EP3393682A1 - Postal sorting apparatus with a destacker magazine forming a fork and comprising a liftably movable portion - Google Patents

Postal sorting apparatus with a destacker magazine forming a fork and comprising a liftably movable portion

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EP3393682A1
EP3393682A1 EP16804832.0A EP16804832A EP3393682A1 EP 3393682 A1 EP3393682 A1 EP 3393682A1 EP 16804832 A EP16804832 A EP 16804832A EP 3393682 A1 EP3393682 A1 EP 3393682A1
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mail items
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Olivier De Sousa
Jérémy DUBOSCQ
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Solystic SAS
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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
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/008—Means for collecting objects, e.g. containers for sorted mail items

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  • the present invention relates to postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items including a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which mail items are stacked on edge and a sorting conveyor in which articles of mail mail are moved serially on vocals to sorting outlets.
  • FR-3010920 storage bins are used to recycle the mail items at the entrance of the machine.
  • These storage bins are conventional rectangular bins with an opening on the top which requires a manual emptying thereof in the feed inlet of the machine.
  • the mail items are stored in a flat pile in the bottom of the storage bins.
  • Each bin is manually turned on a motorized belt that feeds the unstacker of the machine.
  • the Machine Operator uses two pallets of retaining 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 bins. and therefore the flow of the sorting machine.
  • the invention relates to a postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items including a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which the mail items are arranged in stack on edge and a conveyor of sorting in which mail items are moved serially on edge to sorting outlets, characterized in that it comprises:
  • a storage bin conveyor capable of automatically conveying top-opening storage bins which are filled with mail items stacked flat
  • a bins exchanger which is traversed by the conveyor of storage bins and the conveyor of shuttle bins and which is capable of automatically transferring the mail items stored flat in a storage bin with an opening on the top to a ferry frontal opening
  • shuttle tray conveyor is connected between the exchanger and the feed inlet of the sorting machine
  • the feed inlet comprises a unstacker with a fork-shaped magazine with teeth each consisting of a motorized belt, the shuttle tray and the fork-shaped magazine being designed so that while advancing towards the unstacker, the shuttle ferry is straddled by the motorized straps of the unstacker magazine which are inserted under the stack mail items arranged on edge in said shuttle bin,
  • said unstacker magazine has 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 straddling.
  • the sorting equipment according to the invention may have the following particularities:
  • the shuttle ferry to be loaded is placed under the storage bin to be unloaded and the transfer is carried out by a reversal of the storage bin with respect to the shuttle ferry and in that said exchanger is arranged to maintain the bottom of the shuttle ferry being decanted obliquely with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions in order to obtain a gravitational jog of the stack of mail items transferred to the bottom of said shuttle ferry;
  • Each dihedral shuttle tray comprises a base, ribs sloping above the base which define the bottom of the tray, a rear wall formed by comb teeth in alignment with the sloping ribs;
  • the exchanger may comprise a mechanism for closing the opening of the storage tank by a sliding plate
  • the shuttle ferry preferably has a storage capacity in mail items that is greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin, for example 3 times greater, and the tank exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle tray.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of postal sorting equipment according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is another perspective representation of the postal sorting equipment shown in Fig. 1.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of a shuttle tray according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is another perspective representation of the shuttle ferry shown in FIG.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate the unwinding of a transfer of mail items from a storage bin to a shuttle ferry according to the invention.
  • Figures 6A and 6B illustrates the oblique orientation of the shuttle tray in the tank heat exchanger according to the invention.
  • Figs. 7A-7F illustrate the loading of mail items into the feed inlet with recycling of shuttle bins.
  • This equipment includes a postal sorting machine 1 with a feed inlet 2 (unstacker magazine) in which mail items P, more particularly flat mail items of large format, are arranged in stack on edge.
  • a feed inlet 2 unstacker magazine
  • the sorting machine 1 also comprises, in a conventional manner, a sorting conveyor 3, for example a sorting conveyor with pinch strips, in which the mail articles P are moved in series on edge towards sorting outlets 4 where they can be stacked flat in top-opening storage bins. It is considered here that the storage bins 5 illustrated in the figures are placed in the sorting outlets, but the invention can be extended to an equipment in which there is a manual transfer of the content of the sorting outlets to storage bins 5 illustrated in the figures.
  • a sorting conveyor 3 for example a sorting conveyor with pinch strips, in which the mail articles P are moved in series on edge towards sorting outlets 4 where they can be stacked flat in top-opening storage bins.
  • the sorting conveyor 3 is represented very partially, but it is understood that it can comprise a very large number of sorting outlets 4.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 there is illustrated a tank exchanger 7 which is traversed by a conveyor 7A of storage bins 5 and a conveyor 7B of shuttle bins 8.
