EP3080022B1 - Dispositif et procédé pour orienter des structures planes en vrac - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour orienter des structures planes en vrac Download PDF

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EP3080022B1
EP3080022B1 EP15781569.7A EP15781569A EP3080022B1 EP 3080022 B1 EP3080022 B1 EP 3080022B1 EP 15781569 A EP15781569 A EP 15781569A EP 3080022 B1 EP3080022 B1 EP 3080022B1
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  • the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for aligning loose fabrics according to the preamble of claims 1 and 14.
  • these notes are collected unsorted in a container, such as a sack.
  • a container such as a sack.
  • Such collected bills can for example be sorted by means of special sorting machines, checked and sorted according to certain criteria such as the banknote value.
  • the bills Before the bills can be fed to such a system, they must be bundled into stacks or arranged so that their longitudinal edges are aligned the same. This work is conventionally usually done manually by an operator.
  • From the WO2009033636A1 is a device for separating loose sheet material known.
  • the sheet material such as banknotes, coupons, checks, etc. is loosely stacked by an operator in containers with a sliding floor. To insert the individual banknotes into the containers, an operator must align the banknotes in advance and stack them in the container.
  • the device comprises an elongate guide element with a funnel-shaped opening for feeding banknotes.
  • the entire apparatus for transporting the banknotes is moved by at least one vibrator in the direction of gravity and in the transport direction.
  • a section of the wall of the funnel acts as a deflecting element, which tilts upstanding bank notes during transport on a longitudinal edge.
  • This deflecting element in the transport direction downstream rotating rollers whose surface has a high coefficient of friction, can additionally enhance the effect of the deflection.
  • several rotating rollers act as deflection elements.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved apparatus and method for facilitating the alignment of disorderly loose bills.
  • the device is suitable for aligning loose, substantially rectangular sheets such as bills, ballot papers, tickets, deposit slips or vouchers.
  • Length and width of the sheet to be aligned are known.
  • the sheets are usually made of paper and have a sufficiently high rigidity, so that they do not collapse or buckle on one of their long edges or wide edges between two parallel vertical walls whose distance is not more than 3 ⁇ 4 of the width of the fabric so far that they even with their limited by the side edges surface on the floor between the walls. This is especially true for walls with smooth surfaces and negligible friction coefficients.
  • the sheets may laterally contact at least one of the walls so that they maintain their upright position (standing on one of their side edges).
  • the device comprises a conveyor channel, in the longitudinal direction of which the sheets are conveyed on one of their longitudinal or broad edges lying or standing by means of a conveyor device.
  • a primary alignment means During transport in the conveyor channel, those fabrics which are transported standing on their shorter broad edges are rearranged by a primary alignment means, so that all the fabrics are transported lying on their longer longitudinal edge.
  • the alignment means comprises at least one stop element, in particular a profile body, which is arranged transversely to the conveying direction in the conveying channel so that the front longitudinal edges of the upright or upright conveyed fabrics are pending during transport to this profile body and tilted or transferred during further transport, so that they henceforth be further promoted.
  • the alignment means may comprise a plurality of stop elements which are arranged with decreasing height relative to the channel bottom in the transport direction spaced from each other, such that the longest fabric by the first stop member and the shortest fabric by the last Stop element are tilted.
  • the distance between the last stop element and the channel bottom is greater than the greatest width of all the sheets to be aligned plus, if appropriate, the vertical stroke of the channel bottom during the oscillating movements for transporting the fabrics.
  • the device comprises as a secondary alignment section a removal station with a plurality of juxtaposed, separated by intermediate walls removal chambers.
  • the conveying channel comprises a loading section, in which the fabrics can be loaded into the conveying channel and an alignment section adjoining the loading section in the conveying direction, in which the fabrics are aligned so that they rest on the channel bottom with one of their longitudinal edges.
  • the loading of the conveyor channel is carried out automatically and continuously by means of a loading device. This can be controlled in particular by an electronic control.
  • the controller can, for example, the speed of the Regulate fabric or banknotes feeding conveyor belt as a function of sensory detected load capacity of the conveyor channel.
  • the fabrics are aligned in a first part of the alignment section relative to each other so that their longitudinal edges are aligned according to the transport direction of the conveyor channel.
  • the fabrics are collected in a plurality of extraction chambers.
  • the front wide edges of the fabrics abut against a stop or on the end wall of the removal chambers and are thus pushed together in the longitudinal direction into stacks or further aligned relative to one another.
