EP3315438B1 - Vereinzelungsstation für flaches gut und zu dessen zuführung zu einer gutverarbeitungsstation - Google Patents

Vereinzelungsstation für flaches gut und zu dessen zuführung zu einer gutverarbeitungsstation Download PDF

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EP3315438B1
EP3315438B1 EP17198728.2A EP17198728A EP3315438B1 EP 3315438 B1 EP3315438 B1 EP 3315438B1 EP 17198728 A EP17198728 A EP 17198728A EP 3315438 B1 EP3315438 B1 EP 3315438B1
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Axel Ortmann
Dieter Wölm
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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
    • B07C1/04—Forming a stream from a bulk; Controlling the stream, e.g. spacing the articles
    • 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
    • B65H1/04—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
    • B65H1/06—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile for separation from bottom of pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5207—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article
    • B65H3/523—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article the retainers positioned over articles separated from the bottom of the pile
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/65—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis parallel to face of material and perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. star wheel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00241—Modular design
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00491—Mail/envelope/insert handling system

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  • the invention relates to a separating station according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a separating station is used in a goods processing system, for example as a station on a mail line of a franking system.
  • the mail route of a franking system usually consists of a large number of individual mail piece processing stations lined up one behind the other.
  • a feed station is upstream of the separation station, i.e. it is often set up at the beginning of the post road and is used to feed individual or stacked items of mail to the separation station, which separates the stack. If a stack of mail items with different formats (mixed mail) has been placed at a separation station, high requirements must be met for separation.
  • the separated mail items are fed directly or via dynamic scales to a franking machine and then stored in a storage station.
  • stacks of letters, stacks of postcards and other stacks of mail items are meant which can be separated, but other stacked flat goods are not to be excluded either.
  • a vibrating device for feeding mail items (letters) to a separating station.
  • An outer strip with a movable slide rail is arranged over the entire width of the lock of the aforementioned separating station, at the end of which a vibrating flap is arranged.
  • the letters are pushed longitudinally against an alignment wall by means of the vibrating flap and are loosened and thus aligned, ie brought into the correct position before subsequent separation and printing.
  • the vibrating flap forms a laterally displaceable stop with a sliding guide, which must be adjusted to the letter width and can be locked in this position by means of a friction brake.
  • the vibrating flap acts directly on the lateral positioning of mail pieces.
  • a second sliding guide is also provided which, by means of a spring, enables a resilient overtravel so as not to jam the letters.
  • only letters of the same format can be aligned with this.
  • a feeding device is equipped with an improved transport device that has a large number of entrainment means, the specialty of which is that it consists of a cylindrical wheel with teeth attached to its circumference, between which axles for small, non-driven, independently rotatable rollers are arranged. Alignment is possible by pushing a mail piece or stack of mail pieces against an alignment wall by hand.
  • the EP 1 510 480 B1 B1 relates to an alignment device of a mail processing system, which has jogging and alignment devices with a number of retractable elements which protrude through openings in a horizontal plate, the distance of which from an alignment wall (reference wall) corresponds to the format of the mail pieces can be adjusted accordingly in order to forcibly guide the mail pieces, which is intended to help prevent the mail pieces from being tilted.
  • EP 1 533 260 B1 , EP 1 958 902 B1 and EP 1 510 480 B1 the functions of the feeding station and separating station were combined in a single feeding and printing station.
  • the correct alignment of the mail pieces is realized by different types of sliding elements and vibrating elements.
  • Centormail ® In the field of franking machines it is already known to transport a mail item separated from a stack in the transport direction downstream of the mail and to print it with a franking imprint during transport.
  • Centormail ® In the postage meter Centormail ® by the applicant is already transported mixed mail standing on edge by means of a conveyor belt, wherein automatically at the edge of an alignment of the mail pieces by gravity.
  • the Centormail franking machine includes an automatic feed station that was revised in 2009. In the separation area, sliding levers are adjacent which have a different length and are mounted on a separation shaft and are coupled to a return means. It is advantageous that the letters can be up to 20 mm thick and that the automatic feed station enables optimal removal behavior from a stack of mail items.
  • the pressure box carries a rocker arm in its downstream half, one end of which is rotatably mounted about a rotary shaft and at the other end upstream of the material carries a stop plate, to which separating fingers are attached, which interact with a second separating roller.
  • the separating gap is shifted in the transport direction x, the further the lock opens.
  • a pre-separation plate is mounted on the frame opposite the feed deck and together with it forms an unchangeable gap in a pre-lock. Since the gap cannot be enlarged, a jam on the pre-separation sheet can only be removed with difficulty.
  • the franking system formed in this way is also only suitable for uniform mailpieces.
  • a mail item selection device having a plurality of rotatable fingers is known. At least two adjacent selectors that can be pivoted independently of one another have fingers of different lengths, each of the selector fingers being pivotable about a common pivot axis and against a respectively associated elastic return means. This advantageously makes it possible to avoid double feeding of mail (envelopes).
  • a separating device which is equipped in the upper part of a lock with a number of involute-shaped selection levers which interact with a selection roller in the lower part of the lock.
