EP2110356B1 - Dispositif et procédé de transport d'objets par des chemins de transports croisés - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de transport d'objets par des chemins de transports croisés Download PDF

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EP2110356B1
EP2110356B1 EP09157729A EP09157729A EP2110356B1 EP 2110356 B1 EP2110356 B1 EP 2110356B1 EP 09157729 A EP09157729 A EP 09157729A EP 09157729 A EP09157729 A EP 09157729A EP 2110356 B1 EP2110356 B1 EP 2110356B1
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B65H29/60—Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6645—Advancing articles in overlapping streams buffering an overlapping stream of articles
    • 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/31—Features of transport path
    • B65H2301/314—Closed loop
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4213—Forming a pile of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles
    • 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
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    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for transporting objects over intersecting transport paths.
  • An apparatus having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a method having the features of the preamble of claim 9 are made WO 2006/110486 A2 known.
  • a device for presorting mailpieces with multiple transport paths is also in DE 102004056696 B4 described.
  • the device described there individually assembles printed products ("customer packages”).
  • the device comprises a plurality of parallel receiving conveyors 10a-10f and a plurality of gripping conveyors 20a-20j. Upstream of the “receiving conveyors 10a-10f” is arranged a "newspaper feeding means 80" which feeds a finished printed product ("newspaper") into the "receiving conveyor 10a-10f".
  • Two high-speed presses supply a first feeding station 82 and a second feeding station 86 with printed products. These "feeding stations 82-86” guide the printed products, eg. Newspapers, to two "feed dividing means 84, 88". These feed dividing means 84, 88 distribute the printed products onto the receiving conveyors 10a-10f.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates how supplied printed products are spent in "gripping pockets”.
  • a printed product is thus transported by the printing machines via the "feeding stations 82, 86" and the “feeding means 84, 88" to the "receiving conveyors 10a-10f".
  • the "receiving conveyors 10a-10f” transport printed products past "reject stations 100a - 100f", where incomplete and faulty printed products are sorted out, and then to "wrapping means 110" and then to "labeling means 120".
  • the gripping conveyors 20a-20j are arranged perpendicular to and above the receiving conveyors 10a-10f. Printed matter is supplied from sources of printed products 22a-22j to the gripping conveyors 20a-20j.
  • the "receiving conveyors 20a-20j" comprise endless conveyor belts, cf. Fig. 1 , Grasping tools ("grippers 30") grasp a printed product on a "gripping conveyor 20a-20j" and transfer the printed product to a selected and underlying "receiving conveyor 10a-10f".
  • a printed product can be redirected from the "sources 20a - 22j" to a "package receiving area", namely firstly to a “receiving conveyor 10a - 10f” and then to the “wrapping and labeling means ". This makes it possible to put together "customer packages”.
  • the sorting system has three transmission buffer memory 1, each with an endless conveyor loop.
  • storage pockets are transported along an endless conveyor track.
  • Input units 2 singulate flat mailpieces to be sorted.
  • Several loading stations 7 spend isolated and upright flat mailpieces in each case a storage pocket 10.
  • This storage pocket 10 is transported along the endless conveyor loop.
  • Below the three endless conveyor loops of the three consignment buffer memory 1 runs a transport path 9, are transported to the open-topped container 12.
  • a storage pocket 10 with a mail item 11 is placed above a container 12 on the transport path 9 and opened.
  • the mail item 11 slides out of the opened storage pocket 10 down into the container 12 on the transport path 9, cf. Fig. 2 ,
  • Two infeed and outfeed devices 16 feed empty containers 12 onto the transport path 9 and fill filled container 12 also obliquely from the transport path 9, see. Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 1 from EP 923997 A2 shows a sorting system for flat mail.
  • Several "stream forming devices 8" generate groups of partially overlapping mailpieces. These groups “lbs” are fed into several "transport modules 5". Each “transport module 5" has a “transport path 5p” and an “inlet 5i” and an “outlet 5o”. Each “outlet 5o” feeds a group into an "intake zone 14".
  • This "intake zone 14" belongs to a "loop transport system 12", which transports groups “lbs” on a closed conveyor track in one direction, namely in Fig. 1 counterclockwise.
  • An “output zone 16" distributes groups “lbs” onto the "inlets 20i" of "transport modules 20".
  • each "transport module 20” also has a "transport path 20p" and an "outlet 20o".
  • Each "outlet 20o” is connected to the "inlet 22i" of another "transport module 22". From the “outlet 22i” of this "transport module 22", a group “lbs” of overlapping mail items is transported to a "further postal processing device 27". Two such "postal processing devices 27” work in parallel.
