EP1663527B1 - Device used to organise flat packets according to a determined sequence - Google Patents

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EP1663527B1
EP1663527B1 EP04764902A EP04764902A EP1663527B1 EP 1663527 B1 EP1663527 B1 EP 1663527B1 EP 04764902 A EP04764902 A EP 04764902A EP 04764902 A EP04764902 A EP 04764902A EP 1663527 B1 EP1663527 B1 EP 1663527B1
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  • the invention relates to a device for sorting flat items according to a definable sequence of delivery points associated with the recipient addresses, with at least one separating device, each with a subsequent reading device for determining the address information contained on the shipments and a rotating pocket ring, in whose controlled emptying pockets each read one Shipment is transported.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for sorting flat broadcasts according to a definable sequence of the recipient addresses associated delivery points, in which the items are singled and read only once and brought by means of rotating pocket rings in the specified sequence, the effort for Removing the shipments is reduced and other shipments or broadcasts can be additionally included.
  • a part of a transporting device Underneath a contiguous part of the pocket ring designated as a covering area, a part of a transporting device, which moves at a relative speed, is arranged with a collecting belt for receiving the mailings from the pockets for further transport of the mailpieces to a stacking device.
  • the transport speed of the collecting belt is tuned to the transport speed of the pocket ring, that each section of the collecting tape has passed through each pocket of the pocket ring at least once during its movement along the covering area and whereby the items from the pockets of the pocket ring correspond to the read recipient addresses on the collecting tape be emptied that they leave the anthology in the stacking device in the specified sequence of recipient addresses.
  • the device has at least one output.
  • a buffer memory device for receiving the read programs is advantageously arranged between the reading device (s) and the pocket ring.
  • the read broadcasts are each loaded in the Taschenbeladestation in the buffer bags, which deliver the broadcasts in at least one output to empty pockets of the sorting pocket ring and which can be coupled in a further advantageous embodiment to a revolving, endless conveyor and decoupled from the conveyor.
  • 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 further mailpieces to be distributed to the respective recipient addresses are advantageously arranged on the portions allocated to the recipient addresses on the portions of the mail band which are outside the coverage area.
  • sensors are provided for measuring the transmission thicknesses. If the total height of the consignments assigned to a delivery point exceeds a limit value, the adjacent areas can also be loaded with consignments of the same delivery point as required.
  • the collection belt In order for the coverage area to be as large as possible in relation to the base area, it is advantageous to arrange the collection belt in a U-shaped manner under a part of the pocket ring. It is also advantageous if the pocket ring and / or the buffer memory have at least one loading and unloading station for the additional removal of mail items from the pockets according to certain sorting criteria outside the coverage area. This makes it possible, in addition to sorting, also to carry out the separation of items according to specific criteria.
  • the part of the pocket ring which extends beyond the covering area and not located under the unloading stations of the buffer store into an additional one Level above the level of the buffer memory or below the level of the anthology, the broadcasts in both levels rotate in the same direction. It is particularly advantageous if the height-exceeding deflection of the pocket ring takes place inside the buffer memory.
  • a second device for arranging is provided to a first device, which is rotated by 180 ° to the first device about the vertical axis, with which the part of the pocket ring not located above the collecting tape in the opposite of the corresponding part of the first device for organizing other level is located.
  • the mail items 4 are first singulated in a known manner in a singling device 1 from a stack. Then, the receiver addresses of the programs 4 are recorded and determined in a reading device, not shown. The read programs 4 are then passed to a buffer memory device 2. There, each item 4 is transported via a loading station in a circulating buffer bag 3, said buffer bags 3 controlled coupled to a rotating conveyor and can be decoupled controlled by the conveyor and the transfer takes place in the coupled state.
  • the mailings 4 from each separating device 1 are transported into the buffer bags 3 via a separate loading station. Due to the buffer capability, both a non-constant input current from the singulating devices 1 and an output current which is not synchronous with the input current and / or not constant can be further processed.
  • the buffer bags 3 can be opened in a controlled manner down to deliver the mail items 4 to empty pockets 6 of another, including circumferential pocket ring 5. Here, the pockets 6 are firmly connected to the rotating conveyor.
  • the pocket ring 5 and the buffer bags 3 run in the same direction.
  • the sorting of the shipments 4 according to the agreed sequence of delivery points takes place by the shipments 4 controlled by opening the pockets bottom of the pockets 6 down on a counter to the pocket ring 5 with its upper run revolving, divided into sections collecting tape 7.
  • the collecting belt 7 is arranged in a U-shaped plan below the pocket ring, ie the pocket ring 5 is longer than the collecting belt 7.
  • the transport speeds are coordinated so that each section 8 of the collecting belt 7 has passed through each pocket 6 of the pocket ring 5 during its movement along the covering area with the pocket ring 5 once.
  • Several shipments 4 can be loaded in a section 8 up to a maximum overall height at which safe transport and stacking behavior (sh) is guaranteed.
  • the collection volume 7 can also be pre-assigned with further sorting or input devices for all or special receivers with broadcasts.
  • a stacking device for stacked receiving the shipments 4 in the specified sequence in container 9.
  • a device for portioning can be arranged in the matching consignments of a delivery point before stacking in bags and Bags are packed or provided with banderoles.
  • the mail items 4 can be stacked in the container 9 in an upright or lying position.
  • the broadcasts 4 are loaded on the accumulation belt 7 so that they leave it in the appropriate sequence. If consignments 4 of different, but adjacent delivery points loaded in a section 8, they must be in the specified sequence of delivery points on top of each other.
  • the consignments 4 (FIG. 4a) located in the pocket ring 5 are to be deposited in a container in the order from top to bottom blue, red, green, purple according to FIG. 4g.
  • Pocket ring 5 and collector 7 move in opposite directions.
  • the broadcast marked with purple is placed in a section of the collecting belt 7 (FIG. 4b). If the program 4 marked with green is above this section, it is placed on the program lilac (FIG. 4 c) and the program 4 marked blue runs past this section, since it is the last program in sequence, and becomes unload the following section (FIG 4d).
  • FIG. 4e the consignment has reached the red section with the two programs purple, green and is unloaded as the topmost consignment. This was done on condition that the previously measured transmission thicknesses allow the filing of the three broadcasts into one section.
  • the stacking device the items 4 are stacked in the desired order in a container (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 overlapping part.
  • the pocket ring 5 then basically has the course of a lying eight, which has been folded in its node and is covered there by the buffer memory device 2 ,
  • the actuators for opening the pockets 6 of the pocket ring 5 can be arranged in a stationary synchronization between the pocket ring 5 and collector 7. In order to keep the system as compact as possible, takes place in accordance with FIG 5 at the level transition, a 540 ° deflection over the interior the plant.

