlang des Überdeckungsbereiches mit dem Taschenring 5 jede Tasche 6 des Taschenringes 5 einmal passiert hat. Es können mehrere Sendungen 4 in einem Abschnitt 8 bis zu einer maximalen Gesamthöhe geladen werden, bei der ein sicherer Transport und Abstapelverhalten (s.h.) gewährleistet ist . Das Sammelband 7 kann auch von weiteren Sortier- oder Einga- beeinrichtungen für alle oder spezielle Empfänger mit Sendungen vorbelegt sein.The transport speeds are coordinated with one another such that each section 8 of the collecting belt 7 has passed each pocket 6 of the pocket ring 5 once during its movement along the area of overlap with the pocket ring 5. Several consignments 4 can be loaded in a section 8 up to a maximum total height at which safe transport and stacking behavior (see above) is guaranteed. The collecting belt 7 can also be pre-assigned with consignments by further sorting or input devices for all or special recipients.

Am Ende des Sammelbandes 7 befindet sich eine Stapeleinrichtung zur gestapelten Aufnahme der Sendungen 4 in der festgelegten Abfolge in Behälter 9. Zwischen Sammelband 7 und Sta- peleinrichtung kann auch eine Einrichtung zum Portionieren angeordnet werden, in der die zusammengehörenden Sendungen eines Zustellpunktes vor dem Stapeln in Beutel und Tüten verpackt oder mit Banderolen versehen werden. Entsprechend der Lage des Behälters 9 können die Sendungen 4 im Behälter 9 in aufrechter oder liegender Position gestapelt werden. Die Sendungen 4 werden so auf das Sammelband 7 geladen, dass sie es in der entsprechenden Abfolge verlassen. Werden Sendungen 4 unterschiedlicher, aber benachbarter Zustellpunkte in einen Abschnitt 8 geladen, müssen sie in der festgelegten Abfolge der Zustellpunkte übereinander liegen. Zur Erläuterung ist die Abfolge in FIG 4 in einem einfachen Beispiel dargelegt.At the end of the collecting belt 7 there is a stacking device for stacking the mail items 4 in the specified sequence in container 9. A device for portioning can also be arranged between the collecting belt 7 and the stacking device, in which the related mail items of a delivery point before stacking in Bags and pouches can be packed or provided with banderoles. Depending on the position of the container 9, the mail items 4 can be stacked in the container 9 in an upright or lying position. The mail items 4 are loaded onto the collecting belt 7 in such a way that they leave it in the appropriate sequence. If shipments 4 of different but neighboring delivery points are loaded into a section 8, they must lie one above the other in the defined sequence of delivery points. The sequence is shown in FIG. 4 in a simple example for explanation.

Die im Taschenring 5 befindlichen Sendungen 4 (FIG 4a) sollen in einen Behälter in der Reihenfolge von oben nach unten blau, rot, grün, lila gemäß FIG 4g abgelegt werden. Taschenring 5 und Sammelband 7 bewegen sich gegenläufig zueinander. Als erstes wird die mit lila gekennzeichnete Sendung in einen Abschnitt des Sammelbandes 7 abgelegt (FIG 4b) . Befindet sich dann die mit grün gekennzeichnete Sendung 4 über diesem Abschnitt, so wird sie auf die Sendung lila abgelegt (FIG 4c) und die mit blau gekennzeichnete Sendung 4 läuft an diesem Abschnitt vorbei, da sie die letzte Sendung in Reihenfolge ist, und wird in den nachfolgenden Abschnitt entladen (FIG 4d) .The mail items 4 located in the pocket ring 5 (FIG. 4a) are to be placed in a container in the order from top to bottom blue, red, green, purple according to FIG. 4g. Pocket ring 5 and collecting band 7 move in opposite directions to each other. First, the mail item marked with purple is placed in a section of the collecting belt 7 (FIG. 4b). If the program 4 marked with green is then above this section, it is placed on the program purple (FIG. 4c) and the program 4 marked with blue runs past this section, since it is the last program in sequence, and is in unload the following section (FIG. 4d).

In FIG 4e hat die Sendung rot den Abschnitt mit den beiden Sendungen lila, grün erreicht und wird als oberste Sendung abgeladen. Dies erfolgte unter der Voraussetzung, dass die vorher gemessenen Sendungsdicken die Ablage der drei Sendun- gen in einen Abschnitt gestatten. Anschließend werden in der Stapeleinrichtung die Sendungen 4 in der gewünschten Reihenfolge in einen Behälter gestapelt (FIG 4f) .In FIG. 4e, the mail item red has reached the section with the two mail items purple and green and is being unloaded as the top mail item. This was done on the condition that the previously measured mail item thicknesses allow the three mail items to be stored in one section. Subsequently, the mail items 4 are stacked in the desired order in a container in the stacking device (FIG. 4f).

