FR2952213A1 - Linear machine for individually processing electronic chip card, has warehouses that are juxtaposed and arranged with respect to juxtaposed cases of transporter, where each warehouse includes cells with units for processing objects - Google Patents

Abstract

The machine (1) has a computing system (5) for controlling and charging a distributor (21), a processed object retrieval device (22), a linear transporter (3) and M set of warehouses (41-44). The warehouses are juxtaposed and arranged with respect to respective consecutive juxtaposed cases (30) of the transporter. Each of the warehouses has K set of cells juxtaposed along a transversal direction (D2), where M and K represents a number completely equal to two. Each of the cells has a processing unit for processing objects (Q). An independent claim is also included for a method for implementing a linear machine.

Description

LINEAR PROCESSING MACHINE FOR INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

The invention relates, in general, to the techniques of handling objects produced in mass production. More precisely, the invention relates, according to a first aspect, to a linear machine for the individual processing of objects such as electronic chip cards, this machine comprising at least one dispenser of objects to be treated, this dispenser being designed for selectively supplying an object with an input of the machine at the maximum rate of an object to be processed by elementary time interval; a device for recovering processed objects, this recovery device being designed to recover the processed objects at an output of the machine, at the maximum rate of a processed object per elementary time interval; a linear conveyor comprising a set of juxtaposed boxes extending uninterruptedly between the inlet and the outlet of the machine, this conveyor being designed to selectively move step by step, at least in a first direction of movement, the objects to process from the input to the output of the machine at the maximum rate of advance of one box per elementary time interval; N object processing stations, arranged along the conveyor, where N is an integer at least equal to one; at least one magazine per processing station, each magazine being movably mounted in a second direction, transverse to the first direction of movement, and selectively animated, during the elementary time interval, with an elementary loading movement, by means of which an object present on the conveyor is loaded in the magazine, or an elementary unloading movement, whereby an object present in the magazine is unloaded on the conveyor; and a computer system designed to control and control the dispenser, the recovery device, the carrier, and each store. A machine of this type is for example described in the international patent application WO 02/082370. As a machine of the type concerned can be applied to the treatment of all kinds of objects, it is convenient to explain its operation and its utility in the context of its preferred application, namely the processing of electronic chip cards. To make an electronic chip card, it is necessary to perform many operations. In particular, once the electronic chip mounted with its electrical contacts in a cavity of the card, one of these operations is to customize the card, that is to say to record certain information in the electronic memory of the chip electronic to make it suitable for implementing applications such as payments, cash withdrawals, access to premises, etc. This personalization operation is performed by an automated operating machine which, in its implementation the simplest, includes a single processing station that processes one card after another. As a result, the rate is limited by the duration of the personalization operation itself and the times of introduction and removal of the card on the station. To increase the rate, it has been proposed to use an automated machine comprising several identical processing stations, so as to customize several cards simultaneously and thus take advantage of the duration of the personalization operation to place other cards in front of the card. the other treatment stations. There are several types of machines with several treatment stations, the machine described in the aforementioned patent application WO 02/082370 having the advantage, particularly with respect to machines called "carousel", to be scalable and easy to perform and to implement. Nevertheless, a machine conforming to this patent application only develops all its advantages when the individual processing time of each object, in this case each smart card, is relatively short compared to the overall transport time between the input and the output of the machine, the ideal processing time typically being of the order of 8 seconds maximum for 16 personalization stations.