  • Several selection levers are arranged next to one another on a rod, the axis of which forms the axis of rotation of the selection lever.
  • the involute of each selection lever has a vertical section.
  • Each selection lever is reset separately with spring force, with at least one of the selection levers coming into contact with the mail piece in an area which extends from the center line of the mail piece parallel to an alignment wall to a parallel edge of the mail piece furthest away from the alignment wall.
  • a first selection lever is at a first distance of 60 - 85 mm
  • a second selection lever is at a second distance of 120 - 150 mm
  • a third selection lever is positioned at a third distance of 180 - 230 mm from the alignment wall.
  • the selection levers can only be moved independently of each other.
  • the mail pieces are 25 cm wide and 35.3 cm long.
  • a format discrepancy can cause operational disruptions.
  • a mail piece only 2/3 wide would be 16.67 cm wide and would therefore be smaller in width than the DIN format B5 (17.6 cm x 25 cm).
  • the mail pieces on top could overhang, especially if the bottom mail piece is thicker and smaller in size, for example the bottom mail piece has the DIN format B5 and the upper mail piece in DIN format B4.
  • the second selection lever would press the top and the bottom mail piece in DIN format B5 and the third selection lever would only press the top mail piece in DIN format B4 against the selection rollers, which would pull the two mail pieces into the gap in the lock at the same time.
  • the mail pieces also have format deviations, which can lead to undesirable operational disruptions.
  • a stack of mail items is then aligned by hand on an edge of the stack and only then manually applied to the separating station.
  • Mixed mail is to be understood in the following to mean flat, predominantly uniform mail pieces of a stack of different thicknesses which, despite a tolerance of up to +/- 20mm in dimensions, have to be processed by the mail processing stations.
  • the task is to develop a separating station for a single flat item as well as a stack of flat items and for feeding the isolated item to a subsequent station.
  • the separation station is intended to enable a high throughput of flat goods that are transported lying on their side without the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art occurring.
  • the flat goods within a stack should have different dimensions (Thickness up to 10 mm and format deviations).
  • the separating station should be suitable for mail items but also for other stackable goods which, in stacked stacks, have format deviations of up to 20 mm in length and width.
  • the long side of the flat product should rest against an alignment wall arranged upstream of the product and be drawn into the separation station in an aligned manner before it is individually transferred to the subsequent stations.
  • the isolation station has a first lock area with a first roller of a isolation area in the lock lower part. At least one separating roller is formed on the first roller of the separating area.
  • Each separation roller consists of a roller body that is covered with a tire.
  • a pivotably mounted rocker is extended at its other end located upstream of the crop and that one end of a separating means carrier is mounted on the swing end so that a stop side of the undeflected separating means carrier is aligned parallel to the y / z plane of the Cartesian coordinate system and is extends against the y-direction.
  • a plan view of the y / x plane of the Cartesian coordinate system on the material flow inlet side reveals an L-shaped arrangement of rocker arm and separating means carrier in the upper part of the lock.
  • a number of separating fingers are provided on the separating means carrier opposite the first roller of the separating area.
  • the isolation fingers are assigned in pairs to the side of the frosted isolation rollers. Both elements work together in such a way that the lower goods are separated from the stack and transported downstream of the goods.
  • the separating means carrier has a torsion-resistant profile and has a vertical stop wall arranged upstream of the goods, against which a stack of flat goods strikes, and a stop plate that has an inclined insertion area into the Forms lock, wherein the separating fingers are mounted on the inclined stop plate of the separating means carrier.
  • the separating means carrier is attached to the rocker arm, which is rotatably mounted at its one end located downstream of the material.
  • the separating means carrier with the separating fingers lifts against the force of gravity from the separating rollers according to the height of the item, the separating means carrier being raised above a feed deck at a distance that can be changed according to the thickness of the flat item.
  • the distance between the sluice and the pivot point is increased with an extension arm of the rocker so that when flat goods up to 10 mm are separated, the separation gap only moves insignificantly in the transport direction x when the sluice opens.
  • an L-shaped arrangement of rocker arm and separating means carrier can easily remove a jam of larger standard formats by manually grasping the goods behind a boom and pulling them out of the separating gap, for which a reduced width of the feed deck is provided downstream after the boom of the separating station is.
  • the boom covers the separating means carrier from above in a U-shape.
  • a second lock area lies opposite to the y-direction next to the first lock area and has at least one separate separation roller in the lock lower part.
  • This at least one separate separation roller is arranged transversely to the transport direction x and in a line to the first lock area at a distance c away from a vertical alignment wall of the separation station.
  • the distance c corresponds to approximately 2/3 to 4/5, preferably 3/4 of a width of a flat item of the largest format with a format deviation of +/- 20 mm.
  • the at least one separate separating roller is connected to the first roller of the separating area in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner.
  • the first roller of the isolation area in the first lock area and at least one separate isolation roller in the second lock area are preferably driven via a common rotary shaft.
  • a rigid mechanical connection between the first and second lock areas is established by the isolating means carrier.
  • a gap is formed in the separating means in the area between the two lock areas. It is provided that a flat item to be separated with a corresponding format width passes through both lock areas at the same time due to traction.
