EP1832536B1 - Device for processing and/or transporting flat mail items - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
- B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
- B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
- B65H3/063—Rollers or like rotary separators separating from the bottom of pile
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
- B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
- B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
- B65H3/5246—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
- B65H3/5276—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive the retainers positioned over articles separated from the bottom of the pile
- B65H3/5284—Retainers of the roller type, e.g. rollers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2403/00—Power transmission; Driving means
- B65H2403/70—Clutches; Couplings
- B65H2403/73—Couplings
- B65H2403/731—Slip couplings
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
- B65H2404/10—Rollers
- B65H2404/16—Details of driving
- B65H2404/162—Details of driving containing, enclosing own driving means
- B65H2404/1621—Details of driving containing, enclosing own driving means containing, enclosing braking means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
- B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
- B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail
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- the invention relates to a device for processing and / or transport of flat packages, such as documents inserted in envelopes and / or letters, patterns, cards or the like.
- a conveying rollers having a conveying device conveying path at one end for feeding a separating member
- Packages for individual processing is formed by the separating member has a frictionally acting on the underside of a package and arranged with an overlying supernumerary packages restrained adjusting cooperating, transversely to the conveying direction and extending about a horizontal axis rotatably mounted drive roller, wherein formed as a guide roller adjusting device and the drive roller has a slot-shaped passage opening.
- Such devices may i.a. be preceded by a franking machine or other processing device.
- the pre-published US 4 573 673 relates to a feeding device for flat articles, which lie on one another in a stacking space on a conveyor track and individually withdrawn at the bottom of the stack and fed to a further processing which is in particular the feeding of envelopes to a franking machine.
- a retaining device for the passage of a single envelope.
- the well-known DE 99920 C discloses a stamp validation apparatus intended to automatically remove one from a stack of letters or the like and to remove it from a scraping or scraping organ and deliver it to a collection container.
- the apparatus consists of a number of successive organs, which are stored in a rack. From a container individual mail pieces are continued by a Weg chorus on a floor.
- the former US-A-3,771,783 provides a sheet feeder with a mounted in a housing separating or feeding device.
- the sheets are pulled off the underside of an inclined stack and conveyed in an inclined plane down.
- two conveyor rollers are arranged one above the other, of which the upper is mounted in a frame, with the lower forming a conveying gap.
- the pre-published GB-A-2 016 424 relates to a paper feeding apparatus for a paper sheet counter, comprising a feed roll rotating continuously in one direction and a pressure roll forming a conveying nip with the latter.
- the pressure roller is formed with a lateral brake ring, so that it can be delayed by means of a force acting on the circumference of the brake ring, spring-loaded brake element with respect to peripheral speed relative to the feed roller.
- a blanks feeding apparatus is known, with which the blanks stacked in a magazine are withdrawn from the underside of the stack.
- a withdrawal device formed from two superimposed and cooperating conveyor rollers is provided, in which the upper conveyor roller rotates with a relation to the lower conveyor roller lower peripheral speed.
- the EP 0'856'483 B1 discloses a device of the type described above, which is arranged in front of a franking machine and along a transport path of the mail pieces has three juxtaposed sections, a feed section for the stacked in a magazine packages, a second subsequent section for singulation and onward transport of the packages and a third section on which the packages, in particular envelopes, are closed and forwarded.
- Selection rollers and conveying means are provided on the second section for selecting and transporting the packages, which cooperate with transport rollers connected to each other via a hinge, to which the selection rollers and the transport rollers are connected by a joint arranged therebetween.
- This arrangement provides undefined states of motion that limit the reliability of the device.
- This fact provides the object of the present invention to provide a device of the same type, which maintains its quality while maintaining its simplicity and reliability.
- this object is achieved in that the guide roller offset relative to the axis of rotation of the drive roller downstream of the packages and resting on the drive roller idle and is formed liftable relative to the drive roller and rotatably acted upon by a force acting in the same direction to the direction of rotation is mounted and the force acting on the rotational movement of the guide roller force is formed by a friction clutch , wherein formed as a guide roller and the drive roller forming a slot-shaped passage opening, which is passed by the packages lying flat, and wherein the guide roller on the drive roller of a resilient Force is charged in order to be able to be lifted by the passing packages.
- the guide roller rotates by overcoming the braking effect via the packages.
- the guide roller is rotatably mounted with a force acting in the same direction to the direction of rotation direction force that exerts a braking effect on the guide roller.