In the case where the processing time is substantially longer, for example of the order of 30 or 40 seconds, a machine of the type described in the aforementioned patent application WO 02/082370 must have dimensions that make it both very cumbersome and very expensive. In this context, the present invention aims to provide a processing machine to circumvent this difficulty, and a method for implementing such a machine. To this end, the linear processing machine of the invention, moreover, conforming to the generic definition given in the preamble above, is essentially characterized in that each processing station comprises a plurality M of magazines juxtaposed and arranged next to consecutive consecutive boxes of the conveyor, in that each store has a plurality K of cells juxtaposed in said transverse direction, where M and K each represent an integer at least equal to two, and in that each cell of each store includes means for processing said objects. In a manner known per se, this machine may advantageously further comprise a counting device disposed between the dispenser and the first magazine of the first processing station. In addition, this machine may also comprise, on at least one treatment station, a rejection device designed to eject from the carrier any object identified as defective. The invention also relates to a method for implementing a machine as defined above, this method being characterized in that it comprises, for each processing station, operations which, in stationary mode, are organized in repetitive cycles. each of which starts in a state of complete loading of the first M-1 stores, complete unloading of the last store, and presence of an object on the carrier next to each of the magazines loaded, each cycle comprising a preparatory phase and M- 1 homologous phases, the preparatory phase of each cycle being formed of K identical steps each comprising two operations, the first consists in advancing an empty box of the carrier next to the first magazine, and the second consists in unloading an object from the first magazine in this free box while simultaneously loading an object of the conveyor in the last store, each of the M-1 homologous phases being formed of K + 1 sequences each comprising two operations, the first of which is to advance a box of the carrier, loaded with an object, facing the first magazine, the second operation of the first sequence of loading, in a previously unloaded magazine , an object present on the conveyor, the second operation of each of the following K-1 sequences consisting in loading a new object taken from the carrier into the magazine already partially loaded previously, while unloading on the carrier an object contained in the store just disposed after the magazine being loaded, and the second operation of the last sequence of unloading on the carrier the last object contained in the magazine already partially unloaded previously. This method may advantageously be completed by an initial loading procedure, implemented before the first cycle and comprising M-1 preliminary phases, each preliminary phase comprising K identical pairs of operations and a final operation, the first operation of each pair and the final operation of advancing a box of the carrier, loaded with an object, opposite the first magazine, and the second operation of each pair of operations of each preliminary phase of loading a new object, taken from the carrier, into the store whose position along the carrier, for said processing station, corresponds to the order of execution of this preliminary phase. Furthermore, in the case where the processing machine comprises a rejection device designed to eject from the carrier any object identified as defective, the method of the invention preferably comprises a recovery procedure, implemented during a cycle. in response to detecting a defective object loaded in a determined cell of a particular magazine, this procedure comprising the steps of: continuing the cycle until the defective object is unloaded on the carrier, interrupting the cycle in the state then reached, to load a replacement object in the determined cell after advancing the carrier a first number of steps necessary to present this replacement object in front of the determined cell of the determined store, to reject the defective object after advancing the carrier, if necessary, a second number of steps necessary to present this o defective device in front of the rejection device, the operation of loading a replacement object being performed or not carried out before the rejection operation of the defective article according to whether or not the replacement object is in front of the rejection device the determined cell of the store determined before the defective object is presented in front of the rejection device, to set the carrier back by a number of steps equal to the sum of the first and second numbers, to unload the replacement object on the carrier, and resume the cycle in the state in which it had been interrupted, possibly performing any empty loading or unloading operation involving a missing object as a result of the operations performed during the recovery procedure. Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge clearly from the description which is given hereinafter, by way of indication and in no way limiting, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1A is an overall schematic top view a machine according to the invention; - Figure 1B is a partial perspective view of a processing station of a machine according to a possible embodiment of the invention; - Figure 2 is a table identifying the different operations performed over time, in an operating cycle, on a processing station of a machine according to a possible embodiment of the invention; FIGS. 3A to 6B are schematic views representing the various states adopted at different times by a machine processing station to which the table of FIG. 2 is applicable; - Figure 7 is a table identifying the various operations performed over time, during an initial loading procedure, on a processing station of a machine according to a possible embodiment of the invention; FIGS. 8A to 9B are schematic views representing the different states adopted at different times by a machine processing station to which the table of FIG. 7 is applicable; and FIGS. 10A to 15B are diagrammatic views representing the various states adopted at different times by a processing station of a machine according to the invention and provided with a rejection device designed to eject from the transporter any object identified as defective. As previously announced, the invention relates in particular to a linear machine for the individual processing of objects Q, each of which for example consists of an electronic chip card to be subjected to personalization processing.