  • FIGS 3 and 4 show in perspective a shuttle ferry 8. This is generally in the form of dihedron V for storing mail items P on edge.
  • the shuttle ferry 8 comprises an inclined bottom 8A, a rear wall 8B, a sidewall 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 tray 8 obliquely relative to the base plate 8E of the tray.
  • the base 8E has a certain constant thickness between the front and the rear of the trough in the longitudinal direction D, which makes it possible to equip the trough with two 8F handling handles at the front and at the back of the tray 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 decent slope profile (about 15 °) with respect to the upper surface of the base 8E when going from the opening 8D (at the front) to the rear wall 8B of the shuttle ferry which makes that the inclined bottom 8A of the tray which is constituted by the top of the oblique ribs 8A1 to 8A4 is above the upper surface of the base 8E and leaves a space for the insertion of a conveying 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 an inwardly facing side of the tray which is oblique (about 15 mm). ° inclination) relative to the base of the tray and a side facing the outside of the tray which is perpendicular to the base of the tray.
  • the lateral flank 8C here connects the rib 8A1 to the tooth 8B1 to close the dihedron V.
  • the end of the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 forms a kind of stop that slightly protrudes towards the top of the shuttle ferry.
  • the inner surface of the rear wall 8B at the free end of the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 forms a kind of stop that runs in the direction of the top of the tray perpendicular to the upper surface of the base 8E.
  • the conveyor 7A is designed to transport storage bins 5 filled with flat stacked mail items from a loading point (for example a sorting outlet of the sorting machine 1). to the exchanger 7 and to transport empty storage bins 5 of the exchanger to a storage point empty trays.
  • a loading point for example a sorting outlet of the sorting machine 1.
  • the exchanger 7 transport empty storage bins 5 of the exchanger to a storage point empty trays.
  • the direction of circulation of the storage bins 5 in the conveyor 7A is indicated by the arrows Cl
  • the conveyor 7B is connected to the feed inlet 2. It is adapted to bring empty shuttle bins 8 from the feed inlet 2 to the exchanger 7 and to transport the shuttle bins 8 filled with mailpieces. stack on edge from the exchanger 7 to the supply inlet 2.
  • the direction of circulation of the shuttle bins 8 in 1 'the conveyor 7B is indicated by the arrows C2.
  • the shuttle bins 8 have a larger storage capacity than that of the storage bins 5.
  • a capacity that is triple that of the storage bins 5 can be provided.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate the various manipulations of the storage bin 5 to effect a transfer of its contents into a shuttle tank 8, here by a reversal at about 180 ° -15 ° to 25 ° (angles of Figure 6B) of the storage bin 5.
  • the storage bin has its opening pointing upwards.
  • a manipulator arm (absent in the figures) comes to cover it with a plate 9.
  • the manipulator arm removes the plate 9 (cover) so that the mailpieces P fall into the bottom of the shuttle tray 8 by positioning themselves in stack on edge.
  • 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.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate a transfer of the contents of a storage bin 5 to a turnip ferry 8 already loaded with mailpieces P.
  • the shuttle ferry 8 has a capacity triple that of a storage tank 5 and can therefore receive the contents of three storage tanks 5 consecutively transported on the conveyor 7A.
  • the bottom of the shuttle tank 8 being transferred is preferably oriented obliquely with respect to the horizontal (for example with an angle between 15 and 25 °) and vertical (for example an angle between 5 and 5 ° directions). and 15 °) as illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B to create a gravitational jogging effect against the lateral flank 8C of the mail piece stack P, with the stack start bearing against the rear wall 8B.
  • the shuttle tray 8 in the transfer position, has its rear wall 8B which is disposed under the front opening 8D.
  • the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail items P exits the exchanger 7, it is repositioned on the conveyor 7B so that its rear wall 8B is in front of its front opening 8D.
  • FIGS 7A to 7F there is illustrated the different steps of loading mail items P arriving in shuttle bins 2 in the feed inlet 2 of the sorting machine.
  • the conveyor 7B is connected at the inlet on the same horizontal plane as the conveyor conveyor belt 2C unstacker feed inlet 2 but is connected at the outlet below the horizontal plane of the unstacker magazine .
  • FIGS. 7A-7F there is illustrated the destacker unloading plate 10 of the sorting machine and also a stack retaining pallet 11 which serves to advance the stack of mail items P to the unstacking plate.
  • the feed magazine 2A has a motorized hearth here constituted by parallel motorized belts spaced apart from each other by a distance sufficient to pass the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 and the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 of a shuttle ferry 8.
  • the feed magazine 2A unstacker is forked here with three teeth 2B which each consist of a motorized belt that extends horizontally to the conveyor 7B.
  • the bottom of the 2B fork of the store extends overall to the unstacking plate 10.
