EP3393681B1 - Postsortiereinrichtung mit einem schiefwinkligen zwischenbehälterwender - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items comprising a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which the mail items are arranged in a stack on edge and a sorting conveyor in which the mail items mail are moved serially on edge to sorting outlets.
- storage bins are used to recycle the mail items entering the machine.
- These storage bins are conventional rectangular bins with an opening on the top which requires manual emptying of these into the feed inlet of the machine.
- mail items are stored in a flat stack at the bottom of the storage bins. Each tray is turned over manually on a motorized belt which feeds the destacker of the machine. To retain mail items in a pile on edge on this motorized conveyor, the machine operator uses two retaining pallets mounted on sliding arms along the store.
- the object of the invention is to reduce the handling of the machine operator in this equipment and also to increase the emptying rates of the storage tanks and therefore the throughput of the sorting machine.
- This equipment includes a postal sorting machine 1 with a feed inlet 2 (unstacker magazine) in which mail items P, more particularly large format flat mail items, are placed in a stack on edge.
- a feed inlet 2 unstacker magazine
- the sorting machine 1 also conventionally comprises a sorting conveyor 3, for example a sorting conveyor with pinch bands, in which the mail items P are moved in series on edge towards sorting outlets 4 where they can be stored in flat stack in storage bins 5 with opening on top.
- a sorting conveyor 3 for example a sorting conveyor with pinch bands, in which the mail items P are moved in series on edge towards sorting outlets 4 where they can be stored in flat stack in storage bins 5 with opening on top.
- the sorting conveyor 3 is shown very partially but it is understood that it can include a very large number of sorting outlets 4.
- a tray exchanger 7 has been illustrated which is crossed by a conveyor 7A of storage trays 5 and a conveyor 7B of shuttle trays 8.
- the figures 3 and 4 show in perspective a shuttle tray 8. This is generally in the form of a V-shaped dihedron for storing mail items P on edge.
- the shuttle tray 8 comprises an inclined bottom 8A, a rear wall 8B, a lateral flank 8C and a front opening 8D.
- the inclined bottom 8A is formed here by four parallel ribs 8A1-8A2, 8A3, 8A4 which extend in the longitudinal direction D of the container 8 obliquely to the flat base 8E of the container.
- the base 8E has a certain constant thickness between the front and the rear of the tray in the longitudinal direction D which allows the tray to be provided with two handles 8F handling at the front and back of the tank in the thickness of the base.
- the upper surface of the base is parallel to the lower surface of the base, the upper surface extending between the ribs 8A1 and 8A2, the ribs 8A2 and 8A3, and the ribs 8A3 and 8A4.
- the handles 8F also open into the upper surface of the base 8E between the ribs 8A2 and 8A3.
- the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 have a descending slope profile (about 15 °) relative to the upper surface of the base 8E when going from the opening 8D (at the front) towards the rear wall 8B of the shuttle tray which makes that the inclined bottom 8A of the tank which is constituted by the top of the oblique ribs 8A1 to 8A4 is located above the upper surface of the base 8E and leaves space for the insertion of a fork as explained below.
- the rear wall 8B of the shuttle tray 8 is in the form of comb teeth and comprises teeth 8B1 to 8B4 which are in the continuity of the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 and which have a face facing the inside of the tray which is oblique (about 15 ° of inclination) with respect to the base of the tank and one side facing the outside of the tank which is perpendicular to the base of the tank.
- the lateral flank 8C here connects the rib 8A1 to the tooth 8B1 to close the V-shaped dihedron.
- the end of the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 forms a sort of stop which projects slightly towards the top of the shuttle tray.
- the inner surface of the rear wall 8B at the free end of the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 forms a sort of stop which projects towards the top of the tank perpendicular to the upper surface of the base 8E.
- the conveyor 7A is designed to transport storage bins 5 filled with mail items P stacked flat from a loading point (for example a sorting outlet of the sorting machine 1) to the exchanger 7 and to transport empty storage bins from the exchanger to an empty bins storage point.
- a loading point for example a sorting outlet of the sorting machine 1
- the direction of movement of the storage tanks 5 in the conveyor 7A is indicated by the arrows C1.