As shown schematically in FIG. 1A, such a machine 1 comprises at least one dispenser 21 of objects to be treated, a device 22 for recovering treated objects, a linear conveyor 3, a plurality of N items for processing objects such as that p1 to P3, at least one store 41 per processing station P, and a computer system 5. The linear conveyor 3, which consists essentially of a set of juxtaposed boxes 30, extends uninterruptedly between the entrance 11 and the output 12 of the machine 1. This conveyor 3 is designed to selectively move step by step, in a longitudinal direction of displacement D1, the objects Q to be processed from the inlet 11 to the outlet 12 of the machine, at the maximum rate of advance of a box per elementary time interval. The dispenser 21 is designed to selectively feed objects Q to process the input 11 of the machine 1, at the maximum rate of an object to be processed per elementary time interval. More specifically, during each elementary time interval, and as long as the carrier moves forward one space to present a new empty box to the dispenser 21, the distributor deposits, or abstains from depositing, as the case may be, a new object to treat, Q, in this empty box. The recovery device 22 is designed to recover the objects Q, once processed, at the output 12 of the machine 1, at the maximum rate of an object processed by elementary time interval.

The machine 1 comprises one or more object processing stations, arranged along the conveyor, FIG. 1A illustrating a machine equipped with three stations P1, P2 and P3.

Each of these stations comprises at least one store such as 41, and each store is mounted mobile in a second direction D2, transverse to the direction of movement Dl of the carrier. Typically, the conveyor 3 moves in a horizontal direction D1, and each magazine is movable in the vertical direction D2. During each elementary time interval, each magazine 41 can either remain stationary or undergo a basic loading movement, whereby an object Q present on the conveyor 3 is loaded in this magazine 41, or undergo an elementary unloading movement, thanks to to which an object Q present in this magazine 41 is unloaded on the conveyor 3. The computer system 5 is itself designed to control and control all the other elements of the machine 1 and in particular the distributor 21, the recovery device 22, the conveyor 3, and each of the magazines such as 41. According to the invention, each of the processing stations such as P1 to P3 has a plurality M of magazines such as 41 to 44 (FIG. 1A), and each of these stores has a plurality K of cells such as 411 to 443 (Figures 1B and 3A). In the illustrated example, each of the processing stations P1, P2 and P3 thus comprises four magazines (M = 4) and each of the magazines 41, 42, 43 and 44 has three cells (K = 3) which are added in box 30 of the conveyor 3 opposite which this store is disposed. The carrier can take any form known to those skilled in the art and in particular that described in the aforementioned patent application WO 02/082370. In this case, the conveyor essentially comprises an endless toothed belt 31 which is driven by a stepper motor (not shown). The outer portion of the toothed belt 31 has cleats 310 defining the cells 30 and between which a Q card can be inserted so that its length is oriented transversely to the longitudinal direction of displacement Dl. The Q cards are also guided laterally by longitudinal rails (not shown) arranged parallel to the toothed belt 31, on either side of this belt. Each of the magazines such as 41 takes the form of a stirrup straddling the conveyor 3 and having two vertical branches. These vertical branches locally replace the longitudinal rails and are provided with respective slots forming pairs of slots disposed mutually vis-à-vis. The slots of each pair of slots form a receptacle of the dimensions of each card Q, and each magazine has several superposed receptacles. Each of the magazines such as 41 is mounted vertically movable relative to the conveyor 3 30 by means of a motorized assembly 6 driven by the computer system 5, and constantly adopts a position in which the slots defining one of the receptacles of this store are located. in the plane of displacement of the cards Q. Thus, each card Q moved by the conveyor 3 in the longitudinal direction D1 to be opposite a store is slid into a receptacle of the store. The number of superimposed receptacles of each magazine is represented by K + 1, one of these receptacles, in this case the lower receptacle in the case of a conveyor belt, being considered as a box 30 of this conveyor, and the K other receptacles constituting the clean cells of this store, such as 411 to 413, 421 to 423, 431 to 433 and 441 to 443 (Figure 3A).

Each card Q has in its thickness a cavity receiving an electronic chip whose electrical output terminals take the form of flat contacts Q1. Furthermore, each cell of each magazine comprises means 400 (FIG. 1B) designed to cooperate with the contacts Q1 of a card Q present in this cell, and to process this card Q. As will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, the processing means 400 and the Q cards may alternatively be provided with antennas enabling them to interact without contact. Like the machine of the aforementioned patent application, the machine of the invention may also comprise a counting device 23 arranged between the dispenser 21 and the first magazine 41 of the first processing station P1, a printing device (not shown). , as well as a reject device 24 designed to eject from the conveyor 3 any object Q identified as defective and for example disposed downstream of at least one processing station P3, for the direction of displacement Dl.

