EP2447196B1 - Mail processing device and mail processing method - Google Patents

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EP2447196B1
EP2447196B1 EP11187339.4A EP11187339A EP2447196B1 EP 2447196 B1 EP2447196 B1 EP 2447196B1 EP 11187339 A EP11187339 A EP 11187339A EP 2447196 B1 EP2447196 B1 EP 2447196B1
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Hirokazu Shimizu
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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
    • B65H3/04—Endless-belt separators
    • B65H3/045—Endless-belt separators for separating substantially vertically stacked 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
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
    • B65H1/025—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge with controlled positively-acting mechanical devices for advancing the pile to present the articles to the separating device
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H7/00—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
    • B65H7/02—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
    • B65H7/04—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to absence of articles, e.g. exhaustion 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
    • B65H83/00—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such
    • B65H83/02—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such performed on the same pile or stack
    • 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
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/50—Occurence
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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
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/50—Timing
    • B65H2513/512—Starting; Stopping
    • 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 present invention relates to a mail processing device and a mail processing method. Particularly, the present invention relates to a mail processing device which transports mail one by one and a mail processing method.
  • Mail processing companies such as post offices use a mail processing device in which when collected mail is inserted, non-standard shape mail unsuitable for automatic processing is selectively excluded, and standard shape mail which is not excluded is automatically picked up one by one to be transported in a stabilized supply amount to a processing device such as a reader and a sorting machine in the subsequent steps.
  • JP-A No. 2000-271543 discloses a mail processing device which supplies mail to a transport path on the downstream from a selecting portion and in which a buffer portion is provided between the selecting portion and the transport path on the downstream and a transport belt of the buffer portion is stopped when an amount detecting lever and a sensor provided on the transport path on the downstream of the buffer portion detect that the supply amount of mail is too large.
  • US 2008/0000814 A1 discloses a sorting system for flat mail items includes a process controller and at least three storage modules connected in a parallel arrangement.
  • Each of the at least three storage modules has a storage area and an infeed function to transfer mail items from a mail item stream into the storage area, and an extraction function to extract mail items from the storage area for generating an improved mail item stream.
  • One of the at least three storage modules is operable in the infeed function, another one of the at least three storage modules operable in the extraction function, and at least one further module of the at least three storage modules is operable in a halt status. Address information is added to the mail items by the process controller for the mail items contained in the storage area of the storage module operated in the halt status.
  • An object of at least one embodiment is to provide a mail processing device which can solve the above-described problem and uninterruptedly transport and process mail having various sizes, thicknesses and weights one by one, and a mail processing method.
  • a mail processing device has: a mail processing device comprising: a one-mail-piece sending portion which sends mail one by one; first to n-th buffers which are continuously arranged, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a first sensor which detects the full state of the one-mail-piece sending portion; second to n-th sensors (15a, 15b, 15n) which detect the full states of the first to (n-1)-th buffers (3 - 10); a first transporting portion (12b) which transports the mail in the first buffer to the one-mail-piece sending portion; second to n-th transporting portions which transport the mail in the second to n-th buffers to the first to (n-1)-th buffers; and a transport control portion which controls the first to n-th transporting portions; wherein when the first sensor does not detect the full state of the one-mail-piece sending portion, the transport control portion is arranged to prompt the first transporting portion to transport mail to the one-mail-piece sending portion,
  • a mail processing method of a mail processing method of a mail processing device having a one-mail-piece sending portion which sends mail one by one, first to n-th buffers which are continuously arranged, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, a first sensor which detects the full state of the one-mail-piece sending portion, second to n-th sensors which detect the full states of the first to (n-1)-th buffers, a first transporting portion which transports the mail in the first buffer to the one-mail-piece sending portion, second to n-th transporting portions which transport the mail in the second to n-th buffers to the first to (n-1)-th buffers, and a timer which measures a time during which the i-th sensor continuously detects the full state of the (i-1)-th buffer, where i is an integer of 2 to n; the method comprising: prompting the first transporting portion to transport the mail to the one-mail-piece sending portion when the first sensor does not detect
  • a mail processing device and a mail processing method of the invention it is possible to uninterruptedly transport and process mail having various sizes, thicknesses and weights one by one.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire schematic configuration of a first embodiment of a mail processing device.
  • the mail processing device has an insertion portion 1 into which mail is inserted, buffer portions 2 to 10 for accumulating mail, and a one-mail-piece sending portion 11 having a function of sending mail one by one.
  • the buffers 2 to 10 are continuously arranged.
  • Mail P sent from the insertion portion 1 is supplied to the buffer portion 2 in a state of being arranged in the longitudinal direction of the mail with regard to the transport direction.