  • the feed store 2A also comprises a conveying section formed by a motorized conveyor belt 2C which is arranged below the motorized teeth and which is movable in elevation vertically, the space between the teeth 2B and the conveyor belt corresponding to the thickness of the base 8E of a shuttle ferry 8.
  • the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail pieces P on edge is straddled by the teeth 2B of the unstacker 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 belt 2C.
  • the shuttle tray 8 is moved against the unstacking plate 10 or, where appropriate, at the rear of a stack of mail items already present in the feed magazine as shown in Figs. 7A-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 ferry 8 arrives at the rear of this stack of mail items, the rear wall 8B forward.
  • the machine operator manipulates the retaining pallet and places it at the rear (facing the front opening of the shuttle tray), held in the direction of advancement of the pile in front of the unstacking plate.
  • the conveyor 7B arrives in and leaves the exchanger 7 on two levels vertically offset.
  • the empty shuttle ferry 8 has left the motorized belt 2C, which can then rise automatically to take over a new shuttle ferry 8 filled with mail items.
  • the arrangement of the sorting equipment according to the invention with the shuttle bins simplifies the manipulations of the machine operator since this operator has only one retaining pallet to manipulate to keep on edge in front of the unstacker, the Stacks of mail items unloaded from the shuttle bins.
  • the shuttle ferry preferably has a storage capacity in mail items which is greater than the storage capacity of a storage tank, for example 3 times greater, and the ferry exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle bin which allows to obtain a greater flow of about 20000 items of mail to 1 'hour.

Abstract

The invention relates to a postal sorting apparatus for sorting flat postal items (P), including a postal sorting machine (1), a conveyor (7A) for open-top storage bins (5) that are filled with flat-stacked postal items, a conveyor (7B) for open-front shuttle bins (8) which are generally dihedral and in which the postal items are arranged edgewise in a stack, and a bin exchanger (7) that is capable of automatically transferring the flat-stacked postal items in an open-top storage bin to an open-front shuttle bin, the supply inlet (2) including a destacker with a fork-shaped magazine having teeth each of which is made up of a motor-driven belt, the shuttle bin and the fork-shaped magazine being designed such that when moving toward the destacker, the shuttle bin is straddled by the motor-driven belts of the magazine of the destacker, which slot in under the stack of postal items arranged edgewise in said shuttle bin, said magazine of the destacker also comprising a conveying portion that is mounted under the teeth of the magazine so as to be liftably movable.

Description

EQUIPEMENT DE TRI POSTAL AVEC UN MAGASIN DE DEPILEUR FORMANT UNE FOURCHE ET COMPORTANT UNE SECTION MOBILE EN ELEVATION POSTAL SORTING EQUIPMENT WITH A FORK-STORAGE STORE THAT PROVIDES A FORK AND INCLUDES A MOBILE ELEVATION SECTION
Domaine technique Technical area
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 including a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which mail items are stacked on edge and a sorting conveyor in which articles of mail mail are moved serially on vocals to sorting outlets.
De tels équipements sont déjà connus des brevets FR- Such equipment is already known from the FR-patents.
3010920, WO2009/071789, WO99/20530 et DE19856837. 3010920, WO2009 / 071789, WO99 / 20530 and DE19856837.
Dans le document FR-3010920, on utilise des bacs de stockage pour recycler les articles de courrier en entrée de la machine.  In FR-3010920, storage bins are used to recycle the mail items at the entrance of the 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.  These storage bins are conventional rectangular bins with an opening on the top which requires a manual emptying thereof in 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.  In practice, the mail items are stored in a flat pile in the bottom of the storage bins. Each bin is manually turned on a motorized belt that feeds the unstacker of the 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.  To hold mail items in stack on edge on this motorized carpet, the Machine Operator uses two pallets of retaining 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 bins. and therefore the flow 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 :  For this purpose, the invention relates to a postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items including a postal sorting machine with a feed inlet in which the mail items are arranged in stack on edge and a conveyor of sorting in which mail items are moved serially on edge to sorting outlets, characterized in that it comprises:
- 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 ,  a storage bin conveyor capable of automatically conveying top-opening storage bins which are filled with mail items stacked flat,
- 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, a conveyor of front opening shuttle bins which are generally dihedral in shape and in which the mail items are arranged in stack on edge,
- 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 bins exchanger which is traversed by the conveyor of storage bins and the conveyor of shuttle bins and which is capable of automatically transferring the mail items stored flat in a storage bin with an opening on the top to a ferry frontal opening,
en ce que ledit convoyeur de bacs navette est raccordé entre l' échangeur et l'entrée d'alimentation de la machine de tri,  in that said shuttle tray conveyor is connected between the exchanger and the feed inlet of the sorting machine,
en ce que l'entrée d'alimentation comprend 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, in that the feed inlet comprises a unstacker with a fork-shaped magazine with teeth each consisting of a motorized belt, the shuttle tray and the fork-shaped magazine being designed so that while advancing towards the unstacker, the shuttle ferry is straddled by the motorized straps of the unstacker magazine which are inserted under the stack mail items arranged on edge in said shuttle bin,
et en ce que ledit magasin du dépileur comporte 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 .  and in that said unstacker magazine has 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 straddling.