Such a machine can be implemented by the method described below, and whose operations are illustrated in Figures 2 to 15B. In stationary mode, that is to say when the machine has been launched and produced continuously, the operations performed on each of the processing stations such as P1 to P3 and composing the method of the invention are organized in repetitive cycles. . FIG. 2 provides an example of such a cycle for the illustrated machine, each station comprising four magazines (M = 4) each comprising three cells (K = 3). Each cycle begins in a full load state of the first M-1 stores 41 to 43, complete unloading of the last magazine 44, and presence of a Q object on the carrier 3 next to each of the magazines loaded. This state is illustrated in Figure 3A. In general, each pair of figures belonging to the same board, such as 3A and 3B up to 6A and 6B, represents the change of state undergone by the machine 1 during a basic time interval, the figure of high corresponding to the initial state of this machine, and the bottom figure corresponding to its final state after the lapse of this time interval. As shown in FIG. 2, each cycle comprises a preparatory phase and M-1 homologous phases, that is to say in this case three homologous phases. The preparatory phase of each cycle is formed of K identical steps, that is to say three stages in this case, each step comprising two operations. The first operation of each step consists of advancing an empty box 30 of the conveyor 3 opposite the first magazine 41. This first operation, which, for the first step, is performed in the time interval noted T1 in FIG. illustrated by the pair of FIGS. 3A and 3B. The mention "Carrier: +1" in Fig. 2 indicates that the conveyor 3 is moving forward one space in the direction D1. The mention "Dispenser: 0" in FIG. 2 indicates that the distributor 21 has previously been controlled by the computer system 5 so as to leave empty the box 30 of the conveyor 3 which, at the end of the time interval T1, is next to the magazine 41. The second operation of each step is to unload an object Q from the first magazine 41 in the free box next to that magazine, while simultaneously loading an object Q of the transporter 3 in the last magazine 44. This second operation, which, for the first step, is performed in the time interval noted T2 in Figure 2, is illustrated by the pair of Figures 4A and 4B. Since the time interval T2 immediately follows the time interval T1, the state of the machine 1 at the beginning of the time interval T2 is the same as the state of the machine 1 at the end of the time interval. T1 time interval, which reflects the fact that Figures 3B and 4A are identical.

In Fig. 2, the mention "Magazine No. 1: D" indicates that, in the time interval T2, the magazine 41 unloads on the conveyor 3, and the indication "Magazine No. 4: C" indicates that, in this same time interval, the store 44 operates a loading from the conveyor 3. Each of the M-1 homologous phases of each cycle is formed of K + 1 sequences each comprising two operations, the first of which is to advance a box of the transporter 3, loaded with an object Q, opposite the first magazine 41. This first operation, which, for the first sequence of the first homologous phase, is performed in the time interval noted T7 in FIG. illustrated by the pair of FIGS. 5A and 5B.

As before, the mention "Carrier +1" in FIG. 2 indicates that the conveyor 3 advances one space in the direction D1. On the other hand, the mention "Distributor: 1" in FIG. 2 indicates that the distributor 21 has been controlled by the computer system 5 so as to place an object Q in the box 30 of the conveyor 3 which, at the end of the interval time T7, is next to the store 41. The second operation of the first sequence of each homologous phase, performed during the time intervals noted T8, T16 and T24 in Figure 2 for the different homologous phases, consists in charging, in a previously unloaded magazine, an object Q present on the conveyor 3. Thus, the second operation of the first sequence of the first homologous phase, illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B, consists in loading (operation denoted "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 41 (Magazine No. 1), which was previously unloaded (operation denoted "D") during the time interval T 6. Similarly, the second operation of the first sequence of the second phase homologous co nsist to load (operation marked "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 42 (Magazine No. 2), which was previously unloaded (operation denoted "D") during the time interval T14.

