JPH0994542A - Delivery slip issuing and sticking system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely classify matters to be delivered into respective delivery units by printing out delivery matter codes on given positions of delivery slips to be stuck on the matters to be delivered. SOLUTION: Matters (a) to be delivered supplied one by one from a supply section 21 are transferred to a delivery matter classifying means 25 by a transfer means 2 in a delivery slip issuing and sticking system 1. During the process, bar code data specified for respective matters to be delivered are read by code readers 6, and delivery slips are issued by a delivery slip issuing device 3. The slips are stuck on the matters (a) to be delivered by a delivery slip sticking device 4. The bar code data of the matters (a) to be delivered are read by the bar code readers 6 of the delivery slip issuing device 3 and transferred to a control section 5. The delivery data are read by the control section 5 based on the bar code data, and printers 7a and 7b are operated to print out the bar code data on the delivery slips on support bands 8 of the delivery slip sticking device 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention issues a delivery certificate such as a delivery certificate and a delivery slip necessary for transferring a delivery along a physical distribution route in postal delivery and home delivery services, and delivers this delivery slip. The present invention relates to a delivery slip issuing / pasting system for sticking to a product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to deliver a delivery by mail delivery or home delivery service, a delivery certificate such as a delivery certificate used for registered mail or a delivery slip used in the delivery business is created and attached to the delivery. Then, the delivery processing is performed. In this delivery slip, the delivery recipient and the delivery information such as the delivery destination and the sender are described, or
It has a stamp field for receipt stamps, and by bringing back the delivery slip, it is possible to confirm that the delivery person has completed the delivery process and manage delivery reliably. In addition, when creating this delivery slip, the delivery address of the delivery, the delivery address, the delivery phone number, the delivery, the sender's address, the sender's name (name),
The sender's telephone number and the handling address of the delivery destination were handwritten with information such as the post office code and the arrival code of the courier.

[0003]

Therefore, if there are a lot of items to be delivered, not only will it take a great deal of time to prepare these delivery forms, but also the delivery sorting work will require a great deal of expense and labor. In the past, in the case of postal delivery, it has been known that the postal code is automatically read and the postal code is sorted, but the handwritten one has many reading errors.
Also, if a postal code that is simply machine-printed is used in the shipping slip issuing and pasting processing line, the display form of the postal code is a window opening letter, and the printing accuracy and standards are not constant. , It was not certain to carry out the classification work from reading those postal codes. The present invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a delivery voucher issuance / pasting system that is adopted in a delivery voucher issuance processing line and is suitable for a system capable of reliably classifying deliverables for each delivery destination unit.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a delivery slip issuing and pasting system of the present invention is a delivery data file storage means for storing in advance code data attached to a delivery and delivery data corresponding to the code data. And a code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered article with the code data along an appropriate transfer route for transferring the delivered article, and the delivery data corresponding to the read code data. The delivery form is automatically attached to the deliveries by providing delivery form issuing means for printing out the corresponding delivery data by searching from the above and issuing delivery form attaching means for attaching the issued delivery form. A delivery slip issuing and pasting system for processing, wherein a part of the delivery data printed out by the delivery slip issuing means is delivered. It is made having a delivery article classification code output means for printing out the delivery form data containing the delivery items classification code for distinguishing delivery article for each unit.

Alternatively, the delivery destination data such as the delivery address and the delivery address of the delivered product are stored as code data, and when the code data attached to the delivered product is read in advance and converted into the delivery destination data, this code is used. Based on the data, the storage means storing the program data for outputting the corresponding delivery data and the code data of the delivery with the code data are read along an appropriate transfer route for transferring the delivery. A code reading unit, and a delivery form issuing unit that converts the read code data into corresponding delivery destination data by a program stored in the storage unit, prints out the corresponding delivery data, and issues a delivery form. , Providing delivery note pasting means for pasting the issued delivery note and automatically attaching the delivery note to the delivery item A Okuhyo issued affixed system, in the code data to be subjected to pre-delivery article,
The delivery item classification data for classifying the delivery item for each delivery destination unit is stored, and a part of the delivery data printed out by the delivery slip issuing unit is a delivery for sorting the delivery item for each delivery destination unit. The delivery product classification code output means for printing out the data including the product classification code is provided.