Um die Vorrichtung zum Ordnen auf möglichst kleiner Grundflä- ehe unterzubringen, kann der Taschenring 5 zwei Ebenen durchlaufen.In order to accommodate the device for organizing on the smallest possible area, the pocket ring 5 can pass through two levels.

Der das Sammelband 7 nicht überdeckende Teil des Taschenringes 5 ist um eine horizontale Achse über oder unter den überdeckenden Teil faltbar: Der Taschenring 5 weist dann prinzi- piell den Verlauf einer liegenden Acht auf, die in ihrem Knoten gefaltet wurde und dort von der Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 umfasst wird. Die Aktoren zum Öffnen der Taschen 6 des Taschenringes 5 können bei konstanter Synchronisation zwischen Taschenring 5 und Sammelband 7 ortsfest angeordnet sein.The part of the pocket ring 5 which does not cover the collecting belt 7 can be folded about a horizontal axis above or below the covering part: The pocket ring 5 then has in principle the course of a lying figure eight, which was folded in its knot and there by the buffer storage device 2 is included. The actuators for opening the pockets 6 of the pocket ring 5 can be arranged in a stationary manner with constant synchronization between the pocket ring 5 and the collecting belt 7.

Um die Anlage möglichst kompakt zu halten, erfolgt gemäßTo keep the system as compact as possible, according to

FIG 5 bei dem Ebenenübergang eine 540° -Umlenkung über den In- nenraum der Anlage. Zu erkennen sind außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches Ausgänge 10 der Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 zum Beladen der Taschen 6, Entladestationen 11 zum zusätzlichen Ausschleusen von Sendungen 4 aus den Taschen 6 nach be- stimmten Sortierkriterien, eine Beladestation 12 zum Beladen der Puffertaschen mit den Sendungen aus der Vereinzelungseinrichtung 1 sowie ein Ausgang 13 der Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 zum Ausschleusen separierter Sendungen. Wird eine zweite Einzelanlage B zum Ordnen um 180° um ihre Hochachse gedreht und ihr das Sammelband 7 nicht überdeckende Teil des Taschenringes 5 in entgegengesetzter Weise gefaltet, können beide Anlagen A und B, wie in FIG 6 dargestellt, ineinandergefügt werden, wobei sich dann in einer Anlage die zusätzliche Ebene des Taschenringes 5 oberhalb der Ebene der Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 und in der anderen Anlage unterhalb der Ebene der Pufferspeichereinrichtung 2 befindet. Dadurch wird nur eine geringe Grundfläche benötigt .5 shows a 540 ° deflection over the in- system interior. Outside the coverage area, outputs 10 of the buffer storage device 2 for loading the pockets 6, unloading stations 11 for additionally discharging mail items 4 from the bags 6 according to specific sorting criteria, a loading station 12 for loading the buffer bags with the mail items from the separating device 1 and also can be seen an output 13 of the buffer storage device 2 for discharging separated mail items. If a second individual system B is rotated by 180 ° about its vertical axis and its part of the pocket ring 5 not covering the collecting belt 7 is folded in the opposite manner, both systems A and B can be merged, as shown in FIG one system the additional level of the pocket ring 5 is above the level of the buffer storage device 2 and in the other system below the level of the buffer storage device 2. This means that only a small footprint is required.

Das hier dargestellte Beispiel kann natürlich durch einen Fachmann entsprechend der konkreten Bedingungen variiert werden. Besitzt eine Vereinzelungseinrichtung z.B. nicht den benötigten Durchsatz, so können mehrere Vereinzelungseinrichtungen 1 parallel die Puffertaschen 3 speisen. The example shown here can of course be varied by a person skilled in the art according to the specific conditions. Has a separation device e.g. not the required throughput, several separating devices 1 can feed the buffer pockets 3 in parallel.