- the conveyor 7B is connected to the feed inlet 2. It is suitable for bringing empty shuttle trays 8 from the feed inlet 2 to the exchanger 7 and transporting the shuttle trays 8 filled with mail items. pile on edge from the exchanger 7 to the feed inlet 2. The direction of movement of the shuttle trays 8 in the conveyor 7B is indicated by the arrows C2.
- the shuttle trays 8 have a greater storage capacity than that of the storage trays 5.
- FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate the various manipulations of the storage tank 5 to transfer its contents to a shuttle tank 8, here by turning it around 180 ° - 15 ° to 25 ° (angles of the figure 6B ) from the storage bin 5.
- the storage bin has its opening facing upwards.
- a manipulator arm (absent in the figures) comes cover with a plate 9.
- the manipulator arm replaces the empty storage bin 5 on the conveyor 7A for recycling the storage bin, for example in one of the sorting outlets of the sorting machine.
- the Figures 5A to 5J illustrate a transfer of the contents of a storage bin 5 to a turnip bin te 8 already loaded with mail items P.
- the shuttle bin 8 has a capacity triple that of a storage bin 5 and can therefore receive the contents of three storage bins 5 transported consecutively on the conveyor 7A.
- the shuttle bin 8 during transfer is preferably oriented obliquely to the horizontal (for example with an angle between 15 and 25 °) and vertical (for example an angle between 5 and 15) directions. °) as illustrated on Figures 6A and 6B to create a jogging effect by gravity against the lateral flank 8C of the stack of mail items on edge P, the start of the stack being in abutment against the rear wall 8B.
- the shuttle tray 8 has its rear wall 8B which is arranged under the front opening 8D.
- the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail items P leaves the exchanger 7, it is repositioned on the conveyor 7B so that its rear wall 8B is in front of its front opening 8D.
- the conveyor 7B is connected at the inlet on the same horizontal plane as the motorized conveyor belt 2C of the unstacker of the feed inlet 2 but it is connected at the outlet below the horizontal plane of the unstacker magazine .
- the feed store 2A has a motorized sole formed here by parallel motorized belts spaced apart by a sufficient distance to pass the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 and the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 of a shuttle tray 8.
- the feed magazine 2A of the destacker is in the form of a fork with here three teeth 2B which are each constituted by a motorized belt which extends horizontally towards the conveyor 7B.
- the bottom of the tine fork 2B of the magazine extends overall to the unstacking plate 10.
- the feed store 2A also includes a conveyor section formed by a motorized conveyor belt 2C which is arranged below the teeth motorized and which is movable in vertical elevation, the space between the teeth 2B and the conveyor belt corresponding to the thickness of the base 8E of a shuttle tray 8.
- the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail items P on edge is straddled by the teeth 2B of the destacker magazine which are inserted under the stack of mail items between the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 while the base 8E of the shuttle tray comes to rest on the motorized conveyor 2C. In doing so, the shuttle tray 8 is moved against the unstacking plate 10 or, where appropriate, behind a stack of mail items already present in the food store as shown in the Figures 7A to 7C .
- the retaining plate 11 is initially placed at the rear of the stack of mail items P already engaged in front of the unstacking plate 10.
- the shuttle tray 8 arrives at the rear of this stack of mail items, the rear wall 8B in front.
- the machine operator manipulates the retaining pallet and places it at the rear (facing the front opening of the shuttle tray), of the retained in the direction of advancement of the stack in front of the unstacking plate.
- the motorized conveyor 2C is now in the same horizontal plane as the conveyor 7B and the empty shuttle tray 8 can be moved on the conveyor 7B to return to the exchanger 7.
- the conveyor 7B arrives in and leaves of the exchanger 7 on two vertically offset levels.
- the shuttle bin preferably has a storage capacity for mail items which is greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin, for example 3 times greater, and the bin exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle bin which allows a higher throughput of around 2000 mail items per hour.
Description
La présente invention concerne un équipement de tri postal pour trier des articles de courrier plats comprenant une machine de tri postal avec une entrée d'alimentation dans laquelle les articles de courrier sont disposés en pile sur chant et un convoyeur de tri dans lequel les articles de courrier sont déplacés en série sur chant vers des sorties de tri.The present invention relates to postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items comprising a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which the mail items are arranged in a stack on edge and a sorting conveyor in which the mail items mail are moved serially on edge to sorting outlets.
