EP3192757A1 - Stacker device for flat goods - Google Patents

Abstract

In good processing systems, storage devices for flat goods are used as the last station of a postal road. The storage device comprises a receiving plate for receiving flat goods, a graduated in at least two stages Längsausrichtwand (22) on a rear side of the storage device and a stop wall (24) which is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.

Description

The invention relates to a storage device for flat goods according to the preamble of claim 1. Such storage devices are used for example in good processing systems or as the last station of a postal road. A postal road of a franking system consists of individual juxtaposed mail processing stations and the flat goods are mail pieces. At the beginning of the post road, a landing station can be set up, which is used to create individual or stacked mail pieces, which are transported post-downstream through further stations to the end of the post road to the storage device. A stack of mail pieces of different format (mixed mail), which was applied to the docking station, is isolated in the postal road by means of a separating device immediately following in the direction of transport of a feed station, since further subsequent mail processing stations need individually supplied mail pieces. The flat product depositing device is intended for use in connection with previously arranged good processing devices, for example mail processing stations in connection with franking, addressing machines and other mail processing stations.

Mixed mail should also be understood to mean format-like mail pieces which vary in height and width within limits of up to 10%, for example letters of the formats B6 (12.5 x 17.6 cm) and C6 (11.4 x 16.2 cm).

When referring to a stack below, it is meant a stack of letters, a stack of postcards, a stack of mailpieces, or other stacked goods, which may be singulated and fed to the side.

In the field of franking machines, solutions are known which transport a mail item in the transport direction downstream of the postage and print it during transport with a franking imprint. A device for transferring mail to a storage device is already in the European patent EP 985 619 B1 known. However, the intake of mail pieces of the storage device is marginal. The storage device is unsuitable to receive a larger amount of mail items ordered.

A storage device for a larger amount of stacked mail pieces is to be understood by the term stack box.

Such a box-shaped box of small dimensions, for example, from the Japanese patent application JP 2000063026 A previously known. The bottom of the box is not inclined. A front side panel opens like a door to retrieve the stack of mailpieces, such as postcards. For postcards of the same format does not arise the problem, as for postcards of different formats, namely that a high stack threatens to tip over.

In contrast, the patent shows US 6,648,284 B2 an adjustment insert block within a goods storage trough having a bottom surface and a plurality of upstanding side walls connected to the bottom surface of the goods storage trough. The trim insert block has a double inclined surface which effects alignment of the stack of mail pieces at a corner of the goods storage pan. Thus, a stack of mailpieces of different formats in the goods storage tub is stored in order.

Another Japanese patent application JP 2002234659 A has two wedge-shaped slopes at the bottom of a box whose surface is inclined back to a guide wall for receiving paper sheets. A stop wall forms a downstream end of the box. At the end of the box, a guide wall projects into the area of trajectories of the paper sheets, in contrast to the beginning of the box. A sheet of paper on a maximum trajectory therefore strikes the guide wall first and then falls onto the slopes at the bottom of the box.

From the US 7,568,694 B2 For example, a pressure medium collector is known that includes a guide surface having an inlet edge and an exit edge, wherein the guide surface slopes downwardly from the inlet edge to the exit edge, such that when a printer releases a pressure medium, which gravitates to the guide surface via the exit edge falls down and is moved with a leading edge of the printed medium within a range of trajectories, each trajectory having a downward and lateral component. An abutment on the back of the pressure accumulator area can be a lateral movement block the print media so that such printed media are stored on a support surface against the fence to form a stack. The aforesaid range of trajectories includes a maximum trajectory in which the leading edge of the print medium is capable of first contacting the stop to only then contact a print medium already on the support surface. The support surface is only slightly inclined in the transport direction downwards. The print medium collector is well suited for fixed length sheet printing media, but unsuitable as a collector of mail pieces of a different format (mixed mail).

From the EP 1443008 B1 a device for receiving mailpieces is known to receive the ejected via an exit slot of a folding and inserting mailpieces. On a carrier plate, the ejected mail items accumulate, which will strike a stop wall. Two sidewalls and one wall are designed to realign these mail pieces once dropped onto the support plate, the wall having coupling means for allowing the receptacle to be slipped onto the front feet of a folding and inserting machine. However, the pick-up device is not completely satisfactory because, in the case of a quick ejection of mailpieces of identical format, uncontrolled rebound does not form a unitary stack.