  • An “electronic unit 7" controls this arrangement and receives status messages from the "transport modules 5, 20, 22" and the "loop transport system 12".
  • a device which pre-sorted flat postal items.
  • This device has a plurality of inputs to supply streams of mail and a plurality of outputs which carry mail to sorting stations.
  • Fig. 1 shows an arrangement with three inputs E1, E2, E3 and three outputs A1, A2, A3 to three sorting segments 1, 2, 3.
  • Each input E1, E2, E3 is connected via a connection system with each output A1, A2, A3.
  • the connection system comprises a plurality of points W11 to W33, several connections Z11 to Z33, several intersections KZ1-KW1 to KZ6-KW6.
  • the material flow for a component 1 comprises the steps of cleaning 5, control 9, decision on release 11 on the basis of a predetermined desired value 13. An unreleased component 1 again goes through this process. A released component 1 enters a material store 2.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a method having the features of the preamble of claim 8, which prevents backlog of transported objects in an input transport path.
  • Each output transport path is configured to transport items from the connection system to the associated processing device.
  • Each input transport path is configured to transport items from the associated pretreatment facility to the connection system.
  • the connection system connects each input transport path to each output transport path such that an item is transportable from each pre-treatment device to each processing device.
  • the return path start is connected to the associated input transport path.
  • the return path end is connected to at least one of the input transport paths. These connections are designed such that the return path start is located downstream of the connection system and the return path end upstream of the connection system.
  • the device according to the solution avoids backlogs in an input transport path.
  • An item that would back up because it can not be routed into the respective exit transport path is instead directed into a return path. It is possible that the object again upstream into the input transport path in which it already was. It is also possible that the object is routed via the return path in another input transport path.
  • the return path is used in particular when the connection system is completely filled with objects and therefore can not receive any further objects.
  • the articles are transported past the connection system to the beginning of a return path and via this back to an input transport path. This avoids backlog of objects on the input transport path.
  • the return path leads to an additional input transport path. This is not connected to a pre-treatment device, but leads from the end of the return path to the connection system. This additional input transport path relieves those input transport paths that lead from a pre-treatment device to the connection system.
  • connection system An item is transported to the connection system via an additional input transport path.
  • This input transport path is not connected to a pretreatment facility. Rather, each return path opens into this additional input transport path.
  • a processing device can not process an object, wherein the object is transported on an output transport path to this processing device.
  • the item is redirected from the exit transport path to an additional return path.
  • This additional return path leads to the additional input transport path.
  • An item that the processing device can not process is taken from the output transport path leading to that processing device leads, transported via the additional return path and the additional input transport path back to the connection system.
  • the objects are flat postal items (letters, postcards, magazines, and the like) which are to be transported to predetermined delivery addresses.
  • Each mail item is provided with information about its respective delivery address.
  • the invention can be equally applied in a sorting plant with more than two pretreatment facilities or with more than two processing facilities. It preferably comprises one input transport path per pretreatment device and one output transport path per processing device.
  • Fig. 1 are points of confluence indicated by circles and points by diamonds. Intersecting paths have no connection to each other. The direction in which mail is transported in a path is indicated by an arrow. Return paths are shown in dashed lines, regularly used transport paths by solid lines.
  • Each pretreatment device V-1, V-2 thus comprises a so-called "feeder”.
  • the sorting system is used to reprocess and sort mail items whose delivery addresses have already been read.
  • Each pretreatment device V-1, V-2 comprises, in addition to the separator, a determination device which determines the delivery address already read. For example, the determination device reads a bar pattern on the mail item which codes the delivery address. Or the detection device measures features of the mailpiece and determines the stored delivery address using a method that z. B. off DE 4000603 C2 known as fingerprint.
  • Each processor B-1, B-2 functions as a sorter and includes a set of output devices. It redirects the mailpieces received into one of their output devices depending on the determined delivery address.
  • the sorting system has two input transport paths E-1, E-2, two output transport paths A-1, A-2, two return paths R-1, R-2 and a connection system.
  • the input transport paths E-1, E-2 lead to the Connection system, the output transport paths A-1, A-2 away from the connection system.
  • the return path R-1 is assigned to the input transport path E-1, the return path R-2 to the input transport path E-2.
  • the input transport path E-1 leads from the pretreatment device V-1 to the two output transport paths A-1 and A-2.