  • the conveying device preferably comprises a vibrating or oscillating drive, which displaces the conveying channel, for example by means of an electromagnet as an actuator, and by means of restoring forces of springs into approximately elliptical oscillations in the conveying direction, which move the sheets forward in the conveying channel.
  • Such Garttelantriebe are known.
  • the vibrations of the Hinttelantriebs also cause the fabrics can be reliably moved forward and compacted into stacks.
  • the supply of fabrics takes place in the delivery channel at least partially automatically, wherein the fabrics are transferred from the receiving area of a supply station by a conveyor belt to the loading section of the conveyor channel and introduced via a chute into the conveyor channel.
  • the receiving area preferably comprises a funnel-like frame over a portion of the conveyor belt, where, for example, a bag with several thousand bills can be emptied onto the conveyor belt.
  • an operator or a robot with an image processing device can recognize and sort out damaged bills.
  • the bills can be distributed more evenly if necessary.
  • a barrier plate of the frame at the outlet side of the conveyor belt limits the height of an outlet gap above the conveyor belt, so that bills can only get stratified up to this height to the loading section of the conveyor channel.
  • the locking plate may be arranged orthogonal to the conveyor belt, but is preferably inclined at an angle of up to 40 ° relative to this orthogonal plane against the conveying direction of the conveyor belt. This can prevent stacking of the withheld bills.
  • the conveyor belt in the conveying direction have a slope which favors the stripping of the uppermost banknote layer at high stacks.
  • the pitch angle of the conveyor belt causes the bills in the Be erected area of the upper pulley of the conveyor belt and at least partially unbundled from each other before they reach the chute.
  • the slide plate is arranged and designed in the region of the upper deflection roller so that all the bills detach from the conveyor belt and are loosely, without wedging, safely inserted into the delivery channel.
  • a cover can be provided in the region of the chute, which ensures that no bills get beyond the walls delimiting the loading section.
  • FIG. 1 shows a workplace with a first embodiment of the inventive device for aligning sheet 2 such as banknotes.
  • the device may for example be attached to a solid table top of a workbench or generally to a stable base plate 1.
  • rubber plates or other damping means can be used (not shown).
  • the device could also be arranged for example by means of support legs directly on a floor surface.
  • An essential element of the invention is a conveyor channel 3 with two parallel guide walls 7a, 7b fastened on both sides to a carrier profile 5. Their distance B is at most as large as 3 ⁇ 4 of the smallest width of the fabric to be transported 2.
  • the carrier profile 5 is formed for example as a square tube and so resiliently mounted by means of a plurality of leaf springs 8 on a base plate 9 held on the base plate 1, that it is vertically and in the longitudinal direction of the carrier profile 5 movable.
  • An actuator in the form of a preferably with a mains voltage of 230V / 50Hz controllable electromagnet 11 is attached to the base plate 9 and designed so that it can put the carrier profile 5 and carried by the carrier profile 5 parts in approximately elliptical movements.
  • the oscillating system preferably has a resonance frequency at the exciting mains frequency of the electromagnet 11, wherein the periodically acting force of the electromagnet 11 together with the restoring forces of the leaf springs 8 circular movements with a vertical stroke of about 1mm and a vibration amplitude in the direction of the carrier profile 5 of about 2mm causes up to 3mm.
  • the sense of rotation of the vibrations is such that the carrier profile 5 in the upper half of the vibration in the conveying direction F (at FIG. 2 to the right).
  • the guide walls 7a, 7b extend over a first part of the carrier profile 5 seen in the conveying direction F, with a loading section A1 for feeding Sheet 2 from above and an adjoining primary alignment section A2.
  • the front guide wall 7a is slightly higher than the rear guide wall 7b. In this way, it is possible to ensure that fabrics 2 supplied by a supply station are safely introduced into the delivery channel 3.
  • the height of the guide walls 7a, 7b decreases uniformly, wherein in the region of the upper edges a plurality of alignment elements in the form of preferably cylindrical profile bodies 13 are arranged transversely between the guide walls 7a, 7b and connected thereto.
  • the distance H1 of the first in the conveying direction F profile body 13 to the channel bottom 6 is smaller than the length L1 (minus the vertical stroke of the channel bottom 6) of the longest aligned sheet 2 and possibly greater than the length L2 (plus vertical stroke of the channel bottom 6) of the next shorter one to be aligned 2.
  • the longest leading edges of standing promoted fabrics 2 are preferably in the uppermost quarter of the first profile body 13 and are tilted so.
