EP2384824B1 - Sorting apparatus - Google Patents

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EP2384824B1
EP2384824B1 EP20110159107 EP11159107A EP2384824B1 EP 2384824 B1 EP2384824 B1 EP 2384824B1 EP 20110159107 EP20110159107 EP 20110159107 EP 11159107 A EP11159107 A EP 11159107A EP 2384824 B1 EP2384824 B1 EP 2384824B1
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Hayato Kuroda
Yohei Kai
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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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
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  • the present invention relates to a sorting apparatus.
  • a known example includes (i) a cylindrical rotary drum, where the axis of the relevant cylinder extends in a direction which intersects the vertical direction, and (ii) a driving system for rotating the rotary drum around the axis.
  • the above rotary drum has a plurality of sorting plates each of which extends along the above axis of the cylinder, and the sorting plates are circularly arranged around the axis.
  • a head portion in the rotation direction overlaps a base end portion (in the rotation direction) of an adjacent sorting plate via a gap, so as to make each sorting target having a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined value pass through a gap between the sorting plates.
  • the base end portion is rotatably supported, and the head portion is forced outward in the relevant radial direction. Even if a sorting target is caught in a gap and conveyed upward, the sorting target falls off due to the weight of the relevant sorting plate (see, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2000-255761 ).
  • the sorting target may receive an impact due to its weight and be damaged.
  • a reception plate may be arranged within the rotary drum so as to relieve the impact, as described in document DE10038690C1 .
  • a reception plate is arranged close to the relevant sorting plate so as to reliably receive the sorting target, the sorting target which moves upward accompanied with the sorting plate may be pushed from the reception plate, and damaged due to buckling.
  • an object of the present invention is to prevent a sorting target from being damaged.
  • the present invention provides a sorting apparatus comprising:
  • the sorting apparatus of the present invention having the plate receiving wheel which rotates around the rotation axis in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotary drum, even if a sorting target accompanied with the sorting plates is disposed between the sorting plates and a reception plate, the reception plate moves in a direction in which the sorting plates pushes the target. Therefore, the compression applied to the target is released, and it is possible to prevent the target from being damaged due to buckling.
  • reception plates circularly arranged around the rotation axis at regular intervals. Therefore, after a sorting target falling down from the upper side is received by a reception plate, the target can slide on this or another adjacent reception plate so that the target can return to a sorting plate. Therefore, the impact due to the falling can be considerably reduced, thereby preventing the target from being damaged.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the general structure of a sorting apparatus 1 as an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the sorting apparatus 1 is built in a paper sheave processing system which processes sheaves of papers such as postal matters, and sorts sheaves A of papers (called “paper sheaves A", which are sorting targets) into those having a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined value (a few millimeters) and those having a thickness greater than the predetermined value.
  • the sorting apparatus 1 has a rotary drum 2, and a driving system 3 which rotates the rotary drum 2 in a rotation direction indicated by an arrow R1. Below, the rotation direction of the rotary drum 2 is called the “rotation direction R1 ".
  • the rotary drum 2 is supported by a stand 4 (in more detail, the driving system 3 built in the stand 4 as explained later), and the axis P1 of a cylindrical body thereof extends in a direction which intersects the vertical direction.
  • a stand 4 in more detail, the driving system 3 built in the stand 4 as explained later
  • the axis P1 of a cylindrical body thereof extends in a direction which intersects the vertical direction.
  • an open end in the axis of the drum functions as a supply inlet 2a
  • the other open end of the drum functions as a discharge outlet 2b.
  • the axis P1 is slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so that the discharge outlet 2b is positioned lower than the supply inlet 2a.
  • those having a thickness less than or equal to the predetermined value are discharged from an outer-peripheral part of the drum, and those having a thickness greater than the predetermined value are discharged from the discharge outlet 2b.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rotary drum 2, viewed from the discharge outlet 2b toward the supply inlet 2a (see arrow "I” in Fig. 1 ).
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of an important part “II” in Fig. 2 .
  • the rotary drum 2 has a plurality of sorting plates 10 and a forcing and supporting mechanism 20.
  • each sorting plate 10 each extend along the axis P1 and are arranged so as to form a circle around the axis P1. As shown in Fig. 3 . each sorting plate 10 has (i) a main plate 11 which is arranged on the inner-peripheral side of the sorting plate 10, and contacts the paper sheaves A, (ii) a reinforcing rib 12 which has a honeycomb shape and is arranged at a back face 11A of the main plate 11 except for both end parts in the width direction of the plate, and (iii) two circular are attachment parts 13 (not shown in Fig. 12) which are provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the main plate 11 and extend in the normal direction from the back face 11 A of the main plate 11.
  • each main plate 11 is inclined in a manner such that a base end portion 11a thereof in the rotation direction R1 (i.e., width direction) is rotatably supported, while a head portion 11 b thereof in the rotation direction R1 is positioned slightly inward (measured in the radial direction) in comparison with the tangential direction (from the base end portion 11a) of the rotation direction R1.
  • the head portion 11 b overlaps the base end portion 11a of an adjacent main plate 11 in the rotation direction R1 via a gap "C".