L'équipement de tri selon l'invention peut présenter les particularités suivantes :  The sorting equipment according to the invention may have the following particularities:
- dans l'échangeur, le bac navette à charger est disposé sous le bac de stockage à décharger et le transvasement est réalisé par un retournement du bac de stockage par rapport au bac navette et en ce que ledit échangeur est agencé pour maintenir le fond du bac navette en cours de transvasement de façon oblique par rapport aux directions horizontale et verticale afin d'obtenir un taquage par gravité de la pile d'articles de courrier transvasée dans le fond dudit bac navette ; in the exchanger, the shuttle ferry to be loaded is placed under the storage bin to be unloaded and the transfer is carried out by a reversal of the storage bin with respect to the shuttle ferry and in that said exchanger is arranged to maintain the bottom of the shuttle ferry being decanted obliquely with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions in order to obtain a gravitational jog of the stack of mail items transferred to the bottom of said shuttle ferry;
- 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 ; - Each dihedral shuttle tray comprises a base, ribs sloping above the base which define the bottom of the tray, a rear wall formed by comb teeth in alignment with the sloping ribs;
- l'échangeur peut comprend un mécanisme de fermeture de l'ouverture du bac de stockage par une plaque coulissante ; the exchanger may comprise a mechanism for closing the opening of the storage tank by a sliding plate;
- 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 shuttle ferry preferably has a storage capacity in mail items that is greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin, for example 3 times greater, and the tank exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle tray.
Présentation sommaire des dessins Brief presentation of the drawings
L'invention est exposée ci-après plus en détail et illustrée par les dessins.  The invention is described below in more detail and illustrated by the drawings.
La figure 1 est une représentation schématique en perspective d'un équipement de tri postal selon 1 ' invention .  Figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of postal sorting equipment according to the invention.
La figure 2 est une autre représentation en perspective de l'équipement de tri postal montré sur la figure 1.  Fig. 2 is another perspective representation of the postal sorting equipment shown in Fig. 1.
La figure 3 est une représentation schématique en perspective d'un bac navette selon l'invention.  Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of a shuttle tray according to the invention.
La figure 4 est une autre représentation en perspective du bac navette montré sur la figure 3.  FIG. 4 is another perspective representation of the shuttle ferry shown in FIG.
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.  FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate the unwinding of a transfer of mail items from a storage bin to a shuttle ferry according to the invention.
Les figures 6A et 6B illustre l'orientation oblique du bac navette dans l'échangeur de bac selon l'invention.  Figures 6A and 6B illustrates the oblique orientation of the shuttle tray in the tank heat exchanger according to the invention.
Les figures 7A à 7F illustrent le chargement des articles de courrier dans l'entrée d'alimentation avec un recyclage des bacs navette.  Figs. 7A-7F illustrate the loading of mail items into the feed inlet with recycling of shuttle bins.
Description des modes de réalisation Description of the embodiments
Sur les figures 1 et 2 des dessins, on a illustré en perspective partielle un équipement de tri postal selon 1 ' invention .  In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, there is illustrated in partial perspective mail sorting equipment according to the invention.
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 flat mail items of large format, are arranged in 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. 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.  The sorting machine 1 also comprises, in a conventional manner, a sorting conveyor 3, for example a sorting conveyor with pinch strips, in which the mail articles P are moved in series on edge towards sorting outlets 4 where they can be stacked flat in top-opening storage bins. It is considered here that the storage bins 5 illustrated in the figures are placed in the sorting outlets, but the invention can be extended to an equipment in which there is a manual transfer of the content of the sorting outlets to storage bins 5 illustrated in the figures.
Sur les figures 1 et 2, le convoyeur de tri 3 est représenté très partiellement mais il est entendu qu'il peut comprendre un très grand nombre de sorties de tri 4.  In FIGS. 1 and 2, the sorting conveyor 3 is represented very partially, but it is understood that it can comprise a very large number of sorting outlets 4.
Sur les figures 1 et 2, on a illustré un échangeur de bacs 7 qui est traversé par un convoyeur 7A de bacs de stockage 5 et un convoyeur 7B de bacs navette 8.  In FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated a tank exchanger 7 which is traversed by a conveyor 7A of storage bins 5 and a conveyor 7B of shuttle bins 8.