In the patent US 8590888 B2 For example, there has been proposed a storage device for storing mail items ejected from a postage meter machine from a discharge slot. The storage device includes a receiving plate for receiving mail pieces, a longitudinal alignment wall extending across a longitudinal edge of the receiving plate and perpendicular to the exit slot and against which the mail pieces strike before accumulating on the receiving plate and a vertical rear wall extending along a side edge the receiving plate extends and to which the mail meet before they abut against the Längsausrichtwand, wherein the vertical rear wall forms an angle β to a perpendicular to the Längsausrichtwand and wherein the receiving plate at an angle (p relative to the horizontal and in the direction of the Längsausrichtwand inclined is such that the angle α between the receiving plate and the longitudinal alignment wall forms an acute angle of less than 90 ° the vertical direction and inclined downward to the receiving plate at an angle Δ. The preparation of the bearing device is complicated, because the bending of the longitudinal alignment wall over the longitudinal edge of the receiving plate takes place with a rounding and all the aforementioned angles α, β, Δ and φ are acute angles. Medium-speed ejection for mail of a different format (mixed mail) does not guarantee that a stack will be organized and will not tip over. The stacks tend to tip over from a certain height. The receiving plate has a front raised boundary edge, but this is effective only for a very small stack height. The device is unsuitable for receiving and orderly collecting mixed mail. Due to the curves on the receiving plate, mailpieces of different sizes can not be aligned on one edge, in particular if the lowermost mail item of the stack has a very small format. The stored mailpieces can not always be removed easily. The front raised boundary edge interferes with the removal of the stack from the storage device. Although a predetermined number of pieces of mail can be franked and ejected via a setting on the franking machine. In mixed mail, however, the removed stacks may have a different stacking height, which depends on the thickness of the mailpieces. Another disadvantage is that the mailpieces can not be stacked to a desired stacking height at which the piles can be easily grabbed by hand.

It is an object to provide a storage device for a flat good, which does not have the disadvantages mentioned above.

A storage device arranged at the end of the mailing line and intended, for example, for a franking machine standing on a table top, is intended to receive a larger quantity of flat goods (mail items) of a different thickness and a different format (mixed mail).

The object is achieved with the features of the storage device according to claim 1.

A storage device comprises a receiving plate for receiving flat goods, a graduated in at least two stages Längsausrichtwand on a rear side of the storage device and a stop wall, which is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.

In a stack, several flat-side flat goods, such as letters and other mail pieces, can be stacked. A front side of a receiving plate of the storage device extends downstream and lies in a reference plane, which forms the front side with a vertical, which lies on the front side parallel to a second vertical, which is perpendicular to the receiving plate. As stacked parts protrude through the datum plane, mixed mail runs the risk of instability of the stack as the stack height continues to grow. It has been found empirically that the stack, while leaning against the longitudinal alignment wall, can not tip over only up to a certain stack height and that the position and design of the longitudinal alignment wall exerts a decisive function in an orderly deposition. The graded longitudinal alignment wall limits the stacking height of sub-stacks, which are therefore stable. The stacking of a plurality of sub-stacks is made possible by an inclination of the receiving plate, wherein the partial stacks lean against the Längsausrichtwand due to the inclination. By a further inclination of the receiving plate allows an orderly storage of the stack, which are aligned at the corner at which the Längsausrichtwand and the stop wall meet.

Fig. 1a,

schematische Darstellung einer Stapel-Box von rechts, nach dem Stand der Technik,

Fig. 1b,

schematische Darstellung einer erfindungsgemäßen Stapel-Box von rechts, mit Stufung der Längsausrichtwand,

Fig. 2a und 2b

schematische Darstellung einer Stapel-Box von rechts mit einem rechten Winkel und mit Stufung der Längsausrichtwand, mit einer ersten und mit einer alternativen Gestaltung,

Fig. 2c,

Detail der Fig.2b.

Fig. 2d,

schematische Darstellung einer Stapel-Box von rechts mit einem stumpfen Winkel zwischen der Aufnahmeplatte und der Längsausrichtwand sowie mit Stufung der Längsausrichtwand,

Fig. 3,

perspektivische Darstellung eines Gutverarbeitungsgeräts mit Stapel-Box zum Stapeln von flachen Gütern.

