EP3552720A1 - Mail sorting installation with a tray conveyor with retractable edge and shuttle robot for handling trays - Google Patents

Mail sorting installation with a tray conveyor with retractable edge and shuttle robot for handling trays Download PDF

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EP3552720A1
EP3552720A1 EP19166976.1A EP19166976A EP3552720A1 EP 3552720 A1 EP3552720 A1 EP 3552720A1 EP 19166976 A EP19166976 A EP 19166976A EP 3552720 A1 EP3552720 A1 EP 3552720A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
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  • the field of the invention is that of sorting mail items in bins in postal sorting centers.
  • the invention more particularly relates to a sorting facility of mail items comprising sorting outlets aligned along a sorting conveyor each provided with a housing for a tray in which sorted mail items are stored and a conveyor of bins extending beneath said sorting outlets for transporting the bins filled with mail items sorted from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet of the sorting conveyor.
  • this arrangement makes it possible to manually transfer bins by sorting operators who retrieve bins at arm's length from the sorting outlets to place them on the tray conveyor in the proper orientation.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to remedy the aforementioned problems.
  • the subject of the invention is a sorting installation for mailpieces comprising sorting outlets aligned along a sorting conveyor each provided with a housing for a container in which sorted mailpieces are stored, the sorting plant also comprising a bins conveyor which extends under said sorting outlets for transporting the bins filled with sorted mail items from the sorting outlets to a sorting conveyor feed inlet, characterized in that it comprises a shuttle manipulator robot for bins able to move along the conveyor of bins in front of the sorting outlets and to extract a tray from a housing of a sorting outlet which associated with it under the control of a control / command unit for transferring it to the conveyor of bins, said shuttle robot comprising a chute mechanically connected to the bins conveyor designed to transfer the tank extracted from the housing on the conveyor of bins by the effect of gravity and in that the bins conveyor comprises a swiveling outer edge between a retracted position allowing a transfer of the tray from the slide on the conveyor of bins and a raised
  • the idea underlying the invention consists here in remove the bin transfer operation by the sorting operators from the sorting outlets to the bin conveyor and use a simple, non-motorized system for injecting the bin onto the conveyor.
  • the idea is also to prevent any overflow or ejection bins during transport to the feed inlet while temporarily allowing the ferry transfer from the toboggan at any point of the ferry conveyor through the swivel bank.
  • FIG. 1 a sorting installation 1 according to the invention which comprises sorting outlets 2 aligned along a sorting conveyor 3 each with a housing 4 for a tray 5 in which sorted mail items 6 are stored.
  • a feed inlet 7 designed to put in series on the sorting conveyor 3 mail items 6 according to the conveying direction F1 to be then sorted in the sorting outlets 2 corresponding.
  • a conveyor of trays 8 is also provided under the sorting outlets 2 for conveying the trays 5 loaded with mail items 6 from the sorting outlets 2 to the feed inlet 7 in a conveying direction F2.
  • the shuttle robot 9 is mechanically connected to the tray conveyor by coupling to a guide rail 10 which extends in front of the conveyor of trays 8 over its entire length, as visible on the Figures 1 and 2 .
  • the shuttle robot 9 comprises a frame 11, here L-shaped with a plate 11a with wheels and a backrest 11b, on which is mounted a handling means 12 adapted to extract a tray from a housing of a sorting outlet and place it on the bins conveyor.
  • the handling means 12 comprises a motorized gripping head 13 which is telescopic and vertically movable to extract a tank 5 from the housing 4 of a sorting outlet 2.
  • the handling means also comprises a toboggan 14 for tank 5 which extends under the telescopic head 13 and whose lower end 14a is used to effect the coupling with the guide rail 10 slidably.
  • the slope of the slide 14 is thus chosen so that the tanks 5 slide by gravity on the conveyor of trays 8.
  • the slide 14 may also comprise rollers 15 mounted free to rotate in order to facilitate the sliding of the bins 5 and tolerate slower inclinations of the toboggan lower.
  • the telescopic gripping head 13 is also designed to deposit the tank 5 extracted from the housing 4 of the sorting outlet 2 on the slide 14 for its injection on the conveyor of trays 8.
  • the tray conveyor 8 also comprises a pivoting outer edge 16 which extends along the conveyor of bins on the coupling side of the shuttle robot 9, as visible on the figures 2 and 4a to 4c .
  • the bank 16 is here pivoting between a retracted position allowing a transfer of the tray 5 from the slide 14 on the tray conveyor 8, as shown in FIG. figure 4b , and a raised position, represented on the figure 2 , 4a and 4c , preventing other trays 5 conveyed on the conveyor of trays 8 from being ejected from the conveyor during their transport to the feed inlet 7.
  • the lower end 14a of the slide 14 arrives here at the foot of the pivoting outer edge 16 so that during the transfer of a tray 5 on the tray conveyor 8, the tray 5 pushes the pivoting outer edge 16 in the retracted position under the effect of gravity.
  • the swiveling outer bank 16 retracted is substantially flat on the tray conveyor 8 to allow the tray 5 to slide continuously from the slide 14 on the conveyor of bins 8, without modifying, or only negligibly, the inclination of the tray when passing on the pivoting outer edge 16.
  • the return force of the spring is here less than the force exerted by a tray when it is transferred to the container conveyor.
  • the pivoting outer edge 16 may also be segmented into pivotable sections 18 independently of each other under each sorting outlet.
  • the shuttle robot 9 is controlled by the control / control unit 19 so as to be placed both in front of a sorting outlet 2 and a bank segment 18, as shown in FIG. figure 4a .
  • the section segmentation 18 here makes it possible to authorize the pivoting of a section 18 of bank 16 in front of a sorting outlet which associated with it, while keeping the other sections in the raised position to prevent the ejection of bins 5 along ferry conveyors.
  • the conveyor of bins 8 of the sorting plant 1 according to the invention may also comprise straight motorized conveyor rollers 20, as shown in FIGS. Figures 4a to 4b this allows a use of the conveyor trays 8 in a bidirectional operating mode.
  • the bin conveyor 8 may have inclined motorized conveying rollers 21, as shown in FIG. figure 3 , which allows a use of the conveyor 8 in a monodirectional mode of operation.
  • a fixed edge 22 on the opposite side of the pivoting outer edge 16 makes it possible to keep the tanks 5 during their journey towards the feed inlet 7.
  • shuttle robots 9 may be used on the same guide rail 10 in order to accelerate the rate of extraction and injection of trays 5 on the conveyor of trays 8.