  • the separation means of the The second lock area move to the same extent as the separating means of the first lock area are moved in the z-direction. It has been empirically determined that this advantageously reduces the risk of another flat item (mail item) being pressed against the at least first separating roller, which can lead to mail items being drawn in twice or more than once into the slot in the lock.
  • a single wide sluice with a gap in the separating means can also be provided.
  • a wide sluice with two sluice areas or two rigidly coupled sluices holds a stack in a stable position when the bottom flat item is pulled off, which prevents other flat items (mail pieces ) prevented during the removal of the respective bottom flat item (mail piece) of a stack. This advantage is also achieved without the use of vibrating elements and / or other means.
  • the extension arm consists of a box-shaped bent sheet metal part with two side legs and a yoke on which two spacer domes of a holding plate are mounted.
  • a support plate for rocker guidance is arranged, to which an adjustment means is assigned.
  • precise guidance of the rocker in the z-direction is achieved by means of a guide track, which is formed on the retaining plate of the separating means carrier, and two ball bearings, which are each arranged on a bolt on the carrier plate for guiding the swing arm.
  • the carrier plate for the rocker guide is mounted on a fixed axis so that it can be moved in the y-direction and, by means of an adjusting nut, enables the precise adjustment of the isolation fingers to the at least one isolation roller (roller body) of the first roller of the isolation area in the first lock area and the at least one separate isolation roller (roller body) in the second lock area.
  • At least two pressure fingers are rotatably mounted next to each other on the axis, the Pressure fingers are preferably designed to be of the same length.
  • the second roller in the separation area and the pressure fingers work together to hold the flat goods down and to transport them on.
  • An adjustment means is supported on the stationary axle and allows the overlap of the separating fingers to the at least one separating roller of the first roller in the separating area and at least one separate separating roller to be set.
  • Two fastening elements of the separating means carrier are anchored in the holding plate in order to set a parallel alignment of a short edge of all separating fingers to the feed deck.
  • the separating means carrier is mounted on the surface of the mechanical holding plate on the material flow inlet side.
  • the separating means carrier has a stop plate which is angled from a stop side of the stop plate lying upstream parallel to the y / z plane at an inclined angle downward in the direction of gravity and in the transport direction x.
  • the separating means are attached to the run-up plate and cooperate with the at least one separating roller of a first roller in the separating area in the first lock area and with a separate separating roller in the second lock area in order to open the lock according to the thickness of the bottom piece of mail.
  • the first and a second roller in the separation area are followed in the transport direction x by a first and a second roller in the transport area.
  • All rollers are rotatably mounted in a frame below a feed deck and are provided with an integrated free-wheel mechanism.
  • a frame rear wall extends in the z-direction behind the rear of a vertical alignment wall for flat goods.
  • the bracket plate is attached to the rear wall of the frame and angled in the y-direction.
  • the separating means carrier mounted on the holding plate is arranged with its assembly point close to the vertical alignment wall of the separating station and has a width that corresponds to the width of the largest possible format of the flat goods and is angled at its outer end opposite to the y-direction in the transport direction x.
  • the at least one separating roller of the first roller of the separating area is at a distance a from a vertical alignment wall and lies exactly in the center of the first lock area, the smallest format determining the width of the first lock area and thus also the distance a at which a flat item is included is still securely separated in the smallest possible format.
  • Further separating rollers can be arranged symmetrically on both sides of the at least one separating roller, which can be advantageous then the running surface of a covering, which is mounted on each roller carrier, can be kept narrow.
  • the covering can be designed as a rubber tire or consists of another synthetic material with a high coefficient of friction.
  • the preferred embodiment variant is not intended to exclude an alternative embodiment variant in which the at least one separating roller has the width of the first lock area.
  • At least one first separating roller is offset from the first roller to the separating means in the y-direction in order to form a first lock area
  • a further separate separating roller is offset from a separating means in the y-direction to a second lock area form that the further separate isolation roller of the second lock area in the lock lower part is arranged transversely to the transport direction and parallel to the first lock area at such a distance c (farthest) from a vertical alignment wall of the isolation station, so that a gap in the isolation means between the two Lock areas is formed, whereby by traction a flat material to be isolated passes through both lock areas at the same time and that the isolating means comprise a number of isolating fingers which are mounted on the thrust plate of the isolating means carrier t are.
  • a separating finger which is positioned against the y-direction at a maximum distance from the alignment wall, moves away from the rubber tire of a roller body to the extent that the entire upper part of the lock with the separating means carrier is moved in the z-direction.
  • the feed deck can be made in one or two parts and extends from the beginning of a transport path for a flat item in the separation area and extends to the end of the transport area of the separation station. In the two-part design, the first part and the second part together have the same width as the docking deck of a docking station.
  • the Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a docking station 10 and a separating station 20, from the front, top left.
  • the docking station 10 has a vertical alignment wall 11 in an x / z plane and a docking deck 12 in an x / y plane of a Cartesian coordinate system.
  • the construction of the mooring station 10 was already in the previously unpublished German utility model DE 20 2016 102 202 U1 described in more detail.
  • the separating station 20 has a vertical alignment wall 21 in an x / z plane and a feed deck 22 in an x / y plane of a Cartesian coordinate system.