- the separation of the packages is supported when the guide roller is freely rotatable and formed by a counter to the rotational movement in the conveying direction of the packages, this inhibiting acted upon force.
- the rotational movement of the guide roller inhibiting force can be achieved in a simple manner by a friction clutch, which is advantageously adjustable,
- the proposed device can be useful with a letter lock uniting effective as an appliance unit, the letter-closing device adjoining the separating organ.
- the cooperating with the letter closing device device is particularly suitable in the conveying direction of the packages behind a franking machine.
- the device 1 has a conveying device 3, comprising a plurality of conveyor rollers 4 to 8 forming a conveying plane for packages 2, which determine a conveying path of the packages 2.
- the conveying path is designed at one end to supply a separating element 9, which conveys the stacked or individually supplied packages 2 one after the other for further processing.
- the separating member 9 consists of a drive roller 6, which is assigned to the conveyor 3 and on the underside of the packages 2 kraft- resp. acts frictionally.
- the guide roller 11 is idle on the drive roller 6 and cooperates with this during transport of the packages 2, wherein both rollers 6, 11 are mounted about a horizontal axis extending transversely to the conveying direction.
- the guide roller 11 is additionally, but not necessarily loaded by a resilient force, such as a spring force, to be able to be lifted if necessary by the continuous packages 2, in particular thick packages 2.
- Stopping excess packages 2 takes place in that the adjusting device or guide roller 11 is braked with a force acting against the direction of rotation acting in the same direction as the direction of rotation becomes. This is intended to prevent excess packages 2 from passing between the drive roller 6 and the setting device 11 or from multiple copies not occurring.
- the adjusting device or guide roller 11 has a recess 13 distributed over the width (see also FIG Fig. 4 ), so that a package 2 when passing accordingly easily deform resp. can adapt to the changing contours. Both in the case of thin and thick packages 2, 2 ', 2 ", the contours on the setting device or guide roller 11 that change over the conveying path support the separating process of the respectively lowest package 2 from the subsequent packages 2', 2".
- the recess 13 is formed wider than a cooperating with her part of the drive roller 6. This in turn the guide roller 11 protrudes on both sides, so that a distributed and gentle conveying action can occur on the packages 2.
- the Fig. 4 3 illustrates, in a view in the direction of conveyance of the packages, a package 2 which partly passes on the drive roller 6 and passes through the passage opening 12, while the overlying packages 2 ', 2 "are in abutment with the leading edge or guide roller 11 Edge of the bottom package 2 has reached the passage opening 12, the previously overlying package 2 'comes into the effective range of the drive roller 6, which again transported this package 2' through the slot behind the passage opening 12.
- the trained according to the drawing as a guide roller adjusting device 11 has a Friction clutch 14, which is arranged on a fixed frame 15 in a frame axis 16 of the guide roller 11 and on the one hand with the axis 16 and on the other hand by means of juxtaposed slats 17 with the guide roller 11 is frictionally connected.
- the Fig. 3 illustrates a possible embodiment of the adjusting device resp. the guide roller 11 which is mounted on a shaft 15 mounted in the frame 16.
- the transverse to the conveying direction of the packages 2 and the guide roller 11 passing through axis 16 is at the ends by screws 17 at attached to the frame 15.
- the guide roller 11 has a cavity 18, in which a compression spring 16 surrounding the axis 16 of a friction clutch 25 is assigned to one side of a collar 20 fitting.
- the opposite end of the compression spring 19 presses on a plurality of adjacent to the axis 16 adjacent friction plates or fins 21, which in turn are supported on a connected to the inner end wall 22 of the guide roller 11 disc 27.
- the guide roller 11 could be mounted axially displaceably on the axis 16 and pressed by the pressure generated by the compression spring 19 on the inner end wall 22 against a outside of the housing 26 of the friction clutch 25 mounted on the axis 16 brake disc 24.
- the housing 26 forming the cavity 18 is provided with a removable disk 27 serving as a lateral bearing flange 27 of the guide roller 11.
- the guide roller 11 is provided on the circumference with a lining 28 favoring the singling process, which is provided with the recess 13.
- the conveyor rollers 4 to 7 or 8 of the conveyor 3 have mutatis mutandis coverings on the circumference.
- the Fig. 1 and 2 show a separating feed element 9 upstream, driven feed roller 5, which consists of two roller bodies 30, 31 with axially separated circumference, which have a fritechnischsin coating.