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L'installation de tri (1) d'articles de courrier (6) selon l'invention comprend des sorties de tri (2) alignées le long d'un convoyeur de tri (3) chacune munie d'un logement (4) pour un bac (5) dans lequel des articles de courrier triés sont stockés, et un convoyeur de bacs (8) qui s'étend sous lesdites sorties de tri pour transporter les bacs remplis d'articles de courrier triés depuis les sorties de tri vers une entrée d'alimentation (7) du convoyeur de tri. L'installation selon l'invention comprend en outre un robot navette (9) manipulateur de bacs apte à se déplacer le long du convoyeur de bacs devant lesdites sorties de tri et à extraire un bac d'un logement d'une sortie de tri qui lui ait associée sous la commande d'une unité de contrôle/commande (19) pour le transférer sur ledit convoyeur de bacs.The sorting installation (1) of mailpieces (6) according to the invention comprises sorting outlets (2) aligned along a sorting conveyor (3) each provided with a housing (4) for a bin (5) in which sorted mail items are stored, and a bin conveyor (8) which extends beneath said sorting outlets for transporting the bins filled with sorted mail items from the sorting outlets to a supply inlet (7) of the sorting conveyor. The installation according to the invention further comprises a shuttle robot (9) for handling trays able to move along the conveyor of trays in front of said sorting outlets and to extract a tray from a housing of a sorting outlet which associating it under the control of a control / command unit (19) to transfer it to said bin conveyor.