  • the vertical alignment wall 21 delimits the feed deck 22 in the y-direction.
  • the feed deck 22 has a width which is approximately the maximum width W of a mail item C4.
  • the lay-on deck can be narrower.
  • the mooring deck can - as in Fig. 1 shown - consist of several parts.
  • a first part 221 of the feed deck 22 lies at the beginning of a transport path for flat goods in the separation area and extends to the end of the transport area of the separation station 20.
  • a second part 222 of the feed deck 22 is also at the start of the transport path and extends with a length L2 at a distance from the vertical alignment wall 21, parallel to the first part 221.
  • both parts 221 and 222 of the feed deck are at the same height K as that of the lay-on deck in the z-direction above a table top.
  • the first part 221 and the second part 222 together have the same width W as the landing deck.
  • the second part 222 is arranged upstream in the separating station 20 and has a shorter length than the first part 221.
  • the first part 221 has a width corresponding to the most common format of flat goods and its side edge abuts the vertical alignment wall 21 of the separating station 20.
  • the part 222 has a length L2 in the transport direction x which is less than half the length L1 of the docking deck.
  • a front half 291 of the upper housing shell 29 is displaceable in the z-direction into a maintenance position and is arranged at a predetermined distance above the first and second parts 221, 222 of the feed deck 22.
  • a rear half 292 of the upper housing shell 29 is fixedly mounted on a lower housing shell.
  • a boom 28 is located above the first and second parts 221, 222 of the feed deck at the aforementioned predetermined distance from the feed deck the separating station 20 is arranged, which covers the separating means from above.
  • the isolation means consist of a number of isolation fingers of equal length and the associated traction means in the respective isolation area, such as roller bodies on which a tire made of a material with a high coefficient of friction, for example a rubber tire, has been mounted.
  • the separating means and traction means form a sluice that remains closed with the separating means carrier in the operating state of a minimal deflection of the upper part of the sluice, as in the case when no flat material was placed (see also Fig.3a and Fig. 7 ).
  • the first part 221 of the feed deck has - in a manner not shown - upstream of the separating station 20 a number of openings for the separating rollers of the first roller 23a of the separating area in the first lock area at different distances from the vertical alignment wall 21 ( Fig. 7 ), wherein the openings are arranged opposite to the y-direction and spaced apart one after the other.
  • a roller body 235a furthest from the vertical alignment wall 21 emerges through an opening 205 in the second part 222 of the feed deck.
  • a housing wall of the boom 28 directed upstream of the material forms a stacking stop wall 281.
  • the boom 28 is firmly connected to the front half 291 of the upper housing shell 29, the front half 291 on a pressure box 26 ( Fig. 3 ) is mounted.
  • a guide rod 276 Fig. 3
  • compression spring 274 not shown
  • the maintenance position allows good access to the transport path for the purpose of clearing jams in the event of a jam of flat goods or for maintenance.
  • a slide 19 which can be displaced in the y-direction and in the opposite direction can be arranged on the docking station 10 upstream of the material in front of the boom 28.
  • the Fig. 2 shows a front view of the feed station 10 and the separating station 20.
  • the slide 19 reaches about 2/3 to 4/5 of the height of the vertical alignment wall 11.
  • a roller body 235a of the separate separating roller protrudes through a corresponding opening in the feed deck 22 (or . 222 in Fig.1 ) through the separation station 20 in the z-direction, the roller body - not visible - being mechanically coupled to the driven rotary shaft of the first roller 23a of the separation area.
  • protrude the other roller bodies of the first roller 23a covered by this roller body through corresponding openings in the feed deck 22 of the separating station 20 in the z-direction ( Fig.7 ).
  • the first roller 23a of the isolation area lies in the lower part of the lock area of the first lock area and the associated isolation fingers are resiliently mounted in the upper part of the lock.
  • a second roller 23b of the separating area is arranged downstream of the product, opposite which a number of pressure fingers 2682 are located.
  • the second roller is located in the lower part of the lock and the pressure fingers are resiliently and rotatably mounted in the upper part of the lock.
  • the pressure fingers also serve to hold down flexible flat goods.
  • the second roller 23b improves the traction in the separation area in the transport direction x. It is preferably constructed identically to the first roller 23a. Their rotary axle shaft, however, has the smaller dimensions in length.
  • first, second and third roller bodies 231b, 232b and 233b are also arranged on a structured roller body and equipped with rubber tires.
  • a comparable arrangement of a second roller can already be found in the German utility model DE 20 2012 011 877 U1 emerged.
  • a first and second transport roller 24 and 25 protrude through corresponding openings in the feed deck 22 of the separating station 20 in the z-direction.
  • the Fig. 3a shows a perspective view of the separating station 20, from the front right above, with the upper housing shell removed.
  • a first part 221 of the feed deck is delimited in the y-direction by the vertical alignment wall 21.
  • the first roller 23a of the separation area consists - in a manner not shown - of a structured roller body with an integrated freewheel mechanism, the structures of which with the largest diameter form roller bodies 231a, 232a and 233a on which rubber tires are mounted.