Les figures 3 et 4 montrent en perspective un bac navette 8. Celui-ci est globalement en forme de dièdre en V pour stocker des articles de courrier P sur chant.  Figures 3 and 4 show in perspective a shuttle ferry 8. This is generally in the form of dihedron V for storing mail items P on edge.
Le bac navette 8 comprend un fond incliné 8A, une paroi arrière 8B, un flanc latéral 8C et une ouverture frontale 8D.  The shuttle ferry 8 comprises an inclined bottom 8A, a rear wall 8B, a sidewall 8C and a front opening 8D.
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. Comme visible sur les figures 3 et 4, le socle 8E présente une certaine épaisseur constante entre l'avant et l'arrière du bac suivant la direction longitudinale D ce qui permet de munir le bac de deux poignées de manutention 8F à l'avant et à l'arrière du bac dans l'épaisseur du socle. The inclined bottom 8A is formed here by four parallel ribs 8A1-8A2, 8A3, 8A4 which extend in the longitudinal direction D of the tray 8 obliquely relative to the base plate 8E of the tray. As can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, the base 8E has a certain constant thickness between the front and the rear of the trough in the longitudinal direction D, which makes it possible to equip the trough with two 8F handling handles at the front and at the back of the tray in the thickness of the base.
Comme visible sur les figures 3 et 4, la surface supérieure du socle est parallèle à la surface inférieure du socle, la surface supérieure s 'étendant entre les nervures 8A1 et 8A2, les nervures 8A2 et 8A3, et les nervures 8A3 et 8A4.  As seen in Figures 3 and 4, 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.
Les poignées 8F débouchent aussi dans la surface supérieure du socle 8E entre les nervures 8A2 et 8A3.  The handles 8F also open into the upper surface of the base 8E between the ribs 8A2 and 8A3.
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 de convoyage comme expliqué plus loin.  The ribs 8A1 to 8A4 have a decent slope profile (about 15 °) with respect to the upper surface of the base 8E when going from the opening 8D (at the front) to the rear wall 8B of the shuttle ferry which makes that the inclined bottom 8A of the tray which is constituted by the top of the oblique ribs 8A1 to 8A4 is above the upper surface of the base 8E and leaves a space for the insertion of a conveying fork as explained below.
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 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 an inwardly facing side of the tray which is oblique (about 15 mm). ° inclination) relative to the base of the tray and a side facing the outside of the tray which is perpendicular to the base of the tray.
Le flanc latéral 8C raccorde ici la nervure 8A1 à la dent 8B1 pour fermer le dièdre en V.  The lateral flank 8C here connects the rib 8A1 to the tooth 8B1 to close the dihedron V.
A l'avant du bac navette, l'extrémité des nervures 8A1 à 8A4 forme une sorte d'arrêté qui saille légèrement en direction du dessus du bac navette. At the front of the shuttle ferry, the end of the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 forms a kind of stop that slightly protrudes towards the top of the shuttle ferry.
Par ailleurs, la surface intérieure de la paroi arrière 8B à l'extrémité libre des dents 8B1 à 8B4 forme une sorte d'arrêté qui saille en direction du dessus du bac perpendiculairement à la surface supérieure du socle 8E.  Furthermore, the inner surface of the rear wall 8B at the free end of the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 forms a kind of stop that runs in the direction of the top of the tray perpendicular to the upper surface of the base 8E.
Comme illustré sur les figures 1 et 2, le convoyeur 7A est conçu pour transporter des bacs de stockage 5 remplis d'articles de courrier P empilés à plats depuis un point de chargement (par exemple une sortie de tri de la machine de tri 1) jusqu'à l'échangeur 7 et pour transporter des bacs de stockage 5 vides de l'échangeur jusqu'à un point d'entreposage de bacs vides. Le sens de circulation des bacs de stockage 5 dans le convoyeur 7A est indiqué par les flèches Cl  As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the conveyor 7A is designed to transport storage bins 5 filled with flat stacked mail items from a loading point (for example a sorting outlet of the sorting machine 1). to the exchanger 7 and to transport empty storage bins 5 of the exchanger to a storage point empty trays. The direction of circulation of the storage bins 5 in the conveyor 7A is indicated by the arrows Cl
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 1 ' le convoyeur 7B est indiqué par les flèches C2.  The conveyor 7B is connected to the feed inlet 2. It is adapted to bring empty shuttle bins 8 from the feed inlet 2 to the exchanger 7 and to transport the shuttle bins 8 filled with mailpieces. stack on edge from the exchanger 7 to the supply inlet 2. The direction of circulation of the shuttle bins 8 in 1 'the conveyor 7B is indicated by the arrows C2.
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 shuttle bins 8 have a larger storage capacity than that of the storage bins 5. For example, a capacity that is triple that of the storage bins 5 can be provided.