- a gap 35 forming stopper 33 is arranged vertically adjustable, so that the passage between the lower edge and counselebne is adjustable.
- the loading roller 5 has at the periphery to the lower speed than the drive roller 6.
- the separating member 9 due to a higher peripheral speed latter no unwanted sliding friction between the package 2 and the feed roller 5 is formed, this is formed with a direction acting in the conveying direction of the packages 2 freewheel.
- the further transport of the packages 2 behind the separating member 9 is carried out by two superimposed, for the running packages 2 a conveying gap forming conveyor rollers 7, 8, of which the lower than driven conveyor roller 7 has the greater peripheral speed than the rotating in the same direction drive roller 6 so that the packages are moved behind the separating element 9 accelerated.
- the conveying roller 8 arranged above the conveying roller 7 is freely rotatably mounted on the rear end, in the conveying direction, of a rocker 37 belonging to a letter closing device 36, via which the conveying roller 8 is pressed onto the continuous packages 2 by means of a tension spring 38.
- the Fig. 1 also shows the arrangement method of the adjusting device resp. the guide roller 11 within the device 1.
- the two spaced by spacers 39, 40 shields 41, 42 having frame 15 extending transversely to the conveying direction of the packages 2, attached to the plates 39, 40 pivot axis 43, on both sides of the guide roller 11 two approximately triangular bearing plates 44, 45 pivotally mounted and connected by a transversely to the conveying direction of the packages 2 extending connecting rod 46.
- the bearing plates 44,45 form a swivelable about the pivot axis 43 bearing block 47 for the guide roller 11, which is secured by respectively on the bearing plates 44,45 of the bearing block 47 and on the plates 41,42 inwardly projecting pin 48 coil springs 49 -as above already noticed in addition, but not necessarily pulled against the drive roller 6, so that the packages 2 are gently separated and the separating member 9 can pass smoothly. It is essential that the guide roller 11 can respond independently to different thickness and stiff packages 2.
- the indirectly / directly adjoining the conveyor rollers 7.8, belonging to the letter closing device 36 rocker 37 is provided on both sides in the conveying direction of the packages 2 with a standing oval shaped slot 50 which are penetrated by the pivot axis 43 of the bearing block 47 and the limit vertical movements of the rocker 37.
- the mounted at the rear end of the rocker 37 conveyor roller 8 is pulled by the tension springs 38 against the driven conveyor roller 7, from which it can stand out in continuous packages 2.
- the freely rotatably mounted conveyor roller 8 is driven frictionally by the conveyor roller 7 directly or via a continuous package.
- the rocker 37 has a further, cooperating with a driven conveyor roller 51 mounted below conveyor roller 52.
- This conveyor roller 52 is pressed by means of tension springs 53 against the conveyor roller 51 and can stand out in the case of continuous packages 2 from the conveyor roller 51 according to the package thickness.
- the conveying roller pair 51, 52 has approximately the same conveying speed as the conveying roller pair 7, 8. Both conveyor roller pairs 51, 52; 7,8 transport the packages 2 through the letter lock device 36, the part of a in Fig. 1 and 2 shown unit is.
- the device unit can be preceded by a franking machine in an effective manner.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Einrichtung zur Verarbeitung und/oder zum Transport von flachen Versandstücken, wie in Umschläge eingesteckte Dokumente und/oder Briefe, Muster, Karten oder dgl., auf einem von einer Förderrollen aufweisenden Fördervorrichtung gebildeten Förderweg, der einenends zur Beschickung eines Vereinzelungsorgans mit Versandstücken zur Einzelverarbeitung ausgebildet ist, indem das Vereinzelungsorgan eine auf die Unterseite eines Versandstückes reibungsschlüssig einwirkende und mit einer darüber angeordneten, überzählige Versandstücke zurückhaltenden Anstellvorrichtung zusammenwirkende, quer zur Förderrichtung sich erstreckende und um eine horizontale Achse drehbar gelagerte Antriebsrolle aufweist, wobei die als Führungsrolle ausgebildete Anstellvorrichtung und die Antriebsrolle eine schlitzförmige Durchtrittsöffnung.The invention relates to a device for processing and / or transport of flat packages, such as documents inserted in envelopes and / or letters, patterns, cards or the like. Formed on a conveying rollers having a conveying device conveying path at one end for feeding a separating member Packages for individual processing is formed by the separating member has a frictionally acting on the underside of a package and arranged with an overlying supernumerary packages restrained adjusting cooperating, transversely to the conveying direction and extending about a horizontal axis rotatably mounted drive roller, wherein formed as a guide roller adjusting device and the drive roller has a slot-shaped passage opening.
