EP3046687B1 - Equipement de tri postal comportant un magasin d'alimentation avec deux soles superposées - Google Patents

Equipement de tri postal comportant un magasin d'alimentation avec deux soles superposées Download PDF

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EP3046687B1
EP3046687B1 EP14755857.1A EP14755857A EP3046687B1 EP 3046687 B1 EP3046687 B1 EP 3046687B1 EP 14755857 A EP14755857 A EP 14755857A EP 3046687 B1 EP3046687 B1 EP 3046687B1
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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
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/025—Devices for the temporary stacking of objects provided with a stacking and destacking device (interstack 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
    • 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
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/30—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for replenishing the pile during continuous separation of articles therefrom
    • 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
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports
    • B65H2301/42254—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/78—Mailing systems

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  • the invention relates to postal sorting equipment comprising a sorting machine in which letter-type mail items or other flat postal items are sorted according to one or more sorting passes, for example as during the preparation of the postman's tour. .
  • the mail items sorted in the sorting outlets of the machine according to a first sorting pass are then transported in storage bins to the feed inlet of the machine for a first sorting pass. new sorting pass.
  • the sorted mail items are retrieved in stack on edge in conventional four-sided crate-type storage bins and open on top. Storage bins loaded with mail items are stored in a precise order on cart-style transit shelves.
  • the unstacker operator then moves the carts loaded with bins to the feed inlet of the sorting machine.
  • the feed inlet of the sorting machine is provided with an unloading device with a feed magazine comprising a storage floor on which the mailpieces are placed in stack on edge.
  • the sole of the feed magazine may comprise a belt-type conveyor belt or several parallel belts to automatically move the stacked mail items to the unstacker.
  • the Unloader Operator picks the bins filled with mail items one by one, places each end of the store, picks the mail items out of the bin and places these mail items on the floor of the food store.
  • the mail items placed on the hearth are thus conveyed stack on edge by the conveyor belt for example to the unstacking device which serializes the mail items to perform the second sort pass.
  • the mail items directed to the sorting outlets are therefore stored again in storage bins.
  • the bins loaded with articles are then moved by the unstacking operator for example to an evacuation zone so that one or more factors can retrieve the sorted mail items and perform their tours.
  • the document US-2005/0077217 shows postal sorting equipment including a postal sorting machine with an unstacker and a food store in which mail items are stacked on edge to be unstacked by the unstacker.
  • the equipment further includes storage bins for storing the mail items and bringing them into the feed magazine with bins having grooves open on one side and means for inserting into a groove of the tray.
  • the document US 8,172,498 describes a device comprising a tray support rotatably mounted on a first axis, able to tilt the storage bin stored thereon.
  • a clamp type holding means is also rotatably mounted about a second axis, capable of retaining stacked mail items contained in the tray.
  • the device US 8,172,498 further comprises synchronization means for synchronizing the rotation of the tray support about the first axis with the rotation of the holding means, so that when the storage bin is inclined to be removed by an unstacker operator, the retaining means holds the stack of mail items to then be deposited on the sole.
  • the task of the Unstacking Operator is therefore here to remove the inclined tray from the tray support arm.
  • trolleys and storage bins especially when loaded with mail items, represent a significant weight to move for the operator, leading to high fatigue and a risk to his health.
  • the unstacking operator manually takes the storage bins one by one or on carts to a remote evacuation area of the sorting machine, tiring him more.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above drawbacks by proposing postal sorting equipment which minimizes container handling operations, which reduces the duration of the unloading of the bins in the input feed magazine of the machine. sorting and which also reduces the risk of bins being swapped between two sorting passes.
  • the subject of the invention is a postal sorting equipment comprising a postal sorting machine with an unstacking member and a feed magazine in which mail items are placed in stack on edge to be unstacked by the unstacker, the equipment also including storage bins for storing the mail items and bringing them into the feed magazine, characterized in that the feed store comprises a hearth with a first hearth portion and a second hearth portion, the first hearth portion extending above the second hearth portion, in that each tray comprises a bottom shaped to define an open groove on a front side of the tray and towards the top of the tray and on which the stacked mail items rest, and in that the first hearth portion is adapted to fit frontally into the groove of the tray so that when said container filled with stacked mail items rests on the second hearth portion, the mail items rest on said first hearth portion.
