EP2481698A1 - Quiet device for storing mail items - Google Patents

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EP2481698A1
EP2481698A1 EP11305090A EP11305090A EP2481698A1 EP 2481698 A1 EP2481698 A1 EP 2481698A1 EP 11305090 A EP11305090 A EP 11305090A EP 11305090 A EP11305090 A EP 11305090A EP 2481698 A1 EP2481698 A1 EP 2481698A1
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Emmanuel Bernard
Stephane Le Gallo
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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 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, characterized in that it further comprises a damping wedge disposed in the angle formed by said receiving plate and said reference wall and on which said mailpieces will impact after ejection from said mail processing machine before falling back on said conveyor belt for conveying to said inclined plane.
  • said damping wedge is a straight prism based on a right triangle having a first lateral face, a second lateral face perpendicular to the first and a third lateral face joining said first and second faces.
  • said first lateral face comprises a heel for resting on said receiving plate and said heel forms substantially 1/3 of the total width of said first lateral face.
  • said second lateral face comprises an adhesive or magnetic zone for fixing it on said reference wall and said third lateral face has a concave shape having tangents at the vertices forming angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2, which may be identical or different, between 20 and 25 °.
  • said damping corner extends over a length corresponding at least to the length of a standard format label, typically about 110 mm, and it extends over a width corresponding at least to the maximum width of an envelope flap. typically about 50 mm.
  • the figure 1 illustrates a storage device 10 conventionally comprising a rectangular receiving plate 12 traversed by a conveyor belt 14 which extends along its entire length along a longitudinal reference wall 16 and of which an opposite end lateral edge at a lateral input 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 20.
  • the receiving plate and referencing wall which are at an angle of 90 ° between them is advantageously inclined backwards (thus away from the operator ) a few degrees from the horizontal.
  • the conveyor belt 14 sized for processing standard envelopes does not make the entire width of the receiving tray (about 300 mm) but about 2/3 of this width (or 200 mm) and it does not flop the referencing wall 16 but is instead distant from it a maximum width of flap, about 50mm, for avoid that the flaps of the envelopes get caught under the belt, which will cause jams.
  • This device may further comprise a pivoting arm (not shown) movable both vertically about a hinge axis fixed perpendicularly to the reference wall and horizontally along a displacement rail fixed to the wall of the housing. referenced and on which is mounted a set of friction rollers and advantageously a holding roller for increasing the storage capacity of the stack by compressing against the inclined plane and, for the mail articles of large thickness, arch these items and thus facilitate their integration on the front of the pile.
  • a pivoting arm (not shown) movable both vertically about a hinge axis fixed perpendicularly to the reference wall and horizontally along a displacement rail fixed to the wall of the housing. referenced and on which is mounted a set of friction rollers and advantageously a holding roller for increasing the storage capacity of the stack by compressing against the inclined plane and, for the mail articles of large thickness, arch these items and thus facilitate their integration on the front of the pile.
  • the device further comprises a mechanism 22 comprising a frame 24 integral with the device and supporting, for example by means of two articulated support arms 26A, 26B (a connection with a single arm is good understood as possible), a retractable / retractable ski member 28 which is supported on the top of the stack of mail items substantially along its entire length.
  • the ski piece can for example take two different positions depending on the format of these mail items, a low position, as illustrated by the figure 2 and a high position in which this piece goes up to come to the same level as the frame.
  • the storage device furthermore comprises a right damping corner prism 30 disposed in the angle formed by the receiving plate 12 and the referencing wall 16 and extending advantageously from the entrance of the storage device, or not far from it (for example at 70 mm thus allowing a centering of the outgoing card format mail items directly from the franking machine), over a distance corresponding at least to the length of a standard label, about 110 mm and a width such that the corner does not cover the conveyor belt 14, typically of the order of 40 mm for a belt disposed at 50 mm from the reference wall.
  • This right prism based on a right triangle rests on the receiving plate by a heel 32A of a first 32 of its three lateral faces and is attached to the referencing wall by a second lateral face 34 perpendicular to the first, the third and last lateral face 36 sloping joining the two previous having a concave shape, slightly hollow, with tangents to the vertices making angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 identical or not, between 20 and 25 °.
  • the heel 32A of the first lateral face 32 forms substantially 1/3 of its total width, the remaining portion acting as a chamfer to allow perfect positioning of the prism in the 90 ° angle formed by the receiving plate and the wall of the referenced, taking into account manufacturing tolerances of the various elements involved.
  • the second lateral face 34 comprises an adhesive or magnetic zone 34A for fixing, depending on the nature of the referencing wall, respectively plastic or metallic, the damping wedge on the device.
  • the damping function of the wedge is favored by the very nature of its material, advantageously a hard and slippery plastic of the type: polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene / polycarbonate (ABS / PC), ...
  • the ski piece is, depending on the format of the mail items to be stored, either in the low position or in the high position.
  • a first mail item is ejected from the mail processing machine at 90 ° on the receiving tray 12
  • it comes into contact with the slope of the cushioning wedge and back on it until the energy kinetics of the mail piece is zero, then it descends by sliding along this slope to the conveyor belt 14.
  • the wedge therefore has the effect of damping the impact of the mail article against the wall of referencing and then position it on the conveyor belt always in the same way (thus avoiding the effect of the random rebound that existed on the devices of the prior art) before being conveyed flat towards the inclined plane 18 who raises him up.
  • the process then continues with the second and then the following mail items that will accumulate on each other. Due to the presence of the ski piece, the top of the stack is perfectly tamed, which allows its homogenization during storage. In addition, the stress exerted by the ski on the top of the stack, causing an increase in the adhesion of the mail items on the conveyor belt, will compress the stack and increase the storage capacity of the device while avoiding a collapse of this pile.