  • the switch W-11 selectively redirects a mail item to the output transport path A-1 or leaves it on the input transport path E-1.
  • the diverter W-12 selectively redirects a mail item to the output transport path A-2 or to the associated return path R-1.
  • In the output transport path A-1 first receive mail items from the input transport path E-1. At the point of intersection K-9, mail items arrive from the input transport path E-2 into the output transport path A-1, and mail items from the additional input transport path E-3 arrive at the point of entry K-10. The mail items then pass through a separator Ve-1, which will be described below.
  • a diverter W-15 either discharges mail from the exit transport path A-1 into the additional return path R-3 mentioned below, or leaves it in the exit transport path A-1
  • the return path R-1 begins behind the switch W-3. In one embodiment, the return path R-1 ends at the confluence point K-1, thus returning to the input transport path E-1. In another embodiment, the return path R-1 ends at the confluence point K-2, thus leading to the other input transport path E-2.
  • the device has an additional input transport path E-3 for supplying returned mailpieces.
  • This additional input transport path E-3 is not directly connected to a pre-treatment device V-1 or V-2.
  • the device comprises a connection path X-1 between the feedback path R-1 and the input transport path E-1.
  • a switch W-1 in the return path R-1 either directs a returned mail item into the connection path X1, via which it enters the input transport path E-1, or leaves it on the return path R-1, via which the mail item is transferred to the additional one Input transport path E-3 arrives.
  • the return path R-1 thus begins in the switch W-3 and ends at the junction K-5.
  • the additional input transport path E-3 starts in the example of FIG Fig. 1 at the confluence K-5. It leads via the junction points K-4 and K-6 and the switch W-6 to the switch W-7.
  • the return path R-2 opens into the additional input transport path E-3, at the confluence point K-6 the additional return path R-3 described below.
  • the switch W-6 either loads a mail item into the output transport path A-1 or leaves the mail item on the additional input transport path E-3.
  • the switch W-7 either loads a mail item into the exit transport path A-2 or leaves the mailpiece on the additional entry transport path E-3.
  • An item of mail that is not discharged onto either the output transport path A-1 or the output transport path A-2 will enter an output container N-2 ("emergency exit"). This mail item can then not be processed by machine or was misdirected. It is removed from the output container N-2 and further processed manually.
  • the sorting system of Fig. 1 an additional return path R-3.
  • this additional return path R-3 mail items are returned which were not correctly separated by upstream singers. These singers include the separators of the pre-treatment devices V-1 and V-2 as well as the singlers Ve-1 and Ve-2 on the two output transport paths A-1 and A-2.
  • the additional return path R-3 is located downstream so that it can still receive all of these unsorted mail items before they reach a processing device B-1, B-2.
  • the return path begins in the switch W-9 and leads over the confluence point K-3 to the confluence point K-6, where the additional return path R-3 opens into the additional input transport path E-3.
  • the switch W-15 optionally directs a mail item into the additional return path R-3 or leaves the mail item on the output transport path A-1, from where it is transported to the processing device B-1.
  • the input transport path E-2 leads from the pretreatment device V-2 to the two output transport paths A-1 and A-2.
  • the switch W-4 selectively redirects a mail item to the exit transport path A-1 or leaves it on the entry transport path E-2.
  • the diverter W-13 selectively redirects a mail item to the output transport path A-2 or to the associated return path R-2.
  • the input transport path E-2 is associated with the return path R-2, which starts in the switch W-5 and leads to the confluence point K-4.
  • the switch W-2 either forwards a mail item into the connection path X-2 which leads to the input transport path E-2 or leaves the mail item in the return path R-2.
  • the mail item enters the additional input transport path E-3.
  • In the output transport path A-2 first receive mail items from the input transport path E-1. At the point of intersection K-7, mail items arrive from the input transport path E-2 in the output transport path A-2, and mail items from the additional input transport path E-3 arrive at the point of arrival K-8. The mail items then pass through a separator Ve-2, which will be described below.
  • a diverter W-9 either discharges mail from the exit transport path A-1 into the additional return path R-3 mentioned below, or leaves it in the exit transport path A-1
  • a diverter W-10 diverts non-machine or misdirected mail to the exit port N-1 ("emergency exit").
  • a switch W-8 redirects mail items on a connection path to another processing unit VCS. In the exemplary embodiment, the switch W-8 redirects those mail items on the additional input transport path E-3 whose addresses can not be deciphered automatically and therefore are read and input manually in a video coding station VCS.
  • the sorting system also has various buffer memories.