  • the mail P is transported to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 through the continuous buffer portions 2 to 10.
  • the mail P is accumulated or stacked in the buffer portions in order of the buffer portion 10 on the lowermost-stream, the buffer portion 9, the buffer portion 8, ..., the buffer 2.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the configuration of the buffer portion 10 of the mail processing device.
  • the other buffer portions 2 to 9 have the same configuration.
  • This friction coefficient is at a level at which the mail P slides on the bottom transport belt 13b when the transported mail P collides with the accumulated mail P and the bottom transport belt 13b does not strongly push the mail P. In this manner, folding or damage to the mail P can be reduced.
  • An amount detecting lever 14b is, for example, a lever which is rotatably supported around a rotation axis parallel to the side-mounted transport belt 12b and perpendicular to the transport direction. By a spring 16b, an end portion of the lever is pressed against the uppermost mail. The amount detecting lever 14b rotates in accordance with a total thickness of the mail pushed between the side-mounted transport belt 12b and the end portion of the lever by the side-mounted transport belt 12b and the bottom transport belt 13b.
  • An amount detecting lever 14c of the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 also may have the same configuration.
  • An amount detecting sensor 15b outputs whether the buffer 10 is full or not by the rotation angle of the amount detecting lever 14b.
  • the amount detecting sensor 15b may be configured to have an output circuit and a light-receiving element which are shielded from the light from a light source (not shown) in accordance with the rotation angle by the detecting lever 14b.
  • a rotation angle ⁇ 1 of the detecting lever 14b at which the output of the amount detecting sensor 15b shifts to non-detection from the detection of the full state is set to be different from a rotation angle ⁇ 2 of the detecting lever 14b at which the output shifts to the detection from the non-detection of the full state.
  • ⁇ 1 is preferably smaller than ⁇ 2.
  • the rotation angle ⁇ 2 of the detecting lever 14c may not be set to an angle at which there is no space to put mail into the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 and may be appropriately set to be a rotation angle at which the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 is almost full, but there is space to put mail.
  • An amount detecting sensor 15c of the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 also may have the same configuration.
  • FIG 3 is a plan view showing an example of the configuration of a portion from the buffer portion 9 to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 of FIG 1 .
  • FIG 4 is a block diagram of FIG 3 .
  • the mail P transported from the buffer portion 10 is accumulated in the one-mail-piece sending portion 11.
  • the amount detecting lever 14c rotates in accordance with the amount of the mail P which is accumulated in the one-mail-piece sending portion 11.
  • the amount detecting sensor 15c outputs whether the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 is full or not by the rotation angle of the amount detecting lever 14c.
  • the buffer portion 10 has the side transport belt 12b, the bottom transport belt 13b, the amount detecting lever 14b, and the amount detecting sensor 15b.
  • the side-mounted transport belt 12b and the bottom-mounted transport belt 13b are provided with a motor 17b and a motor 18b, respectively, and driven by a transport control portion 19.
  • the transport control portion 19 stops the motors 17b and 18b which drive the side belt 12b and the bottom belt 13b of the buffer portion 10 on the upstream of the one-mail-piece sending portion 11. Therefore, the mail P is stored in the buffer portion 10.
  • the transport control portion 19 drives the motors 17b and 18b which drive the side transport belt 12b and the bottom transport belt 13b of the buffer portion 10 to supply mail P to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 on the downstream from the buffer portion 10.
  • the transport control portion stops motors 17a and 18a which drive a side belt 12a and a bottom belt 13a of the buffer portion 9 on the upstream of the buffer portion 10. Therefore, the mail P is stored in the buffer portion 9.
  • An amount detecting lever 14a rotates in accordance with the amount of the mail P accumulated in the buffer portion 9.
  • An amount detecting sensor 15a outputs whether the buffer portion 9 is full or not by the rotation angle of the amount detecting lever 14a.
  • the transport control portion 19 drives the motors 17a and 18a which drive the side transport belt 12a and the bottom transport belt 13a of the buffer portion 9 to supply mail P to the buffer portion 10 on the downstream from the buffer portion 9.
  • a plurality of buffer portions operating in the same manner as the buffer portion 9 may be provided on the upstream of the buffer portion 9.
  • the transport control portion 19 estimates the amount of mail in the buffer portion on the downstream from the state of the amount detecting lever of the buffer portion on the downstream.
  • the transport control portion 19 drives the motors which drive the side transport belt and the bottom transport belt of the buffer portion on the upstream to supply mail P to the buffer portion on the downstream from the buffer portion on the upstream.
  • FIG 5 is a plan view showing a modified example of FIG 3 .
  • a point that is different in this modified example compared to the example of FIG 3 is the addition of smoothing mechanisms 22a and 22b.