Claims

Patentansprüche claims 1. Vorrichtung zum Ordnen von flachen Sendungen (4) nach einer festlegbaren Abfolge von den Empf ngeradressen zuge- ordneten Zustellpunkten, - mit mindestens einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung (1) mit jeweils nachfolgender Leseeinrichtung zur Ermittlung der auf den Sendungen (4) befindlichen Adressinformationen, - wobei die Sendungen (4) aus jeder Leseeinrichtung zu jeweils einer Taschenbeladestation transportierbar sind, in der die Sendungen (4) in jeweils eine leere Tasche (6) eines umlaufenden Taschenringes (5) zum Sortieren geladen werden, dessen Taschen (6) nach unten gesteuert zu öffnen sind und mit der umlaufenden Fördereinrichtung fest verbunden sind, - wobei unterhalb eines als Überdeckungsbereich bezeichneten zusammenhängenden Teils des Taschenringes (5) ein sich dazu mit Relativgeschwindigkeit bewegender Teil einer Transporteinrichtung mit einem in Abschnitte (8) unterteilten Sammelband (7) zur Aufnahme der Sendungen (4) aus den Taschen (6) zum Weitertransport der Sendungen (4) zu einer Stapeleinrichtung angeordnet ist, - wobei die Transportgeschwindigkeit und -richtung des Sammelbandes (7) so auf die Transportgeschwindigkeit und -richtung des darüber angeordneten Taschenringes (5) abgestimmt ist, dass jeder Abschnitt des Sammelbandes (7) während seiner Bewegung entlang des Überdeckungsbereiches jede Tasche (6) des Taschenringes (5) mindestens einmal passiert, - und wobei die Sendungen (4) aus den Taschen (6) des Taschenringes (5) entsprechend den gelesenen Empfängeradressen so auf das Sammelband (7) entleert werden, dass sie das Sammelband (7) in der Stapeleinrichtung in der festgelegten Abfolge der Empfängeradressen verlassen. 1. Device for arranging flat mail items (4) according to a definable sequence of delivery points assigned to the recipient addresses, - with at least one separating device (1), each with a subsequent reading device for determining the address information on the mail items (4), - whereby the mail items (4) can be transported from each reading device to a pocket loading station, in which the mail items (4) are loaded into an empty pocket (6) of a circumferential pocket ring (5) for sorting, the pockets (6) of which are controlled downwards are open and are firmly connected to the circulating conveyor device, - below a connected part of the pocket ring (5) referred to as the overlap region, a part of a transport device moving thereto at relative speed with a collecting belt (7) divided into sections (8) for receiving the mail items (4) from the pockets (6) for further transport of the mail items (4) is arranged to form a stacking device, - the transport speed and direction of the collecting belt (7) being matched to the transport speed and direction of the pocket ring (5) arranged above it, such that each section of the collecting belt (7) moves along it of the coverage area each pocket (6) of the pocket ring (5) passes at least once, - and wherein the mail items (4) from the pockets (6) of the pocket ring (5) are emptied onto the collecting belt (7) in accordance with the read recipient addresses so that they leave the collecting belt (7) in the stacking device in the specified sequence of the recipient addresses. 2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei zwischen dem Taschenring (5) , der in der Taschenbeladestation beladen wird, und der Transporteinrichtung mit dem Sammelband (7) ein weiterer, zum oberen Taschenring (5) mit unterschiedlicher Transportgeschwindigkeit und/oder -richtung umlaufender Taschenring angeordnet ist, dessen Taschen Sendungen aus dem oberen Taschenring (5) aufnehmen und an die Transporteinrichtung mit dem Sammelband (7) in dem Überdeckungsbereich abgeben.2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein between the pocket ring (5), which is loaded in the pocket loading station, and the transport device with the collecting belt (7), a further, to the upper pocket ring (5) with different transport speed and / or direction pocket ring is arranged, the pockets of which receive mail items from the upper pocket ring (5) and deliver them to the transport device with the collecting belt (7) in the overlap area. 3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei zwischen der oder den Leseeinrichtungen und dem Taschenring (5) eine Pufferspeichereinrichtung (2) mit umlaufenden Puffertaschen (3) zur Aufnahme der gelesenen Sendungen (4) ange- ordnet ist, wobei die gelesenen Sendungen (4) jeweils in der Taschenbeladestation in die Puffertaschen (3) ladbar sind, welche die Sendungen (4) in mindestens einem Ausgang gesteuert an leere Taschen (6) des sortierenden Taschenringes (5) abgeben, wobei das Fördermittel der Puf- ferspeichereinrichtung (2) in der gleichen Richtung wie der Taschenring (5) , aber mit unterschiedlicher Transportgeschwindigkeit umläuft .3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a buffer storage device (2) with circumferential buffer pockets (3) for receiving the read mail items (4) is arranged between the read device (s) and the pocket ring (5), the read mail items ( 4) can be loaded in the pocket loading station into the buffer pockets (3) which, in at least one output, deliver the mail items (4) to empty pockets (6) of the sorting pocket ring (5) in a controlled manner, the conveying means of the buffer storage device (2) in the same direction as the pocket ring (5), but rotates at different transport speeds. 4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Puffertaschen (3) an ein umlaufendes, endloses Fördermittel ankoppelbar und von dem Fördermittel abkoppelbar sind.4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the buffer pockets (3) can be coupled to a circulating, endless conveying means and can be uncoupled from the conveying means. 