  • the return path E-1 there are two buffer memories P-1 and P-2.
  • the buffer memory P-1 is located upstream of the shunt W-1, the buffer memory P-2 downstream of the shunt W-1.
  • the buffer memory P-1 is able to receive both mailpieces for the connection path X-1 and those which remain in the return path E-1.
  • the return path E-2 there are two buffer memories P-3 and P-4 arranged upstream and downstream of the switch W-2, respectively.
  • the additional return path R-3 contains the two buffer memories P-7 and P-6.
  • Each transport path comprises a system with pairs of opposed conveyor belts or other conveyor elements.
  • Each pair of conveyor belts is capable of temporarily clamping a flat mail item between the conveyor belts and of transporting them by rotating the opposite conveyor belts at the same speed. It is possible that conveyor belts of different pairs rotate at different speeds.
  • Both the input transport paths E-1, E-2 and the output transport paths A-1, A-2 and the return paths R-1, R-2 are configured in the manner just described.
  • the interconnect system includes an endless conveyor connected to all of the inbound transport paths and outbound transport paths.
  • a mail item is transferred from the input transport path to the endless conveyor transported and remains in this until it has reached a matching output transport path and this can receive the mail.
  • connection system comprises stacking devices. These stacking devices in each case push together a plurality of mail items from the incoming input transport path to form a small stack and transport the small stack into the respective output transport path. As a result, the mailings take less space - seen in the transport direction - away as if they were transported in a spaced succession.
  • each stack forming device S-1, S-2, ... at least two consecutive and scattered mail items arrive.
  • the stacking device pushes the at least two mail items over one another so that they overlap at least partially.
  • the at least two overlapping mail pieces exit the stack forming device as a first small stack and are transported to the point where the input transport path terminates in the output transport path.
  • the first conveyor FV-1 belongs to the input transport path E-1 of FIG Fig. 1
  • the second conveying device FV-2 is a component of the stack forming device S-1.
  • the third conveyor FV-3 and the fourth conveyor FV-4 are located in the exit transport path A-1.
  • a sequence of mailpieces is already being transported in the exit transport path A-1, preferably in the form of further small stacks, between each of which a gap occurs. These small stacks originate z. B. from other opening transport paths.
  • the first mini-stack is to be inserted in a gap between mailpieces in the exit transport path A-1.
  • z. B. because they are too thick to be summarized into a small pile.
  • a small stack St-1 and a single mail item Ps-3 are transported in the transporting direction T.
  • the two mail items Ps-1 and Ps-2 are combined to form a small stack and to be transported between the small stack St-1 and the further mail item Ps-3.
  • the mail items are to be transported in such a way that a distance occurs between the mail item Ps-3 and the small stack with the mail items Ps-1 and Ps-2 as well as between the small stack and the further small stack St-1.
  • the length of the first small stack to be introduced is determined.
  • a further light barrier which is arranged in the output transport path A-1, it is determined how large a gap between two successive mail pieces or other small stacks in the output transport path A-1.
  • the first small stack is then introduced into the gap when its length plus a minimum distance to the last leading and the first subsequent mail is smaller than the gap. Otherwise, the subsequent mail items or further small packs are preferably transported slowed down or even temporarily stopped, while the leading mail items or further small packs are transported at the same or even temporarily increased speed. As a result, the gap is extended, so that the first small stack can be inserted.
  • the stacking device which in Fig. 2 is shown, comprises the conveyor belts F5 and F6 and the rollers about which these two conveyor belts F5 and F6 are guided.
  • the opening transport path is formed, inter alia, by the conveyor belts F7 and F8.
  • This transport path leads to a further transport path, namely the output transport path A-1, which comprises the conveyor belts F1, F2, F3 and F4 and into which a small stack St-1 is transported.
  • the mailpieces are deflected as they pass through the stacker.
  • the transport direction in which they are transported so is changed by an angle ⁇ , which is preferably between 30 degrees and 60 degrees, z. B. it is equal to 45 degrees.
  • a leading mail item Ps-1 is transported by a first conveying device (endless conveyor belt and counter-conveying element) in the old transport direction, namely until the mail item Ps-1 is picked up by a second conveying device FV-2.
  • This first conveyor FV-1 comprises in the example of Fig. 2 the conveyor belts F7 and F8.
  • a second conveyor FV-2 comprises the conveyor belts F7 and F8.
  • the second conveying device FV-2 deflects the mail item Ps-1 by the angle ⁇ in the new conveying direction and still carries the mail item Ps-1 so far that it is no longer taken by the first conveyor FV-1 (with F7 and F8).