In the same way, the second operation of the first sequence of the third homologous phase consists in loading (operation denoted "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 43 (Magazine No. 3), which has been previously unloaded (operation denoted "D" ) during the time interval T22 The second operation of each of the following K-1 sequences, that is to say from the second included sequence, consists of loading a new object Q taken from the transporter 3 into the magazine already partially loaded previously, while unloading on the conveyor 3 an object Q contained in the store disposed immediately after the store being loaded, so that the second operation of each of the second and third sequences of the first homologous phase consists in continue to load (operation marked "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 41 (Magazine No. 1) which has already been previously partially loaded (operation marked "Cu") during the interval time T8, while unloading on the carrier 3 (operation denoted "D") an object Q contained in the magazine 42 (Store No. 2), which is disposed just after the magazine 41 being loaded. Similarly, the second operation of each of the second and third sequences of the second homologous phase consists in continuing to load (operation denoted "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 42 (magazine No. 2) which has already been partially loaded ( operation noted "Cu) during the time interval T16, while discharging on the carrier 3 (operation denoted" D ") an object Q contained in the magazine 43 (Store No. 3), which is disposed just after the store 42 being loaded. In the same way, the second operation of each of the second and third sequences of the third homologous phase consists in continuing to load (operation denoted "Cu") an object Q in the magazine 43 (Magazine No. 3) which has already been previously partially loaded. (Operation marked "Cu") during the time interval T24, while unloading on the conveyor 3 (operation denoted "D") an object Q contained in the magazine 44 (Magazine No. 4), which is disposed immediately after the magazine 43 being loaded. And the second operation of the last sequence of each homologous phase consists of unloading on the conveyor 3 the last object Q contained in the magazine already partially unloaded previously. Thus, the second operation of the fourth and last sequence of the first homologous phase, carried out in the time interval T14, consists in discharging on the conveyor 3 the last object Q contained in the magazine 42 already partially unloaded previously, in particular during the time interval T12. Similarly, the second operation of the fourth and last sequence of the second homologous phase, carried out in the time interval T22, consists of unloading on the conveyor 3 the last object Q contained in the magazine 43 already partially unloaded previously, notably during the time interval T20. Similarly, the second operation of the fourth and last sequence of the third homologous phase, carried out in the time interval T30, consists in discharging on the conveyor 3 the last object Q contained in the magazine 44 already partially unloaded previously, in particular during the time interval T28.

As indicated above, each cycle starts in a full loading state of the first M-1 stores 41 to 43, complete unloading of the last magazine 44, and presence of a Q object on the carrier 3 next to each of the magazines loaded . It is of course possible to place the machine 1 in this initial state by manually loading the Q objects in this machine. Nevertheless, it is also possible, alternatively, to place the machine 1 in this state by means of an initial loading procedure, implemented before the first cycle.

Such a loading procedure, illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8A to 9B, comprises M-1 preliminary phases, ie three for the illustrated machine.

Each preliminary phase comprises K identical pairs of operations, therefore three for the illustrated machine, and one final operation. The first operation of each pair of operations of each preliminary phase, as well as the final operation of this preliminary phase, consists in advancing a box of the transporter 3, loaded with an object Q, facing the first magazine 41 completely unloaded and therefore in the low position. For example, FIGS. 8A and 8B illustrate, in connection with FIG. 7 using the write conventions already introduced previously, the operation of this type which is performed during the time interval T1 of the loading procedure. The second operation of each pair of operations of each preliminary phase of the loading procedure consists in loading a new object Q taken from the conveyor 3 into the magazine whose position along the conveyor 3 for the treatment station under consideration. corresponds to the order of execution of this preliminary phase. Thus, the second operation of each pair of operations of the first preliminary phase, carried out during the time intervals T2, T4 and T6, consists of loading a new object Q taken from the conveyor 3 into the first magazine 41.

The loading operation performed during the time interval T2 is illustrated in FIGS. 9A and 9B. Similarly, the second operation of each pair of operations of the second preliminary phase, carried out during the time intervals T9, T11 and T13, consists of loading a new object Q taken from the conveyor 3 into the second magazine 42.