Further, these delivery form issuing and pasting systems are provided with delivery product sorting means for reading the delivery product sorting code printed on the delivery slip and sorting the delivery products by delivery destination. Provide a suitable system.

[0007]

[Operation] Since the delivery item classification code is printed out at a predetermined position on the delivery note attached to the delivery item, the delivery item issue code can be reliably read on the delivery note issuing and attaching processing line, and the delivery note is attached. Even when the delivery item sorting means is provided in the subsequent stage of the delivery item processing line, the delivery items can be reliably sorted according to the delivery destination unit according to the read delivery item sorting code.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a delivery voucher issuance / pasting system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a surface explanatory diagram of a developed state of a card and a card delivery mount which are handled as inclusions of a delivery processed in FIG. Further, FIG. 3 is a surface explanatory view of an envelope in which the inclusions of FIG. 2 to be processed in FIG. 1 are enclosed, and FIG.
3 is a back side explanatory view of the envelope of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a plan view explanatory diagram in which a delivery slip is attached to the back side of the envelope of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a processing flow explanatory view of the delivery form issuing and pasting apparatus of FIG. .

Prior to the description of the delivery slip issuing and pasting system 1, the card C which is the inclusion in FIG. 2 and the card mount 34 for fixing the card C will be described. This card mount 34
Is a card C invoice as well, and has a delivery address, a name and Arabic numeral code data 32 in advance, and bar code data B1 corresponding to this code data 32.
Is printed. The edge of the card C is fixed to the notches 35, 35 provided on the card mount 34.

The inner package consisting of the card mount 34 and the card C is folded in zigzag at the folding lines 38, 38,
The delivery a is enclosed in the envelope shown in FIG. Next, the envelope will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. On the front surface side (FIG. 3), the window 36 provided on the delivery a (envelope).
The code data 32, the bar code data B1, and the address and name as the delivery destination information 31 are displayed. FIG. 4 has a sealing tongue 33 on the back side of the envelope.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a system for issuing and pasting a registered mail delivery certificate as a delivery note used when a delivery letter is issued and pasted by the delivery ticket issuing and pasting system 1 as a delivery note. explain. As shown in FIG. 1, in the delivery slip issuing and pasting system 1, the delivery items (envelopes) a supplied from the supply unit 21 one by one (in the figure, from left to right).
The transfer means 2 consisting of a conveyor belt for transferring to the delivery means 25 and delivering to the delivery sorting means 25, and the barcode data B1 represented as a barcode specified for each delivery article are read at the upstream side on the delivery means 2 and correspond. A delivery form issuing device 3 that issues a delivery form and a delivery form 16 (registered mail delivery certificate) (see FIG. 5) issued by the delivery form issuing device 3 to the delivery item a. 2 and a delivery slip pasting device 4 to be pasted on.

The delivery voucher issuing device 3 is supplied with one delivery product a from the feeding unit 21, and reads the barcode data B1 of the delivery product a from the delivery product a on the upstream side by the barcode reader 6. Information is sent to the control unit 5. Further, two sets of printers 7a and 7b which are operated under the control of the control unit 5 are arranged. Delivery slip attaching device 4
Under the control of the control unit 5, the support belt 8 on which the delivery slips having adhesive means are arranged in a peelable manner is sent out so as to pass through the head surfaces of the printers 7a and 7b of the delivery slip issuing device 3. , A guide unit 10 for sequentially separating and attaching the delivery slip from the support band 8 toward the pair of rolls 9 that are wound on the transfer unit 2 and the envelope a that is moved on the transfer unit 2.
a and 10b.

It should be noted that the control unit 5 has a code data B1 assigned to the delivery a in advance and the code data B
It is supplied from a delivery data file D in which delivery data such as delivery address, name and delivery item classification code for sorting delivery items for each delivery destination unit is recorded. Then, a storage unit 11 that stores the information, a display unit 12 that displays the operating states of all the devices under the control of the control unit 5, and an input unit 1 that gives external input information such as a manual operation instruction to the control unit 5.
3 are connected to each other.