  • the idea underlying the invention is therefore to use storage bins having an open and grooved bottom shaped as a tray of a pallet transport goods with one or openings under the tray to receive the teeth of a front loading fork.
  • the second floor of the store is offset in height from the first floor of the store and the first floor of the store plays the role of the loading fork.
  • the first floor of the store therefore has a free end overhanging above the second floor of the store so that when a tray filled with stacked mail items is moved on the second floor towards the unstacking member , the first part of sole then inserts into the groove or grooves of the tray under the stack of mail items.
  • This stack of mail items can then be removed from the tray by a relative movement between the first sole portion and the second sole portion of the feed magazine.
  • the invention therefore allows an automatic and simple removal of mail items from a storage bin in the feed store of a postal sorting machine while keeping the mail items singing stack on the floor of the store.
  • the invention also extends to a method for loading a mail item supply store from a postal sorting machine with storage bins filled with stacked mail items, characterized in that comprises the step of frontally inserting a first floor portion of the store that overhangs a second floor portion of the store on which the tray rests, said mail items then resting on edge on the first floor portion.
  • a postal sorting equipment 1 comprising a sorting machine 2 for sorting mail items 3 in several sorting passes.
  • the postal sorting equipment according to the invention is for example designed to be used in postal sorting centers for the preparation of the postman's tour.
  • This postal sorting equipment also includes storage bins 4 for storing mail items 3. The bins loaded with mail or vacuum items are moved between different compartments of the sorting machine.
  • the sorting machine 2 comprises an unstacking member 5, for example of the perforated-belt and vacuum type, sorting outlets 6 and a magazine 7 for supplying mailpieces 3 comprising a storage floor 8, as illustrated in FIGS. Figures 2 to 10 .
  • This sole is designed to receive bins 4 in which mail items 3 are stored in pile on edge.
  • the hearth 8 may comprise one or more parallel conveyor belts 9 for moving, once the tray 4 has been removed from the magazine, the mail pieces 3 on the edge of the stack towards the unstacking member, as illustrated in FIGS. Figures 2 to 10 .
  • Two adjacent conveyor belts 9 are separated by flat and smooth surfaces so that the sole has a generally planar surface.
  • the unstacker 5 serializes the mail items 3 stored in the feed magazine 7 and the serialized mail items are conveyed by a sorting conveyor 11 which directs them to the sorting outlets 6 of the machine.
  • Postal sorting equipment 1 shown on the figure 1 also comprises a first conveyor 12 of trays 4 designed to transport the trays loaded with mail items 3 sorting outlets 6 to the feed magazine 7 at the entrance of the machine.
  • a second conveyor 13 of bins 4, partially represented on the Figures 2 to 10 , can also be added to the postal sorting equipment 1 to transport the empty bins from the feed magazine to the sorting outlets 6 of the machine.
  • the first and second conveyors 12 and 13 of trays may be conveyor belt conveyor type with a flat adherent surface.
  • the conveyors 12 and 13 may also be roller conveyor type or the like without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the hearth 8 consists of a first part of sole 22 and a second sole portion 23 with the first hearth portion which has a free end projecting from the second hearth portion 23.
  • sole 22 and 23 are superimposed and offset in height by a few centimeters.
  • first sole portion 22 which is a lifting fork with several parallel teeth 25.
  • each tooth of the fork is provided with a conveyor belt.
  • the second hearth portion 23 is mounted vertically movable relative to the first hearth portion 22 to be moved between a first position where it is slightly below the first hearth portion and a second position lower than the first position.
  • the second hearth portion may also be pivotally mounted about an axis A1 so as to tilt during its movement between the first and second positions.
  • the lowering and pivoting movements of the second hearth portion 23 may be achieved by controlled motors to move the second hearth portion to a predefined speed.
  • the second sole portion 23 may comprise a tray displacement conveyor, not shown in the figures, for moving a storage bin towards the unstacking member when it occupies the first position, that is to say according to the feeding direction of the destacking member in mail articles, and also to the second conveyor 13 of trays, that is to say perpendicular to this direction of supply, when it occupies the second position.