  • the fabrics 2 are tilted with the respective shortest longitudinal edge L2 on the next profile body 13 in a lying position.
  • the distance H2 of this second profile body 13 to the channel bottom 6 is again smaller than the length L2 (minus the vertical stroke of Channel bottom 6) of the second longest to be aligned fabric 2.
  • profile bodies 13 successively sheet 2 with four different long longitudinal edges L1, L2, ... are aligned horizontally.
  • the distance between the profile body 13 last in the conveying direction F is greater than the greatest width of all the fabrics 2 to be aligned, so that they can pass the primary aligning section A2 unhindered.
  • the horizontal distances between each two adjacent profile bodies 13 are dimensioned large enough, taking into account the widths of the fabric 2, that these fabrics 2 can be tilted freely.
  • a removal station with a plurality of juxtaposed, separated by intermediate walls 17 removal chambers 15 on the support section 5 is attached as a secondary alignment section A3.
  • the cross section of the conveying channel 3 widens fan-like. This is in the in FIG. 3 shown supervision in the area of the conveyor channel 3 clearly visible.
  • the rear end of the extraction chambers 15 is closed by a transverse wall 19, which prevents the fabric 2 from being transported further.
  • the intermediate walls 17 are in the rearmost area of Entisedstation on a length which corresponds at least to the length L1 of the longest sheet 2, aligned in parallel.
  • the width of each of the removal chambers 15 here corresponds preferably to the width B of the conveyor channel 3 between the guide walls 7a, 7b and thus also smaller than 3/4 of the smallest width of all fabrics 2.
  • the intermediate walls 17 in the front Part of the removal station be designed fan-shaped, wherein the distances between adjacent partitions 17 at the entry point is preferably greater than 1/3 of the width B of the conveyor channel 3. In this in the FIGS.
  • the sampling chambers 15 are filled uncontrolled. As soon as a removal chamber 15 is full, the jam of the fabric 2 causes the subsequent fabrics 2 to be directed into another removal chamber 15.
  • a blocking plate or generally a hold-down element can be arranged above the region where the fabrics 2 enter the removal chambers 15, which is arranged at a height above the bottom 6a analogously to the last profile body 13, which permits and prevents the passage of lying fabrics 2 in that these rise up on entry into the removal chambers 15 (not shown).
  • a switch with a control element which can be controlled manually by an operator or automatically as a function of the sensed filling level of the removal chambers 15 for selectively filling the removal chambers 15 (not shown).
  • a switch may comprise one or two pivot arms, which are pivotable about a centrally arranged pivot axis in the entry region of the secondary alignment section A3 (not shown).
  • the removal station is made as a separate unit which is attached to the rear end of the carrier profile 5 so that the bottom 6a is flush with the channel bottom 6 at the end of the primary alignment section A2.
  • the channel bottom 6 and preferably also the bottom 6a of the removal station preferably comprise on their surfaces a slip-resistant layer or coating of rubber, silicone or a similar material. This can be applied directly to the carrier profile 5 between the guide walls 7a, 7b.
  • the vibration mass or the total weight of the carrier profile 5 and the carrier profile 5 carried by the guide walls 7a, 7b and the removal station are preferably as low as possible and is in a device for aligning bills with a square in cross-section support profile 5 of 4cm Side length, for example, in the range of 1.5kg to 3kg, preferably about 2kg.
  • As a material for the guide plates 7a, 7b are in addition to lightweight aluminum plates in particular lightweight and rigid composite materials such as plates with a core of PUR or other plastic, which are arranged between two thin aluminum plates with a thickness of 0.3mm to 0.5mm.
  • the spring constants of the leaf springs 8 are tuned to the vibration mass that a resonance frequency in the range of the power frequency of 50 Hz.
  • an energetically favorable excitation of the vibration drive with an electromagnet 11 with comparatively low power or power which can be operated directly with the mains voltage of 230V / 50Hz.
  • two or more actuators, in particular electromagnets 11, can also be arranged distributed along the carrier profile 5.
  • the carrier profile 5 can be excited over its entire length to uniform vibrations.
  • the actuators or electromagnets 11 are usually controlled synchronously.
  • a control may be provided, the drive means for phase-shifted driving of the individual electromagnets 11 and / or for adjusting or optimizing the vibration amplitudes in one or more of the electromagnets 11 comprises. This allows the excitation of the vibration system with respect to its mechanical Properties are tuned.