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Domaine techniqueTechnical area

Le domaine de l'invention est celui du tri d'articles de courrier en bacs dans les centres de tri postaux.The field of the invention is that of sorting mail items in bins in postal sorting centers.

L'invention concerne plus particulièrement une installation de tri d'articles de courrier comprenant des sorties de tri alignées le long d'un convoyeur de tri chacune munie d'un logement pour un bac dans lequel des articles de courrier triés sont stockés et un convoyeur de bacs qui s'étend sous lesdites sorties de tri pour transporter les bacs remplis d'articles de courrier triés depuis les sorties de tri vers une entrée d'alimentation du convoyeur de tri.The invention more particularly relates to a sorting facility of mail items comprising sorting outlets aligned along a sorting conveyor each provided with a housing for a tray in which sorted mail items are stored and a conveyor of bins extending beneath said sorting outlets for transporting the bins filled with mail items sorted from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet of the sorting conveyor.

Technique antérieurePrior art

Il est courant aujourd'hui de disposer des convoyeurs de bacs sous les sorties de tri d'une part pour minimiser la surface d'occupation au sol dans les centres de tri postaux et d'autre part pour réduire la distance de transfert des bacs entre les sorties de tri et le convoyeur de bacs.It is common today to have bins conveyors under sorting outlets on the one hand to minimize the floor area in the postal sorting centers and on the other hand to reduce the distance of transfer bins between the sorting outlets and the conveyor of bins.

En effet, cette disposition rend possible le transfert manuel des bacs par des opérateurs de tri qui récupèrent les bacs à bout de bras depuis les sorties de tri pour les placer sur le convoyeur de bacs selon l'orientation adéquate.Indeed, this arrangement makes it possible to manually transfer bins by sorting operators who retrieve bins at arm's length from the sorting outlets to place them on the tray conveyor in the proper orientation.

Cependant, le poids et le volume des bacs chargés en articles de courrier rendent la manutention incommode et fatigante pour l'opérateur.However, the weight and volume of the bins loaded with mail items make the handling inconvenient and tiring for the operator.

Ce type d'installation de tri est notamment décrit dans le document WO-A-01/12348 .This type of sorting installation is described in particular in the document WO-A-01/12348 .

Exposé de l'inventionPresentation of the invention

Le but de l'invention est donc de remédier aux problèmes précités.The object of the invention is therefore to remedy the aforementioned problems.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une installation de tri d'articles de courrier comprenant des sorties de tri alignées le long d'un convoyeur de tri chacune munie d'un logement pour un bac dans lequel des articles de courrier triés sont stockés, l'installation de tri comprenant également un convoyeur de bacs qui s'étend sous lesdites sorties de tri pour transporter les bacs remplis d'articles de courrier triés depuis les sorties de tri vers une entrée d'alimentation du convoyeur de tri, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un robot navette manipulateur de bacs apte à se déplacer le long du convoyeur de bacs devant les sorties de tri et à extraire un bac d'un logement d'une sortie de tri qui lui ait associée sous la commande d'une unité de contrôle/commande pour le transférer sur le convoyeur de bacs, ledit robot navette comprenant un toboggan relié mécaniquement avec le convoyeur de bacs conçu pour transférer le bac extrait depuis le logement sur le convoyeur de bacs par l'effet de la gravité et en ce que le convoyeur de bacs comprend une rive extérieure pivotante entre une position escamotée autorisant un transfert du bac depuis le toboggan sur le convoyeur de bacs et une position relevée empêchant les bacs convoyés sur le convoyeur de bacs d'être éjectés du convoyeur pendant leur transport vers l'entrée d'alimentation.For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a sorting installation for mailpieces comprising sorting outlets aligned along a sorting conveyor each provided with a housing for a container in which sorted mailpieces are stored, the sorting plant also comprising a bins conveyor which extends under said sorting outlets for transporting the bins filled with sorted mail items from the sorting outlets to a sorting conveyor feed inlet, characterized in that it comprises a shuttle manipulator robot for bins able to move along the conveyor of bins in front of the sorting outlets and to extract a tray from a housing of a sorting outlet which associated with it under the control of a control / command unit for transferring it to the conveyor of bins, said shuttle robot comprising a chute mechanically connected to the bins conveyor designed to transfer the tank extracted from the housing on the conveyor of bins by the effect of gravity and in that the bins conveyor comprises a swiveling outer edge between a retracted position allowing a transfer of the tray from the slide on the conveyor of bins and a raised position preventing bins conveyed on the conveyor of bins to be ejected from the conveyor during their transport to the feed inlet.