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Abstract

The device (10) has a mailpiece-receiving deck (12) including a longitudinal edge on which a referencing wall (16) is extended. The deck is traversed by a conveyor belt (14) for conveying mailpieces along the wall toward a sloping accumulation surface against which the mailpieces are accumulated. A shock-absorber wedge (30) is arranged at an angle formed by the deck and the wall, and is hit by the mailpieces after the mailpieces are ejected from a mail-handling machine, and before the mailpieces fall back down onto the belt so as to be conveyed toward the surface.

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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

La présente invention se rapporte au domaine du traitement de courrier et elle concerne plus particulièrement un dispositif de stockage pour machine de traitement de courrier.The present invention relates to the field of mail processing and more particularly relates to a storage device for mail processing machine.

Art AntérieurPrevious Art

Les machines de traitement de courrier actuelles sont de plus en plus rapides et pour répondre à ces cadences d'affranchissement élevées, il est nécessaire d'accroire leurs capacités d'alimentation et de stockage pour éviter à l'opérateur d'avoir à charger et décharger constamment la machine. Toutefois, cette augmentation de la capacité d'alimentation et de stockage ne doit pas se faire au détriment de l'espace dévolu à la machine à affranchir.The current mail processing machines are becoming faster and to meet these high postage rates, it is necessary to increase their power supply and storage capacity to avoid the operator to have to load and constantly unload the machine. However, this increase in the capacity of supply and storage should not be at the expense of space dedicated to the franking machine.

La demanderesse a donc perfectionné des dispositifs de stockage (ou stackeurs) qui répondent à cette problématique, notamment dans la demande US 2010/258406 ou dans la demande européenne déposée le même jour que la présente demande et intitulée « Dispositif de stockage sur champ d'articles de courrier ».The applicant has therefore perfected storage devices (or stackers) that respond to this problem, especially in the application US 2010/258406 or in the European application filed on the same day as the present application entitled "Field storage device for mail items".

