EP2011578B1 - Procédé et dispositif destinés à trier des objets selon la série de distribution en plusieurs étapes - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif destinés à trier des objets selon la série de distribution en plusieurs étapes Download PDF

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EP2011578B1
EP2011578B1 EP20080104636 EP08104636A EP2011578B1 EP 2011578 B1 EP2011578 B1 EP 2011578B1 EP 20080104636 EP20080104636 EP 20080104636 EP 08104636 A EP08104636 A EP 08104636A EP 2011578 B1 EP2011578 B1 EP 2011578B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for sorting objects, in particular mailpieces, according to a delivery order in several passes.
  • each delivery point is encoded with an n-digit number.
  • the number of passes is also n.
  • the delivery point is sorted after the one-digit, in the second pass after the tens, in the third pass after the hundred-digit, etc. of the delivery points.
  • Fig. 1 shows by way of example such a sorting plan for a two-pass radix method.
  • Mail items to 33 different possible delivery points are to be sorted with the help of 6 sorting endpoints SE-1, ..., SE-6.
  • the sorting plan is displayed in the form of a matrix.
  • the first pass is entered on the y-axis, and the second pass on the x-axis (2nd pass).
  • the matrix determines in which sorting endpoint a mail item after the first pass and in which after the second pass is discharged. This depends on the delivery point.
  • Each mail item to the delivery point 2 is in the example of Fig. 1 in the first pass to the sorting end SE-2 and in the second pass to the sorting end SE-1.
  • Fig. 1 In the first pass, all mail items are delivered to the delivery address 1, 7,... into the sorting endpoint SE-1, all mail items to the delivery address 2, 8,... to the sorting endpoint SE-2 and so forth.
  • the sorting end SE-1 After the first pass, first the sorting end SE-1 is emptied. All mail items which were discharged in the first pass into the sorting end SE-1 are first fed again to the material input of the sorting device.
  • the mail items are discharged to the delivery address 1 in the sorting SE-1, the mail items to the delivery address 7 in the sorting SE-2 and so on.
  • the sorting end SE-2 is emptied, and the mail items from SE-2 are again supplied to the material input.
  • the mailpieces are discharged to the delivery address 2 in the sorting SE-1, the mail items to the delivery address 8 in the sorting SE-2 and so on.
  • N is the number of possible delivery points and if in both passes the same sorting end points are used for discharging, then at least N Sorting sites needed.
  • the known Radix method has the disadvantage that for each delivery point a matrix element must be provided in the sorting plan shown as a matrix, although the number of delivery points may be smaller than the square of the number of sorting end points. In this case, the sorting device must have more sorting end points than needed.
  • EP 0 718 049 A2 discloses a method and apparatus for sorting sheets or the like, wherein the sheets are sorted in several steps.
  • target codes of the sheets are detected and the sheets are conveyed to sorting compartments depending on the detected target code and a thickness of the sheets.
  • the DE 103 10 760 B3 discloses a method for sorting mail items according to their destination addresses on sorting machines located in sorting centers in a plurality of sorting runs according to the radix method, wherein the sorting centers each have a number of delivery offices in which delivery agents operate.
  • the consignments are initially sorted by sorting centers and delivery groups in the sorting outgoing goods, whereby the consignments after the sorting of sorting in the respective sorting centers in several sorting runs, the so-called incoming sorting, sorted by delivery and delivery offices.
  • a method for sorting mailpieces intended for addresses / delivery points within a predetermined delivery area and an arrangement for the purpose of using the method are known.
  • the method comprises three steps, wherein the mailpieces are stored in the first step in a storage device with a first sequence number and are removed in a second step from these storage devices and stored again with a second sequence number in the storage facilities.
  • the mailpieces of successive storage devices are bundled.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a device having the features of the preamble of claim 6, which requires fewer sorting outlets than known methods or devices for a given number of delivery points.
  • the objects are sorted by means of a sorting device.
  • Each item is provided with a coding of a delivery point. These delivery points are arranged in a predetermined delivery order.
  • the sorting device has a plurality of output devices. Some or all of these output devices are marked as sorting endpoints. At least one sorting end point is assigned to a group of delivery points. The delivery point group consists of several delivery points that follow each other in the delivery order.
  • Each item passes through the sorter at least twice.
  • the delivery address applied to the article is determined, and the article is ejected into one of the output devices depending on the determined delivery point.
  • the dispensers are deflated one at a time and the articles returned to the sorter.
