ES2161003T3 - APPLIANCE TO ENTER AND CLASSIFY OBJECTS. - Google Patents

APPLIANCE TO ENTER AND CLASSIFY OBJECTS.

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Publication number
ES2161003T3
ES2161003T3 ES98111209T ES98111209T ES2161003T3 ES 2161003 T3 ES2161003 T3 ES 2161003T3 ES 98111209 T ES98111209 T ES 98111209T ES 98111209 T ES98111209 T ES 98111209T ES 2161003 T3 ES2161003 T3 ES 2161003T3
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Prior art keywords
items
appliance
enter
travel path
classify objects
Prior art date
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Expired - Lifetime
Application number
ES98111209T
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Spanish (es)
Inventor
Henri Bonnet
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
United Parcel Service of America Inc
United Parcel Service Inc
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United Parcel Service of America Inc
United Parcel Service Inc
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Priority claimed from US08/248,057 external-priority patent/US5547063A/en
Application filed by United Parcel Service of America Inc, United Parcel Service Inc filed Critical United Parcel Service of America Inc
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • 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
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/06—Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
    • B65H2301/321—Standing on edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/442—Moving, forwarding, guiding material by acting on edge of handled material
    • B65H2301/4422—Moving, forwarding, guiding material by acting on edge of handled material with guide member moving in the material direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/26—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts
    • B65H2404/267—Arrangement of belt(s) in edge contact with handled material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/63—Oscillating, pivoting around an axis parallel to face of material, e.g. diverting means
    • B65H2404/631—Juxtaposed diverting means with each an independant actuator
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/64—Other elements in face contact with handled material reciprocating perpendicularly to face of material, e.g. pushing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)
  • Attitude Control For Articles On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Special Conveying (AREA)
  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting and sorting substantially planar individual items (30) along an item travel path comprising several conveyors (60,62) following said travel path. Said conveyors co-operating in urging the items along the travel path. The apparatus further comprising a plunger/pusher means (34) for ejecting items out of the path and into specific bins corresponding to codes (33) printed on the items.
ES98111209T 1994-05-24 1995-05-23 APPLIANCE TO ENTER AND CLASSIFY OBJECTS. Expired - Lifetime ES2161003T3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/248,057 US5547063A (en) 1994-05-24 1994-05-24 Apparatus and method of sorting objects
US34960494A 1994-12-05 1994-12-05

Publications (1)

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ES2161003T3 true ES2161003T3 (en) 2001-11-16

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ES98111209T Expired - Lifetime ES2161003T3 (en) 1994-05-24 1995-05-23 APPLIANCE TO ENTER AND CLASSIFY OBJECTS.

Country Status (9)

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EP (2) EP0876980B1 (en)
JP (2) JPH10500619A (en)
AT (2) ATE175902T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2189669C (en)
DE (2) DE69507472T2 (en)
DK (2) DK0760714T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2161003T3 (en)
PT (1) PT876980E (en)
WO (1) WO1995032138A2 (en)

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JP2002145443A (en) * 2000-11-09 2002-05-22 Okamura Corp Derivery device for thin plate-like object to be conveyed in conveying device
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CN108855955B (en) * 2017-12-28 2019-06-14 南京涵曦月自动化科技有限公司 A kind of nested classification device for logistics transportation
CN110153040B (en) * 2019-06-23 2024-07-09 东莞广达智能科技有限公司 High-efficient chip vision check out test set
CN111330853B (en) * 2020-03-06 2021-12-17 苏州金峰物流设备有限公司 Separation method of single piece separation device

Family Cites Families (10)

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US3757942A (en) * 1970-11-23 1973-09-11 D Gunn Article sorting apparatus and method
US3885784A (en) * 1971-01-27 1975-05-27 Thomson Csf Document singling arrangement
JPS55110B2 (en) * 1972-06-19 1980-01-05
US4364554A (en) * 1981-01-26 1982-12-21 Bell & Howell Company Conveyor arrangement for mail sorting machines
US4805894A (en) * 1986-06-12 1989-02-21 Transtechnology Corporation Stacking methods and apparatus
FR2616556B1 (en) * 1987-06-11 1989-10-06 Inter Color INSTALLATION FOR PROCESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC TEST SLEEVES
FR2677902B1 (en) * 1991-06-21 1996-12-13 Cga Hbs LOADING DEVICE FOR SORTING MACHINE FOR FLAT OBJECTS SUCH AS MAIL FOLDERS.
FR2689038A1 (en) * 1992-03-27 1993-10-01 Cga Hbs Device for arranging a pile of flat objects on edge toward an unloading head of an automatic sorting system and method for implementing this device.
IT1256935B (en) * 1992-08-10 1995-12-27 Vincenzo Priolo SINGLE SORTING DEVICE FOR POSTAL OBJECTS.

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DK0760714T3 (en) 1999-09-13
ATE203487T1 (en) 2001-08-15
CA2189669A1 (en) 1995-11-30
ATE175902T1 (en) 1999-02-15
WO1995032138A3 (en) 1996-04-25
DE69521919T2 (en) 2002-04-11
DE69507472T2 (en) 1999-05-27
CA2189669C (en) 2002-12-17
DE69507472D1 (en) 1999-03-04
JPH10500619A (en) 1998-01-20
EP0760714A1 (en) 1997-03-12
WO1995032138A2 (en) 1995-11-30
PT876980E (en) 2002-01-30
EP0760714B1 (en) 1999-01-20
JPH10202201A (en) 1998-08-04
EP0876980A2 (en) 1998-11-11
EP0876980A3 (en) 1998-12-09
EP0876980B1 (en) 2001-07-25
DE69521919D1 (en) 2001-08-30
DK0876980T3 (en) 2001-10-22

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