  • the first roller 23a of the separation area runs - in an in Fig. 7 manner shown - on a driven rotary shaft, which also drives a separate fourth roller body 234a with an integrated free-wheel mechanism and the separate fifth roller body 235a with an integrated free-wheel mechanism.
  • the roller bodies 231a, 232a, 233a, 234a each also equipped with a mounted tire, pass through an opening in the first part 221 of the feed deck 22, the openings being arranged in a row opposite to the y-direction and spaced apart from one another are.
  • the lower case is at the front by an additional housing part 223 - correspondingly to match the second part 222 of the feed deck - with the second part 222 being supported on the additional housing part 223.
  • the additional housing part 223 has an opening (not shown) on its rear side in order to be able to accommodate the rotary axis shaft 230a of the first roller 23a.
  • a fifth roller body 235a protrudes in the z-direction through an opening 205 of the assembled second part 222 of the feed deck.
  • the fifth roller body 235a is equipped with a rubber tire and connected to a separate roller body - not shown - which is equipped with an integrated freewheel mechanism and runs on the driven rotary shaft 230a ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the singling rollers driven in this way pull the lowest flat item of a stack of flat items through the lock due to traction during isolation ( Figure 4b ).
  • the rubber-tyred first, second and third roller bodies 231a, 232a, 233a are each flanked on both sides by a total of four separating fingers, which are mounted on the stop plate 265, as can be seen from FIG Fig. 7 will be explained in more detail below.
  • the fifth roller body 235a is flanked on both sides by the separating fingers 2656, 2655.
  • a spring finger 26575, 26576 is resiliently arranged on each of the isolating fingers 2655, 2656.
  • the position of all the separating fingers in relation to the corresponding roller body can be positioned by means of an adjustment device in such a way that none of the roller bodies touches the separating fingers.
  • a fourth roller body 234a passes at a second distance b opposite to the y-direction away from the vertical alignment wall 21 through a further opening 204 in the first part 221 of the feed deck in the z-direction ( Fig.7 ).
  • This fourth roller body 234a is also connected to a separate roller body (not shown) which is equipped with an integrated freewheel mechanism and runs on the driven rotary shaft 230a. But this fourth roller body is neither flanked on both sides by isolation fingers, nor is there any other isolation means opposite the fourth roller body 234a. Rather, the fourth roller body 234a has a gap of length f ( Fig.7 ) opposite, in which no separating fingers are mounted.
  • the first roller 23a of the separation area can also be designed to be correspondingly lengthened, so that no separate roller body has to be mounted on the rotary shaft. Then only one is required and the cost of the freewheel mechanism can thus be minimized.
  • First, second and third roller bodies 231b (not visible), 232b and 233b of the second roller 23b ( Fig. 2 ) are also arranged on a structured roller body with free-wheeling mechanism, which is on a - in the Fig. 3a not shown - driven rotary shaft 230b runs.
  • a comparable arrangement of first, second and third roller bodies on a structured roller body of a second roller 22b of the separation area can already be found in the German utility model DE 20 2012 011 877 U1 emerged.
  • the second roller 23b is followed by a first transport roller 24 in the transport area, the first transport roller 24 being opposed to a first pressure roller 261.
  • a second transport roller 25 follows in the transport area, which is opposite a second pressure roller 262.
  • the two pressure rollers are mounted resiliently and rotatably in a pressure box 26, which has an opening for an axis of rotation 260 and a rocker 264 near the center of its front wall.
  • the pre-lock is also opened when a button is pressed in order to be able to clear a jam.
  • the extension arm 2641 of the rocker 264 has a front side leg 26411 and a rear side leg 26412 offset in the y-direction, which are connected to one another by a yoke 26413 arranged upstream of the material.
  • the yoke 26413 of the extension arm 2641 is preferably at a distance from the swing end which is opposite the other swing end with the axis of rotation 260, the distance being large enough that the distance to the first roller 23a is bridged.
  • the distance from the axis of rotation 260 is further increased in that a holding plate 2642 has two spacer domes 2644, 2645 which are fastened to the yoke 26413 and which further increase the distance between a mounting plate 2673 of the separating means carrier 267 and the yoke of the extension arm 2641.
  • the separating means carrier 267 has a stop side 2671 upstream of the material and is parallel to the y / z plane.
  • a stack stop wall of the boom 28 directed upstream of the material stops a first partial amount of stacked flat goods and falls in one step onto the stop side 2671 ( Fig.1 ), at which a second partial quantity of flat goods is stopped.
  • a stop plate is angled on the one hand obliquely to the direction of gravity and in the transport direction x to the feed deck, so that a ramp-like arranged stop plate 265 for flat goods is formed.
  • an angled portion 2672 is provided in the transport direction x from the upper edge of the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267, which is at a greater distance from the feed deck and is approximately parallel to the feed deck. This distance from the feed deck is at most equal to the height of approx. 3 - 5 flat goods of maximum thickness if there are no flat goods in the separation gap.
  • rollers of the feed deck or separation rollers of the feed deck protrude, for example, 5 mm above the level of the feed deck and the greatest distance of the lower edge of the stop plate 265 is, for example, 6 mm to the level of the feed deck in the event that no mail pieces are placed and passed through the lock should be.