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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 Leseeinrichtung 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 sorting flat items according to a definable sequence of delivery points associated with the recipient addresses, with at least one separating device, each with a subsequent reading device for determining the address information contained on the shipments and a rotating pocket ring, in whose controlled emptying pockets each read one Shipment is transported.

Zum Ordnen in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge wurde eine Lösung bekannt ( EP 820 818 A1 ), 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.For ordering in a certain order, a solution was announced ( EP 820 818 A1 ), which uses a cache, which consists of pockets or similar elements, each record a shipment and can deliver them on command in the actual storage compartment again. In this case, first all to be classified programs are housed in any order in the pockets of the cache. Then the items are removed from the pockets of the buffer and transferred to the storage compartments that they are in the latter in the order to be produced. Each shipment has its own storage. The sorting is done with two rounds of the pockets of the cache, one round for filling the pockets, another for emptying the pockets.
For this purpose, however, a large number of storage compartments is necessary, each of which must be equipped with a control mechanism that causes the transfer of the shipment from the right pocket of the cache.

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 A1 ).Also known was a corresponding solution, in which several consignments are stacked ordered in the shelves. The delivery of the shipments from the containers in the shelves takes place in several rounds, the order of Consignments in each repository correspond to the sequence of delivery points assigned to the addresses of the consignments in the respective repository ( DE 199 43 362 A1 ).