Ces dispositifs s'ils sont particulièrement mieux adaptés aux traitements des enveloppes que les autres dispositifs existants souffrent cependant encore de certains inconvénients, notamment en termes de positionnement ou de bruit, et lorsqu'ils doivent traiter des étiquettes éjectées par la machine de traitement de courrier, en terme de bourrage. En effet, lorsque le dispositif de stockage est disposé à 90° par rapport à la machine de traitement de courrier, les enveloppes éjectées à grande vitesse rebondissent contre la paroi de mise en référence (dite aussi de taquage) et viennent se positionner de travers sur la courroie motorisée, ce qui a pour effet de nuire à la mise sur champ de ces enveloppes et donc à leur accumulation. De plus, dans cette position, le choc des enveloppes contre la paroi génère un bruit relativement important. De même, en matière d'étiquettes, lorsque le dispositif de stockage est aligné avec la machine de traitement de courrier, ces étiquettes, en sortant de la machine, tombent entre la courroie motorisée et la paroi de mise en référence, de sorte qu'elles ne sont pas entraînées et qu'elles s'accumulent en entrée du dispositif assurant son blocage.These devices, although they are particularly better adapted to the treatment of envelopes than other existing devices, still suffer from certain disadvantages, in particular in terms of positioning or noise, and when they have to process labels ejected by the mail processing machine. , in terms of stuffing. Indeed, when the storage device is arranged at 90 ° with respect to the mail processing machine, the envelopes ejected at high speed bounce against the referencing wall (also called jogging) and are positioned sideways on the motorized belt, which has the effect of damaging the fielding of these envelopes and therefore their accumulation. Moreover, in this position, the shock of envelopes against the wall generates a relatively large noise. Similarly, in terms of labels, when the storage device is aligned with the mail processing machine, these labels, when leaving the machine, fall between the motorized belt and the reference wall, so that they are not driven and they accumulate at the input of the device ensuring its blocking.

But et objet de l'inventionPurpose and object of the invention

La présente invention se propose de pallier les inconvénients précités avec un dispositif de stockage pour machine de traitement de courrier comportant un plateau de réception sur un bord longitudinal duquel s'étend une paroi de mise en référence, ledit plateau de réception étant traversé par une courroie de transport pour convoyer des articles de courrier le long de ladite paroi de mise en référence, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un coin amortisseur disposé dans l'angle formé par ledit plateau de réception et ladite paroi de mise en référence et sur lequel lesdits articles de courrier vont impacter après leur éjection de ladite machine de traitement de courrier avant de retomber sur ladite courroie de transport pour leur convoyage vers ledit plan incliné.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, characterized in that it further comprises a damping wedge disposed in the angle formed by said receiving plate and said reference wall and on which said mailpieces will impact after ejection from said mail processing machine before falling back on said conveyor belt for conveying to said inclined plane.

Ainsi, avec ce simple élément amortisseur (avantageusement en un plastique dur et glissant), les enveloppes se retrouvent correctement positionnées sur la courroie de transport et les bruits de fonctionnement sont notablement réduits. De plus, les étiquettes en glissant naturellement sur la courroie de transport évitent tout bourrage en entrée du dispositif.Thus, with this simple damping element (advantageously a hard and slippery plastic), the envelopes are found correctly positioned on the conveyor belt and operating noise is significantly reduced. In addition, the labels by sliding naturally on the conveyor belt avoid jamming at the input of the device.

De préférence, ledit coin amortisseur est un prisme droit à base de triangle rectangle comportant une première face latérale, une deuxième face latérale perpendiculaire à la première et une troisième face latérale rejoignant lesdites première et deuxième faces.Preferably, said damping wedge is a straight prism based on a right triangle having a first lateral face, a second lateral face perpendicular to the first and a third lateral face joining said first and second faces.

Avantageusement, ladite première face latérale comporte un talon pour reposer sur ledit plateau de réception et ledit talon forme sensiblement 1/3 de la largeur totale de ladite première face latérale.Advantageously, said first lateral face comprises a heel for resting on said receiving plate and said heel forms substantially 1/3 of the total width of said first lateral face.

De préférence, ladite deuxième face latérale comporte une zone adhésive ou magnétique pour sa fixation sur ladite paroi de référence et ladite troisième face latérale a une forme concave présentant des tangentes aux sommets faisant des angles ϕ1 et ϕ2, identiques ou non, compris entre 20 et 25°.Preferably, said second lateral face comprises an adhesive or magnetic zone for fixing it on said reference wall and said third lateral face has a concave shape having tangents at the vertices forming angles φ1 and φ2, which may be identical or different, between 20 and 25 °.