  • the distance between the lower edge of the stop plate 265 and the feed deck increases when mail pieces are passed through the gap in the sluice according to their thickness.
  • a maximum deflection of the stop plate is at least 45 mm to the feed deck (see Fig.3b ).
  • the mounting plate 2673 of the separating means carrier 267 is angled from the end of the angled portion 2672 in the z-direction. Another bend 2674 from the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267 in the transport direction is provided at the front end of the separating means carrier 267 for the lateral protection of the separating fingers and to exclude a possible risk of injury to a person who operates the separating station.
  • the frame 27 has a rear wall 272 on which a support plate bracket 2751 is mounted.
  • a driver pin 26414 on the extension arm 2641 rests near the rocker 264 on the pressure box when there is no flat product in the separation gap.
  • the Figure 3b shows a perspective illustration of the separating station 20, from the front right above, with the upper shell removed in a work phase of the maximum deflection of the rocker by a flat item of maximum thickness, where the latter was not shown in the case of the latter.
  • the separating means carrier 267 is mounted on the extension arm 2641 via spacer domes 2644, 2645 which are molded onto the holding plate 2642.
  • the separating means carrier 267 is aligned parallel to the y-direction and carries all the separating means.
  • Two mounting plates 26581, 26582 are provided on the stop plate 265 for mounting the isolating fingers together with leaf springs, which are designed as spring fingers.
  • the structure of the separation fingers is based on Figure 5a described in more detail.
  • the separating fingers can be mounted on the stop plate 265 together with a leaf spring each designed as a spring finger by means of at least one mounting plate.
  • a support plate bracket 2751 is mounted on the frame rear wall 272 in a partially visible manner.
  • the carrier plate bracket carries a stationary axis 2680 on which a carrier plate 269 for rocker guidance is arranged so that it can be displaced transversely to the transport direction.
  • a rag protrudes 2695 ( Figure 5b ) from the carrier plate 269 centrally in the z-direction into a free area between the spacer domes 2644, 2645.
  • the carrier plate 269 has an angled portion 2691 (covered) and an angled portion 2692, each with an opening 26910 (covered) and 26920.
  • a setting means is in engagement with the fixed axis 2680 for adjusting the separating finger position transversely to the transport direction x.
  • the Fixed axle 2680 mounted in carrier plate bracket 2751 protrudes through openings 26910 (covered) and 26920.
  • a stationary axle 2680 has a thread 2684.
  • An adjustment nut 2685 for example, is provided as the setting means for the isolating fingers (see Fig. 8 ). Simultaneous adjustment of all separating fingers is advantageously possible.
  • the Figure 4a shows a schematic representation of a front view of a detail of the application station and a detail of the separating station, with an applied stack and before the stack is separated. While a first subset of the stack ST of flat goods hits the stop plate 265, a second subset of the stack ST of flat goods is stopped by the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267. A third subset of a stack ST of flat goods is stopped by the stack stop wall 281 of the boom 28 arranged upstream of the separating means carrier 267, which is arranged at a fixed distance from the feed deck in the operating mode.
  • the stop plate 265 merges into prongs at one end downstream of the good, wherein in the Figure 4a drawn prongs 26511 covered the others.
  • the separating finger 2656 with the associated spring finger 26576 and a mounting plate 26582 are arranged.
  • the stop plate 265 has an edge at another end and merges in the z-direction into a wall of the separating means carrier 267, which has the stop side 2671 upstream of the material and which is angled into a bend 2672 in the transport direction x.
  • the stop side 2671 has a height h2max up to the aforementioned edge.
  • the bend 2672 merges into a mounting plate 2673 of the separating means carrier 267.
  • the mounting plate 2673 is angled in the z direction.
  • a Z-shaped profile of the separating means carrier 267 results in a great torsional stiffness of the entire upper part of the lock.
  • the lower edge of the stack stop wall 281 lies at a height h above the highest point on the circumference of the fifth separating roller 235a.
  • the fifth separating roller 235a lies in the y-direction adjacent to the separating finger 2656 with the associated spring finger 26576, so that the separating roller 235a overlaps the separating means (2656, 26576) without a gap.
  • An imaginary (not shown) vertical line between the aforementioned edge of the stop plate 265 and the aforementioned straight dash-dot line m has a height h1min.
  • the third subset has the height h3.
  • the first subset of the stack ST of flat goods can theoretically have the height h1min, but is based on the schematic representation Fig.4a only a first flat good G1 of medium thickness.
  • the second subset of the stack ST of flat goods consists of a second flat good G2 with the maximum thickness Dmax.
  • the good G2 is stopped by the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267.
  • a third flat good G3 with maximum thickness lies on top of the second flat good G2. Due to its thickness, the good G3 is stopped by the stacking stop wall 281, that is to say by the first stage of the pre-lock.
  • Good G3 is followed by good G4, good G5, etc. of the third subset of the stack ST of flat goods, which are also stopped by the pre-lock.
  • the Figure 4b shows a schematic representation of a front view of a detail of the application station and a detail of the separating station, with an applied stack and during a separation of the stack.