  • the head portion 11b of the main plate 11 positioned backward in the rotation direction R1 overlaps the base end portion 11 a of the main plate 11 positioned frontward so as to form the gap C.
  • the above gap C is determined so as to satisfy a condition that when each sorting plate 10 is positioned on the lower side of the sorting apparatus 1, the paper sheaves A (sorting target) having a thickness greater than a predetermined value (e.g., a few millimeters) cannot pass through the gap.
  • a predetermined value e.g., a few millimeters
  • the reinforcing rib 12 is provided on the whole area of the back face 11A of the main plate 11 except for areas corresponding to the base end portion 11a and the head portion 11b, and also both end parts in the longitudinal direction of the plate, thereby improving the flexural rigidity of the main plate 11.
  • the two circular are attachment parts 13 extend in the normal direction (of the back face 11A), and are respectively supported by ring members 21A and 21B of the forcing and supporting mechanism 20 via pin members.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view along line III-III in Fig. 3 , where "21B(21A)" indicates that similar structures are provided at each side of the ring members 21A and 21B.
  • the forcing and supporting mechanism 20 includes (i) the ring members 21A and 21B (see Fig. 1 ) provided at both ends in the axial direction of the rotary drum 2, (ii) pin members 22 (see Fig. 3 ) which rotatably support the two circular arc attachment parts 13 (of each sorting plate 10) for the ring members 21A and 21B, (iii) forcing parts 23 (see Fig. 4 ) for forcing each sorting plate 10 outward in the relevant radial direction, and (iv) L-form stoppers 24 (see Fig. 4 ) respectively attached to the ring members 21A and 21B by using bolts, so as to receive the forced sorting plate 10.
  • the distance between the ring members 21A and 21B is shorter than the distance between the two circular arc attachment parts 13 and longer than the length of the reinforcing rib 12 in the longitudinal direction of the relevant sorting plate 10.
  • each forcing part 23 is provided close to the head portion 116 of each sorting plate 10, and each forcing part 23 includes a tension bolt 23a, nuts 23b and 23c, and a spring 23d.
  • the tension bolt 23 a is a "semi-finished bolt", where a base shaft part passes through the L-form stopper 24 and the reinforcing rib 12, and a head screw part is engaged with the nuts 23b and 23c.
  • the nut 23b is coupled with the L-form stopper 24 via the spring 23d whose tension is adjustable.
  • the nut 23c restricts the displacement of the nut 23b.
  • tension is applied to the spring 23d in the outward radial directions (for the rotary drum 2), so that the tension bolt 23a pushes the reinforcing rib 12 onto the L-form stopper 24 via the nuts 23b and 23c.
  • the head portion 11b of each sorting plate 10 is forced outward in the relevant radial direction.
  • the tension applied to the spring 23d is set so that when the target sorting plate 10 is positioned on the upper side (e.g., within a range between +45° and -45° from the vertical axis), the corresponding gap (between the sorting plates 10) increases against the above forcing by means of the weight of the relevant sorting plate 10.
  • the driving system 3 is built in the stand 4, and includes a prime mover (not shown) provided in a lower part of the stand 4, and a pair of pulleys (not shown) to which the ring members 21A and 21B are attached.
  • each paper sheaf thinner than or equal to the gap C passes through the gap C, and is discharged from the outer periphery of the rotary drum 2, while each paper sheaf thicker than the gap C is discharged from the discharge outlet 2b. Therefore, each paper sheaf having a thickness less than or equal to the gap C is sorted out.
  • the paper sheaves A discharged from the outer periphery of the rotary drum 2 are supplied to a next process by means of a conveyer 2c provided in a lower part of the sorting apparatus 1, and the paper sheaves A discharged from the discharge outlet 2b are supplied to a next process by means of a drum shoot 2d.
  • the sorting apparatus 1 has a plate receiving wheel 40 provided inside the rotary drum 2.
  • the plate receiving wheel 40 has a rotation supporter 41 having a hexagonal form, and six reception plates 42 which extend outward from the corners of the rotation supporter 41.
  • the rotation supporter 41 is formed by assembling plate-shape members, and extends from the supply inlet 2a to the discharge outlet 2b.
  • the rotation supporter 41 is supported by a supporter 45 which extends from a side of the stand 4, and is rotatable around a rotation axis P2 which extends among the cylinder axis P1.
  • the rotation supporter 41 is driven and rotated by a prime mover 46 in the direction indicated by the arrow R2 in Fig. 2 , where the angular velocity of the rotation is larger than that of the rotary drum 2.
  • the rotation direction of the plate receiving wheel 40 is called the "rotation direction R2".
  • the six reception plates 42 are each formed using a flexible synthetic resin plate, and are separated from each other around the rotation axis P2. Accompanied with the rotation of the rotation supporter 41, the six reception plates 42 rotate around the rotation axis P2 in the rotation axis P2 in a manner such that a space is provided between a reception plate 42 and a sorting plate 10 which are close to each other.