Avantageusement, ledit coin amortisseur s'étend sur une longueur correspondant au moins à la longueur d'une étiquette de format standard, typiquement environ 110mm et il s'étend sur une largeur correspondant au moins à la largeur maximale d'un rabat d'enveloppe, typiquement environ 50 mm .Advantageously, said damping corner extends over a length corresponding at least to the length of a standard format label, typically about 110 mm, and it extends over a width corresponding at least to the maximum width of an envelope flap. typically about 50 mm.

Brève description des dessinsBrief description of the drawings

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention ressortiront mieux de la description suivante, faite à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés, sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de dessus d'un dispositif de stockage selon l'invention alimenté à 90° depuis une machine de traitement de courrier,
  • la figure 2 est une vue en bout du dispositif de stockage de la figure 1,
  • les figures 3A et 3B illustrent en perspective et en coupe un coin amortisseur du dispositif de stockage de la figure 1.
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the following description, given by way of non-limiting indication, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 is a top view of a storage device according to the invention fed at 90 ° from a mail processing machine,
  • the figure 2 is an end view of the storage device of the figure 1 ,
  • the Figures 3A and 3B illustrate in perspective and in section a cushioning corner of the storage device of the figure 1 .

Description de mode(s) de réalisationDescription of mode (s) of realization

La figure 1 illustre un dispositif de stockage 10 comportant classiquement un plateau de réception rectangulaire 12 traversé par une courroie de transport 14 qui s'étend sur toute sa longueur le long d'une paroi longitudinale de mise en référence 16 et dont un bord latéral d'extrémité opposé à un bord latéral d'entrée du dispositif est formé par un plan incliné 18. L'angle formé par le plan incliné et le plateau de réception est de préférence de l'ordre de 45° à plus ou moins 10°. La continuité entre la paroi longitudinale et le plan incliné se fait par un flasque de liaison 20.The figure 1 illustrates a storage device 10 conventionally comprising a rectangular receiving plate 12 traversed by a conveyor belt 14 which extends along its entire length along a longitudinal reference wall 16 and of which an opposite end lateral edge at a lateral input 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 20.

On notera que pour faciliter le taquage latéral des articles de courrier, le plateau de réception et la paroi de mise en référence qui font entre eux un angle de 90° sont avantageusement inclinés vers l'arrière (donc en s'éloignant de l'opérateur) de quelques degrés par rapport à l'horizontal. On notera aussi que classiquement la courroie de transport 14 dimensionnée pour le traitement des enveloppes standards (un dimensionnement tenant compte de tous les formats entrainerait des coûts trop importants) ne fait pas la totalité de la largeur du plateau de réception (soit environ 300 mm) mais environ 2/3 de cette largeur (soit 200 mm) et qu'elle n'affleure pas la paroi de mise en référence 16 mais est au contraire distante de celle-ci d'une largeur maximale de rabat, soit environ 50mm, pour éviter que les rabats des enveloppes se coincent sous la courroie ce qui entraînerait des bourrages.Note that to facilitate the lateral jogging of mail items, the receiving plate and referencing wall which are at an angle of 90 ° between them is advantageously inclined backwards (thus away from the operator ) a few degrees from the horizontal. Note also that conventionally the conveyor belt 14 sized for processing standard envelopes (dimensioning taking into account all formats would lead to excessive costs) does not make the entire width of the receiving tray (about 300 mm) but about 2/3 of this width (or 200 mm) and it does not flop the referencing wall 16 but is instead distant from it a maximum width of flap, about 50mm, for avoid that the flaps of the envelopes get caught under the belt, which will cause jams.