Solche Einrichtungen können u.a. einer Frankiermaschine oder einer anderen Weiterverarbeitungseinrichtung vorgeschaltet sein.Such devices may i.a. be preceded by a franking machine or other processing device.
Die vorveröffentlichte
Die bekannte
Die frühere
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Durch die
Die
Diese Anordnungsweise ergibt undefinierte Bewegungszustände, die die Zuverlässigkeit der Vorrichtung einschränken.This arrangement provides undefined states of motion that limit the reliability of the device.
Bei der vorveröffentlichtenAt the pre-published
Dieser Umstand stellt an die vorliegende Erfindung die Aufgabe, eine gattungsgleiche Vorrichtung zu schaffen, die sich unter Einhaltung der Qualität durch Einfachheit und Zuverlässigkeit auszeichnet.This fact provides the object of the present invention to provide a device of the same type, which maintains its quality while maintaining its simplicity and reliability.
Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass die Führungsrolle bezüglich Drehachse gegenüber der Drehachse der Antriebsrolle stromabwärts der Versandstücke versetzt und auf der Antriebsrolle im Leerlauf aufliegend angeordnet ist und gegenüber des Antriebsrolle anhebbar ausgebildet ist und mit einer gegen die gleichsinnig zur Förderrichtung wirkenden Drehrichtung beaufschlagbaren Kraft drehbar gelagert ist und die auf die Drehbewegung der Führungsrolle hemmend wirkende Kraft durch eine Reibungskupplung gebildet ist, wobei die als Führungsrolle ausgebildete Anstellvorrichtung und die Antriebsrolle eine schlitzförmige Durchtrittsöffnung bilden, die von den Versandstücken flachliegend passiert wird, und wobei die Führungsrolle auf der Antriebsrolle von einer nachgiebigen Kraft belastet ist, um bedarfsfalls von den durchlaufenden Versandstücke angehoben werden zu können. Werden die Versandstücke jedoch einzeln hintereinander dem Vereinzelungsorgan zugeführt, dreht die Führungsrolle unter Ueberwindung der Bremswirkung über die Versandstücke angetrieben mit.According to the invention this object is achieved in that the guide roller offset relative to the axis of rotation of the drive roller downstream of the packages and resting on the drive roller idle and is formed liftable relative to the drive roller and rotatably acted upon by a force acting in the same direction to the direction of rotation is mounted and the force acting on the rotational movement of the guide roller force is formed by a friction clutch , wherein formed as a guide roller and the drive roller forming a slot-shaped passage opening, which is passed by the packages lying flat, and wherein the guide roller on the drive roller of a resilient Force is charged in order to be able to be lifted by the passing packages. However, if the packages are fed one after the other to the separating element, the guide roller rotates by overcoming the braking effect via the packages.
Die Führungsrolle ist dabei mit einer gegen die gleichsinnig zur Förderrichtung wirkenden Drehrichtung beaufschlagbaren Kraft, die eine Bremswirkung auf die die Führungsrolle ausübt, drehbar gelagert.The guide roller is rotatably mounted with a force acting in the same direction to the direction of rotation direction force that exerts a braking effect on the guide roller.
Die Vereinzelung der Versandstücke wird unterstützt, wenn die Führungsrolle frei drehbar und von einer gegen die in Förderrichtung der Versandstücke Drehbewegung, diese hemmende beaufschlagte Kraft ausgebildet ist.The separation of the packages is supported when the guide roller is freely rotatable and formed by a counter to the rotational movement in the conveying direction of the packages, this inhibiting acted upon force.
Die die Drehbewegung der Führungsrolle hemmende Kraft kann auf einfache Weise durch eine Reibungskupplung erzielt werden, die vorteilhaft einstellbar ist,The rotational movement of the guide roller inhibiting force can be achieved in a simple manner by a friction clutch, which is advantageously adjustable,
Die vorgeschlagene Einrichtung lässt sich zweckmässig mit einer Briefschliessvorrichtung als Geräteeinheit förderwirksam vereinigen, wobei die Briefschliessvorrichtung an das Vereinzelungsorgan anschliesst.The proposed device can be useful with a letter lock uniting effective as an appliance unit, the letter-closing device adjoining the separating organ.
