EP2481697A1 - Stapelvorrichtung im Gebiet von Postartikeln - Google Patents

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EP2481697A1
EP2481697A1 EP11305092A EP11305092A EP2481697A1 EP 2481697 A1 EP2481697 A1 EP 2481697A1 EP 11305092 A EP11305092 A EP 11305092A EP 11305092 A EP11305092 A EP 11305092A EP 2481697 A1 EP2481697 A1 EP 2481697A1
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Emmanuel Bernard
Stephane Le Gallo
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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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
    • B65H29/16—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
    • B65H29/18—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains and introducing into a 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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/02—Pile receivers with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/20—Pile receivers adjustable for different article sizes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/26—Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the 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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/34—Apparatus for squaring-up piled articles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • 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
    • B65H2301/34—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement
    • B65H2301/341—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement without change of plane of displacement
    • B65H2301/3411—Right angle arrangement, i.e. 90 degrees
    • B65H2301/34112—Right angle arrangement, i.e. 90 degrees changing leading edge
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
    • B65H2301/42144—Forming a pile of articles on edge by erecting articles from horizontal transport flushing with the supporting surface of the 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
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/15—Roller assembly, particular roller arrangement
    • B65H2404/152—Arrangement of roller on a movable frame
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00209—Mailbox, i.e. container for outgoing mail
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00483—Batch processing of mailpieces