Aus der US 3 573 748 ist eine Vorrichtung bekannt, bei der 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 Abschnitte eines Förderers entleert werden.From the US 3,573,748 a device is known in which shipments of fixed pockets are emptied into a sectioned collection tape, and from the US 5,462,268 A a device is known in which shipments of circulating bags are emptied 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 sorting flat broadcasts according to a definable sequence of the recipient addresses associated delivery points, in which the items are singled and read only once and brought by means of rotating pocket rings in the specified sequence, the effort for Removing the shipments is reduced and other shipments or broadcasts can be additionally included.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Aufgabe durch die Merkmale des Anspruches 1 gelöst.
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 Taschenringes 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 Sammelband entleert werden, dass sie das Sammelband in der Stapeleinrichtung in der festgelegten Abfolge der Empfängeradressen verlassen.According to the invention the object is achieved by the features of claim 1.
Underneath a contiguous part of the pocket ring designated as a covering area, a part of a transporting device, which moves at a relative speed, is arranged with a collecting belt for receiving the mailings from the pockets for further transport of the mailpieces to a stacking device. The transport speed of the collecting belt is tuned to the transport speed of the pocket ring, that each section of the collecting tape has passed through each pocket of the pocket ring at least once during its movement along the covering area and whereby the items from the pockets of the pocket ring correspond to the read recipient addresses on the collecting tape be emptied that they leave the anthology in the stacking device in the specified sequence of recipient addresses.

Damit weist die Vorrichtung mindestens einen Ausgang aus.Thus, the device has at least one output.

Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen dargelegt.Advantageous embodiments of the invention are set forth 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 Taschenring 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 bag loading station from the loading of the collecting tape, it is advantageous to arrange between this pocket ring and the transport device with the collecting another, to the upper pocket ring with different transport speed and / or direction rotating pocket ring, whose pockets shipments pick up from the upper pocket ring and deliver it to the transport device with collection tape in the overlap area.

Damit die Sendungen sicher neben- und aufeinander liegen, ist es vorteilhaft, das Sammelband in Abschnitte mit Stegen zu unterteilen.
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 for the items to be safely next to and on top of each other, it is advantageous to subdivide the collection tape into sections with webs.
In order to be able to process non-constant broadcast input streams without sacrificing sorting performance, a buffer memory device for receiving the read programs is advantageously arranged between the reading device (s) and the pocket ring. The read broadcasts are each loaded in the Taschenbeladestation in the buffer bags, which deliver the broadcasts in at least one output to empty pockets of the sorting pocket ring and which can be coupled in a further advantageous embodiment to a revolving, endless conveyor and decoupled from the conveyor. When transferring the buffer pockets of the buffer storage device are coupled to the conveyor and the transferring buffer memory runs in the same direction at the same speed positioned to the loading bag.

Vorteilhaft ist es auch, wenn der Taschenring und das Sammelband gegenläufig umlaufen, so dass die Geschwindigkeit des Sammelbandes relativ gering gehalten werden kann.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.

Zur Zusammenführen der Sendungen aus dem Taschenring mit weiteren Sendungen/Sendungsströmen sind über den außerhalb des Überdeckungsbereiches liegenden Teilen des Sammelbandes vorteilhaft 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 Zustellpunktes beladen werden.In order to merge the mail items from the pocket ring with other mail items / mail streams, devices for loading with further mailpieces to be distributed to the respective recipient addresses are advantageously arranged on the portions allocated to the recipient addresses on the portions of the mail band which are outside the coverage area.
To ensure that the items are only delivered to the maximum intended height on the collecting belt, sensors are provided for measuring the transmission thicknesses. If the total height of the consignments assigned to a delivery point exceeds a limit value, the adjacent areas can also be loaded with consignments of the same delivery point as required.

Es können zur optimalen Ausnutzung des Sammelbandes auch mehrere Sendungen unterschiedlicher, aber benachbarter Zustellpunkte in einen Abschnitt des Sammelbandes geladen werden. Dabei müssen die Sendungen in der festgelegten Abfolge der Zustellpunkte in den Abschnitten des Sammelbandes übereinander liegen.It can be loaded into a section of the anthology for optimal utilization of the anthology and several shipments of different, but adjacent delivery points. The consignments must be in the specified sequence of delivery points in the sections of the anthology on top of each other.

Damit der Überdeckungsbereich bezogen auf die Grundfläche möglicht groß ist, ist es vorteilhaft, das Sammelband unter einem Teil des Taschenringes u-förmig anzuordnen.
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.In order for the coverage area to be as large as possible in relation to the base area, it is advantageous to arrange the collection belt in a U-shaped manner under a part of the pocket ring.
It is also advantageous if the pocket ring and / or the buffer memory have at least one loading and unloading station for the additional removal of mail items from the pockets according to certain sorting criteria outside the coverage area. This makes it possible, in addition to sorting, also to carry out the separation of items according to specific criteria.