  • the plurality of smoothing mechanisms 22a and 22b are arranged in the buffer portion 10 immediately before the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 on the downstream, and if necessary, in the buffer portion 9 on the upstream side thereof to make the flow of mail to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 smoother.
  • a gap between the smoothing mechanism 22b and the side belt 12b is narrower than a gap between the smoothing mechanism 22a on the upstream and the side belt 12a. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain an effect of making the flow of the mail stored in the buffer portion to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 smoother.
  • a point that is different in this modified example compared to the example of the above-described transport control portion is a timer which is provided to measure a time during which the amount detecting sensor 15b continuously detects the full state.
  • the transport control portion does not stop the motors 17a and 18a which drive the side transport belt 12a and the bottom transport belt 13a of the buffer portion 9 on the upstream side thereof, but reduces the speeds of the motors 17a and 18a from the working state. Accordingly, the supply amount of the mail P to the buffer portion 10 is reduced.
  • the transport control portion is provided with a timer which measures a time during which the amount detecting sensor 15b of the buffer portion 10 continuously detects the full state as described above.
  • the transport control portion stops the motors 17a and 18a which drive the side transport belt 12a and the bottom transport belt 13a of the buffer portion 9.
  • the transport control portion drives the motors 17a and 18a which drive the side transport belt 12a and the bottom transport belt 13a of the buffer portion 9 to supply mail P to the buffer portion 10 on the downstream from the buffer portion 9.
  • the speeds of the motors 17a and 18a which drive the side transport belt 12a and the bottom transport belt 13a may be reduced to other degrees in accordance with a time during which the full state is continuously detected, and then the motors 17a and 18a may be stopped.
  • the motors which drive the side transport belt and the bottom transport belt of the buffer portion on the upstream side thereof may be stopped.
  • the speeds of the motors may be reduced to other degrees in accordance with the time during which the full state is continuously detected, and then the motors may be stopped.
  • FIG 6 is a view showing the concept of the transport control in the insertion portion 1 of the mail processing device.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mail processing device.
  • An insertion portion transport control portion 21 which controls an insertion portion transporting portion 20 from the insertion portion 1 to the buffer portion 2 on the uppermost-stream estimates the amount of the mail P in the buffer portion 2 on the downstream from the output of an amount detecting sensor 15n which outputs whether the buffer portion 2 is full or not by the rotation angle of an amount detecting lever 14n of the buffer portion 2 on the downstream as the above-described transport control portion of the buffer portion 10, and controls the transport amount of the mail P to the buffer portion 2.
  • the insertion portion transport control portion 21 may estimate and consider the total mail amount in the buffer portions 2 to 10 from the outputs of the amount detecting sensors of the buffer portions 2 to 10 as shown in FIG. 6 to feedback to the control of the transport amount of the mail P to the buffer portion 2 on the uppermost-stream from the insertion portion 1.
  • the insertion portion transport control portion 21 estimates the amount of the mail P of all of the buffer portions by the number of times of detection of the full state by the amount detecting sensors 15 of the respective buffer portions, and controls the speed of the insertion portion transporting portion 20 in accordance with the estimated amount of the mail P of all of the buffer portions. That is, by controlling the insertion portion transporting portion 20, the transport amount of the mail P from the insertion portion 1 is adjusted to be larger than the standard value when the amount of the mail P of all of the buffer portions is small, and the transport amount of the mail P from the insertion portion 1 is adjusted to be smaller than the standard value when the amount of the mail P of all of the buffer portions is large.
  • the insertion portion transport control portion 21 may control the insertion portion transporting portion 20 in consideration of the frequency of the operation of the amount detecting sensor of each buffer portion.
  • the amount detecting sensor of each buffer portion when determining that the amount detecting sensor of each buffer portion operates on a short cycle, it is estimated that the number of thick mail pieces is large in the buffer portion, and the amount of the mail P from the insertion portion 1 is controlled so as to supply a larger amount of the mail P even with the same number of times of detection of the full state.
  • the mail can be constantly supplied in an uninterrupted manner to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 even when the processing target mail coverage is expanded.
  • the plurality of buffer portions are provided and each has the amount detecting lever, it is possible to estimate the total mail amount in the buffer portions and perform feedback control to the upstream process.
  • the plurality of buffer portions are provided and each has the amount detecting lever, it is possible to estimate the thickness of the mail in the buffer portion from the ON/OFF frequency information of the amount detecting lever and perform feedback control to the upstream process.
  • the invention is not limited only to the configurations of the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made.
  • the number of the buffer portions may be increased or reduced in accordance with the processing target mail or processing speed.
  • the invention can be used in mail processing devices which are used in the organization of mail.

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