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  • the present invention relates to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a storage device for mail processing machine.
  • the conveyor belt on which mail items ejected from the mail processing machine are placed one by one directs these mail items to an inclined plane in order to straighten them and thereby increase the storage capacity of the device.
  • this storage storage solution is not fully satisfactory because if it ensures proper operation for the first items of mail, it is different after a number of mail items, because while the transport belt continues to push the base portion of the stack against the inclined plane, the upper part is no longer affected by this thrust. This results in a trapezoidal formation of the stack with a small width at its base and a large width at its top which will eventually cause its fall on the conveyor belt causing a stuffing device.
  • the present invention proposes to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks with a storage device for mail processing machine comprising a receiving plate on a longitudinal edge of which extends a reference wall, said receiving plate being traversed by a belt conveyor for conveying mail items along said referencing wall from an entrance of the device to an inclined plane of accumulation of said mail items, characterized in that it further comprises a ski-shaped piece supported by a frame secured to said storage device and which is supported on said stack of mail items, substantially over its entire length, so as to ensure a jog of the top of said stack of mail items.
  • said ski piece is connected to said frame in a foldable / retractable manner by at least one articulated support arm defining for said ski piece at least two distinct height positions with respect to said receiving plate.
  • said two positions are respectively fixed at 110 mm and 180 mm from said receiving tray, and when the supply of mail items is carried out at 90 ° with respect to said referencing wall, these positions are respectively fixed at 75 mm and 145 mm from said receiving plate.
  • the device comprises two support arms articulated against two axial springs on the one hand on said frame by first axes of rotation and secondly on said ski piece by second axes of rotation, said support arms thereby forming with said frame and said ski piece a parallelogram moving mechanism.
  • said frame is fixed integrally on said displacement rail.
  • each of said support arm may comprise a flat for cooperating with a trigger acting against a return spring.
  • said triggers are actuated simultaneously from a single push button to which they are connected.
  • the figure 1 illustrates a storage device 10 conventionally comprising a rectangular receiving tray 12 traversed by a conveyor belt 14 (see FIGS. Figures 2A and 2B ) which extends along its entire length along a longitudinal referencing wall 16 and of which an end lateral edge opposite an input lateral edge of the device is formed by an inclined plane 18.
  • the angle ⁇ formed by the inclined plane and the receiving plate is preferably of the order of 45 ° to plus or minus 10 °.
  • the continuity between the longitudinal wall and the inclined plane is through a connecting flange 19. Note that to facilitate the lateral jogging of the mail items, the receiving plate and the referencing wall which make them an angle of 90 ° are advantageously inclined backwards (thus away from the operator) a few degrees from the horizontal.
  • the device can comprise (this addition is indeed not essential to the operation of the invention even if it optimizes performance) further a pivoting arm 20 movable both vertically about a hinge axis 22 fixed perpendicularly to the reference wall and horizontally along a displacement rail 24 mounted on the referencing wall and on which is mounted a set of friction rollers 26 and preferably a holding roller 28.
  • the plan inclined 18 and the connecting flange can be removed and placed on the other side edge of the device, the pivoting arm is then itself returned around its hinge axis 22.
  • the plate 12 is advantageously provided, on each of its two lateral edges, grooves 12A intended to cooperate with one or more slides 18A of the inclined plane. Similar or other fastening means are of course provided at the level of the connecting flange 19.
  • Each friction roller 26 is freely mounted around a first axis of rotation 30 mounted at a free end of this arm and arranged perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the mail items. By pressing the mail items against the conveyor belt, it increases the coefficient of friction between the mail items and this belt.
  • the width of the set of friction rollers is at least equal to that of the conveyor belt.
  • the holding roller 28 is freely mounted around a second axis of rotation 32 perpendicular to the direction of movement of the mailpieces and mounted at a free end of a secondary arm 34, advantageously articulated about the axis 30 and extending towards the front of the pivoting arm 20, that is towards the inclined plane. It makes it possible to increase the storage capacity of the stack by compressing it against the inclined plane 18. Moreover, for the thick mail articles, it makes it possible to arch these articles and thus to facilitate their integration on the front of the stack. battery.
  • the articulation about the axis of rotation 30 also makes it possible to turn the roller for an accumulation of mail items in the opposite direction or at 90 °.
  • the horizontal displacement of the pivoting arm is comprised between two stops, a front stop 36 and a rear stop 38 (the notions front and rear are in relation to the advancement of the mail items in the device), which advantageously can be moved manually by the operator along the moving rail 24, independently of one another in the manner of a slider to define the maximum swing arm deviation.
  • a front stop 36 and a rear stop 38 the notions front and rear are in relation to the advancement of the mail items in the device
  • the stop before 36 is moved back to allow better accumulation of mail items.
  • the stop 38 has the same function when the inclined plane 18 is changed side and fixed on the opposite side edge.
  • the device further comprises a mechanism 42 comprising a frame 44 integral with the device (advantageously fixed on the moving rail 24) and carrying, for example, example by means of two articulated support arms 48A, 48B (a connection with a single arm is of course also possible), a ski piece 46 foldable / retractable which comes to rest on the top of the stack of mail items, substantially over its entire length.
  • These two support arms are hinged against two axial springs 50A, 50B on the one hand on the chassis by first axes of rotation 44A, 44B and on the other hand on the ski part by second axes of rotation 46A , 46B, the assembly thus forming a parallelogram moving mechanism.
  • the ski piece can take two different positions depending on the format of these mail items, a low position, as illustrated by the figure 1 and at the Figure 2A and a high position in which this piece goes back up to come to the same level as the chassis as shown in the Figure 2B .
  • the low position defines under the ski a height of 110mm for stalling the mail items postcard or business card formats while the high position at 180mm can stall other types of mail items (eg C6 / 5 and # 10) of larger formats.
  • this height h is defined so that the mail items thus set are an angle ⁇ of the order of 60 ° plus or minus 10 ° with the receiving plate 12.
  • each support arm substantially at its articulation with the frame, comprises a flat 52A, 52B intended to cooperate with a trigger 54A, 54B acting against a return spring 56A, 56B.
  • triggers are actuated simultaneously from a single push button 58 to which they are both connected.
  • the conveying speed of the mail items in the device is generally less than the ejection speed of the mail items of the franking machine, it is provided at the entrance of the device above the conveyor belt and across its width a flap (or flap) flexible 40 to reduce the speed of mail items arriving in the device. Indeed, by coming knocking this gear reducing shutter, the mail items will be stopped and fall on the conveyor belt which they will then follow the movement.
  • optical sensors 42A to 42D intended to avoid a vacuum operation and therefore, according to the direction of introduction (or direction of arrival) of the mail items chosen by the operator, to detect their overlap and stop the rotation of the conveyor belt when no effective overlap of the mail items is detected at the input of the device.
  • the ski part 46 is, depending on the format of the mail items to be stored, either in the low position or in the high position.
  • the pivoting arm 20 is in front of the ski part, substantially in the middle of the device.
  • a first mail item is ejected from the mail processing machine on the receiving tray 12 (possibly after being in contact with the flexible bib)
  • it is conveyed flat by the conveyor belt 14 to the inclined plane. 18 where he stands up.
  • the process then continues with the second and then the following mail items that will accumulate on each other until abutting with the holding roller 28 and the backstop 38 when the pivot arm 20 will move back to his tower. Due to the presence of this holding roller, the articles accumulated against the inclined plane remain constantly in a substantially vertical position.
  • the presence of the piece forming a ski allows jogging of the top of the stack that allows its homogenization during storage.
  • the stress exerted by the ski on the top of the pile causing an increase in the adhesion of the mail items on the conveyor belt, will compress the battery and increase the storage capacity of the device while avoiding a collapse of this battery.
  • the transition from one to the other position is then very simple. It will be noted first of all that the descent of the ski-forming part 46 is done by pressing on it directly by hand until the low position is reached. When this position is reached, this piece forming a ski locks thanks to the two triggers 54A, 54B which fit into the corresponding flats 52A, 52B of the support arms. To raise the ski-forming part in the up position, the operator then pushes the single push-button 58, which has the effect of bringing the triggers into the rear position by compressing the return springs 56A, 56B releasing the support arms which then make reassemble the ski-forming part under the effect of axial springs 50A, 50B integral with the frame of the device. The release of the push button will then return the triggers to their original position.

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CA2762019A CA2762019A1 (fr) 2011-01-28 2011-12-09 Dispostif de stockage sur champ d'articles de courrier
US13/334,581 US8662281B2 (en) 2011-01-28 2011-12-22 Device for storing mailpieces on edge

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US1581583A (en) * 1924-02-16 1926-04-20 Lisenby Mfg Company Envelope-stacking attachment for printing presses
US3945635A (en) * 1974-07-19 1976-03-23 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Power stacker
GB2187718A (en) * 1986-03-11 1987-09-16 Roneo Alcatel Ltd Controlling article feeding
US5615995A (en) * 1995-03-13 1997-04-01 Nobile; John Mail piece stacking machine
US20030189283A1 (en) * 2002-04-09 2003-10-09 Pitney Bowes Incorporated Method and apparatus for mailpiece stacking
US20100258406A1 (en) 2009-04-09 2010-10-14 Neopost Technologies High-capacity device for receiving mailpieces

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