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 höhenüberwindende 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 place the part of the pocket ring which extends beyond the covering area and not located under the unloading stations of the buffer store into an additional one Level above the level of the buffer memory or below the level of the anthology, the broadcasts in both levels rotate in the same direction.
It is particularly advantageous if the height-exceeding deflection of the pocket ring takes place inside the buffer memory.

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, wodurch die benötigte Grundfläche gegenüber einer separaten Aufstellung fast halbiert wird.In addition, a second device for arranging is provided to a first device, which is rotated by 180 ° to the first device about the vertical axis, with which the part of the pocket ring not located above the collecting tape in the opposite of the corresponding part of the first device for organizing other level is located. Thus, both devices can be nested in one another, whereby the required footprint is almost halved compared to a separate lineup.

Um dem Zusteller manuelle Arbeit zu ersparen, ist es vorteilhaft, zwischen Sammelband und Stapeleinrichtung eine Einrichtung 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 spare the deliverer manual work, it is advantageous to provide a device for portioning between the collecting belt and the stacking device, in which the associated mailings are packaged for each delivery point prior to stacking in bags or bags or provided with banderoles.

Anschließend wird die Erfindung in einem Ausführungsbeispiel anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert.Subsequently, the invention will be explained in more detail in an embodiment with reference to the drawing.

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FIG 1
eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Vorrichtung zum Ordnen nach der Verteilreihenfolge mit Beladen des Taschenringes,
FIG 2
eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Vorrichtung mit Beladen des in Abschnitte unterteilten Sammelbandes,
FIG 3
eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine Vorrichtung zum Ordnen,
FIG 4
eine schematische Darstellung des Funktionsprinzips anhand der schematischen Draufsicht,
FIG 5
eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Vorrichtung zum Ordnen mit mehreren Ebenen,
FIG 6
eine perspektivische Darstellung zweier ineinander geschachtelter Vorrichtungen zum Ordnen.
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FIG. 1
a schematic side view of an apparatus for organizing the distribution order with loading of the pocket ring,
FIG. 2
a schematic side view of a device with loading of the sectioned collection tape,
FIG. 3
a schematic plan view of a device for organizing,
FIG. 4
a schematic representation of the principle of operation with reference to the schematic plan view,
FIG. 5
a perspective view of a device for ordering with multiple levels,
FIG. 6
a perspective view of two nested devices for organizing.

Die Sendungen 4 werden als erstes in bekannter Art und Weise in einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung 1 aus einem Stapel vereinzelt. 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 Puffertasche 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 singulated in a known manner in a singling device 1 from a stack. Then, the receiver addresses of the programs 4 are recorded and determined in a reading device, not shown. The read programs 4 are then passed to a buffer memory device 2. There, each item 4 is transported via a loading station in a circulating buffer bag 3, said buffer bags 3 controlled coupled to a rotating conveyor and can be decoupled controlled by the conveyor 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 Pufferfähigkeit 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 umlaufenden Taschenringes 5 abzugeben. Hierbei sind die Taschen 6 mit der umlaufenden Fördereinrichtung fest verbunden.If several separating devices 1 are provided for throughput reasons, the mailings 4 from each separating device 1 are transported into the buffer bags 3 via a separate loading station.
Due to the buffer capability, both a non-constant input current from the singulating devices 1 and an output current which is not synchronous with the input current and / or not constant can be further processed. The buffer bags 3 can be opened in a controlled manner down to deliver the mail items 4 to empty pockets 6 of another, including circumferential pocket ring 5. Here, the pockets 6 are firmly connected to the rotating conveyor.