L'idée à la base de l'invention consiste ici à supprimer l'opération de transfert de bacs par les opérateurs de tri depuis les sorties de tri jusqu'au convoyeur de bacs et d'utiliser un système simple et non motorisé pour l'injection du bac sur le convoyeur.The idea underlying the invention consists here in remove the bin transfer operation by the sorting operators from the sorting outlets to the bin conveyor and use a simple, non-motorized system for injecting the bin onto the conveyor.

L'idée consiste également à empêcher tout débordement ou éjection des bacs pendant leur transport jusqu'à l'entrée d'alimentation tout en autorisant temporairement le transfert de bac depuis le toboggan en tout point du convoyeur de bacs grâce à la rive pivotante.The idea is also to prevent any overflow or ejection bins during transport to the feed inlet while temporarily allowing the ferry transfer from the toboggan at any point of the ferry conveyor through the swivel bank.

L'installation de tri selon l'invention peut également présenter les particularités suivantes :

  • le toboggan et la rive pivotante sont agencés de sorte que le bac pousse la rive pivotante en position escamotée lors de son transfert sur le convoyeur de bacs ;
  • la rive pivotante comprend un moyen de rappel de sorte à ramener la rive pivotante de la position escamotée à la position relevée ;
  • la rive est segmentée en tronçons pivotants indépendamment les uns des autres, et en ce que sous chaque sortie de tri s'étend un desdits tronçons de sorte que le robot navette commandé par l'unité de contrôle/commande est apte à venir se placer à la fois devant une sortie de tri et un tronçon de la rive pivotante ;
  • le convoyeur de bacs comprend des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés droits ;
  • le convoyeur de bacs comprend des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés inclinés ;
  • le convoyeur de bacs comprend une rive extérieure fixe du côté opposé à la rive pivotante.
The sorting installation according to the invention may also have the following particularities:
  • the toboggan and the pivoting bank are arranged so that the tank pushes the pivoting bank in the retracted position during its transfer on the ferry conveyor;
  • the pivoting bank comprises a return means so as to bring the pivoting bank from the retracted position to the raised position;
  • the bank is segmented into pivoting sections independently of each other, and in that under each sorting outlet extends one of said sections so that the shuttle robot controlled by the control unit / control is able to come to place both in front of a sorting outlet and a section of the swiveling bank;
  • the bin conveyor comprises straight motorized conveyor rollers;
  • the bin conveyor comprises inclined motorized conveying rollers;
  • the bins conveyor comprises a fixed outer rim on the opposite side to the pivoting rim.

Présentation sommaire des dessinsBrief presentation of the drawings

La présente invention sera mieux comprise et d'autres avantages apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée du mode de réalisation pris à titre d'exemple nullement limitatif et illustré par les dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une représentation schématique de dessus d'une installation de tri selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 représente schématiquement le robot navette devant une sortie de tri de l'installation de tri selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 3 représente schématiquement un convoyeur de bacs à rouleaux inclinés selon l'invention ;
  • les figures 4a à 4c représentent schématiquement un convoyeur de bacs à rouleaux droits selon l'invention pendant une cinétique de transfert d'un bac.
The present invention will be better understood and other advantages will appear on reading the detailed description of the embodiment taken by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated by the appended drawings, in which:
  • The figure 1 is a schematic top view of a sorting installation according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 schematically represents the shuttle robot in front of a sorting outlet of the sorting installation according to the invention;
  • the figure 3 schematically represents a conveyor of inclined roller bins according to the invention;
  • the Figures 4a to 4c schematically represent a conveyor of straight roller bins according to the invention during transfer kinetics of a tray.