  • each item is dispatched to one of the sorting endpoints depending on the determined delivery point. All items that are coded with a delivery point of the delivery point group are sorted in the last run and all discharged into the sorting end of the group. This is done so that the following is effected: After the removal, the items of the group in the sorting end position to which the group is assigned are sorted by delivery points according to the delivery order.
  • the objects at the same delivery point are thus located after the rejection immediately after one another in the sorting end. Items at different delivery points of the group are located in the same sorting endpoint, the items being sorted according to the delivery order.
  • the invention makes it possible to have articles sorted at more delivery points by a sorting device having a predetermined number of sorting end points.
  • the fact can be exploited in the sorting plan that the number of items varies greatly from delivery address to delivery address.
  • the objects of the delivery point group are loaded in the sorting device in pockets of a stationary transfer containers circulating pocket ring and the objects from the stationary transfer containers in which they are cached, so also delivered to target containers as peripheral sorting be that after completion of sorting, the objects of a delivery point group are together in the delivery order in the associated target container.
  • articles of the delivery point groups in the reading order can accordingly be sorted together into the assigned destination containers in the first pass in accordance with the sorting plan in the first pass.
  • the items of each delivery point group are then sorted in the delivery order into the intended destination containers.
  • the objects are flat mail items, in particular letters, postcards or large letters.
  • Each mail item is associated with the coding of a delivery point, z. As a delivery address or a mailbox provided.
  • the method is carried out with the aid of a mail sorting device with 6 sorting end points SE-1,..., SE-6.
  • a mail sorting device with 6 sorting end points SE-1,..., SE-6.
  • the person skilled in the art can easily adapt this exemplary mail sorting device to a larger number of delivery addresses by increasing the number of sorting end points.
  • the consignment sorting device works according to a sorting plan that is in Fig. 2 is illustrated. Instead of 22 delivery points as in Fig. 1 Thanks to the invention, 144 different delivery points 1, 2,..., 144 can now be distinguished without the number of sorting end points having to be increased. In the exemplary embodiment, in turn, two passes are performed, and the 6 sorting endpoints are used as the output device both in the first and in the second pass. However, it is also possible to use different output devices in the first pass than in the second pass.
  • the sorting end SE-1 is emptied. All mail items which were discharged in the first pass into the sorting end SE-1 are first fed again to the material input of the sorting device. In the second pass, the mail items are discharged to the delivery address 1 to 3 in the sorting SE-1, the mail items to the delivery address 25 to 29 in the sorting SE-2 and so on.
  • the sorting end SE-2 is emptied, and the mail items from SE-2 are again supplied to the material input.
  • the mail items are discharged to the delivery address 4 to 8 in the sorting SE-1, the mail items to the delivery address 30 in the sorting SE-2 and so on.
  • the mail items to the delivery points 1 to 3 are placed in the sorting device in the correct order before the final discharge in the sorting 1 in the right order, as well as the shipments to 25 to 29, etc. This ensures that a much higher number of delivery points in one Sorting process is processed at the same number of sorting endpoints. In particular, it is thus also possible to economically process consignment volumes without prior information about the consignment destination with low consignment density.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic side view of a mail sorting with caching.
  • a device is out DE 10 2004 033 564 B3 known.
  • the inventive method is carried out in a preferred embodiment with such a device.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates, by way of example and schematically, the internal re-sorting for three programs, which are provided with the delivery addresses 3, 2, 1 and in the order 3, 2, 1 were introduced into the pockets Ta of the pocket wreath, but in the order 1, 2, 3 in a target container Zb to be stored.
  • the available time frame is calculated.
  • the last possible transfer point of the respective consignment is determined in a target container Zb, taking into account the residence time in the storage container Zw.
  • the three items are loaded in reverse order into a free storage container Zw within the determined time window and from there to the destination container Zb. Accordingly, other pre-sortings can be performed.