  • the controller can also be designed to control the electromagnets 11 at a frequency other than the mains frequency.
  • the controller may also include means for individually setting the drive frequency of one or more actuators, so that they can be operated in the range of one or more resonance frequencies of the mechanical system.
  • the removal of the bundled fabrics at the removal station can be done either by an operator or by a robot.
  • the device may be formed as part of a system which performs further processing steps such as the sorting of bills.
  • the height of the extraction chambers 15 limiting walls 17 is preferably smaller than the smallest width of the fabric 2, so that they can be easily grasped.
  • the walls 17 may comprise recessed gripping openings 18 in the region of their upper edges ( FIG. 7 ), in which accumulated bundles of notes can be taken easier.
  • gripping openings 18 are excluded near the transverse wall 19 in the rear region of the removal chambers 15.
  • they may be semicircular in shape and preferably free between a quarter and a half of the height of the walls 17.
  • FIG. 6 shows a longitudinal section of the device in the region of the feeding station for feeding sheets 2 in the delivery channel 3,
  • FIG. 5 a perspective shown detail thereof in the transition region to the loading section A1 of the conveyor channel 3.
  • the feed station comprises an endless conveyor belt 21 which is guided around two pulleys 23a, 23b and driven by a motor.
  • the running speed of the drive motor 25 and thus of the conveyor belt 21 can be adjusted manually, for example by means of an adjustment or alternatively by a controller (not shown), for example, depending on the sensory detected filling level of the conveyor channel 3.
  • the conveyor belt 21 is in the transport direction E relative to the base plate 1 by a pitch angle ⁇ , which is preferably in the range of 10 ° to 40 °, inclined.
  • the supply station comprises adjusting means for setting different pitch angles ⁇ of the conveyor belt 21, for example in the form of supports 22, the height of which can be changed.
  • a chute 27 is arranged at an angle ⁇ in the range of 20 ° to 45 ° relative to the horizontal so that their upper leading edge 29 at a small distance of preferably 0.5mm to 2.5mm parallel to the axis of rotation of the Connecting pulley 23 b guided conveyor belt 21 connects.
  • This leading edge 29 of the chute 27 is slightly lower than the peak height of the conveyor belt 21, which in FIG. 6 by the level difference N against the Horizontal is given, which is preferably more than 1mm.
  • the lower exit edge 31 of the chute 27 is above the inlet opening of the loading section A1 between the guide walls 7a, 7b at a small distance of preferably less than 3mm to the rear guide wall 7b.
  • the sliding surface 27 is trapezoidal and bounded on both sides by towering baffles 33, which guide the fabrics 2 like a funnel from the wider conveyor belt 21 in the conveyor channel 3.
  • a funnel-like frame 35 defines a receiving area for adding sheet 2.
  • a blocking plate 37 of the frame 35 is disposed over the exit side of the conveyor belt 21, that between this locking plate 37 and the conveyor belt 21, an exit gap remains free, the limits the height of layered fabrics 2.
  • the blocking plate 37 is preferably adjustable in height and / or angular position relative to the conveyor belt 21.
  • the blocking plate 37 is arranged orthogonal to the conveyor belt 21.
  • the locking plate 37 is inclined by an angle of up to 40 ° relative to this orthogonal plane against the transport direction E of the conveyor belt 21 ( FIG. 9 ). As a result, tarnishing or stacking of the retained fabric 2 can be prevented.
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a preferred further embodiment of the inventive device
  • FIG. 8 a front view of the feed station seen from the supply side
  • FIG. 9 a longitudinal section of the supply device along the line IX-IX in FIG. 8
  • the feed station comprises a funnel-like feed chute 39, which opens above the conveyor belt 21 in the region of the front guide pulley 23a seen in the feed direction.
  • the feed chute 39 comprises a trapezoidal feed floor 39a, the narrow side of which lies close to the front guide roller 23a directly above the conveyor belt 21.
  • the loading chute 39 Adjacent to the converging legs of the loading floor 39a, the loading chute 39 comprises two lateral wall sections 39b, 39c and a front wall section 39d at the wider base side of the loading floor 39a.
  • the rear wall portion 39c seen from an operating side is higher than the front wall portion 39b. This facilitates the filling of the feed chute 39 with bills or sheets 2, which are poured from sacks.
  • the feed station comprises two side walls 41b, 41c, which together with the conveyor belt 21 define a transport channel.
  • a manhole cover 41a is pivoted. This Manhole cover 41a can be opened so that the transport channel is more accessible when needed.