Description du mode de réalisationDescription of the embodiment

On a représenté sur la figure 1 une installation de tri 1 selon l'invention qui comprend des sorties de tri 2 alignées le long d'un convoyeur de tri 3 chacune avec un logement 4 pour un bac 5 dans lequel des articles de courrier 6 triés sont stockés.We have shown on the figure 1 a sorting installation 1 according to the invention which comprises sorting outlets 2 aligned along a sorting conveyor 3 each with a housing 4 for a tray 5 in which sorted mail items 6 are stored.

On a également représenté sur la figure 1 une entrée d'alimentation 7 conçue pour mettre en série sur le convoyeur de tri 3 des articles de courrier 6 selon la direction de convoyage F1 pour être ensuite triés dans les sorties de tri 2 correspondantes.We also represented on the figure 1 a feed inlet 7 designed to put in series on the sorting conveyor 3 mail items 6 according to the conveying direction F1 to be then sorted in the sorting outlets 2 corresponding.

Un convoyeur de bacs 8 est également prévu sous les sorties de tri 2 pour convoyer les bacs 5 chargés en articles de courrier 6 depuis les sorties de tri 2 vers l'entrée d'alimentation 7 selon une direction de convoyage F2.A conveyor of trays 8 is also provided under the sorting outlets 2 for conveying the trays 5 loaded with mail items 6 from the sorting outlets 2 to the feed inlet 7 in a conveying direction F2.

L'extraction d'un bac 5 d'un logement 4 d'une sortie de tri 2 et son injection sur le convoyeur de bacs 8 sous ladite sortie de tri 2 sont ici réalisées au moyen d'un robot navette 9 apte à rouler au sol S1 de manière autonome le long des sorties de tri 2 selon la direction de déplacement F3 sous la commande d'une unité de contrôle commande 19.The extraction of a tray 5 from a housing 4 of a sorting outlet 2 and its injection on the tray conveyor 8 under said sorting outlet 2 are here carried out by means of a shuttle robot 9 capable of rolling at the S1 soil autonomously along the sorting outlets 2 according to the direction of movement F3 under the control of a control unit 19.

Le robot navette 9 est relié mécaniquement au convoyeur de bacs par attelage à un rail de guidage 10 qui s'étend en façade du convoyeur de bacs 8 sur toute sa longueur, comme visible sur les figures 1 et 2.The shuttle robot 9 is mechanically connected to the tray conveyor by coupling to a guide rail 10 which extends in front of the conveyor of trays 8 over its entire length, as visible on the Figures 1 and 2 .

Comme représenté sur la figure 2a, le robot navette 9 comprend un bâti 11, ici en forme de L avec un plateau 11a à roulettes et un dossier 11b, sur lequel est monté un moyen de manutention 12 apte à extraire un bac d'un logement d'une sortie de tri et à le placer sur le convoyeur de bacs.As shown on the figure 2a , the shuttle robot 9 comprises a frame 11, here L-shaped with a plate 11a with wheels and a backrest 11b, on which is mounted a handling means 12 adapted to extract a tray from a housing of a sorting outlet and place it on the bins conveyor.

Le moyen de manutention 12 comprend une tête de préhension 13 motorisée qui est télescopique et mobile verticalement pour extraire un bac 5 du logement 4 d'une sortie de tri 2.The handling means 12 comprises a motorized gripping head 13 which is telescopic and vertically movable to extract a tank 5 from the housing 4 of a sorting outlet 2.

Le moyen de manutention comprend également un toboggan 14 pour bac 5 qui s'étend sous la tête télescopique 13 et dont l'extrémité basse 14a est utilisée pour réaliser l'attelage avec le rail de guidage 10 de manière coulissante.The handling means also comprises a toboggan 14 for tank 5 which extends under the telescopic head 13 and whose lower end 14a is used to effect the coupling with the guide rail 10 slidably.