In the same way, the pair of operations carried out during the second operation of each the third preliminary phase, time intervals T16, T18 and T20, consists of transporter 3, In the carrier device 3 any object Q identified as defective, the method of the invention preferably also comprises a recovery procedure. This recovery procedure, which can be implemented during a cycle in response to the detection of a defective Q object loaded into a determined cell of a particular store, is illustrated in FIGS. 10A-15B. In the case illustrated in the figures, in which the treated objects are numbered, this procedure makes it possible to avoid the appearance of numbering gaps in the series of objects produced. If, during a cycle, a defective object such as the object bearing the number 14 in FIG. 10A is detected, the recovery procedure first of all makes it necessary to continue the cycle until the the defective Q object is unloaded on the conveyor 3, and load a new object Q, taken from the third magazine case where the rejection 24 designed for 43. machine 1 has an eject to interrupt the cycle in the state then reached by the machine 1. FIG. 10A illustrates the state in which the position of the machine 1 on which an anomaly has been detected is detected, at the moment when the normal course of the cycle is interrupted, possibly performing empty any loading or unloading operation involving a missing object as a result of the operations performed during the recovery procedure.

From this state, the recovery procedure provides for advancing the carrier 3 by a first number of steps, denoted n1, necessary to present a replacement object in front of the determined cell of the determined store which contained the defective object, c that is, cell 412 of the first magazine 41. This new state of the machine, which is illustrated in FIGS. 10B and 11A, is in this case reached after a displacement of two steps (n1 = 2 ) of the conveyor 3 from the state illustrated in Figure 10A. The recovery procedure then provides for loading the replacement object in the determined cell, that is to say in this case the cell 412 of the magazine 41. This loading operation is illustrated by the passage of the represented state. in Figure 11A to the state shown in Figure 11B. As shown in Fig. 11B, the replacement object can then receive, physically or virtually, the same number (14) as the defective object.

The recovery procedure continues by advancing the carrier 3, if necessary, a second number of steps, noted n2, necessary to present the defective object in front of the rejection device 24. This displacement, illustrated by the transition between Figure 12A, which is identical to Figure 11B, and Figure 12B, requires in this case a displacement of two steps (n2 = 2) of the conveyor 3 from the state shown in Figure 12A. The defective object is then rejected as shown by the state transition between FIGS. 13A and 13B. Although, in the illustrated case, a replacement object is presented in front of the cell 412 of the magazine 41 before the defective object appears in front of the rejection device 24, the opposite situation could occur, in particular if the object a defective object is rejected before a replacement object is loaded into the cell that contained the defective object, the carrier being in this case, advanced by a number of steps n2 before being advanced by a number of steps n1. The recovery procedure then provides for the carrier 3 to be moved back by a number of steps equal to the sum n1 + n2 of the first and second step numbers.

This displacement, illustrated by the transition between FIG. 14A, which is identical to FIG. 13B, and FIG. 14B, requires in this case a displacement of four steps (n1 + n2 = 4) of the conveyor 3, in the opposite direction from the direction D1, from the state illustrated in Figure 14A. The replacement object, in this case numbered 14, is then discharged onto the conveyor 3, as illustrated by the transition between FIG. 15A and FIG. 15B. As the final state illustrated in FIG. 15B is identical, for the processing station concerned, in the state of this station at the time of interrupting the normal cycle (FIG. 10A), the previously interrupted cycle can be resumed. . Nevertheless, the conveyor 3 now having two empty boxes instead of one upstream of the store 41, the cycle is continued by carrying out empty, when the need arises, any loading or unloading operation involving the missing object having served to replace the defective object.

Claims (6)