De tels équipements sont déjà connus des brevets
Dans cet équipement connu, on utilise des bacs de stockage pour recycler les articles de courrier en entrée de la machine. Ces bacs de stockage sont des bacs classiques rectangulaires avec une ouverture sur le dessus ce qui nécessite un vidage manuel de ceux-ci dans l'entrée d'alimentation de la machine.In this known equipment, storage bins are used to recycle the mail items entering the machine. These storage bins are conventional rectangular bins with an opening on the top which requires manual emptying of these into the feed inlet of the machine.
En pratique, les articles de courrier sont stockés en pile à plat dans le fond des bacs de stockage. Chaque bac est retourné manuellement sur un tapis motorisé qui alimente le dépileur de la machine. Pour retenir les articles de courrier en pile sur chant sur ce tapis motorisé, l'Opérateur machine s'aide de deux palettes de retenue montées sur des bras coulissants le long du magasin.In practice, mail items are stored in a flat stack at the bottom of the storage bins. Each tray is turned over manually on a motorized belt which feeds the destacker of the machine. To retain mail items in a pile on edge on this motorized conveyor, the machine operator uses two retaining pallets mounted on sliding arms along the store.
Le but de l'invention est de réduire les manutentions de l'Opérateur machine dans cet équipement et aussi d'augmenter les cadences de vidage des bacs de stockage et donc le débit de la machine de tri.The object of the invention is to reduce the handling of the machine operator in this equipment and also to increase the emptying rates of the storage tanks and therefore the throughput of the sorting machine.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un équipement de tri postal pour trier des articles de courrier plats comprenant une machine de tri postal avec une entrée d'alimentation dans laquelle les articles de courrier sont disposés en pile sur chant et un convoyeur de tri dans lequel les articles de courrier sont déplacés en série sur chant vers des sorties de tri, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :
- un convoyeur de bacs de stockage apte à convoyer automatiquement des bacs de stockage à ouverture sur le dessus qui sont remplis d'articles de courrier empilés à plat,
- un convoyeur de bacs navette à ouverture frontale qui sont globalement en forme de dièdre et dans lesquels les articles de courrier sont disposés en pile sur chant,
- un échangeur de bacs qui est traversé par le convoyeur de bacs de stockage et le convoyeur de bacs navette et qui est apte à transvaser automatiquement les articles de courrier stockés à plat dans un bac de stockage à ouverture sur le dessus vers un bac navette à ouverture frontale,
- a storage bin conveyor capable of automatically conveying top-opening storage bins which are filled with mail items stacked flat,
- a front-opening shuttle tray conveyor which are generally dihedral in shape and in which the mail items are stacked on edge,
- a bin exchanger which is traversed by the storage bin conveyor and the shuttle bin conveyor and which is capable of automatically transferring the mail items stored flat in a storage bin with opening on the top towards a shuttle bin with opening end,
L'équipement de tri selon l'invention peut présenter les particularités suivantes :
- l'entrée d'alimentation peut comprendre un dépileur avec un magasin en forme de fourche avec des dents constituées chacune par une courroie motorisée, le bac navette et le magasin en forme de fourche étant conçus pour que en avançant vers le dépileur, le bac navette est enfourché par les courroies motorisées du magasin du dépileur qui viennent s'insérer sous la pile d'articles de courrier disposés sur chant dans ledit bac navette,
et ledit magasin du dépileur peut comporter une section de convoyage qui est montée de façon mobile en élévation sous les dents du magasin, le bac navette reposant sur cette section de convoyage lorsqu'il est enfourché ; - chaque bac navette en forme de dièdre comporte un socle, des nervures en pente au-dessus du socle qui définissent le fond du bac, une paroi arrière formée par des dents de peigne en alignement avec les nervures en pente.
- l'échangeur peut comprend un mécanisme de fermeture de l'ouverture du bac de stockage par une plaque coulissante ;
- le bac navette a de préférence une capacité de stockage en articles de courrier qui est supérieure à la capacité de stockage d'un bac de stockage, par
exemple 3 fois supérieure, et l'échangeur de bac est alors agencé pour transvaser plusieurs bacs de stockage dans un même bac navette.