  • a tray displacement conveyor not shown in the figures, for moving a storage bin towards the unstacking member when it occupies the first position, that is to say according to the feeding direction of the destacking member in mail articles, and also to the second conveyor 13 of trays, that is to say perpendicular to this direction of supply, when it occupies the second position.
  • This moving means may comprise a conveyor belt or any other moving means, for example by pushing, magnet or sliding.
  • Each storage bin 4 according to the invention, as illustrated in FIGS. figures 11 and 12 is a box normally open on the top to allow the loading of mail items 3 on edge in stack from the top of the tray.
  • Each storage tank 4 comprises a substantially rectangular bottom 26 and edges 27 or lateral side walls substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the tray.
  • the bottom 26 of the storage bin is a bit like the tray of a cargo pallet with openings under the pallet tray.
  • the bottom of the tray has in particular one or more grooves 28, open towards the top of the tray and on a lateral side of the tray which form one or more openings into which the tooth or teeth of the first part of hearth 22 can be inserted.
  • the mail items 3 are thus stored on edge on the top of the grooves 28 constituting the bottom 26 of the tray 4 and transversely to these grooves 28 tray so that they are in height relative to the lower base of the tray.
  • the tooth or teeth 24, 25 of the first floor portion of the magazine are therefore adapted to fit into the groove or grooves 28 of the tray such as the teeth of a forklift in the openings of a transport pallet.
  • the tooth or teeth of the first sole portion 22 fit into the groove or grooves 28 of a tray while the base of the tray rests on the second sole portion, the first portion of the zone gradually inserting into the or the grooves of the tray as the tray is moved in the direction of feeding on the second sole portion 23.
  • Advancement of the tray on the second sole portion can be obtained as indicated above by a conveyor belt or the like.
  • the grooves 28 in the bottom of the tray extend in the direction of feeding when the tray rests on the second part of hearth.
  • Each groove has a front opening on the side of the tray that faces the unstacking member.
  • the first sole portion is inserted into the groove or grooves of the tray 4 under the lower edge of the mail items 3 stored in the tray.
  • the second hearth portion is lowered while the first hearth portion holds the mail items high.
  • the conveyor belt 9 or 9 of the first portion of hearth 22 are actuated to move stack on edge these items of mail to the unstacking member.
  • bins 4 can be provided with an inclined bottom as visible on the figures 11 and 12 .
  • a central groove 28 is bordered by two inclined ramps 29 which define the bottom of the tray on which the mail items.
  • the tray has three parallel grooves 28 on which the mail items are placed transversely.
  • the sole portion 22 may have three parallel teeth adapted to fit into the three grooves of the storage bins 4.
  • the grooves 28 are also open on the front side of the tray and the rear side of the tray so that the teeth of the first part of hearth can completely cross the tray 4 to better capture all the mail items stored in the tray.
  • the rear side of the tray has parallel slots allowing the teeth 24,25 to be cleared from the tray by lowering and pivoting the tray while the front side of the tray is substantially fully open.
  • the inclination of the bottom of the tray goes down to the split rear side of the tray so that after lowering the tray on the second part of sole, the stack of mail items is somehow combed and carried by the first part of hearth and this stack of mail article which faces the unstacking member is presented in a manner bent at the rear of the stack.
  • the slope of the bottom of the tray can be of the order of 10 °.
  • the unstacking operator with two pallets 32 for holding the stack articulated and movable along the first deck portion 22 in the direction of supply can therefore simultaneously store two stacks of mail items on the floor. 8 and then merge them into a single battery which bears against the unstacker as is known.
  • the bins 4 are preferably designed to be stackable and include gripping handles 30 on two opposite lateral sides 27 for empty handling for example and hollow handles 30 at the base of the front and back side of the container. bin for handling the tray loaded with mail items.
  • pins 31 which serve to wedge another tray stacked on it.
  • the bins 4 according to the invention are in particular plastic bins formed by molding.
  • the handling of the unstacking operator is limited during the successive sorting passes, to the handling of pallets 32 for holding stack of mail items on the floor. 8 from the food store.
  • Such sorting equipment with this type of bin and food store can be well suited for sorting large format postal items or sorting mixed small and large mail items.

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