Les figures 5A à 5J illustrent les différentes manipulations du bac de stockage 5 pour effectuer un transvasement de son contenu dans un bac navette 8, ici par un retournement à environ 180° - 15° à 25° (angles de la figure 6B) du bac de stockage 5. FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate the various manipulations of the storage bin 5 to effect a transfer of its contents into a shuttle tank 8, here by a reversal at about 180 ° -15 ° to 25 ° (angles of Figure 6B) of the storage bin 5.
Au début de la manipulation sur les figures 5A à 5D, le bac de stockage a son ouverture orientée vers le haut. Un bras manipulateur (absent sur les figures) vient la recouvrir d'une plaque 9.  At the beginning of the manipulation in FIGS. 5A to 5D, the storage bin has its opening pointing upwards. A manipulator arm (absent in the figures) comes to cover it with a plate 9.
Sur les figures 5F à 5G et sur la figure 5H, le bras manipulateur retire la plaque 9 (couvercle) ce qui fait que les articles de courrier P tombent dans le fonds du bac navette 8 en se positionnant en pile sur chant.  In FIGS. 5F to 5G and in FIG. 5H, the manipulator arm removes the plate 9 (cover) so that the mailpieces P fall into the bottom of the shuttle tray 8 by positioning themselves in stack on edge.
Sur les figures 51 à 5J, le bras manipulateur replace le bac de stockage vide 5 sur le convoyeur 7A pour un recyclage du bac de stockage par exemple dans une des sorties de tri de la machine de tri.  In FIGS. 51 to 5J, 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.
Les figures 5A à 5J illustrent un transvasement du contenu d'un bac de stockage 5 vers un bac navet te 8 déjà chargé en articles de courrier P. Dans l'exemple illustré, le bac navette 8 a une capacité triple de celle d'un bac de stockage 5 et peut donc recevoir le contenu de trois bacs de stockage 5 transportés consécutivement sur le convoyeur 7A.  FIGS. 5A to 5J illustrate a transfer of the contents of a storage bin 5 to a turnip ferry 8 already loaded with mailpieces P. In the illustrated example, the shuttle ferry 8 has a capacity triple that of a storage tank 5 and can therefore receive the contents of three storage tanks 5 consecutively transported on the conveyor 7A.
Dans l'échangeur de bacs 7, le fond du bac navette 8 en cours de transvasement est orienté préfèrentiellement 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 figures 6A et 6B pour créer un effet de taquage par gravité contre le flanc latéral 8C de la pile d'articles de courrier sur chant P, la début de pile étant en appui contre la paroi arrière 8B.  In the tank exchanger 7, the bottom of the shuttle tank 8 being transferred is preferably oriented obliquely with respect to the horizontal (for example with an angle between 15 and 25 °) and vertical (for example an angle between 5 and 5 ° directions). and 15 °) as illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B to create a gravitational jogging effect against the lateral flank 8C of the mail piece stack P, with the stack start bearing against the rear wall 8B.
II est entendu que pendant l'opération de transvasement des articles de courrier P dans le bac navette 8, le convoyeur 10B est à l'arrêt ainsi que le convoyeur 10A. It is understood that during the transfer operation of the mail items P in the shuttle ferry 8, the conveyor 10B is stopped as well as the conveyor 10A.
Comme visible sur la figure 5B, en position de transvasement, le bac navette 8 a sa paroi arrière 8B qui est disposée sous l'ouverture frontale 8D. Quand le bac navette 8 rempli d'articles de courrier P sort de l'échangeur 7, il est repositionné sur le convoyeur 7B de telle façon que sa paroi arrière 8B se trouve devant son ouverture frontale 8D.  As shown in Figure 5B, in the transfer position, the shuttle tray 8 has its rear wall 8B which is disposed under the front opening 8D. When the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail items P exits the exchanger 7, it is repositioned on the conveyor 7B so that its rear wall 8B is in front of its front opening 8D.
Sur les figures 7A à 7F, on a illustré les différentes étapes de chargement des articles de courrier P arrivant dans des bacs navette 2 dans l'entrée d'alimentation 2 de la machine de tri.  In Figures 7A to 7F, there is illustrated the different steps of loading mail items P arriving in shuttle bins 2 in the feed inlet 2 of the sorting machine.
Comme visibble sur ces figures, le convoyeur 7B est raccordé en entrée sur le même plan horizontal que le tapis de convoyage motorisé 2C du dépileur de l'entrée d'alimentation 2 mais il est raccordé en sortie en dessous du plan horizontal du magasin du dépileur.  As visibble in these figures, the conveyor 7B is connected at the inlet on the same horizontal plane as the conveyor conveyor belt 2C unstacker feed inlet 2 but is connected at the outlet below the horizontal plane of the unstacker magazine .
