EP2085339B1 - Vorrichtung zur Auswahl von Postartikeln mit Doppeldüse - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Auswahl von Postartikeln mit Doppeldüse Download PDF

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EP2085339B1
EP2085339B1 EP09151527A EP09151527A EP2085339B1 EP 2085339 B1 EP2085339 B1 EP 2085339B1 EP 09151527 A EP09151527 A EP 09151527A EP 09151527 A EP09151527 A EP 09151527A EP 2085339 B1 EP2085339 B1 EP 2085339B1
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Francis Coret
Yannick Claris
Christophe Peynet
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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
    • 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
    • B65H3/5207—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article
    • B65H3/523—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article the retainers positioned over articles separated from the bottom of the pile
    • B65H3/5238—Retainers of the pad-type, e.g. friction pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2220/00—Function indicators
    • B65H2220/09—Function indicators indicating that several of an entity are present
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/30—Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof
    • B65H2402/31—Pivoting support means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/60—Coupling, adapter or locking means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/66—Envelope filling machines

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  • the present invention relates to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a mail item selection device implemented in an automatic feeder module, or feeder, a postage meter franking machine.
  • a franking machine must be adapted to receive different types of mail items such as documents, folds or envelopes having greater or lesser thicknesses, typically from 0.1 mm to 16 mm.
  • it often has upstream of an automatic power supply module, in particular for conveying these mail items at different speeds and usually comprising means for receiving / stacking, selecting, transporting and possibly closing these items. mail items.
  • the document EP-A-0 195 348 discloses a mail item selection device for separating the mail items one by one from a stack of mail items and transporting them downstream, comprising a first die in the form of a flexible tongue followed by a second die in the form of a separator pad, both of which cooperate with a plurality of opposed selection rollers to select one by one said mail items and transport them downstream, said first die being pivotable about a first axis of rotation against a first elastic return means and said second die being pivotable about a second axis of rotation against a second elastic return means, said second axis of rotation being offset upstream relative to said first rotation axis.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages resulting from the passage of duplicate envelopes by proposing a device for selecting mail items for franking machine feeder which can limit in a proportion of at most 1 in 1000 such a double passage.
  • a mail item selection device for separating the mail items one by one from a stack of mail items and transporting them downstream, characterized in that it comprises a first die followed by a second die cooperating with at least one opposite selection roller to select one by one said mail items and transport them downstream, said first die being pivotable about a first axis of rotation against a first elastic return means and said second die being pivotable about a second axis of rotation against a second elastic return means, said second axis of rotation being offset upstream relative to said first axis of rotation and said first and second dies include drive means for allowing, beyond a range of thickness of predetermined mail items, an automatic pivoting ue of said second die during the pivoting of said first die.
  • said drive means comprise at least one integral support of said first die and intended to cooperate with at least one stop of said second die so that during the passage of a mail piece having a thickness of in a predetermined thickness range of mail items, a pivoting of said first die causes a pivoting of said second die.
  • the offset of said axes of rotation is adapted so that within said predetermined thickness range of mail items, the pivoting of said first die does not cause any pivoting of said second die and for that beyond a range of thickness of predetermined mail items, the pivoting of said first die causes a withdrawal of said second die transport path mail items.
  • said first die has a comb shape on each of the teeth of which is fixed an elastomeric blade or a ceramic finger.
  • the present invention also relates to a mailing machine feeder for mailing machines comprising the aforementioned mail article selection device.
  • An automatic mailing material supply module conventionally comprises a feed zone consisting essentially of a tray intended to receive a pile of mail items and comprising first transport rollers for driving these mailpieces downstream. (and against a referencing wall) at a separation zone comprising a separation device in which these mail items are extracted one by one from the stack of articles. Second transport rollers are generally provided at the exit of this separation zone for conveying mail items. thus extracted downstream.
  • Such automatic feeder is for example illustrated in the European patent cited in the preamble of the present application.
  • the Figures 1 and 2 show more precisely the structure of the device according to the invention for separating mail items 10 which essentially comprises a first die 12 followed by a second die 14 both cooperating with a plurality of opposed selection rollers, for example 16A, 16B, 16C, to select a mail item and a single item and transport it downstream.
  • the first die is articulated about a first axis of rotation 18 and can pivot against a first elastic return means, for example at least one compression spring 20A, 20B, during the passage of mail items on the selection rollers and the second die is hinged about a second axis of rotation 22, offset upstream with respect to the first axis of rotation 18, and it can rotate likewise against a second means of rotation.
  • a first elastic return means for example at least one compression spring 20A, 20B
  • resilient return for example a compression spring 24, during the passage of mail items on the selection rollers.