Comme visible sur la figure 2b, l'extrémité basse 14a du toboggan vient à fleur du convoyeur de bacs 8 afin que chaque bac 5 puisse glisser directement du toboggan sur le convoyeur sans intervention manuelle ni moyen motorisé.As visible on the figure 2b , the lower end 14a of the slide comes flush with the conveyor of trays 8 so that each tray 5 can slide directly from the slide on the conveyor without manual intervention or means motorized.

La pente du toboggan 14 est donc choisie de sorte à ce que les bacs 5 glissent par gravité sur le convoyeur de bacs 8.The slope of the slide 14 is thus chosen so that the tanks 5 slide by gravity on the conveyor of trays 8.

Le toboggan 14 pourra également comprendre des rouleaux 15 montés libres en rotation afin de faciliter le glissement des bacs 5 et tolérer des inclinaisons de pente du toboggan plus faibles.The slide 14 may also comprise rollers 15 mounted free to rotate in order to facilitate the sliding of the bins 5 and tolerate slower inclinations of the toboggan lower.

La tête de préhension télescopique 13 est également conçue pour déposer le bac 5 extrait du logement 4 de la sortie de tri 2 sur le toboggan 14 pour son injection sur le convoyeur de bacs 8.The telescopic gripping head 13 is also designed to deposit the tank 5 extracted from the housing 4 of the sorting outlet 2 on the slide 14 for its injection on the conveyor of trays 8.

Le convoyeur de bacs 8 comprend également une rive extérieure pivotante 16 qui s'étend le long du convoyeur de bacs du côté de l'attelage du robot navette 9, comme visible sur les figures 2 et 4a à 4c.The tray conveyor 8 also comprises a pivoting outer edge 16 which extends along the conveyor of bins on the coupling side of the shuttle robot 9, as visible on the figures 2 and 4a to 4c .

La rive 16 est ici pivotante entre une position escamotée autorisant un transfert du bac 5 depuis le toboggan 14 sur le convoyeur de bacs 8, comme représenté sur la figure 4b, et une position relevée, représentée sur les figure 2, 4a et 4c, empêchant d'autres bacs 5 convoyés sur le convoyeur de bacs 8 d'être éjectés du convoyeur pendant leur transport vers l'entrée d'alimentation 7.The bank 16 is here pivoting between a retracted position allowing a transfer of the tray 5 from the slide 14 on the tray conveyor 8, as shown in FIG. figure 4b , and a raised position, represented on the figure 2 , 4a and 4c , preventing other trays 5 conveyed on the conveyor of trays 8 from being ejected from the conveyor during their transport to the feed inlet 7.

L'extrémité basse 14a du toboggan 14 arrive ici au pied de la rive extérieure pivotante 16 de sorte que lors du transfert d'un bac 5 sur le convoyeur de bacs 8, le bac 5 pousse la rive extérieure pivotante 16 en position escamotée sous l'effet de la gravité.The lower end 14a of the slide 14 arrives here at the foot of the pivoting outer edge 16 so that during the transfer of a tray 5 on the tray conveyor 8, the tray 5 pushes the pivoting outer edge 16 in the retracted position under the effect of gravity.

Ainsi, la rive extérieure pivotante 16 escamotée se trouve sensiblement à plat sur le convoyeur de bacs 8 pour permettre au bac 5 de glisser en continu depuis le toboggan 14 sur le convoyeur de bacs 8, sans modifier, ou seulement de manière négligeable, l'inclinaison du bac lors du passage sur la rive extérieure pivotante 16.Thus, the swiveling outer bank 16 retracted is substantially flat on the tray conveyor 8 to allow the tray 5 to slide continuously from the slide 14 on the conveyor of bins 8, without modifying, or only negligibly, the inclination of the tray when passing on the pivoting outer edge 16.

Un moyen de rappel 17, par exemple de type masselotte ou ressort de rappel visible sur la figure 2, peut également être monté sur la rive extérieure pivotante 16 pour la ramener de la position escamotée à la position relevée lorsque la rive 16 n'est plus en contact avec le bac 5.A return means 17, for example of the type flyweight or return spring visible on the figure 2 , can also be mounted on the swiveling outer edge 16 to bring it from the retracted position to the raised position when the edge 16 is no longer in contact with the tray 5.