Sur les figure 7A à 7F, on a illustré la plaque de dépilage 10 du dépileur de la machine de tri et aussi une palette de retenue de pile 11 qui sert à faire avancer la pile d'articles de courrier P vers la plaque de dépilage.  In FIGS. 7A-7F, there is illustrated the destacker unloading plate 10 of the sorting machine and also a stack retaining pallet 11 which serves to advance the stack of mail items P to the unstacking plate.
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 feed magazine 2A has a motorized hearth here constituted by parallel motorized belts spaced apart from each other by a distance sufficient to pass the ribs 8A1 to 8A4 and the teeth 8B1 to 8B4 of a shuttle ferry 8.
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.  More particularly, the feed magazine 2A unstacker is forked here with three teeth 2B which each consist of a motorized belt that extends horizontally to the conveyor 7B.
Le fond de la fourche à dents 2B du magasin s'étend globalement jusqu'à la plaque de dépilage 10. 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 bottom of the 2B fork of the store extends overall to the unstacking plate 10. The feed store 2A also comprises a conveying section formed by a motorized conveyor belt 2C which is arranged below the motorized teeth and which is movable in elevation vertically, the space between the teeth 2B and the conveyor belt corresponding to the thickness of the base 8E of a shuttle ferry 8.
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.  Advancing to the unstacking plate 10 of the unstacker, the shuttle tray 8 filled with mail pieces P on edge is straddled by the teeth 2B of the unstacker 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 belt 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 figures 7A à 7C.  In doing so, the shuttle tray 8 is moved against the unstacking plate 10 or, where appropriate, at the rear of a stack of mail items already present in the feed magazine as shown in Figs. 7A-7C.
Comme on peut le comprendre des figures 7A à 7F, la plaque de retenue 11 est placée initialement à l'arrière de la pile d'articles de courrier P déjà engagée devant la plaque de dépilage 10.  As can be understood from FIGS. 7A to 7F, 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.
Le bac navette 8 arrive à l'arrière de cette pile d'articles de courrier, la paroi arrière 8B en avant.  The shuttle ferry 8 arrives at the rear of this stack of mail items, the rear wall 8B forward.
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 shuttle tray 8 is in abutment with the rear face of the retaining pallet, the machine operator manipulates the retaining pallet and places it at the rear (facing the front opening of the shuttle tray), held in the direction of advancement of the pile in front of the unstacking plate.
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 figure 7D, on a illustré le tapis motorisé 2C dans une position intermédiaire de descente. Then the machine operator controls the descent of the motorized belt 2C downwards, for example by depressing a control button not shown. In Figure 7D, there is illustrated the motorized belt 2C in an intermediate position of descent.
Pendant la descente du bac navette 8, les articles de courrier P sont retenus sur chant par les dents 2B du magasin .  During the descent of the shuttle ferry 8, the mail items P are retained on edge by the teeth 2B of the store.
Sur la figure 7E, le tapis motorisé 2C est maintenant dans le même plan horizontal que le convoyeur 7B et le bac navette 8 vide peut être déplacé sur le convoyeur 7B pour revenir vers l'échangeur 7.  In FIG. 7E, the motorized belt 2C is now in the same horizontal plane as the conveyor 7B and the empty ferry 8 can be moved on the conveyor 7B to return to the exchanger 7.
Dans l'exemple illustré, le convoyeur 7B arrive dans et repart de l'échangeur 7 sur deux niveaux décalés verticalement .  In the example shown, the conveyor 7B arrives in and leaves the exchanger 7 on two levels vertically offset.
Sur la figure 7F, le bac navette 8 vide a quitté le tapis motorisé 2C lequel peut alors remonter automatiquement pour prendre en charge un nouveau bac navette 8 rempli d'articles de courrier.  In FIG. 7F, the empty shuttle ferry 8 has left the motorized belt 2C, which can then rise automatically to take over a new shuttle ferry 8 filled with mail items.
L'agencement de l'équipement de tri selon l'invention avec les bacs navette simplifie les manipulations de l'Opérateur machine puisque cet Opérateur n'a plus qu'une seule palette de retenue à manipuler pour maintenir sur chant devant le dépileur, les piles d'articles de courrier déchargées des bacs navette.  The arrangement of the sorting equipment according to the invention with the shuttle bins simplifies the manipulations of the machine operator since this operator has only one retaining pallet to manipulate to keep on edge in front of the unstacker, the Stacks of mail items unloaded from the shuttle bins.
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 20000 articles de courrier à 1 ' heure .  Furthermore, the shuttle ferry preferably has a storage capacity in mail items which is greater than the storage capacity of a storage tank, for example 3 times greater, and the ferry exchanger is then arranged to transfer several storage bins in the same shuttle bin which allows to obtain a greater flow of about 20000 items of mail to 1 'hour.