  • the feed chute 39 is pivotably supported on the side walls 41b, 41c, so that the inclination angle ⁇ between the load floor 39a and the conveyor 21 can be changed.
  • the adjustable range of the inclination angle ⁇ is between 45 ° and 60 °.
  • the inclination angle ⁇ can be adjusted depending on the surface condition, in particular the sliding properties of the fabric 2 to be transported, so that they can reach the conveyor belt 21 in a suitable manner and be conveyed upwardly from the latter to the conveyor channel 3.
  • the angle of inclination of these blocking plates 37 increases from one blocking plate 37 to the next blocking plate 37.
  • hold-downs 43 can be arranged in the transport channel, which facilitate the separation of the fabrics 2 during transport in the transport channel or at least prevent stacks with many superimposed fabrics 2 from reaching the delivery channel 3.
  • FIG. 9 shown Longitudinal section of the transport device protrude three hold-down 43 in the form of long metal bands down on the front in the conveying direction E foremost locking plate 37 out. They each have a width of about two to three centimeters and then extend to a curved and / or inclined relative to the conveyor belt at an acute angle starting region, preferably resting on the conveyor belt 21 almost to the upper guide roller 23b.
  • the hold-downs 43 when the fabrics 2 are transported in a layered manner, retain the upper layers. This is favored by the slope ⁇ of the conveyor belt 21 in the transport direction E. In the subsequent area, the fabrics 2 are transported on the conveyor belt 21 only a single layer or partially overlapping in a few layers.
  • the chute 27 preferably comprises a convexly curved bottom, the inclination of which increases towards a filling device 45 opening into the delivery channel 3.
  • the chute 27 is arranged in a housing 47 with a hinged lid 49.
  • the lid 49 and / or the hinged lid 41a are preferably made of a transparent plastic, so that the underlying areas can be easily monitored by an operator.
  • the covers 49 and 41a are additional security elements that prevent fabric 2, for example by drafts or other effects may leave the transport path in an undesirable manner.
  • one or more guide fingers 51 are arranged with two an obtuse angle enclosing legs so that the one leg above the guide roller 23b aligned approximately parallel to the conveyor belt 21 and the other leg to the chute 27 analogous to the hold 43 are inclined towards.
  • sheet 2 are deflected when leaving the conveyor belt 21 to the slide 27 out.
  • the filling device 45 which is subsequently arranged on the chute 27, preferably comprises a channel which is rectangular in cross section. In the exit region, at least the two main sides of the channel have fl exible guide tabs 53, which may be made of plastic and / or a textile material, for example.
  • These guide tabs 53 may be inserted into the conveyor channel 3 slightly overlapping the upper edges of the guide walls 7a, 7b to guide the sheets 2 without transmitting vibrations from the conveyor channel 3 to the feed station during operation.
  • the guide walls 7a, 7b are in contrast to the embodiment of the device according to FIG. 1 the same or even identical. This also simplifies the manufacture of the device.

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  1. Dispositif pour l'orientation de structures planes (2) en vrac, lesquelles sont sensiblement rectangulaires, comprenant un dispositif de transport avec un canal de transport (3), lequel comprend un fond de canal (6) et deux parois de guidage latérales (7a, 7b), chacune des structures planes (2) couchée sur un de ses bords longitudinaux ou dressée sur un de ses bords de largeur étant transportable dans une direction de transport (F) dans ledit canal de transport (3), et le canal de transport (3) comprenant une section de chargement (A1) avec une ouverture d'entrée pour l'amenée des structures planes (2) et une section d'orientation primaire (A2) adjacente à ladite section de chargement dans la direction de transport (F) avec au moins un élément de butée contre lequel est appliqué le bord longitudinal avant d'une structure plane (2) dressée sur le bord de largeur pendant le transport, de telle manière que ladite structure plane (2) est basculée par la suite et continue à être transportée couchée sur son autre bord longitudinal, caractérisé en ce que le canal de transport (3) dans la direction de transport (F) comprend une station de retrait adjacente à la section d'orientation primaire (A2) avec plusieurs compartiments de retrait (15) juxtaposés et séparés par des parois intercalaires (17).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la section transversale du canal de transport (3) s'élargit en éventail au niveau de la station de retrait.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une bande transporteuse (21) entraînable d'une station d'amenée est disposée de manière à permettre l'introduction automatique des structures planes (2) dans le canal de transport (3) par l'ouverture d'entrée.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la station d'amenée comprend deux parois latérales (41b, 41c) le long de la bande transporteuse (21), lesquelles délimitent avec la bande transporteuse (21) un canal pour le transport des structures planes (2) dans une direction de transport (E), et en ce que, pour limiter la hauteur de structures planes (21) empilées entre lesdites parois latérales (41b, 41c), une ou plusieurs plaques d'arrêt (37) et/ou un ou plusieurs serre-flan (43) espacés l'un de l'autre sont disposés dans la direction de transport (E).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 3 ou la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la station d'amenée pour l'apport de structures planes (2) comprend une glissière de chargement (39) ou une zone de réception avec un cadre en forme de trémie (35) au-dessus d'une partie de la bande transporteuse (21), ledit cadre (35) comprenant côté sortie de la bande transporteuse (21) une plaque d'arrêt (37) pour limiter la hauteur d'une fente de sortie au-dessus de la bande transporteuse (21).