  • the first conveying device FV-1 stops or slows down the further transport of the preceding mail item Ps-1. For this it is necessary that the mail item Ps-1 is no longer taken from the first conveyor FV-1, because otherwise they would be upset by the two conveyors FV-1 and FV-2.
  • the first conveying device FV-1 transports a subsequent mail item Ps-2 until it obliquely meets the stopped leading mail item Ps-1.
  • the leading mail item Ps-1 lies during the stop - seen in the old transport direction - in front of an endless conveyor belt F6 of the second conveyor FV-6.
  • the impinging subsequent mail item Ps-2 does not bend the stopped leading mail item Ps-1 upon impact, but is deflected because the first conveying apparatus continues to transport the subsequent mail item in the old transport direction until the second conveying apparatus has grasped the subsequent mail item.
  • the second conveying device holds the leading and the subsequent mail item. These overlap now at least partially. As a result, a small stack consisting of the preceding mail item Ps-1 and the subsequent mail item Ps-2 is formed.
  • the stacking device transports this small stack away in the new transport direction, wherein the second conveyor FV-2 further transports the small stack with Ps-1 and Ps-2.
  • the mail items are generally rectangular and therefore each have a - seen in the transport direction - front edge.
  • a light barrier Li in the input transport path E-1 is measured, at which time the leading edge of the leading mail piece and at what time the subsequent mailing the light barrier Li passes.
  • the transport speeds of the two conveyors FV-1, FV-2 are controlled and are therefore also known.
  • the second conveying device FV-2 transports the leading mail item into the new transport direction so far that the leading edge is in a defined position when the trailing edge is no longer caught by the first conveying device.
  • the point at which the leading edge of the subsequent mail item strikes the stopped leading mail item therefore has a known and adjustable minimum distance 'from the front edge of the leading mail piece. This distance is preferably as small as possible, so that the total length of the small stack is as small as possible.
  • the light barrier Li in the input transport path E-1 also measures the times at which the trailing edges of the two mailings pass through the light barrier Li. From this information and the transport speed of the first conveyor Fv-1 and the above-mentioned distance between the front edge of the leading mail item Ps-1 of the point of impact, the total length of the now formed small stack is calculated.
  • the sorting system further has a control device which has read and write access to a data memory.
  • a data memory In the data memory for each mail item is stored in each case a record that includes an internal identifier of the mailing, the read delivery address and information about their current position.
  • the control device controls the conveyor belts and switches of the system to guide a mail item through the sorting system depending on its state and its delivery address.

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  1. Dispositif de traitement d'objets (Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) physiques, dans lequel le dispositif comprend
    - au moins deux dispositifs B-1, B-2) de traitement, pour le traitement des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ),
    - au moins un dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable, pour le traitement préalable des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ),
    - un système ( S-1 W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison,
    - pour chaque dispositif B-1, B-2 de traitement, respectivement un trajet A-1, A-2 de transport de sortie et
    - pour chaque dispositif V-1, V-2 de traitement préalable, respectivement un trajet E-1, E-2 de transport d'entrée,
    dans lequel
    - chaque trajet A-1, A-2 de transport de sortie est conformé pour transporter des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) du système de liaison au dispositif B-1, B-2 de traitement associé,
    - chaque trajet (E-1, E-2 de transport d'entrée est conformé pour transporter des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) du dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable associé au système de liaison,
    - le système de liaison met chaque trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée en communication avec chaque trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie, de manière à ce qu'un objet puisse être transporté de chaque dispositif ( V-1 V-2 ) de traitement préalable à chaque dispositif ( B-1, B-2 ) de traitement,
    - le dispositif comprend pour chaque trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée respectivement un trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour ayant un début ( W-3, W-5 ) et une fin ( K-5, K-4 ),
    - le début du trajet de retour communique avec le trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport de retour associé et la fin du trajet de retour avec au moins l'un des trajets ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée, de manière à
    - ce que le début (W3, W-5) du trajet de retour soit disposé en aval du système de liaison et la fin ( K-5, K-4 ) du trajet de retour en amont du système de liaison,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comporte un trajet (E-3) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire qui est conformé pour transporter des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) au système de liaison, et
    la fin de chaque trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour débouche en amont du système de liaison dans le trajet (E-3) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comporte un trajet (R-3) de retour supplémentaire qui communique avec chaque trajet (A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie et avec le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire et qui est conformé pour le transport d'objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ),
    le trajet (R-3) de retour supplémentaire débouchant en amont du système de liaison dans le trajet (E-3) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire.