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1/ Equipement de tri postal pour trier des articles de courrier plats (P) comprenant une machine (1) de tri postal avec une entrée d'alimentation (2) dans laquelle les articles de courrier sont disposés en pile sur chant et un convoyeur de tri (3) dans lequel les articles de courrier sont déplacés en série sur chant vers des sorties de tri (4), 1 / Postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mail items (P) comprising a postal sorting machine (1) with a feed inlet (2) in which the mail items are stacked on edge and a conveyor of mail sorting (3) in which the mail items are moved serially on edge to sorting outlets (4),
caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :  characterized in that it comprises:
- un convoyeur (7A) de bacs de stockage (5) apte à convoyer automatiquement des bacs de stockage à ouverture sur le dessus qui sont remplis d'articles de courrier empilés à plat,  a conveyor (7A) for storage bins (5) capable of automatically conveying top-opening storage bins which are filled with mail items stacked flat,
- un convoyeur (7B) de bacs navette (8) à ouverture frontale qui sont globalement en forme de dièdre et dans lesquels les articles de courrier sont disposés en pile sur chant,  - a conveyor (7B) of shuttle trays (8) with front opening which are generally dihedral and in which the mail items are arranged in stack on edge,
- un échangeur (7) 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,  an exchanger (7) for bins which is traversed by the conveyor of storage bins and the conveyor of shuttle bins and which is capable of automatically transferring the mail items stored flat in a storage bin with an opening on the top to a shuttle ferry with frontal opening,
en ce que ledit convoyeur (7B) de bacs navette est raccordé entre l' échangeur et l'entrée d'alimentation de la machine de tri,  in that said conveyor conveyor (7B) is connected between the exchanger and the feed inlet of the sorting machine,
en ce que l'entrée d'alimentation (2) comprend un dépileur avec un magasin en forme de fourche avec des dents (2B) constituées chacune par une courroie motorisée, le bac navette (8) 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, in that the feed inlet (2) comprises a unstacker with a fork-shaped magazine with teeth (2B) each consisting of a motorized belt, the shuttle tray (8) and the magazine-shaped tray. fork being designed so that while advancing towards the unstacker, the shuttle tray is straddled by the motorized straps of the unstacker store which are inserted under the stack of mail items arranged on edge in said shuttle tray,
et en ce que ledit magasin du dépileur comporte une section de convoyage (2C) qui est montée de façon mobile en élévation sous les dents (2B) du magasin, le bac navette reposant sur cette section de convoyage lorsqu'il est enfourché  and in that said unstacker magazine has a conveying section (2C) which is mounted movably in elevation under the teeth (2B) of the magazine, the shuttle tray resting on this conveying section when it is mounted
2/ Equipement de tri selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans l'échangeur, le bac navette à charger est disposé sous le bac de stockage à décharger et le transvasement est réalisé par un retournement du bac de stockage par rapport au bac navette et en ce que ledit échangeur (7) est agencé pour maintenir le fond du bac navette en cours de transvasement de façon oblique par rapport aux directions horizontale et verticale afin d'obtenir un taquage par gravité de la pile d'articles de courrier transvasée dans le fond dudit bac navette. 2 / sorting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that in the exchanger, the shuttle tray to be loaded is disposed under the storage bin to be unloaded and the transfer is performed by a reversal of the storage tank relative to the ferry and in that said exchanger (7) is arranged to maintain the bottom of the shuttle ferry being decanted obliquely with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions in order to obtain a gravity jog of the stack of mail items transferred to the bottom of said shuttle ferry.
3/ Equipement selon la revendication 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque bac navette (8) en forme de dièdre comporte un socle (8E), des nervures (8A1-8A4) en pente au-dessus du socle qui définissent le fond du bac, une paroi arrière (8B) formée par des dents de peigne en alignement avec les nervures en pente. 4/ Equipement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'échangeur (7) comprend un mécanisme de fermeture de l'ouverture du bac de stockage par une plaque coulissante (9) . 3 / Equipment according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that each shuttle tray (8) in the form of dihedral comprises a base (8E), ribs (8A1-8A4) sloping above the base which define the bottom of the tray, a rear wall (8B) formed by comb teeth in alignment with the sloping ribs. 4 / Equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that the exchanger (7) comprises a closing mechanism of the opening of the storage bin by a sliding plate (9).
5/ Equipement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bac navette (8) a une capacité de stockage en articles de courrier supérieure à la capacité de stockage d'un bac de stockage (5) et en ce que l'échangeur de bac est agencé pour transvaser plusieurs bacs de stockage (5) dans un même bac navette ( 8 ) . 5 / Equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shuttle tray (8) has a storage capacity in mail items greater than the storage capacity of a storage bin (5) and in that the Tray exchanger is arranged to transfer several storage bins (5) in a same shuttle tray (8).
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