CLAIMS. 1. Linear machine for individual processing of objects (Q) such as cards with electronic chips, this machine (1) comprising at least: a dispenser (21) of objects to be treated, this dispenser being designed to selectively feed in objects an input (11) of the machine, at the maximum rate of an object to be treated per elementary time interval; a processed object retrieving device (22), said retrieval device being arranged to retrieve the processed objects at an output (12) of the machine, at the maximum rate of an object processed by the elementary time interval; - a linear conveyor (3) comprising a set of juxtaposed boxes (30) extending uninterruptedly between the inlet (11) and the outlet (12) of the machine (1), the conveyor (3) being designed to Selectively stepwise, at least in a first direction of movement (D1), the objects to be processed (Q) from the input (11) to the output (12) of the machine at the maximum speed of progress of a box by elementary time interval; 25 - N items (P1-P3) for processing objects, arranged along the conveyor, where N is an integer at least equal to one; at least one magazine (41) per processing station (P1-P3), each magazine being movably mounted in a second direction (D2) transverse to the first direction of movement (D1) and selectively animated during the interval elementary time, an elementary loading movement, whereby an object (Q) present on the conveyor (3) is loaded into the magazine (41), or an elementary unloading movement, by which an object (Q) present in the magazine (41) is unloaded on the conveyor (3); and a computer system (5) for controlling and controlling the dispenser (21), the recovery device (22), the conveyor (3), and each magazine (41), characterized in that each processing station (P1- P3) comprises a plurality M of magazines (41-44) juxtaposed and arranged facing respective consecutive boxes (30) of the conveyor (3), in that each magazine (41-44) comprises a plurality K of cells (411- 443) juxtaposed along said transverse direction (D2), where M and K each represent an integer at least equal to two, and in that each cell (411-443) of each magazine (41-44) comprises means (400 ) processing said objects (Q). 2. Linear individual processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a counting device (23) disposed between the distributor (21) and the first magazine (41) of the first processing station (P1). . 3. Linear individual processing machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises, on at least one treatment station (P3), a rejection device (24) designed to eject the transporter (3). ) any object (Q) identified as defective. 4. A method of implementing a machine according to any one of the preceding claims, this method being characterized in that it comprises, for each processing station (P1-P3), operations which, in steady state, are organized in repetitive cycles, each of which starts in a full loading state of the first M-1 stores (41-43), full unloading of the last magazine (44), and presence of an object (Q) on the transporter ( 3) next to each of the loaded magazines, each cycle comprising a preparatory phase and M-1 homologous phases, the preparatory phase of each cycle being formed of K identical steps each comprising two operations, the first of which is to advance an empty carrier box (3) next to the first magazine (41), and the second of which is to unload an object (Q) from the first magazine (41) in this free space while simultaneously loading an object (Q) of the conveyor (3) into the dern store (44), each of the M-1 homologous phases being formed of K + 1 sequences each comprising two operations, the first of which is to advance a box of the carrier (3), loaded with an object (Q), opposite the first magazine (41), the second operation of the first sequence of loading, in a previously unloaded magazine, an object (Q) present on the conveyor (3), the second operation of each of the following K-1 sequences consisting of loading a new object (Q) taken from the conveyor (3) in the magazine already partially loaded previously, while unloading on the conveyor (3) an object contained in the magazine disposed just after the magazine being loaded, and the second operation of the last sequence of discharging on the carrier (3) the last object contained in the magazine already partially unloaded previously. 5. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that it comprises an initial loading procedure, implemented prior to the first cycle and comprising M-1 preliminary phases, each preliminary phase comprising K identical pairs of operations and a final operation , the first operation of each pair and the final operation of advancing a box of the conveyor (3), loaded with an object (Q), facing the first magazine (41), and the second operation of each pair of operations of each preliminary phase of loading a new object (Q), taken from the conveyor (3), into the magazine whose position along the conveyor, for said processing station, corresponds to the order of execution of this phase preliminary. 6. Method according to any one of claims 4 and 5 for implementing a machine according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises a recovery procedure, implemented during a cycle in response to detecting a defective object (Q) loaded into a determined cell of a particular magazine, which procedure comprises: continuing the cycle until the defective object (Q) is unloaded on the carrier (3); ), to interrupt the cycle in the state then reached, to load a replacement object into the determined cell after advancing the carrier (3) by a first number (n1) of steps necessary to present this replacement object in front of determined cell of the store determined, to reject the defective object after advancing the carrier (3), if necessary, a second number (n2) of steps necessary to present this faulty object of before the rejection device (24), the loading operation of a replacement object being performed or not performed before the rejection operation of the defective object according to whether the replacement object is present or not, in front of the determined cell of the store determined before the defective object is presented in front of the rejection device, to set the conveyor (3) back by a number of steps (n1 + n2) equal to the sum of the first (n1) and second numbers (n2), to unload the replacement object on the conveyor (3), and to resume the cycle in the state in which it had been interrupted, possibly performing empty any loading or unloading operation involving an object missing as a result of the operations performed during the recovery procedure.