Der Taschenring 5 und die Puffertaschen 3 laufen gleichsinnig um.
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.
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 Eingabeeinrichtungen für alle oder spezielle Empfänger mit Sendungen vorbelegt sein.
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 Stapeleinrichtung 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.The pocket ring 5 and the buffer bags 3 run in the same direction.
The sorting of the shipments 4 according to the agreed sequence of delivery points takes place by the shipments 4 controlled by opening the pockets bottom of the pockets 6 down on a counter to the pocket ring 5 with its upper run revolving, divided into sections collecting tape 7.
In this case, the collecting belt 7 is arranged in a U-shaped plan below the pocket ring, ie the pocket ring 5 is longer than the collecting belt 7.
The transport speeds are coordinated so that each section 8 of the collecting belt 7 has passed through each pocket 6 of the pocket ring 5 during its movement along the covering area with the pocket ring 5 once. Several shipments 4 can be loaded in a section 8 up to a maximum overall height at which safe transport and stacking behavior (sh) is guaranteed.
The collection volume 7 can also be pre-assigned with further sorting or input devices for all or special receivers with broadcasts.
At the end of the collecting belt 7 is a stacking device for stacked receiving the shipments 4 in the specified sequence in container 9. Between collecting belt 7 and stacking device, a device for portioning can be arranged in the matching consignments of a delivery point before stacking in bags and Bags are packed or provided with banderoles. According to the position of the container 9, the mail items 4 can be stacked in the container 9 in an upright or lying position. The broadcasts 4 are loaded on the accumulation belt 7 so that they leave it in the appropriate sequence. If consignments 4 of different, but adjacent delivery points loaded in a section 8, they must be in the specified sequence of delivery points on top of each other.

Zur Erläuterung ist die Abfolge in FIG 4 in einem einfachen Beispiel dargelegt.For explanation, the sequence is shown in FIG 4 in a simple example.

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) .
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 Sendungen in einen Abschnitt gestatten. Anschließend werden in der Stapeleinrichtung die Sendungen 4 in der gewünschten Reihenfolge in einen Behälter gestapelt (FIG 4f).The consignments 4 (FIG. 4a) located in the pocket ring 5 are to be deposited in a container in the order from top to bottom blue, red, green, purple according to FIG. 4g. Pocket ring 5 and collector 7 move in opposite directions. First, the broadcast marked with purple is placed in a section of the collecting belt 7 (FIG. 4b). If the program 4 marked with green is above this section, it is placed on the program lilac (FIG. 4 c) and the program 4 marked blue runs past this section, since it is the last program in sequence, and becomes unload the following section (FIG 4d).
In FIG. 4e, the consignment has reached the red section with the two programs purple, green and is unloaded as the topmost consignment. This was done on condition that the previously measured transmission thicknesses allow the filing of the three broadcasts into one section. Subsequently, in the stacking device, the items 4 are stacked in the desired order in a container (FIG. 4f).

Um die Vorrichtung zum Ordnen auf möglichst kleiner Grundfläche unterzubringen, kann der Taschenring 5 zwei Ebenen durchlaufen.
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 prinzipiell 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.
Um die Anlage möglichst kompakt zu halten, erfolgt gemäß FIG 5 bei dem Ebenenübergang eine 540°-Umlenkung über den Innenraum 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 bestimmten 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.In order to accommodate the device for arranging the smallest possible base area, 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 overlapping part. The pocket ring 5 then basically has the course of a lying eight, which has been folded in its node and is covered there by the buffer memory device 2 , The actuators for opening the pockets 6 of the pocket ring 5 can be arranged in a stationary synchronization between the pocket ring 5 and collector 7.
In order to keep the system as compact as possible, takes place in accordance with FIG 5 at the level transition, a 540 ° deflection over the interior the plant. Evident outside the coverage area are outputs 10 of the buffer memory device 2 for loading the pockets 6, unloading stations 11 for the additional removal of mail items 4 from the pockets 6 according to certain sorting criteria, a loading station 12 for loading the buffer bags with the items from the singulator 1 and an output 13 of the buffer memory device 2 for discharging separated programs.
If a second single installation B is rotated about its vertical axis by 180 ° and its part of the pocket ring 5 which does not cover the collecting belt 7 is folded in the opposite direction, both installations A and B can be interlocked, as shown in FIG a plant, the additional level of the pocket ring 5 above the level of the buffer memory device 2 and in the other system below the level of the buffer memory device 2 is located. As a result, only a small footprint is needed.

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.Of course, the example shown here can be varied by a person skilled in the art according to the specific conditions. If a singulator has e.g. not the required throughput, so several separation facilities 1 can feed the buffer bags 3 in parallel.