Ce dispositif peut comporter en outre un bras pivotant (non représenté) mobile à la fois verticalement autour d'un axe d'articulation fixé perpendiculairement à la paroi de mise en référence et horizontalement le long d'un rail de déplacement fixé sur la paroi de mise en référence et sur lequel est monté un ensemble de rouleaux de friction et avantageusement un rouleau de maintien permettant d'augmenter la capacité de stockage de la pile en la compressant contre le plan incliné et, pour les articles de courrier de forte épaisseur, de cambrer ces articles et ainsi de faciliter leur intégration sur le devant de la pile.This device may further comprise a pivoting arm (not shown) movable both vertically about a hinge axis fixed perpendicularly to the reference wall and horizontally along a displacement rail fixed to the wall of the housing. referenced and on which is mounted a set of friction rollers and advantageously a holding roller for increasing the storage capacity of the stack by compressing against the inclined plane and, for the mail articles of large thickness, arch these items and thus facilitate their integration on the front of the pile.

Pour assurer un taquage du haut de la pile d'articles de courrier, le dispositif comporte en outre un mécanisme 22 comportant un châssis 24 solidaire du dispositif et supportant, par exemple au moyen de deux bras support articulés 26A, 26B (une liaison avec un bras unique est bien entendu aussi possible), une pièce formant ski 28 dépliable/rétractable qui vient s'appuyer sur le haut de la pile d'articles de courrier, sensiblement sur toute sa longueur. La pièce formant ski peut par exemple prendre deux positions distinctes dépendant du format de ces articles de courrier, une position basse, telle qu'illustrée par la figure 2 et une position haute dans laquelle cette pièce remonte jusqu'à venir au même niveau que le châssis.To ensure jogging of the top of the stack of mail items, the device further comprises a mechanism 22 comprising a frame 24 integral with the device and supporting, for example by means of two articulated support arms 26A, 26B (a connection with a single arm is good understood as possible), a retractable / retractable ski member 28 which is supported on the top of the stack of mail items substantially along its entire length. The ski piece can for example take two different positions depending on the format of these mail items, a low position, as illustrated by the figure 2 and a high position in which this piece goes up to come to the same level as the frame.

Conformément à l'invention, le dispositif de stockage comporte en outre un prisme droit formant coin amortisseur 30 disposé dans l'angle formé par le plateau de réception 12 et la paroi de mise en référence 16 et s'étendant avantageusement depuis l'entrée du dispositif de stockage, ou non loin de celle-ci (par exemple à 70 mm permettant ainsi un centrage des articles de courrier au format carte de visite sortant directement de la machine à affranchir), sur une distance correspondant au moins à la longueur d'une étiquette standard, soit environ 110 mm et sur une largeur telle que le coin ne recouvre pas la courroie de transport 14, typiquement de l'ordre de 40 mm pour une courroie disposée à 50 mm de la paroi de mise en référence. Ce prisme droit à base de triangle rectangle repose sur le plateau de réception par un talon 32A d'une première 32 de ses trois faces latérales et est accolé à la paroi de mise en référence par une seconde face latérale 34 perpendiculaire à la première, la troisième et dernière face latérale 36 en pente joignant les deux précédentes ayant une forme concave, légèrement creuse, avec des tangentes aux sommets faisant des angles θ1 et θ2 identiques ou non, compris entre 20 et 25°.According to the invention, the storage device furthermore comprises a right damping corner prism 30 disposed in the angle formed by the receiving plate 12 and the referencing wall 16 and extending advantageously from the entrance of the storage device, or not far from it (for example at 70 mm thus allowing a centering of the outgoing card format mail items directly from the franking machine), over a distance corresponding at least to the length of a standard label, about 110 mm and a width such that the corner does not cover the conveyor belt 14, typically of the order of 40 mm for a belt disposed at 50 mm from the reference wall. This right prism based on a right triangle rests on the receiving plate by a heel 32A of a first 32 of its three lateral faces and is attached to the referencing wall by a second lateral face 34 perpendicular to the first, the third and last lateral face 36 sloping joining the two previous having a concave shape, slightly hollow, with tangents to the vertices making angles θ1 and θ2 identical or not, between 20 and 25 °.