  • These two elastic means are each also supported on a frame portion 26 of the selection device. Note that if reference has been made by way of example to a compression spring, it is understood that a tension spring could also be suitable subject to a configuration of attachment of the spring to the different frame.
  • the first and second dies 12, 14 are not arranged perpendicular to the transport path of mail items but inclined downstream of about 45 °. They each have a comb shape and each of their teeth (two in the example shown) is fixed an elastomer blade 12A, 14A which has a very high coefficient of friction to ensure the best possible contact with the mailpiece .
  • the elastomer blade is replaced by a ceramic finger 28 which has the advantage over an elastomeric blade not to wear and not leave marks on the mail items.
  • the elastomer blade is very powerful but it wears relatively quickly and may damage, by crumpling or stuffing, the most fragile mail items.
  • the first die has at least one support 12B intended to cooperate with at least one abutment 14B of the second die, so that, only beyond a thickness range of predetermined mail items defined by the distance e existing between the stop and its support, a displacement of the first die will cause an automatic and progressive movement of the second die.
  • the displacements 30, 32 respective conjugates of the first and second dies as illustrated in FIG.
  • the operation of the selection device is as follows.
  • the mail items to be treated being arranged in bulk on the tray of the feed device, for mail of small thickness, that is to say the thickness of which is less than 2 mm, most of the selection work is performed by the first die, the second die which remains subject to its return spring 22 overriding if necessary the possible double passages.
  • the mail article by lifting the first die will cause a gradual pivoting of the second die which will be partly raised when the article of mail reaches it, which will prevent this second die on which the compression spring 24 acts premature wear by repeated shocks with the mail item to which it is subject for these items and those of low thickness. This gradual lifting will also prevent rustling of the most fragile mail items, such as window envelopes.
  • the article of mail leaves the first die its descent under the action of the first return spring 20a, 20B has no impact on the selection then made by the second die.
  • the present invention it is possible to process envelopes of different thicknesses without selecting by a specific lever a particular mode of operation (for example for envelopes larger than 6mm).
  • the second die is no longer used in the operating mode where it does not intervene, that is to say for thick envelopes, or less for envelopes of standard thickness, its replacement can to intervene much less frequently than in the devices of the prior art, thus limiting the periods of unavailability of the franking machine.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen, um die Postsendungen eines Stapels von Postsendungen voneinander zu trennen und sie stromabwärts zu befördern, umfassend eine erste Düse (12), an die sich eine zweite Düse (14) anschließt, die beide mit einer Vielzahl von gegenüberliegenden Selektionsrollen (16A, 16B, 16C) zusammenwirken, um die Postsendungen eine nach der anderen zu selektieren und sie stromabwärts zu befördern, wobei die erste Düse entgegen einem ersten elastischen Rückstellmittel (20A, 20B) um eine erste Drehachse (18) schwenken kann und die zweite Düse entgegen einem zweiten elastischen Rückstellmittel (24) um eine zweite Drehachse (22) schwenken kann, wobei die zweite Drehachse gegenüber der ersten Drehachse stromaufwärts versetzt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die erste und die zweite Düse Antriebsmittel (12B, 14B) umfassen, um jenseits eines vorbestimmten Dickenbereichs von Postsendungen ein automatisches Verschwenken der zweiten Düse bei Verschwenken der ersten Düse zu ermöglichen.
  2. Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Antriebsmittel wenigstens eine Auflage (12B) umfassen, die mit der ersten Düse fest verbunden und dazu bestimmt ist, mit wenigstens einem Anschlag (14B) der zweiten Düse zusammenzuwirken, damit beim Durchgang einer Postsendung, die eine Dicke in einem vorbestimmten Dickenbereich von Postsendungen aufweist, ein Verschwenken der ersten Düse ein Verschwenken der zweiten Düse bewirkt.
  3. Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Versatz der Drehachsen angepaßt ist, damit diesseits des vorbestimmten Dickenbereichs von Postsendungen das Verschwenken der ersten Düse kein Verschwenken der zweiten Düse bewirkt.
  4. Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Versatz der Drehachsen angepaßt ist, damit jenseits eines vorbestimmten Dickenbereichs von Postsendungen das Verschwenken der erste Düse ein Zurückfahren der zweiten Düse aus dem Beförderungsweg der Postsendungen bewirkt.
  5. Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die erste Düse eine Kammform aufweist, wobei an jedem ihrer Zinken eine Elastomerzunge (12A, 14A) oder ein Keramikfinger (28) befestigt ist.
  6. Vorrichtung zum Zuführen von Postsendungen für eine Frankiermaschine, die eine Vorrichtung zum Selektieren von Postsendungen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 umfaßt.
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