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce que pour le guidage des structures planes (2) entre la bande transporteuse (21) et la section de chargement (A1) du canal de transport (3), il est prévu un moyen d'introduction sous la forme d'une glissière (27) et/ou d'un dispositif de chargement (45) de type canal avec des lobes de guidage (53) flexibles, lesdits lobes de guidage (53) étant introduits dans le canal de transport (3) en chevauchement avec les bords supérieurs des parois de guidage (7a, 7b).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 3 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la bande transporteuse (21) présente un angle α d'inclinaison par rapport à un plan horizontal dans la direction de transport (E) compris entre 10° et 40°.
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 3 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le canal de transport et/ou un carter (47) sur le moyen d'introduction à l'extrémité du canal de transport sont recouverts par un couvercle rabattant (41a, 49).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de butée dans la section d'orientation primaire (A2) du canal de transport (3) est un corps profilé (13), lequel s'étend dans un espacement (H1) au-dessus du fond de canal (6) entre les parois de guidage (7a, 7b), l'espacement (H1) étant inférieur à la longueur maximale de bord longitudinal (L1) des structures planes (2) à orienter.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un autre élément de butée sous la forme d'un autre corps profilé (13) est disposé à intervalle du corps profilé (13) contigu dans la direction de transport (F), ledit autre corps profilé (13) s'étendant dans un espacement (H2) au-dessus du fond de canal (6) entre les parois de guidage (7a, 7b), et l'espacement (H2) étant inférieur à l'espacement (H1) du corps profilé (13) contigu et inférieur à la longueur immédiatement inférieure de bord longitudinal (L2) des structures planes (2) à orienter.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le canal de transport (3) comprend un profilé support (5), en ce que les parois de guidage (7a, 7b) sont fixés sur les deux côtés dudit profilé support (5), et en ce que le fond de canal (6) comprend le sommet du profilé support (5).
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que le profilé support (5) est monté élastiquement sur une plaque de base (1) et est excitable au moyen d'un électro-aimant (11) ou d'un autre actionneur pour exécuter des mouvements rotatoires avec une course verticale et une amplitude d'oscillation dans la direction du profilé support (5), dont le sens de rotation est tel que le profilé support (5) se déplace dans la direction de transport (F) dans la moitié supérieure de l'oscillation, si bien que les structures planes (2) se déplacent elles aussi dans cette direction de transport (F) dans le canal de transport (3).
  13. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé par une commande comprenant des moyens de réglage ou de commande de la vitesse de la bande transporteuse (21) et/ou des amplitudes d'oscillation et/ou des fréquences d'excitation d'un ou de plusieurs actionneurs du dispositif.
  14. Procédé d'orientation de structures planes (2) en vrac par un dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisé en ce que les structures planes (2) sont amenées dans le canal de transport (3) de manière à être couchées sur un de leurs bords longitudinaux ou à être dressées sur un de leurs bords de largeur, en ce que le dispositif de transport convoie les structures planes (2) dans la direction de transport (F) dans le canal de transport (3) et en ce que les structures planes (2) transportées debout sur un de leurs bords de largeur sont basculées par butée contre l'élément de butée dans la section d'orientation primaire (A2), si bien qu'elles continuent à être transportées couchées sur un de leurs bords longitudinaux, et en ce que les structures planes (2) sont ensuite regroupées dans les compartiments de retrait (15).
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que les structures planes (2) sont automatiquement transférées par la bande transporteuse (21) de la station d'amenée à la section de chargement (A1) du canal de transport (3) où elles sont introduites dans le canal de transport (3) par l'ouverture d'entrée.
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