Le talon 32A de la première face latérale 32 forme sensiblement 1/3 de sa largeur totale, la partie restante faisant office de chanfrein pour permettre un parfait positionnement du prisme dans l'angle de 90° formé par le plateau de réception et la paroi de mise en référence, compte tenu des tolérances de fabrication des différents éléments en jeu. La seconde face latérale 34 comporte une zone 34A adhésive ou magnétique pour fixer, selon la nature de la paroi de mise en référence, respectivement plastique ou métallique, le coin amortisseur sur le dispositif. Enfin, la fonction amortisseuse du coin est favorisée par la nature même de son matériau, avantageusement un plastique dur et glissant de type : polypropylène (PP), polyamide (PA), acrylonitrile butadiène styrène / polycarbonate (ABS/PC),...The heel 32A of the first lateral face 32 forms substantially 1/3 of its total width, the remaining portion acting as a chamfer to allow perfect positioning of the prism in the 90 ° angle formed by the receiving plate and the wall of the referenced, taking into account manufacturing tolerances of the various elements involved. The second lateral face 34 comprises an adhesive or magnetic zone 34A for fixing, depending on the nature of the referencing wall, respectively plastic or metallic, the damping wedge on the device. Finally, the damping function of the wedge is favored by the very nature of its material, advantageously a hard and slippery plastic of the type: polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene / polycarbonate (ABS / PC), ...

Le fonctionnement du dispositif est le suivant. Au repos, la pièce formant ski est, selon le format des articles de courrier à stocker, soit en position basse soit en position haute. Lorsqu'un premier article de courrier est éjecté de la machine de traitement de courrier à 90° sur le plateau de réception 12, il entre en contact avec la pente du coin amortisseur et remonte sur celui-ci jusqu'à ce que l'énergie cinétique de l'article de courrier soit nulle, puis il redescend en glissant le long de cette pente jusqu'à la courroie de transport 14. Le coin a donc pour effet d'amortir le choc de l'article de courrier contre la paroi de mise en référence et de le positionner ensuite sur la courroie de transport toujours de la même manière (ainsi on évite l'effet du rebond aléatoire qui existait sur les dispositifs de l'art antérieur) avant d'être convoyé à plat vers le plan incliné 18 qui le redresse. Le processus se poursuit ensuite avec le second puis les articles de courrier suivants qui vont s'accumuler les uns sur les autres. De par la présence de la pièce formant ski, le haut de la pile se retrouve parfaitement taqué, ce qui permet son homogénéisation pendant le stockage. En outre, la contrainte exercée par le ski sur le haut de la pile, en entrainant une augmentation de l'adhérence des articles de courrier sur la courroie de transport, va compresser la pile et augmenter la capacité de stockage du dispositif tout en évitant un effondrement de cette pile.The operation of the device is as follows. At rest, the ski piece is, depending on the format of the mail items to be stored, either in the low position or in the high position. When a first mail item is ejected from the mail processing machine at 90 ° on the receiving tray 12, it comes into contact with the slope of the cushioning wedge and back on it until the energy kinetics of the mail piece is zero, then it descends by sliding along this slope to the conveyor belt 14. The wedge therefore has the effect of damping the impact of the mail article against the wall of referencing and then position it on the conveyor belt always in the same way (thus avoiding the effect of the random rebound that existed on the devices of the prior art) before being conveyed flat towards the inclined plane 18 who raises him up. The process then continues with the second and then the following mail items that will accumulate on each other. Due to the presence of the ski piece, the top of the stack is perfectly tamed, which allows its homogenization during storage. In addition, the stress exerted by the ski on the top of the stack, causing an increase in the adhesion of the mail items on the conveyor belt, will compress the stack and increase the storage capacity of the device while avoiding a collapse of this pile.