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  1. Procédé de tri d'objets à l'aide d'un dispositif de tri, dans lequel
    on munit chaque objet d'un code d'un point de distribution, on met les points de distribution en un ordre de distribution, le dispositif de tri a plusieurs dispositifs de sortie, dont tous ou certains sont caractérisés comme étant des points d'extrémité de tri,
    chaque objet passe au moins deux fois dans le dispositif de tri et, à chaque passage,
    - on détermine l'adresse de distribution mise sur l'objet et
    - on fait sortir l'objet dans l'un des dispositifs de sortie en fonction du point de distribution déterminé,
    dans lequel, après chaque passage, à l'exception du dernier, on vide les uns après les autres les dispositifs de sortie et on envoie les objets à nouveau au dispositif de tri et dans le dernier passage, on fait sortir chaque objet dans l'un des points d'extrémité de tri,
    on affecte, à chaque point d'extrémité de tri, au moins un groupe d'un ou de plusieurs points de distribution se succédant directement dans l'ordre de distribution,
    à chaque passage, on fait sortir les objets dans des dispositifs de sortie suivant les groupes de points de distribution, de manière à faire sortir, dans le même dispositif de sortie, tous les objets qui sont codés par un point de distribution du même groupe de points de distribution,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans le dernier passage, on fait sortir, dans des points d'extrémité de tri, les objets triés suivant des groupes de points de distribution, de manière à faire sortir chaque objet dans le point d'extrémité de tri qui est affecté à son point de distribution et on trie les objets, dans chaque point d'extrémité de tri, suivant les points de distribution conformément à l'ordre de distribution.
  2. Procédé suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on fait passer les objets dans le dispositif de tri suivant le procédé Radix.
  3. Procédé suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans le dernier passage, on accumule intermédiairement tous les objets qui sont codés par un point de distribution d'un groupe de points de distribution,
    avant de les faire sortir dans le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution.
  4. Procédé suivant la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de tri comprend
    - au moins un récipient d'accumulation à poste fixe et
    - une couronne de poches, qui entoure le récipient d'accumulation et qui a des poches,
    et
    au dernier passage, les objets qui sont codés par un point de distribution d'un groupe de points de distribution,
    - sont transportés dans des poches de la couronne de poches et
    - sont accumulés intermédiairement par le fait qu'ils passent des poches respectives au au moins un récipient d'accumulation à poste fixe.
  5. Procédé suivant la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution comprend également des récipients cibles tournants et
    au dernier passage, dans le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution,
    on fait sortir tous les objets qui sont codés par un point de distribution du groupe de points de distribution,
    en les faisant passer dans le récipient cible tournant.
  6. Dispositif de tri d'objets à l'aide d'un dispositif de tri, dans lequel
    chaque objet est muni d'un codage d'un point de distribution,
    le dispositif a
    - une mémoire de données,
    - un dispositif de détermination et
    - plusieurs dispositifs de sortie,
    tous ou certains des dispositifs de sortie sont caractérisés comme étant des points d'extrémité de tri,
    un ordre de distribution du point de distribution est mémorisé dans la mémoire de données,
    le dispositif de détermination est conformé pour déterminer le codage de point de distribution,
    le dispositif de tri est conformé pour
    - transporter, dans le dispositif de tri, les objets en au moins deux passages et
    - les faire sortir dans l'un des dispositifs de sortie en fonction du point de distribution déterminé,
    dans lequel, après chaque passage, à l'exception du dernier, les dispositifs de sortie sont vidés les uns après les autres et les objets sont retournés au dispositif de tri et le dispositif de tri est conformé pour faire sortir, dans le dernier passage, chaque objet dans l'un des points d'extrémité de tri,
    il est mémorisé, dans la mémoire de données, au moins une affectation d'un point d'extrémité de tri à un groupe d'un ou de plusieurs points de distribution,
    le groupe de points de distribution étant constitué d'un ou de plusieurs points de distribution, qui se succèdent directement dans l'ordre de distribution,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de tri est conformé pour faire sortir, à chaque passage, tous les objets, qui sont codés par un point de distribution du groupe de points de distribution, dans l'installation de tri dans le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution affecté dans la mémoire de données, et pour les trier au dernier passage,
    de manière à ce qu'ils soient triés dans le point d'extrémité de tri suivant les points de distribution conformément à l'ordre de distribution.
  7. Dispositif suivant la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de tri est conformé
    pour trier les objets suivant le procédé Radix.
  8. Dispositif suivant la revendication 6 ou la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de tri comprend
    - au moins un récipient d'accumulation à poste fixe et
    - une couronne de poches, qui entoure le récipient d'accumulation et qui a des poches,
    et
    est conformé pour, au dernier passage, transporter les objets qui sont codés par un point de distribution d'un groupe de points de distribution,
    - dans des poches de la couronne de poches et
    - les accumuler intermédiairement, en faisant passer les objets des poches respectives au au moins un récipient d'accumulation à poste fixe.
  9. Dispositif suivant la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution comprend également un récipient cible tournant et
    le dispositif de tri est conformé
    pour faire sortir, au dernier passage, tous les objets, qui sont codés par un point de distribution du groupe de points de distribution,
    dans le point d'extrémité de tri du groupe de points de distribution,
    en faisant passer les objets dans le récipient cible tournant.
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