  • the rotation axis P2 of the plate receiving wheel 40 having the above structure is arranged in the upper half within the half called an upward moving region S (see Fig. 5 ) in which the sorting plates 10 move from the lower side to the upper side, where the diameter of the rotation locus of the heads of the reception plates 42 is larger than the horizontal length of the upward moving region S.
  • the minimum distance between the reception plates 42 and the sorting plates 10 when the plate receiving wheel 40 rotates in the rotation direction R2 is set to a few centimeters.
  • the paper sheaf A1 tends to fall within the half called the "upward moving region S " in which the sorting plates 10 move from the lower side to the upper side. Additionally, within the upward moving region S, the width of the displacement of the falling paper sheaf A1 is relatively small in the upper half in which the forcing by the forcing and supporting mechanism 20 is released.
  • the plate receiving wheel 40 is arranged on the upper side of the upward moving region S, the paper sheaf A 1 is preferably caught by the plate receiving wheel 40.
  • the paper sheaf A1 caught by the plate receiving wheel 40 is disposed between two reception plates 42 (adjacent in the circumferential direction) and moves toward the rotation axis P2. In this process, the paper sheaf A1 slides down along the plate surface of the reception plate 42 which the paper sheaf A 1 contacts, or directly falls onto the rotation supporter 41.
  • the paper sheaf A1 rotates together with the reception plates 42, the paper sheaf A1 contacts a front-side reception plate 42A (among the two adjacent reception plates 42) in the rotation direction R2, slides down along the plate surface of the reception plate 42A which has gradually inclined downward, and finally falls down onto a sorting plate 10 positioned on the lower side.
  • the above process is performed via the reception plates 42 and includes sliding down (of the paper sheaf A1) along the plate surface of a reception plate 42, thereby reducing the impact due to the falling of the paper sheaf A1, and not generally damaging the paper sheaf A1,
  • the flexible reception plate 42 softly brushes the surface of the paper sheaf A1and moves upward, so that an extremely small burden is imposed on the paper sheaf A1.
  • the plate receiving wheel 40 which rotates around the rotation axis P2 in the same rotation direction R2 as that of the rotary drum 2
  • the reception plate 42 moves in a direction in which the sorting plates 10 pushes the paper sheaf A2. Therefore, the compression applied to the paper sheaf A2 is released, and it is possible to prevent the paper sheaf A2 from being damaged due to buckling.
  • the plate receiving wheel 40 has the six reception plates 42 circularly arranged around the rotation axis P2 at regular intervals. Therefore,after the paper sheaf A1 falling down from the upper side is received by a reception plate 42, the paper sheaf A 1 can slide on this or another adjacent reception plate 42 so that the paper sheaf A1can return to a sorting plate 10. Therefore, the impact due to the falling can be considerably reduced, thereby preventing the falling paper sheaf A1 from being damaged.
  • the rotation speed of the plate receiving wheel 40 is higher than that of the rotary drum 2, the distance measured between two points defined in the upper half of the plate receiving wheel 40 increases. Therefore, no compression is applied to the paper sheaf A2, and further reliably preventing the paper sheaf A2 from being damaged due to buckling.
  • each sorting plate 10 has the main plate 11 which contacts the paper sheaves A and the reinforcing rib 12 on the outside of the main plate 11 in the relevant radial direction, the main plate 11 does not easily bend, so that the predetermined size of the gap C can be secured.
  • reception plates 42 are flexible. Therefore, even if the paper sheaf A2 contacts a reception plate 42, an extremely small burden is imposed on the paper sheaf A2, thereby preventing the paper sheaf A2 from being damaged.
  • the plate receiving wheel 40 is substantially positioned in the upward moving region where the paper sheaf A1 tends to fall down, and the falling paper sheaf A1 can be effectively caught.
  • the paper sheaf A1 can be effectively caught at a position where the width of the displacement of the falling paper sheaf A1 is relatively small.
  • the paper sheaves A can be effectively caught in the entire upward moving region S.
  • the rotation axis P2 is positioned in the upper half of the upward moving region S in the above embodiment.
  • the rotation axis P2 may be set so as to satisfy a condition in that the distance between the sorting plates 10 and the reception plates 42 is minimized in a section which intersects the cylinder axis P1 when the tangential direction for the rotation of the sorting plates 10 coincides with the vertical direction. In this case, it is possible to effectively prevent the paper sheaves A from passing through the space between the sorting plates 10 and the reception plates 42.
  • reception plates 42 are provided in the above embodiment. However, three or more reception plates 42 can implement the sliding operation of the paper sheaves A on the reception plates 42, which can considerably reduce the above-described impact. For example, four reception plates 42 may be provided.
  • the above embodiment has the rotation supporter 41 functions as the rotation axis P2, a plurality of the reception plate 42 may be integrally formed without employing the rotation supporter 41.
  • reception plates 42 are flexible in the embodiment. However, when at least the head side of each reception plate 42 is flexible, the burden imposed on the paper sheaves A can be reduced.
  • reception plates 42 extend from the corners of the rotation supporter 41 in the above embodiment, the reception plates 42 may extend from six sides of the rotation supporter 41.

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