On notera que dans un fonctionnement en ligne où le dispositif de stockage est aligné sur la machine de traitement de courrier, la présence du coin amortisseur permet de traiter les étiquettes sans bourrage, car celles-ci au lieu de tomber dans l'espace non motorisé existant entre la paroi de mise en référence et la courroie de transport où elles s'accumulaient jusqu'à saturer les dispositifs de l'art antérieur, elles tombent maintenant sur le coin amortisseur qui du fait de sa pente les fait glisser sur la courroie de transport évitant ainsi tout bourrage en entrée du dispositif de stockage.It should be noted that in an online operation where the storage device is aligned with the mail processing machine, the presence of the damping wedge makes it possible to process the labels without stuffing, because these instead of falling into the non-motorized space existing between the referencing wall and the conveyor belt where they accumulated to saturate the devices of the prior art, they now fall on the damping wedge which due to its slope slides on the belt of transport thus avoiding any jam at the input of the storage device.

Ainsi, avec la présente invention, on obtient un dispositif de stockage simple, utilisable dans différentes configurations et dont les bruits de fonctionnement dus aux chocs comme les bourrages sont réduits.Thus, with the present invention, there is obtained a simple storage device, usable in different configurations and whose operating noise due to shocks such as jams are reduced.

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Dispositif de stockage (10) pour machine de traitement de courrier comportant un plateau de réception (12) sur un bord longitudinal duquel s'étend une paroi de mise en référence (16), ledit plateau de réception étant traversé par une courroie de transport (14) pour convoyer des articles de courrier le long de ladite paroi de mise en référence, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un coin amortisseur (30) disposé dans l'angle formé par ledit plateau de réception et ladite paroi de mise en référence et sur lequel les articles de courrier vont impacter après leur éjection de ladite machine de traitement de courrier avant de retomber sur ladite courroie de transport pour leur convoyage vers ledit plan incliné.Storage device (10) for a mail processing machine comprising a receiving plate (12) on a longitudinal edge of which a reference wall (16) extends, said receiving plate being traversed by a conveyor belt ( 14) for conveying mail items along said referencing wall, characterized in that it further comprises a damping wedge (30) disposed in the angle formed by said receiving tray and said placing wall. reference and on which the mail items will impact after ejection of said mail processing machine before falling back on said conveyor belt for their conveyance to said inclined plane. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit coin amortisseur est un prisme droit à base de triangle rectangle comportant une première (32) face latérale, une deuxième face latérale (34) perpendiculaire à la première et une troisième face latérale (36) rejoignant lesdites première et deuxième faces.Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that said damping wedge is a straight prism based on a right triangle having a first (32) lateral face, a second lateral face (34) perpendicular to the first and a third lateral face ( 36) joining said first and second faces. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit coin amortisseur est réalisé en un matériau polymère dur et glissant.Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that said damping wedge is made of a hard and slippery polymer material. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite première face latérale comporte un talon (32A) pour reposer sur ledit plateau de réception.Storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that said first lateral face comprises a heel (32A) for resting on said receiving plate. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit talon de ladite première face latérale forme sensiblement 1/3 de la largeur totale de ladite première face latérale.Storage device according to claim 4, characterized in that said heel of said first lateral face forms substantially 1/3 of the total width of said first lateral face. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite deuxième face latérale comporte une zone adhésive ou magnétique (34A) pour sa fixation sur ladite paroi de référence.Storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that said second lateral face comprises an adhesive or magnetic zone (34A) for fixing it to said reference wall. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite troisième face latérale a une forme concave.Storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that said third side face has a concave shape. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite troisième face latérale de forme concave présente des tangentes aux sommets faisant des angles ϕ1 et ϕ2, identiques ou non, compris entre 20 et 25°.Storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that said third lateral face of concave shape has tangents to the vertices making angles φ1 and φ2, identical or not, between 20 and 25 °. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit coin amortisseur s'étend sur une longueur correspondant au moins à la longueur d'une étiquette, typiquement environ 110mm.Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that said damping wedge extends over a length corresponding at least to the length of a label, typically about 110mm. Dispositif de stockage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit coin amortisseur s'étend sur une largeur correspondant au moins à la largeur maximale de rabat d'enveloppe, typiquement environ 50 mm.Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that said damping corner extends over a width corresponding at least to the maximum envelope flap width, typically about 50 mm.
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