Advantageous developments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims or are presented in more detail below together with the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to FIGS. Show it:

Fig. 1a,

schematic representation of a stacking box from the right, according to the prior art,

Fig. 1b,

schematic representation of a stacking box according to the invention from the right, with gradation of the longitudinal alignment wall,

Fig. 2a and 2b

schematic representation of a stacking box from the right with a right angle and grading the longitudinal alignment wall, with a first and with an alternative design,

2c,

Detail of 2b ,

2d,

schematic representation of a stacking box from the right with an obtuse angle between the receiving plate and the Längsausrichtwand and with gradation of the Längsausrichtwand,

3,

perspective view of a good processing device with stacking box for stacking flat goods.

The Fig. 1a shows a schematic representation of a stacking box from the right, according to the prior art are stacked on the different flat goods. The stack has grown beyond a reference plane on the front and threatens to tip over or the top mail pieces 3 threaten to slip off the stack.

The Fig. 1b shows a schematic representation of a stacking box from the right, with gradation of the Längsausrichtwand. The angle α between the receiving plate and the Längsausrichtwand 22 preferably forms a right angle. On the inside of the angle runs a straight line at which the receiving plate and the Längsausrichtwand abut each other or at which the Längsausrichtwand is angled from the receiving plate. The aforementioned line on the longitudinal alignment wall 22 is referred to below as the longitudinal edge. The Längsausrichtwand has vertical steps, wherein a parallel to the longitudinal edge extending edge 20 b of the receiving plate is provided on a front side F of the storage device, which extends at a distance B to the longitudinal edge, with each step STi the stepped Längsausrichtwand a gradually reduced Distance Bi <B of the step to the reference plane at the front. The distance B is the effective width of the receiving surface of the receiving plate for a stack. The receiving plate is inclined by the angle φ to the horizontal H and the Längsausrichtwand is inclined by the angle φ to a first vertical S1. For each stage STi is a partial stack Pi - with Pi is an element of P1, P2, P3, P4 - shown, with the partial stacks represent the gradation. For i = 1 results in a first stage ST1 and a partial stack P1, which bears against a first portion 22b of the Längsausrichtwand 22, which extends at the longitudinal edge starting in the height to the first stage ST1. This is followed by a second section 22c of the longitudinal alignment wall 22, which extends to the second step ST2. From a third stage ST3 follows a third portion 22d of the Längsausrichtwand 22. At the upper end of the Längsausrichtwand For example, a plastic part 22g may be attached, forming a fourth step ST4 and an upper part of the longitudinal alignment wall 22.

$$\mathrm{mit\; T}=\mathrm{h}\cdot \mathrm{tan\phi },$$

The Fig. 2a shows a schematic representation of a stacking box according to the invention from the right, with gradation of the longitudinal alignment wall 22 according to a first embodiment. The first stage ST1 is spaced from the longitudinal edge with the step height h. It is closer to the longitudinal edge than the second stage (not shown), which is spaced at 2h. For each stage, an equal step height h and step depth T is preferably provided. The distance B is reduced by a step depth T with each step i. The following applies: $$\mathrm{Bi}=\mathrm{B}-\mathrm{T}$$

$$\mathrm{with\; T}=\mathrm{H}\cdot \mathrm{tan\phi }.$$

The step depth T results from an inclination of the receiving plate 20 in the direction of the longitudinal edge of the Längsausrichtwand 22 out, in inclination of the receiving plate at an angle φ to a horizontal H. The maximum stacking height c of the first sub-stack to the first stage is: $$\mathrm{c}=\mathrm{H}\mathrm{,}$$

The number of stages i (with i = 1, 2, 3,..., N,..., U) is at least i = 2, preferably n and at most i = u. The smallest letter format in Germany is C6 (11.4 x 16.2 cm). The step depth is therefore preferably in the range T = 1 to 7.5 cm and, for example, at T = 1.44 cm. The step height is preferably in the range h = 2T to 5T and for example at h = 4T = 6 cm. Because tanφ = T / h = 1.44 / 6 = 0.24, this results in an angle φ of 15 °. For example, at T = 2.3 cm and h = 6 cm results in an angle φ of 23.3 °.

The Längsausrichtwand is formed vertically stepped, so that lying on the side of stacked flat goods from a certain stack height again find an easily accessible stop surface on the lower step side. A vertical (dashed) on the stop surface on the lower step side is preferably parallel to a second vertical S2 (dashed lines), which is perpendicular to the receiving plate. The uppermost of the flat goods of the first stack has a slight positive engagement with the step lower side, whereby the first stack gets an additional hold. The step depth T and / or step height h can be uniform for each stage or - in a manner not shown - decrease with the number of stages.