- the feed inlet may comprise a destacker with a fork-shaped magazine with teeth each constituted by a motorized belt, the shuttle tray and the fork-shaped magazine being designed so that, advancing towards the destacker, the shuttle tray is straddled by the motorized belts of the destacker magazine which are inserted under the stack of mail items arranged on edge in said shuttle tray,
and said unstacker magazine may include a conveying section which is movably mounted in elevation under the teeth of the magazine, the shuttle tray resting on this conveying section when it is straddled; - each dihedral-shaped shuttle tank has a base, sloping ribs above the base which define the bottom of the tank, a rear wall formed by comb teeth in alignment with the sloping ribs.
- the exchanger may include a mechanism for closing the opening of the storage tank by a sliding plate;
- the shuttle tray preferably has a storage capacity for mail items which is greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin, for example 3 times greater, and the bin exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle tray.
L'invention est exposée ci-après plus en détail et illustrée par les dessins.
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figure 1 est une représentation schématique en perspective d'un équipement de tri postal selon l'invention. - La
figure 2 est une autre représentation en perspective de l'équipement de tri postal montré sur lafigure 1 . - La
figure 3 est une représentation schématique en perspective d'un bac navette selon l'invention. - La
figure 4 est une autre représentation en perspective du bac navette montré sur lafigure 3 . - Les
figures 5A à 5J illustre le déroulé d'un transfert d'articles de courrier depuis un bac de stockage vers un bac navette selon l'invention. - Les
figures 6A et 6B illustre l'orientation oblique du bac navette dans l'échangeur de bac selon l'invention. - Les
figures 7A à 7F illustrent le chargement des articles de courrier dans l'entrée d'alimentation avec un recyclage des bacs navette.
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figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of a postal sorting equipment according to the invention. - The
figure 2 is another perspective representation of the postal sorting equipment shown on thefigure 1 . - The
figure 3 is a schematic perspective representation of a shuttle ferry according to the invention. - The
figure 4 is another perspective representation of the shuttle ferry shown on thefigure 3 . - The
Figures 5A to 5J illustrates the process for transferring mail items from a storage bin to a shuttle bin according to the invention. - The
Figures 6A and 6B illustrates the oblique orientation of the shuttle tray in the tray exchanger according to the invention. - The
Figures 7A to 7F illustrate the loading of mail items in the feed entrance with recycling of the shuttle bins.
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Cet équipement comprend une machine de tri postal 1 avec une entrée d'alimentation 2 (magasin du dépileur) dans laquelle des articles de courrier P, plus particulièrement des articles de courrier plats de grand format, sont disposés en pile sur chant.This equipment includes a postal sorting machine 1 with a feed inlet 2 (unstacker magazine) in which mail items P, more particularly large format flat mail items, are placed in a stack on edge.
La machine de tri 1 comprend encore de façon classique un convoyeur de tri 3, par exemple un convoyeur de tri à bandes de pincement, dans lequel les articles de courrier P sont déplacés en série sur chant vers des sorties de tri 4 où ils peuvent être stockés en pile à plat dans des bacs de stockage 5 à ouverture sur le dessus.The sorting machine 1 also conventionally comprises a
On considère ici que les bacs de stockage 5 illustrés sur les figures sont placés dans les sorties de tri mais l'invention peut s'étendre à un équipement dans lequel il y un transvasement manuel du contenu des sorties de tri vers des bacs de stockage 5 illustrés sur les figures.It is considered here that the
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Le bac navette 8 comprend un fond incliné 8A, une paroi arrière 8B, un flanc latéral 8C et une ouverture frontale 8D.The
Le fond incliné 8A est formé ici par quatre nervures parallèles 8A1-8A2, 8A3, 8A4 qui s'étendent suivant la direction longitudinale D du bac 8 de façon oblique par rapport au socle plan 8E du bac.The
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Comme visible sur les
Les poignées 8F débouchent aussi dans la surface supérieure du socle 8E entre les nervures 8A2 et 8A3.The
Les nervures 8A1 à 8A4 ont un profil en pente décendante (environ 15°) par rapport à la surface supérieure du socle 8E quand on va de l'ouverture 8D (à l'avant) vers la paroi arrière 8B du bac navette ce qui fait que le fond incliné 8A du bac qui est constitué par le dessus des nervures obliques 8A1 à 8A4 se trouve au dessus de la surface supérieure du socle 8E et laisse un espace pour l'insertion d'une fourche comme expliqué plus loin.The ribs 8A1 to 8A4 have a descending slope profile (about 15 °) relative to the upper surface of the
La paroi arrière 8B du bac navette 8 est en forme de dents de peigne et comprend des dents 8B1 à 8B4 qui sont dans la continuité des nervures 8A1 à 8A4 et qui ont une face tournée vers l'intérieur du bac qui est oblique (environ 15° d'inclianaison) par rapport au socle du bac et une face tournée vers l'extérieure du bac qui est perpendiculaire au socle du bac.The
Le flanc latéral 8C raccorde ici la nervure 8A1 à la dent 8B1 pour fermer le dièdre en V.The
A l'avant du bac navette, l'extrémité des nervures 8A1 à 8A4 forme une sorte d'arrête qui saille légèrement en direction du dessus du bac navette.At the front of the shuttle tray, the end of the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 forms a sort of stop which projects slightly towards the top of the shuttle tray.