  3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire comporte un accumulateur ( P-5 ) tampon,
    qui est disposé en aval de la fin de chaque trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour et en amont du système de liaison et
    qui est conformé pour accumuler intermédiairement des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) qui sont transportés sur le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire.
  4. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    au moins un trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour comporte un aiguillage W-1, W-2 et un trajet X-1, X-2 de liaison,
    dans lequel le trajet X-1, X-2 ) de liaison communique avec le même trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée que le début du trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour,
    le trajet ( X-1, X-2 ) de liaison débouche en aval du système de liaison dans le trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée et
    l'aiguillage ( W-1, W-2 ) est conformé pour conduire un objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) transporté dans le trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour au choix sur le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire ou sur le trajet ( X-1, X-2 ) de liaison.
  5. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    chaque trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour comporte supplémentairement un accumulateur ( P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4 ) tampon,
    qui est conformé pour
    accumuler intermédiairement des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) qui y sont transportés sur le trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour.
  6. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    au moins un trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée est conformé pour transporter des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ), de manière à ce qu'il se produise une lacune considérée dans le sens de transport entre respectivement deux objets, le système de liaison comprend un aiguillage ( W-11, W-12, ... ) et un dispositif ( S-1, S-2, ... ) de formation d'une pile,
    l'aiguillage est conformé pour, au choix, dévier des objets du trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée dans le dispositif de formation d'une pile ou les laisser dans le trajet de transport d'entrée,
    le dispositif ( S-1, S-2, ... ) de formation d'une pile est conformé pour
    - rassembler des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) déviés, de manière à ce que plusieurs objets se chevauchent, au moins partiellement, considérés perpendiculairement à la direction de transport, et
    - à transporter les objets qui se chevauchent dans un trajet de transport de sortie.
  7. Dispositif suivant la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comprend supplémentairement un dispositif ( Ve-1, Ve-2 ) d'individualisation,
    qui est conformé pour individualiser des objets (Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) qui y sont transportés en se chevauchant dans le trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie, de manière à ce qu'il produise à nouveau un intervalle entre eux après l'individualisation.
  8. Procédé de traitement d'objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) physiques à l'aide d'un dispositif qui comprend
    - au moins deux dispositifs ( B-1, B-2 ) de traitement, pour le traitement des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ),
    - au moins un dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable, pour le traitement préalable des objets ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ),
    - un système ( S-1, W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison,
    - pour chaque dispositif ( B-1, B-2 ) de traitement, respectivement un trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie,
    - pour chaque dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable, respectivement un trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée,
    - pour chaque trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée, respectivement un trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour et
    - un trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire,
    dans lequel le procédé comprend les stades de procédé, dans lesquels
    - on sélectionne pour chaque objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) respectivement un dispositif de traitement,
    - on traite au préalable chaque objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) par un dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable,
    - on transporte ensuite chaque objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) par le trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée associé à ce dispositif ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement préalable par le système ( S-1, W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison et par le trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie qui est associé au dispositif ( B-1, B-2 ) de traitement sélectionné au dispositif ( B-1, B-2 ) de traitement sélectionné
    dans lequel le système de liaison fait entrer chaque objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) d'un trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée dans un trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie,
    ensuite, si l'on constate qu'une entrée d'un objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) d'un trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée dans un trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie n'est pas possible présentement,
    - l'objet est transporté en contournant le système ( S-1, W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison dans le trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour qui est associé au trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée,
    - dans ce trajet ( R-1, R-2 ) de retour, est transporté à un trajet ( E-1, E-2 ) de transport d'entrée et au système ( S-1, W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison ou est dévié dans le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire et est transporté dans le trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire au système ( S-1, W-11, S-2, W-3, ... ) de liaison.
  9. Procédé suivant la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comporte un trajet (R-3) de retour supplémentaire et
    si l'on constate qu'un objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) ne peut pas être traité par les dispositifs ( V-1, V-2 ) de traitement sélectionnés,
    on fait sortir l'objet ( Ps-1, Ps-2, ... ) du trajet ( A-1, A-2 ) de transport de sortie et on le transporte par le trajet ( R-3 ) de retour supplémentaire au trajet ( E-3 ) de transport d'entrée supplémentaire.
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