The Fig. 2b shows a schematic representation of a stacking box according to the invention from the right, with gradation of Längsausrichtwand with an alternative design. A vertical on the abutment surface is parallel to a first vertical S1, which is perpendicular to the horizontal H. As a result, the positive engagement of the respective uppermost flat Stapelguts the sub-stack improves with the stop surface when a further sub-stack rests. The stack height c 'up to the first stage remains equal to the stack height c, only the step height h is increased by Δh = T • tanφ on h', whereby the material consumption for the longitudinal alignment wall increases. Between the wall section which determines the step depth T 'and the wall section which increases the step height h' by Δh, an acute angle is formed.

This detail is from the Fig. 2c out. The step depth T 'is indeed increased from T, but only marginally by ΔT' (not shown). The additional material consumption for this is negligible.

In a further embodiment variant (not shown), the wall sections form an obtuse angle for the step depth and the step height. This has the advantage that the classification of the topmost flat Stapelguts improved in the sub-stack.

In each step, the flat flat goods lying on the side can align with their one edge again arranged on the longitudinal alignment wall. These steps ensure that the flat goods of each stack are more stable and that each stack has a stack height uniformly within a predetermined range. Tilting of a first stack to the front is prevented even though another stack of the next step rests on the surface of the first stack offset forward since the uppermost of the flat goods of the first stack has a slight positive engagement with the step bottom, whereby the first Stack gets an extra hold.

By grading, there is the advantage of better removal of part stacks, because the gradation is reflected in the sub-stacks of the total stack and so the sub-stacks have a majority approximately the same stack height. It is not necessary to take the total stack at once, but the removal can be done in partial stacks from top to bottom.

Alternatively, the step height and step depth may be made variable without degrading the basic function of stepping. The Längsausrichtwand is made for example of metal, preferably steel.

An additional advantage results from the possibility of further reducing the wall thickness of the longitudinal alignment wall, since the stability of the longitudinal alignment wall is improved by the gradation. It also reduces the weight of the stacking box, which is customer-friendly and cost-effective.

The Fig. 2d shows a schematic representation of a stacking box from the right and with an obtuse angle between the receiving plate 20 "and the Längsausrichtwand 22" and with gradation of the Längsausrichtwand. Alternatively to the right angle, an obtuse angle α can be realized in order to increase the step depth. Consequently, with an obtuse angle α, the slight positive engagement with the step lower side is likewise improved in accordance with the increase of the step depth.

The distance of the longitudinal alignment wall to the reference plane increases at an obtuse angle α = 90 ° + γ until the first stage by E ". The distance Bi" of the step to the reference plane from the distance B "the one edge 20b" of the receiving plate 20 on a front side F of the storage device has to the longitudinal edge, decreases for smaller angles γ <φ with an increase in the step depth on: $$\mathrm{T}">\mathrm{T}=\mathrm{H}\cdot \mathrm{sin\gamma }$$

The distance B to the longitudinal edge is reduced with each step by a part D "of the step depth T" = D "+ E". The following applies: $$\mathrm{Bi}"=\mathrm{B}"-\mathrm{D}"$$

• eine Aufnahmeplatte 20 zum Aufnehmen von flachen Gütern 3, die über den Austrittsschlitz 13 Stück für Stück ausgeworfen werden, wobei sich der Austrittsschlitz 13 am Ende eines horizontalen Decks 12 der Gutverarbeitungsvorrichtung parallel zu einer Horizontalen H erstreckt, wobei ab dem Deck 12 stromabwärts in Richtung der Flugbahn der ausgeworfenen flachen Güter die Aufnahmeplatte 20 einerseits nach unten in einem Winkel β bezogen auf die Transportrichtung z der flachen Güter auf dem Deck und andererseits nach hinten in Richtung x zu der abgestuften Längsausrichtwand 22 in einem Winkel ϕ bezogen auf die Horizontale H geneigt ist;
• eine in mindestens zwei Stufen n abgestufte Längsausrichtwand 22 an einer Rückseite der Ablagevorrichtung 2 angeordnet ist, wobei sich die Längsausrichtwand 22 einerseits mit einen Längsrand 22a stromabwärts erstreckt und andererseits in einem Winkel ϕ zu einer ersten Senkrechten S1 auf der Horizontalen H geneigt ist, wobei der Längsrand 22a in einem Abstand B parallel zu einer Kante 20b der Aufnahmeplatte 20 an einer Frontseite F der Ablagevorrichtung verläuft, wobei die erste Senkrechten S1 zu dem horizontalen Deck 12 senkrecht steht und wobei eine erste Anschlagsfläche 22b senkrecht im Winkel α = 90° oder im Winkel α größer als 90° zur Aufnahmeplatte 20 angeordnet ist und
• eine Stopwand 24, die sich entlang eines Seitenrandes 20c der Aufnahmeplatte 20 erstreckt.