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  1. Device for organising flat mail items (4) according to a definable sequence of delivery points associated with the recipients' addresses,
    - having at least one separating unit (1), each having a downstream reader unit for identifying the address information located on the mail items (4),
    - wherein the mail items (4) can be carried from each reader unit to a pocket loading station in which the mail items (4) are each loaded into an empty pocket (6) of a circulating pocket ring (5) for sorting, the pockets (6) of which ring are to be downwardly opened in a controlled manner and are fixedly connected to the circulating conveyor system,
    - wherein there is arranged, below a continuous portion of the pocket ring (5) referred to as the overlap area, a portion, travelling at relative speed thereto, of a carrying system having a collector belt (7) subdivided into sections (8) for receiving the mail items (4) from the pockets (6) for onward carriage of the mail items (4) to a stacking device,
    - wherein the carrying speed and carrying direction of the collector belt (7) are matched to the carrying speed and carrying direction of the pocket ring (5) arranged vertically thereover such that, as each section of the collector belt (7) travels along the overlap area, it passes each pocket (6) of the pocket ring (5) at least once,
    - and wherein the mail items (4) are emptied out of the pockets (6) of the pocket ring (5) onto the collector belt (7) according to the read recipients' addresses such that said items leave the collector belt (7) in the stacking device in the defined sequence of the recipients' addresses.
  2. Device according to claim 1, wherein there is arranged between the pocket ring (5), which is loaded in the pocket loading station, and the carrying system having the collector belt (7) a further pocket ring which circulates at a different carrying speed and/or in a different carrying direction from the upper pocket ring (5), and the pockets thereof receive mail items from the upper pocket ring (5) and deliver them to the carrying system having the collector belt (7) in the overlap area.
  3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein there is arranged between the reader unit or units and the pocket ring (5) a buffer storage unit (2) having circulating buffer pockets (3) for receiving the read mail items (4), each of the read mail items (4) being loadable in the pocket loading station into the buffer pockets (3) which, at least at one exit point, deliver the mail items (4) in a controlled manner to empty pockets (6) of the sorting pocket ring (5), the conveyor means of the buffer storage unit (2) circulating in the same direction as the pocket ring (5) but at a different carrying speed.
  4. Device according to claim 3, wherein the buffer pockets (3) are connectable to a circulating endless conveyor means and are disconnectable from the conveyor means.
  5. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pocket ring (5) and the collector belt (7) circulate in opposite directions.
  6. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein devices for loading further mail items (4), which are to be distributed to the appropriate recipients' addresses, onto the sections (8) assigned to the recipients' addresses are arranged over the portions of the collector belt (7) disposed outside the overlap area.
  7. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein sensors are provided for measuring the mail item thicknesses, the mail items (4) are emptied into a section (8) of the collector belt (7) only up to a defined maximum overall height and, if necessary, the adjacent sections (8) are also loaded with mail items (4) of the same delivery point.
  8. Device according to claim 7, wherein the mail items (4) of a plurality of adjacent delivery points are disposed in the sections (8) of the collector belt (7) on top of one another in the defined sequence of the delivery points.
  9. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the collector belt (7) is arranged in a U-shape below a portion of the pocket ring (5).
  10. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pocket ring (5) has, outside the overlap area, at least one unloading station (11) for additionally ejecting mail items (4) from the pockets (6) according to specified sorting criteria.
  11. Device according to claim 3, wherein the buffer storage unit (2) has, outside the overlap area, at least one unloading station (13) for additionally ejecting mail items from the buffer pockets (3) according to specified sorting criteria.
  12. Device according to claim 3, wherein the portion of the pocket ring (5) extending beyond the overlap area and not located below the exit points of the buffer storage device (2) is guided into an additional plane located above the plane of the buffer storage device (2) or below the plane of the collector belt (7), the mail items (4) circulating in the same direction in both planes.
  13. Device according to claim 12, wherein the height-overcoming deflection of the pocket ring (5) is effected inside the buffer storage unit (2).
  14. Device according to claim 13, wherein there is provided a second organising device which, relative to the first device, is rotated 180° about the vertical axis, and of which the portion of the pocket ring (5) not located over the collector belt (7) is located in the other plane opposite the corresponding portion of the first organising device, and wherein the two devices are fitted together.
  15. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein there is located between the collector belt (7) and the stacking device a portioning unit in which matching mail items (4) for a particular delivery point are packed or bundled prior to stacking.
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