La force de rappel du ressort est ici inférieure à la force exercée par un bac lors de son transfert sur le convoyeur de bacs.The return force of the spring is here less than the force exerted by a tray when it is transferred to the container conveyor.

On comprendra donc le déplacement de la rive pivotante 16 en position escamotée sous l'action du bac 5 se déplaçant par gravité sur le toboggan 14 et le rappel de la rive pivotante en position relevée sous l'effet du ressort de rappel 17 permettent un actionnement simplifié et non motorisé de la rive extérieure pivotante 16.It will be understood therefore the displacement of the pivoting bank 16 in the retracted position under the action of the tank 5 moving by gravity on the slide 14 and the return of the pivoting bank in the raised position under the effect of the return spring 17 allow actuation simplified and non-motorized version of the swiveling outer edge 16.

La rive extérieure pivotante 16 peut également être segmentée en tronçons 18 pivotants indépendamment les uns des autres sous chaque sortie de tri.The pivoting outer edge 16 may also be segmented into pivotable sections 18 independently of each other under each sorting outlet.

Dans ce cas, le robot navette 9 est commandé par l'unité de contrôle/commande 19 de sorte à venir se placer à la fois devant une sortie de tri 2 et un tronçon 18 de rive, comme représenté sur la figure 4a.In this case, the shuttle robot 9 is controlled by the control / control unit 19 so as to be placed both in front of a sorting outlet 2 and a bank segment 18, as shown in FIG. figure 4a .

La segmentation en tronçon 18 permet ici de d'autoriser le pivotement d'un tronçon 18 de rive 16 devant une sortie de tri qui lui ai associée, tout en gardant les autres tronçons en position relevée pour empêcher l'éjection de bacs 5 le long du convoyeurs de bacs.The section segmentation 18 here makes it possible to authorize the pivoting of a section 18 of bank 16 in front of a sorting outlet which associated with it, while keeping the other sections in the raised position to prevent the ejection of bins 5 along ferry conveyors.

Le convoyeur de bacs 8 de l'installation de tri 1 selon l'invention peut également comprendre des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés droits 20, comme représenté sur les figures 4a à 4b ce qui permet une utilisation du convoyeur de bacs 8 selon un mode de fonctionnement bidirectionnel.The conveyor of bins 8 of the sorting plant 1 according to the invention may also comprise straight motorized conveyor rollers 20, as shown in FIGS. Figures 4a to 4b this allows a use of the conveyor trays 8 in a bidirectional operating mode.

D'une autre manière, le convoyeur de bacs 8 peut présenter des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés inclinés 21, comme représenté sur la figure 3, ce qui permet une utilisation du convoyeur 8 selon un mode de fonctionnement monodirectionnel.Alternatively, the bin conveyor 8 may have inclined motorized conveying rollers 21, as shown in FIG. figure 3 , which allows a use of the conveyor 8 in a monodirectional mode of operation.

Dans les deux cas, une rive fixe 22 du côté opposé de la rive extérieure pivotante 16 permet de maintenir les bacs 5 pendant leur trajet vers l'entrée d'alimentation 7.In both cases, a fixed edge 22 on the opposite side of the pivoting outer edge 16 makes it possible to keep the tanks 5 during their journey towards the feed inlet 7.

Sans restreindre la portée de l'invention, plusieurs robots navettes 9 pourront être utilisées sur le même rail de guidage 10 afin d'accélérer la cadence d'extraction et d'injection des bacs 5 sur le convoyeur de bacs 8.Without limiting the scope of the invention, several shuttle robots 9 may be used on the same guide rail 10 in order to accelerate the rate of extraction and injection of trays 5 on the conveyor of trays 8.