Die mit der Briefschliessvorrichtung zusammenwirkende Einrichtung eignet sich besonders in Förderrichtung der Versandstücke hinter einer Frankiermaschine.The cooperating with the letter closing device device is particularly suitable in the conveying direction of the packages behind a franking machine.
Anschliessend wird die Erfindung unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung, auf die bezüglich aller in der Beschreibung nicht näher erwähnten Einzelheiten verwiesen wird, anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels erläutert. In der Zeichnung zeigen:
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- eine räumliche Darstellung einer erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung, vorzugsweise einer in
Fig. 2 veranschaulichten Geräteeinheit, - Fig. 2
- einen Längsschnitt durch eine Geräteeinheit aus Vereinzelungsorgan und nachgeschalteter Briefschliessvorrichtung,
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- eine auszugsweise räumliche Darstellung der Führungsrolle in einem Schnittbild und
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- eine schematische Darstellung des Querschnitts der Durchtrittsöffnung.
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- a spatial representation of an inventive device, preferably one in
Fig. 2 illustrated device unit, - Fig. 2
- a longitudinal section through an apparatus unit of separating member and downstream letter-lock device,
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- a partial spatial representation of the leadership role in a sectional view and
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- a schematic representation of the cross section of the passage opening.
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Die
Die
Die Führungsrolle 11 ist am Umfang mit einem den Vereinzelungsvorgang begünstigenden Belag 28 ausgestattet, der mit der Vertiefung 13 versehen ist.
Auch die Förderrollen 4 bis 7 oder 8 der Fördervorrichtung 3 weisen sinngemäss Beläge am Umfang auf.
Die
Der Weitertransport der Versandstücke 2 hinter dem Vereinzelungsorgan 9 erfolgt durch zwei übereinander gelagerte, für die durchlaufenden Versandstücke 2 einen Förderspalt bildenden Förderrollen 7, 8, von denen die untere als angetriebene Förderrolle 7 die grössere Umfangsgeschwindigkeit als die in der gleichen Richtung drehende Antriebsrolle 6 aufweist, sodass die Versandstücke hinter dem Vereinzelungsorgan 9 beschleunigt fortbewegt werden. Die über der Förderrolle 7 angeordnete Förderrolle 8 ist frei drehbar an dem in Förderrichtung hinteren Ende einer zu einer Briefschliessvorrichtung 36 gehörenden Wippe 37 gelagert, über welche die Förderrolle 8 mittels einer Zugfeder 38 auf die durchlaufenden Versandstücke 2 gedrückt wird.
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Also, the conveyor rollers 4 to 7 or 8 of the conveyor 3 have mutatis mutandis coverings on the circumference.
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The further transport of the packages 2 behind the separating member 9 is carried out by two superimposed, for the running packages 2 a conveying gap forming conveyor rollers 7, 8, of which the lower than driven conveyor roller 7 has the greater peripheral speed than the rotating in the same direction drive
The
Die Lagerplatten 44,45 bilden einen um die Schwenkachse 43 schwenkbaren Lagerbock 47 für die Führungsrolle 11, die durch jeweils an den Lagerplatten 44,45 des Lagerbocks 47 und einem an den Schildern 41,42 nach innen vorstehenden Bolzen 48 befestigten Schraubenfedern 49 -wie oben schon bemerktzusätzlich, jedoch nicht zwingend gegen die Antriebsrolle 6 gezogen wird, so dass die Versandstücke 2 schonend vereinzelt werden und das Vereinzelungsorgan 9 störungsfrei passieren können. Wesentlich ist dabei, dass die Führungsrolle 11 auf unterschiedlich dicke und steife Versandstücke 2 selbständig reagieren kann. Die mittelbar/unmittelbar an die Förderrollen 7,8 anschliessende, zur Briefschliessvorrichtung 36 gehörende Wippe 37 ist an dem in Förderrichtung der Versandstücke 2 rückwärtigen Ende beidseits mit einem stehend oval geformten Schlitz 50 versehen, die von der Schwenkachse 43 des Lagerbocks 47 durchsetzt werden und die senkrechten Bewegungen der Wippe 37 begrenzen. Die am hinteren Ende der Wippe 37 gelagerte Förderrolle 8 wird durch die Zugfedern 38 gegen die angetriebene Förderrolle 7 gezogen, von der sie sich bei durchlaufenden Versandstücken 2 abheben kann. Die frei drehbar gelagerte Förderrolle 8 wird von der Förderrolle 7 direkt oder über ein durchlaufendes Versandstück reibungsschlüssig angetrieben.