5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Taschenring (5) und das Sammelband (7) gegenläufig umlaufen.5. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pocket ring (5) and the collecting belt (7) rotate in opposite directions. 6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei über den außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches liegenden Teilen des Sammelbandes (7) Vorrichtungen zum Beladen weiterer an die jeweiligen Empfängeradressen zu verteilender Sendun- gen (4) auf die den Empfängeradressen zugeordneten Abschnitte (8) angeordnet sind. 6. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein devices for loading further mail items (4) to be distributed to the respective recipient addresses are arranged on the sections (8) assigned to the recipient addresses above the parts of the collecting belt (7) lying outside the coverage area. 7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei Sensoren zum Messen der Sendungsdicken vorgesehen sind, die Sendungen (4) in einen Abschnitt (8) des Sammelbandes (7) nur bis zu einer festgelegten maximalen Gesamthöhe entleert werden und bei Bedarf auch die angrenzenden Abschnitte (8) mit Sendungen (4) des gleichen Zustellpunktes beladen werden.7. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein sensors are provided for measuring the consignment thicknesses, the consignments (4) are emptied into a section (8) of the collecting belt (7) only up to a specified maximum total height and, if necessary, also the adjacent sections (8) with shipments (4) of the same delivery point. 8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Sendungen (4) meh- rerer benachbarter Zustellpunkte in der festgelegten Abfolge der Zustellpunkte in den Abschnitten (8) des Sammelbandes (7) übereinander liegen.8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the mail items (4) of several adjacent delivery points lie one above the other in the defined sequence of the delivery points in the sections (8) of the collecting belt (7). 9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei das Sammel- band (7) unter einem Teil des Taschenringes (5) u-förmig angeordnet ist.9. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the collecting belt (7) is arranged U-shaped under part of the pocket ring (5). 10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Taschenring (5) außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches mindestens eine Entladestation (11) zum zusätzlichen Ausschleusen von Sendungen (4) aus den Taschen (6) nach bestimmten Sortierkriterien aufweist.10. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pocket ring (5) outside the coverage area has at least one unloading station (11) for the additional discharge of mail items (4) from the pockets (6) according to certain sorting criteria. 11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Pufferspeicherein- richtung (2) außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches mindestens eine Entladestation (13) zum zusätzlichen Ausschleusen von Sendungen aus den Puffertaschen (3) nach bestimmten Sortierkriterien aufweist.11. The device according to claim 3, wherein the buffer storage device (2) has at least one unloading station (13) outside the coverage area for additionally discharging mail items from the buffer pockets (3) according to certain sorting criteria. 12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei der über den Überdeckungsbereich hinausgehende und nicht unter den Ausgängen des Pufferspeichers (2) befindliche Teil des Taschenringes (5) in eine zusätzliche Ebene geführt ist, die sich über der Ebene des Pufferspeichers (2) oder unter der Ebene des Sammelbandes (7) befindet, wobei die Sendungen (4) in beiden Ebenen gleichsinnig umlaufen. 12. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the part of the pocket ring (5) which extends beyond the coverage area and is not located under the outputs of the buffer store (2) is guided into an additional level which is above the level of the buffer store (2) or below the Level of the collecting belt (7) is located, the mail items (4) circulating in the same direction in both levels. 13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 12, wobei die höhenüberwindende Umlenkung des Taschenringes (5) im Inneren der Pufferspeichereinrichtung (2) erfolgt.13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the height-overriding deflection of the pocket ring (5) in the interior of the buffer storage device (2). 14. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 13, wobei eine zweite Vorrichtung zum Ordnen vorgesehen ist, die zur ersten Vorrichtung um 180° um die senkrechte Achse gedreht ist, deren nicht über dem Sammelband (7) befindliche Teil des Taschenringes (5) sich in der gegenüber dem entsprechenden Teil der ersten Vorrichtung zum Ordnen anderen Ebene befindet und wobei beide Vorrichtungen ineinander geschoben sind.14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a second device for ordering is provided, which is rotated to the first device by 180 ° about the vertical axis, the part of the pocket ring (5) which is not located above the collecting belt (7) is in the opposite direction corresponding part of the first device for arranging another level and wherein both devices are pushed into one another. 15. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei sich zwischen Sammelband (7) und Stapeleinrichtung eine Einrichtung zum Portionieren befindet, in welcher zusammengehörende Sendungen (4) für jeweils einen Zustellpunkt vor dem Stapeln verpackt oder gebündelt werden. 15. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein between collecting belt (7) and stacking means for portioning is located, in which related items (4) are packed or bundled for one delivery point before stacking.
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