Par ailleurs, la surface intérieure de la paroi arrière 8B à l'extrémité libre des dents 8B1 à 8B4 forme une sorte d'arrête qui saille en direction du dessus du bac perpendiculairement à la surface supérieure du socle 8E.Furthermore, the inner surface of the
Comme illustré sur les
Le convoyeur 7B est raccordé à l'entrée d'alimentation 2. Il est adapté pour amener des bacs navette 8 vides depuis l'entrée d'alimentation 2 vers l'échangeur 7 et transporter les bacs navette 8 remplis d'articles de courrier en pile sur chant depuis l'échangeur 7 vers l'entrée d'alimentation 2. Le sens de circulation des bacs navette 8 dans l'le convoyeur 7B est indiqué par les flèches C2.The
Dans l'exemple de réalisation, les bacs navette 8 ont une capacité de stockage plus grande que celle des bacs de stockage 5. Par exemple, on peut prévoir une capacité triple de celle des bacs de stockage 5.In the exemplary embodiment, the
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Au début de la manipulation sur les
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Dans l'échangeur de bacs 7, le bac navette 8 en cours de transvasement est orienté préférentiellement de façon oblique par rapport aux directions horizontale (par exemple avec un angle entre 15 et 25°) et verticales (par exemple un angle entre 5 et 15°) comme illustré sur les
Il est entendu que pendant l'opération de transvasement des articles de courrier P dans le bac navette 8, le convoyeur 7B est à l'arrêt ainsi que le convoyeur 7A.It is understood that during the operation of transferring the mail items P into the
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Comme visibble sur ces figures, le convoyeur 7B est raccordé en entrée sur le même plan horizontal que le tapis de convoayge motorisé 2C du dépileur de l'entrée d'alimentation 2 mais il est raccordé en sortie en dessous due plan horizontal du magasin du dépileur.As can be seen in these figures, the
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Le magasin d'alimentation 2A a une sole motorisée constituée ici par des courroies motorisées parallèles espacées entre elles d'une distance suffisantes pour faire passer les nervures 8A1 à 8A4 et les dents 8B1 à 8B4 d'un bac navette 8.The
Plus particulièrement, le magasin d'alimentation 2A du dépileur est en forme de fourche avec ici trois dents 2B qui sont constituées chacune par une courroie motorisée qui s'étend horizontalement vers le convoyeur 7B. Le fond de la fourche à dents 2B du magasin s'étend globalement jusqu'à la plaque de dépilage 10.More particularly, the
Le magasin d'alimentation 2A comporte aussi une section de convoyage formée par un tapis de convoyage motorisé 2C qui est disposé en dessous des dents motorisées et qui est mobile en élévation verticalement, l'espace entre les dents 2B et le tapis de convoyage correspondant à l'épaisseur du socle 8E d'un bac navette 8.The
En avançant vers la plaque de dépilage 10 du dépileur, le bac navette 8 rempli d'articles de courrier P sur chant est enfourché par les dents 2B du magasin du dépileur qui viennent s'insérer sous la pile d'articles de courrier entre les nervures 8A1 à 8A4 tandis que le socle 8E du bac navette vient reposer sur le tapis motorisé 2C. Ce faisant, le bac navette 8 est déplacé contre la plaque de dépilage 10 où le cas échéant à l'arrière d'une pile d'articles de courrier déjà présente dans le magasin d'alimentation comme montré sur les
Comme on peut le comprendre des
Le bac navette 8 arrive à l'arrière de cette pile d'articles de courrier, la paroi arrière 8B en avant.The
Dès que le bac navette 8 est en butée contre la face arrière de la palette de retenue, l'Opérateur machine manipule la palette de retenue et la place à l'arrière (face à l'ouverture frontale du bac navette), du bac de retenue suivant la direction d'avancement de la pile devant la plaque de dépilage.As soon as the
Puis l'Opérateur machine commande la descente du tapis motorisé 2C vers le bas, par exemple en enfonçant un bouton de commande non représenté. Sur la
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L'agencement de l'équipement de tri selon l'invention avec les bacs navette ne nécessite qu'une seule palette de retenue 10 ce qui simplifie les manipulations de l'Opérateur machine.The arrangement of the sorting equipment according to the invention with the shuttle bins requires only a