  • the separating means carrier 267 in the upper part of the lock is raised according to the thickness of the first flat item G1, while the latter is pulled through the lock by traction.
  • good G2 slides against the stop plate 265 and good G3 hits the stop side 2671, but the other flat goods in the stack slide downward in the direction of gravity.
  • the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267 is only effective up to a height h2 * ⁇ h2max.
  • the stacking stop wall 281 of the boom 28 forms a first unchangeable step in the operating mode and the stop side 2671 of the separating means carrier 267 forms a second changeable step of the pre-lock.
  • the height h2min would result instead of h2 *.
  • the risk of jamming on the stop side 2671 decreases as the thickness of the separated goods increases the stop side 2671 is pinched.
  • the Figure 5a shows a perspective view of a detail of the separating means carrier of the separating station, from the front right at the top.
  • the separating means carrier 267 is mounted on the holding plate 2642, which has an integrally formed guide channel 2643.
  • the separating fingers 2651 to 2654 are in a first lock area 31 ( Fig. 7 ) and are mounted on the surface of the stop plate 265 lying in the transport direction together with at least one spring finger 26571 to 26574 each.
  • Each spring finger should have a defined spring force. To achieve this, several spring fingers can be mounted on top of each other.
  • the spring fingers are punched out on the edge of a thin leaf spring plate or from a stack of thin leaf spring plates, so that the spring fingers are formed like prongs and are arranged like a comb on a remainder of the leaf spring plates and are separately resiliently movable.
  • the four separating fingers 2651, 2652, 2653 and 2654 consist of a flexible, resilient material with a high coefficient of friction and are flanked by prongs 26501 to 26507 of the thrust plate 265, which are arranged in a comb-like manner on both sides.
  • the separating fingers 2651, 2652, 2653 and 2654 are releasably attached to the stop plate 265 by a mounting plate 26581.
  • the separating fingers 2655, 2656 are located in a second lock area 32 ( Fig. 7 ) and are also mounted on the surface of the stop plate 265 together with a number of spring fingers 26575, 26576.
  • the separating fingers 2655, 2656 consist of the same material as the separating fingers of the first lock area 31 ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the isolation fingers 2655, 2656 are releasably attached by a mounting plate 26582. Both lock areas are rigidly connected to the separating means carrier 267.
  • the separating means carrier 267 is detachably connected to the holding plate 2642.
  • On the rear side of the holding plate is a guide channel 2643 which is aligned in the Z direction and which receives the ball bearings 2693, 2694 attached to the support plate 269 for guiding the rocker arms.
  • the Figure 5b shows a perspective view of a detail of the carrier plate 269 for the swing arm guide, from the front left above.
  • the support plate 269 for rocker guidance is shown rotated about the z-direction of the Cartesian coordinate system and thereby rotated by 90 ° to the left.
  • a tab 2695 is formed on the support plate 269 for guiding the rocker arm and extends in the z-direction.
  • a first ball bearing 2693 is disposed on the upstream surface of the tab 2695 and a second ball bearing 2694 is disposed on the upstream surface of the rocker guide support plate 269 in the center at the lower edge of the rocker guide support plate 269. Both ball bearings are in alignment in the direction of gravity and fit into the molded guide channel 2643 of the retaining plate 2642 Figure 5a .
  • FIG. 6 a plan view of a detail of the isolation station is shown.
  • An extension arm 2641 is mounted on the rocker 264 upstream of the material.
  • the extension arm 2641 has a front side leg 26411, a rear side leg 26412, a yoke 26413 and a driver pin 26414.
  • a holding plate 2642 is mounted on the yoke 26413 of the extension arm 2641 of the rocker 264 on one side of the separating means carrier 267.
  • the holding plate 2642 has two spacer domes 2644, 2645 and a guide channel 2643.
  • the spacer domes 2644, 2645 of the holding plate 2642 bridge the space between the yoke 26413 and the holding plate 2642, for the guide channel 2643 of the entire rocker and for ball bearings 2693 that on the tab 2695 on the carrier plate for rocker guidance.
  • the other side of the separating means carrier protrudes in an L-shape from the extension arm 2641 against the y-direction.
  • the tab 2695 is a centrally arranged, narrow part of the carrier plate 269 for guiding the rocker arm.
  • the tab 2695 protrudes in the z direction into a free area between the spacer domes 2644, 2645.
  • the first ball bearing 2693 on the upper edge of the tab 2695 in the z-direction is mounted on its surface facing upstream.
  • a second ball bearing (not visible) is provided at a distance therefrom in the direction of gravity on the surface of the carrier plate 269 directed upstream of the material to guide the rocker.
  • a structured roller body is located on the driven rotary shaft 230a of the first roller 23a with three roller bodies 231a, 232a, 233a and two identically constructed separate roller bodies 234a, 235a, which are each equipped with rubber tires that have a high coefficient of friction.
  • the structured roller body is arranged under the feed deck or under part of the feed deck and equipped with an integrated free-wheel mechanism.
  • the separating fingers 2651 to 2654 and the three roller bodies 231a, 232a, 233a lie in a first lock area 31.