The FIG. 3 Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a storage device which adjoins a good processing device having a flat goods exit slot 13 and which can be secured to a table top with a mounting device in a manner not shown, the storage device comprising:

• a receiving plate 20 for receiving flat goods 3, which are ejected via the exit slot 13 piece by piece, wherein the exit slot 13 at the end of a horizontal deck 12 of the crop processing device in parallel extends to a horizontal H, wherein from the deck 12 downstream in the direction of the trajectory of the ejected flat goods, the receiving plate 20 on the one hand down at an angle β relative to the transport direction z of the flat goods on the deck and on the other hand back in the direction x to the stepped longitudinal alignment wall 22 is inclined at an angle φ relative to the horizontal H;
• a longitudinal alignment wall 22 graduated in at least two stages n is arranged on a rear side of the deposition device 2, wherein the longitudinal alignment wall 22 extends downstream with a longitudinal edge 22a on the one hand and inclined at an angle φ to a first perpendicular S1 on the horizontal H on the other hand Longitudinal edge 22a extends at a distance B parallel to an edge 20b of the receiving plate 20 on a front side F of the depositing device, wherein the first perpendicular S1 to the horizontal deck 12 is perpendicular and wherein a first abutment surface 22b perpendicular at an angle α = 90 ° or at an angle α is arranged greater than 90 ° to the receiving plate 20 and
• a stop wall 24 which extends along a side edge 20c of the receiving plate 20.

It is provided that the stop wall 24 is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate and in the longitudinal direction (white arrow) is designed to be displaceable. Either the stop wall 24 extends parallel to a vertical on the Längsausrichtwand 22 and extends parallel to the second perpendicular S2 on the receiving plate 20 up or the stop wall 24 is perpendicular to the deck 12 aligned and extends parallel to the first vertical S1 in y- Direction.

It is also contemplated that the storage device 2 is disposed downstream of a crop processing device that a telescopic leg for additional support of the receiving plate 20 is disposed near the downstream end of the storage device, that the telescopic leg has a pull-out foot and a head is detachably connected to the receiving plate, that the head at the downstream end of the receiving plate has openings for a rail-like support on which the stop wall 24 is mounted and that the rail-like carrier is slidably formed in the longitudinal direction, and that a fastening device is provided, with which the Storage device can be attached with its other end to a table top. The fastening device has - in a conventional manner - clamps or clamps or comparable fasteners.

It is further contemplated that the step depth T and / or the step height h is formed uniformly for each stage or decreasing with the number of stages. Alternatively, individual stages may also reject the uniform sizes of the dimensions.

The perspective view of a storage device according to Fig. 3 shows from the second stage, a more than double the height of the third portion 22d of the Längsausrichtwand 22. At the upper end of the Längsausrichtwand - in a manner not shown - a plastic part are mounted, which protrudes into the interior of the storage device to form a fourth stage ,

The angle α between the receiving plate 20 and the Längsausrichtwand 22 is shown in the illustration Fig. 3 a right angle α.

• α = 90° - 120°,
• β = 2°- 45° und
• ϕ = 2°- 45°.

The following angular ranges are provided for the angles:

• α = 90 ° - 120 °,
• β = 2 ° - 45 ° and
• φ = 2 ° - 45 °.

The storage device 2 is provided, for example, for operation on a franking machine 1 especially for storing mixed mail. The receiving plate 20 consists of a sheet metal plate having an edge 20c on the stop side, wherein the sheet metal plate is angled at the edge 20c downwards. In the bend openings for a rail-like and extendable support are arranged, on which the stop wall 24 is mounted. Preferably, the receiving plate 20 and the Längsausrichtwand 22 are made of two sheet metal plates. The receiving plate 20 then goes beyond the bin width effective B to a development edge (not shown) spaced from the line 20a. The line 20a in turn has the distance B from the edge 20b. A longitudinal edge 22a of the longitudinal alignment wall 22 abuts the line 20a when mounted on the receiving plate 20.