Par ailleurs, le bac navette a de préférence une capacité de stockage en articles de courrier qui est supérieure à la capacité de stockage d'un bac de stockage, par exemple 3 fois supérieure, et l'échangeur de bac est alors agencé pour transvaser plusieurs bacs de stockage dans un même bac navette ce qui permet d'obtenir un plus grand débit d'environ 2000 articles de courrier à l'heure.Furthermore, the shuttle bin preferably has a storage capacity for mail items which is greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin, for example 3 times greater, and the bin exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle bin which allows a higher throughput of around 2000 mail items per hour.
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- Postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mailpieces (P), which equipment comprises a postal sorting machine (1) having a feed inlet (2) in which the mailpieces are placed on-edge in stacks, and a sorting conveyor (3) in which the mailpieces are moved on-edge in series towards sorting outlets (4);
said postal sorting equipment being characterized in that it further comprises:• a storage-tray conveyor (7A) for automatically conveying open-topped storage trays (5) that are filled with mailpieces stacked flat;• a shuttle-tray conveyor (7B) for conveying open-fronted shuttle trays (8) that are substantially L-shaped, and in which the mailpieces are placed on-edge in stacks; and• a tray interchanger (7) through which the storage-tray conveyor and the shuttle-tray conveyor pass and that is suitable for automatically transferring the mailpieces stored flat in an open-topped storage tray to an open-fronted shuttle tray;and in that said shuttle-tray conveyor (7B) is connected between the interchanger and the feed inlet of the sorting machine, in that, in the interchanger, the shuttle tray to be loaded is placed under the storage tray to be unloaded, and the transfer is achieved by turning the storage tray over relative to the shuttle tray, and in that said interchanger (7) is arranged to cause the shuttle tray being transferred to be held on a slant relative to the horizontal and vertical directions in order to obtain jogging by gravity of the transferred stack of mailpieces against the far inside surface of said shuttle tray. - Sorting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the feed inlet (2) comprises an unstacker with a forkshaped magazine with tines (2B), each of which is constituted by a motor-driven belt, the shuttle tray (8) and the forkshaped magazine being designed so that, by advancing towards the unstacker, the shuttle tray is engaged by the motor-driven belts of the magazine of the unstacker that come to be inserted under the stack of mailpieces disposed on-edge in said shuttle tray;
and in that said magazine of the unstacker has a conveyor section (2C) that is mounted to move in elevation under the tines (2B) of the magazine, the shuttle tray resting on said conveyor section when it is engaged by the tines. - Equipment according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that each L-shaped shuttle tray (8) has a base (8E), sloping ribs (8A1-8A4) above the base that define the bottom of the tray, and a back wall (8B) formed by comb teeth in continuity with the sloping ribs.
- Equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that the interchanger (7) includes a mechanism for closing and opening the storage tray by means of a slidably mounted plate (9).
- Equipment according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the shuttle tray (8) has a mailpiece storage capacity greater than the storage capacity of a storage tray (5), and in that the tray interchanger is arranged to transfer the contents of a plurality of storage trays (5) to the same shuttle tray (8).
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PCT/FR2016/052875 WO2017109303A1 (en) | 2015-12-24 | 2016-11-07 | Postal sorting apparatus comprising an exchanger for obliquely oriented dihedral shuttle bins |
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