  • the lock area 31 has, for example, a maximum width of the width of the C6 format of mail pieces or a minimum of the width of the smallest mail piece formats.
  • the second roller body 232a is formed in the center of the structured roller body of the first roller 23a.
  • a fourth roller body 234a is arranged on the rotary axis shaft 230a adjacent to the first lock area 31, for example at a second distance b approximately 2/3 the width of the C5 format of mail items away from the vertical alignment wall 21.
  • b 10.7 cm. This means that mail pieces of format B5 and C5 can be supported from below and transported in transport direction x.
  • the separating fingers 2655 to 2656 and the separate roller body 235a are located in a second lock area 32.
  • the latter distance a + e / 2 is from the inner one
  • the first, second and third roller bodies 231a, 232a and 233a of the structured roller body of the first roller 23a have a diameter of approximately 4 cm and are preferably 1.0 to 1.2 cm wide and spaced at the same distance from one another. They each protrude through a corresponding opening 201, 202, 203 in the first part 221 of the feed deck.
  • the first distance a is smaller than the second distance b.
  • the second distance b is smaller than the third distance c and the third distance c is smaller than the fourth distance d.
  • the roller body 23a runs on the driven rotary shaft 230a.
  • the openings 201, 202, 203, 204 are provided for first, second, third, fourth roller bodies and in the second part 222 of the feed deck 22 only one opening 205 is provided for the fifth roller body 235a.
  • the first, second, third and fifth roller bodies lie opposite the separating means in order to form a lock through which a flat material to be separated passes by means of traction.
  • the separate fourth roller body 234a passes at a second distance b through a fourth opening 204 in the first part 221 of the feed deck in the z-direction.
  • a rubber tire is also mounted on the separate fourth roller body 234a.
  • the separate fifth roller body 235a is arranged at a much larger third distance c from the vertical alignment wall 21 and is provided with a fifth rubber tire and passes through a fifth opening 205 in the second part 222.
  • the separate roller bodies 234a and 235a are mounted together with a free-wheel mechanism each on the driven rotary shaft of the first roller 23a.
  • an extended structured roller body of the first roller 23a can also be used again, which roller body has at least one further roller body structure.
  • the three rubber tires of the roller bodies 231a, 232a, 233a of the first roller 23a and the separating fingers 2651 to 2656 are made of a plastic or rubber or of another material with a very high coefficient of friction when used with a flat item, the latter preferably made of paper or mail Cardboard covers.
  • the other tires of the roller bodies 234a, 235a also consist of a plastic or rubber or of another material with a very high coefficient of friction.
  • the Fig. 8 shows a perspective view of the arrangement of the carrier plate for the rocker guide in the separating station, from the front right above.
  • Right-angled bends 2691, 2692 each with an opening 26910, 26920 for a fixed axis 2680, are provided on both sides of the carrier plate 269 for guiding the swing arm.
  • the fixed axis 2680 and a fixed locking pin 273 for guiding the carrier plate 269 for guiding the swing arm are attached to a carrier plate angle 2751 at a distance next to one another.
  • the support plate bracket 2751 is mounted on the front of a rear wall 272 of a frame - partially not shown. In the assembled state, the first right-angled angled portion 2691 of the support plate 269 for rocker guidance is arranged closer to the rear wall 272 than the second right-angled angled portion 2692 of the carrier plate 269 for rocker guidance.
  • the first right-angled bend 2691 has, in addition to the opening 26910, a further opening 26911 for the arresting pin 273 for guiding the carrier plate 269 to guide the swing arm, the carrier plate 269 for guiding the swing arm in the y-direction on the fixed axis 2680 and on the arresting pin 273 being arranged to be transversely displaceable .
  • a part of the fixed axis 2680 is closer to the carrier plate angle 2751 and has a larger diameter D1.
  • Two pressure fingers 2681, 2682 are resiliently and rotatably mounted on this part of the stationary axle, each with a pressure finger spring 26811, 26821.
  • Another part of the stationary axis 2680 is offset at a further distance from the carrier plate angle 2751 and has a smaller diameter D2 than D1.
  • the other part of the fixed axle 2680 is bolt-shaped with the smaller diameter D2 and has a bolt thread 2684 at its protruding end.
  • a compression spring 2683 is mounted on this part of the stationary shaft 2680 with the smaller diameter D2.
  • the carrier plate 269 for the swing arm guide is bent in a U-shape so that an inner wall of the first right-angled bend 2691 and an inner wall of the second right-angled bend 2692 face one another and are arranged in parallel.
  • a shoulder to the part of the fixed axis 2680 with the smaller diameter D2 forms a first stop for one end of the mounted compression spring 2683 and the inner wall of the second right-angled bend 2692 forms a second stop for the other end of the mounted compression spring 2683 is mounted on thread 2684 that protrudes through opening 26920.
  • Adjustment nut 2685 allows the support plate 269 for the swing arm guide can be adjusted in the y-direction and in the opposite direction, and the extension arm 2641 swivels with the adjustment, because the ball bearings 2693, 2694 run in the guide channel of the holding plate, which run on the sheet metal tab 2695 and on the laterally displaceable support plate 269 for the swing arm guide are mounted ( Fig.5a ).

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