An dem in Förderrichtung vorderen Ende der Briefschliessvorrichtung 36 weist die Wippe 37 eine weitere, mit einer darunter gelagerten angetriebenen Förderrolle 51 zusammenwirkende Förderrolle 52 auf. Diese Förderrolle 52 wird mittels Zugfedern 53 gegen die Förderolle 51 gepresst und kann sich bei durchlaufenden Versandstücken 2 von der Förderrolle 51 entsprechend der Versandstückdicke abheben. Das Förderrollenpaar 51,52 weist etwa die gleiche Fördergeschwindigkeit wie das Förderrollenpaar 7,8 auf. Beide Förderrollenpaare 51,52; 7,8 transportieren die Versandstücke 2 durch die Briefschliessvorrichtung 36, die Teil einer in
Die Geräteeinheit kann einer Frankiermaschine förderwirksam vorgeschaltet sein.The bearing
At the front in the conveying direction end of the letter-closing
The device unit can be preceded by a franking machine in an effective manner.
Claims (12)
- Device (1) for processing and/or transporting flat postal items (2), such as documents and/or letters inserted into envelopes, samples, cards or the like, on a conveying path formed by a conveyor (3) having conveying rollers (5, 6, 7), one end of the conveying path being formed by a separating means (9) to which postal items (2) are fed for individual processing, wherein the separating means (9) has a drive roller (6) extending transversely to the conveying direction and mounted to rotate about a horizontal axis, acting frictionally on the underside of a postal item (2) and cooperating with a queuing device (11) arranged thereabove to hold back surplus postal items, characterised in that the queuing device (11) is designed as a guide roller, wherein the axis of rotation of the guide roller (11) is offset relative to the axis of rotation of the drive roller (6) downstream of the postal items (2), wherein the guide roller is arranged to rest on the drive roller (6) in the idle state, is designed in such a manner that it can be raised relative to the drive roller (6) and is rotatably mounted with a force that can act against the direction of rotation acting in the same direction as the conveying direction, wherein the force inhibiting the rotational movement of the guide roller (11) is formed by a friction clutch (25), wherein the guide roller (11) and the drive roller (6) form a slot-shaped opening (12) through which the postal items (2) pass lying flat and wherein the guide roller (11) on the drive roller is subjected to a resilient force so that it can be raised from the postal items (2) passing through if necessary,
- Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide roller (11) is fed to the drive roller (6) on a bearing block (47) pivotable about a horizontal axis (43).
- Device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that the drive roller (6) extends beyond the guide roller (11) at both ends.
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the friction clutch (25) is arranged in a hollow space (18) in the guide roller (11).
- Device according to claim 4, characterised in that the hollow space (18) is formed by a two-part housing (26), one part of which is designed as a removable bearing flange (27) of the guide roller (11).
- Device according to claim 5, characterised in that the friction clutch (25) has a compression spring (19) supported on the axle and acting on at least one plate (21) that bears against an inner end wall of the guide roller (11) and generates friction during rotation.
- Device according to claim 6, characterised in that the pressure of the compression spring (19) is adjustable.
- Device according to claim 7, characterised in that the guide roller (11) is mounted on the axle in such a manner that it can be displaced rotationally and axially and its end face is subjected to the pressure of a compression spring (19) supported on the axle in the hollow space (18) so that it can be pressed against a friction disc (24) mounted on the axle.
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the drive roller (6) has at least approximately the same effective conveying diameter as the guide roller (11).
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, comprising a feed roller (5) disposed upstream of the drive roller (6), characterised in that the feed roller (5) has a lower circumferential speed than the drive roller (6).
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that a stop device (33) extending at an incline from bottom to top against the conveying direction is arranged above the conveying path of the postal items (2) and upstream of the guide roller (11).
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that it is disposed upstream of a franking machine for positive conveying.
Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP06405106.3A EP1832536B1 (en) | 2006-03-08 | 2006-03-08 | Device for processing and/or transporting flat mail items |
AU2007200668A AU2007200668B2 (en) | 2006-03-08 | 2007-02-16 | Device to process and/or transport flat articles |
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