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Installation de tri (1) d'articles de courrier (6) comprenant des sorties de tri (2) alignées le long d'un convoyeur de tri (3) chacune munie d'un logement (4) pour un bac (5) dans lequel des articles de courrier triés sont stockés, ladite installation de tri comprenant également un convoyeur de bacs (8) qui s'étend sous lesdites sorties de tri pour transporter les bacs remplis d'articles de courrier triés depuis les sorties de tri vers une entrée d'alimentation (7) du convoyeur de tri, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un robot navette (9) manipulateur de bacs apte à se déplacer le long du convoyeur de bacs devant lesdites sorties de tri et à extraire un bac d'un logement d'une sortie de tri qui lui ait associée sous la commande d'une unité de contrôle/commande (19) pour le transférer sur ledit convoyeur de bacs, ledit robot navette comprenant un toboggan (14) relié mécaniquement avec le convoyeur de bacs conçu pour transférer ledit bac extrait depuis le logement sur le convoyeur de bacs par l'effet de la gravité et en ce que le convoyeur de bacs comprend une rive extérieure pivotante (16) entre une position escamotée autorisant un transfert du bac depuis ledit toboggan sur le convoyeur de bacs et une position relevée empêchant les bacs convoyés sur le convoyeur de bacs d'être éjectés du convoyeur pendant leur transport vers ladite entrée d'alimentation.Sorting installation (1) of mailpieces (6) comprising sorting outlets (2) aligned along a sorting conveyor (3) each provided with a housing (4) for a container (5) in which sorted mail items are stored, said sorting facility also including a bins conveyor (8) which extends beneath said sorting outlets for conveying the bins filled with sorted mail items from the sorting outlets to an input feeding device (7) of the sorting conveyor, characterized in that it comprises a shuttle robot (9) manipulator of bins able to move along the conveyor of bins in front of said sorting outlets and to extract a tray of a housing a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a control / command unit (19) to transfer it to said bin conveyor, said shuttle robot comprising a chute (14) mechanically connected to the bin conveyor designed to transfer said extracted bin from the housing t on the bin conveyor by the effect of gravity and in that the tray conveyor comprises a pivoting outer edge (16) between a retracted position allowing a transfer of the tray from said slide on the conveyor of bins and a raised position preventing the trays conveyed on the tray conveyor from being ejected from the conveyor during their transport to said feed inlet. Installation de tri selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit toboggan et ladite rive pivotante sont agencés de sorte que le bac pousse la rive pivotante en position escamotée lors de son transfert sur ledit convoyeur de bacs.Sorting plant according to claim 1, characterized in that said slide and said pivoting bank are arranged so that the tank pushes the shore pivoting in the retracted position when it is transferred to said tray conveyor. Installation de tri selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la rive pivotante comprend un moyen de rappel (17) de sorte à ramener la rive pivotante de la position escamotée à la position relevée.Sorting plant according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the swivel bank comprises a return means (17) so as to bring the swivel bank from the retracted position to the raised position. Installation de tri selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la rive extérieure pivotante est segmentée en tronçons (18) pivotants indépendamment les uns des autres, et en ce que sous chaque sortie de tri s'étend un desdits tronçons de sorte que ledit robot navette commandé par l'unité de contrôle/commande est apte à venir se placer à la fois devant une sortie de tri et un tronçon de la rive pivotante.Sorting plant according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pivoting outer edge is segmented into pivotable sections (18) independently of each other, and in that each sorting outlet extends one of said sections so that said robot shuttle controlled by the control unit / control is able to be placed both in front of a sorting outlet and a section of the swivel bank. Installation de tri selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le convoyeur de bacs comprend des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés droits (20).Sorting plant according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bin conveyor comprises straight motorized conveyor rollers (20). Installation de tri selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le convoyeur de bacs comprend des rouleaux de convoyage motorisés inclinés (21).Sorting plant according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bin conveyor comprises inclined motorized conveying rollers (21). Installation de tri selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le convoyeur de bacs comprend une rive extérieure fixe (22) du côté opposé à ladite rive extérieure pivotante.Sorting plant according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bin conveyor comprises a fixed outer edge (22) on the side opposite said pivoting outer edge.
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