Alternatively, the receiving plate 20 also has an effective width B from the edge 20b on the front side to the longitudinal edge 20a, when the sheet metal plate on Longitudinal edge 20a is angled upwards and merges into a longitudinal alignment wall 22.

The Längsausrichtwand 22 has in the preferred embodiment, a following structure or dimensions: metal sheet with 1 cm thickness. At 275 cm length of the longitudinal edge 22a, the downstream edge extends at an acute angle of, for example, 74.9 ° to the longitudinal edge 22a of the Längsausrichtwand 22nd

The steps are parallel to the longitudinal edge 20a. The step height of the first section 22d of the longitudinal alignment wall 22 is h = 6.1 cm. The step height of the second section 22c of the longitudinal alignment wall 22 is h = 6.0 cm. The step height of the third section 22d of the longitudinal alignment wall 22 is h = 5.9 cm, with a plastic part 22g mounted on the longitudinal alignment wall 22, the downstream edge of which is 13.7 cm long. Parallel to the downstream edge runs the upstream edge of the assembled plastic part 22g, whose length L is about 13.7 cm. The upstream edge of the metal sheet is a total of 24.5 cm and the downstream edge of the metal sheet is 330 cm long in total. The upper edge is rounded at the corners and a total of only 26.1 cm long and parallel to the transport direction z of the mailpiece 3 on the deck 12th

The stop wall 24 is made of a transparent plastic, for example made of acrylic glass, 6 cm thick and 164 cm wide. The height of the stop wall at the front of the storage device is at least 22.5 and the height at the back is a maximum of 33 cm. The corners of the stop wall 24 are rounded.

If in the present example, a specific embodiment, namely preferably a gradation according to a first variant has been explained in more detail, but not another embodiment of another embodiment of the scope to be excluded, which - starting from the same basic idea of the invention - can be used and of the appended claims.

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A storage device comprising a receiving plate for receiving flat goods, a graduated in at least two stages Längsausrichtwand on a rear side of the storage device and a stop wall, which is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate. Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that - A receiving plate (20) for receiving flat goods (3) is provided, which are ejected piece by piece via an exit slot (13), wherein the exit slot (13) at the end of a horizontal deck (12) of a crop processing device parallel to a Horizontal H extends, wherein the receiving plate (20) on the one hand from the deck (12) downstream in the direction of the trajectory of the ejected flat goods (3) down at an angle β relative to the transport direction z of the flat goods on the deck and on the other hand to the rear is inclined in the direction x to the stepped Längsausrichtwand (22) at an angle φ relative to the horizontal H; - The graded in at least two stages n Längsausrichtwand (22) on a rear side of the storage device (2) is arranged, wherein the Längsausrichtwand (22) on the one hand downstream with a longitudinal edge (22a) extends and on the other hand at an angle φ to a first vertical S1 is inclined on the horizontal H, wherein the longitudinal edge (22a) at a distance B parallel to an edge (20b) of the receiving plate (20) on a front side F of the storage device, wherein the first vertical S1 to the horizontal deck (12) perpendicular is and wherein a first abutment surface (22b) is arranged perpendicularly at an angle α = 90 ° or at an angle α greater than 90 ° to the receiving plate (20) and - A stop wall (24) is provided at the downstream end of the storage device and extends along a side edge (20c) of the receiving plate (20). Storage device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the angle α between the receiving plate (20) and the Längsausrichtwand (22) in an angular range 90 ° ≤ α ≤ 120 ° and that the stop wall (24) at the downstream end of Receiving plate arranged and slidable in the longitudinal direction is trained. Storage device according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the step depth T and / or step height h for each stage is formed uniformly or decreasing with the number of stages. Storage device according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the stop wall (24) extends parallel to a vertical on the Längsausrichtwand (22) and parallel to the second perpendicular S2 on the receiving plate (20) upwards. Storage device according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the stop wall (24) is aligned perpendicular to the deck (12) and extends parallel to the first perpendicular S1. Storage device according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the depositing device (2) is arranged downstream of the crop processing device that a telescopic leg for additional support of the receiving plate (20) near the downstream end of the storage device is arranged that the telescope Leg has a pull-out foot and a head detachably connected to the receiving plate, that the head at the downstream end of the receiving plate has openings for a rail-like carrier on which the stop wall (24) is mounted and in that the rail-like carrier is longitudinally displaceable is formed, and that a fastening device is provided, with which the storage device can be fixed with its other end to a table top on which the crop processing device is. Storage device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the good processing device is a franking machine (1) and that the flat goods are mailpieces.

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