When the delivery form issuing device 3 is in the operating state, the bar code reader 6 reads the code data of the delivery a transferred by the transfer means 2, and the storage unit 1
1, the delivery data such as the delivery address, the name and the classification code corresponding to the code data of the delivery a is retrieved, and the obtained delivery data is the delivery sheet of the support strip 8 in the delivery sheet sticking device 4. Printed out, and
At the time when the delivery slip pasting device 4 separates the printed out delivery slip on the transfer means 2 side, the code data B1 attached to the delivery a beforehand is read, and the code data corresponding to the delivery a is read. The delivery slips 16, 16 with B2 and the classification code 17 are attached. Incidentally, 6
a, 6b, 6c are the delivery slips 16 attached to the delivery a,
A bar code reader for collating the 16 code data B2, B2 and the code data B1 previously attached to the delivered product a, and 6d is a bar code for the delivery product sorting means 25 in the subsequent stage to perform the sorting. Be a leader.

On the other hand, these deliverables a may be canceled before they are shipped or may be delivered by another route.
The code data of the delivery a designated to be extracted in the process of the delivery note issuing and pasting system 1 is input from the input unit 13, and the data can be registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14. The data of the designated delivery can be input by inputting Arabic numerals from the input unit 13 or by using another bar code reader or the like, if necessary.

Bar code readers 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d
In the subsequent stage, when the pick-up box 23 for stocking the designated delivery item a and the code data B1 attached to the delivery item a in advance cannot be read by the barcode reader 6, or the barcode reader 6a, 6b, 6c
A reject box 24 is provided for extracting the code data B2 and B2 of the delivery slips 16 and 16 attached to the delivery item a and the code data B1 attached to the delivery item a in advance. There is.

The pickup box 23 has a bar code reader 6 or bar code readers 6a, 6b and 6c.
When any one of the code data registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14 is read, a sampling drive device 21 for extracting the target delivery a under the control of the control unit 5 is provided to constitute a pickup means. To do. Further, in the reject box 24 as well, in the case of the code data B1 which cannot be read by the bar code reader 6 or the collation failure in the bar code readers 6a, 6b, 6c, the target delivery a under the control of the control unit 5 is performed. An extraction drive device 22 for extracting the components is provided and constitutes reject means.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the delivery slips 16 and 16 are attached to the envelope main body and a position where the sealed tongue piece 33 that is sealed is covered with the sakai. As shown in FIG. An adhesive is applied to the back surface of the delivery slip 16 and a transparent film is bonded underneath so that it can be peeled off, and the adhesive is applied to the back surface of the transparent film.
After the various delivery information is output to 6 as described above, it is attached to the delivery a through the adhesive on each back surface. The delivery slip 16 on the right side of the figure is separated from the delivered product a in the delivery process and is kept by the post office.

The delivery item sorting means 25 reads the sorting code 17 output on the delivery slip, and the bar code reader 6d.
Of the sorting signals of the delivery items via the control unit 5
The control unit 26 receives the information and performs the sorting in units of predetermined delivery destinations, but performs the sorting into the plurality of sorting boxes 27 by the conventionally known sorting means. In the case of the postal service, the delivery destination unit in this embodiment is classified by the postal code of a predetermined unit, but when it is adopted in the home delivery service, it is classified by the arrival code of the delivery company. .
These division units can be set by changing the division code file of the delivery data file D according to the business or the division system.

FIG. 6 shows a work flow when issuing and pasting the delivery slips 16, 16. First, the delivered product a in which the code data is individually specified is supplied (step 10).
1) The code data B1 is read from the delivered product (step 102), and the process proceeds to the step (103) of searching the delivery data of the delivered product. If the code data B1 cannot be read as the search result, a delivery error is not issued as a result of a read error, so the code data B1 of the delivery a and the code output to the delivery slip in step 106, which will be described later. Data B2
As a result of the collation (including those in which the delivery data was not obtained), they are rejected with an error (NG) and collected in the reject box 24 (step 1).
09).

When the delivery data is searched and an instruction to output the delivery data is issued, the delivery data is output to the delivery slips 16 and 16 by the instruction (step 10).
4) Then, the process proceeds to the step of attaching the delivery slips 16, 16 to the delivery a (step 105).

Then, a step of reading and comparing the code data B1 of the delivery a subjected to step 105 and the code data B2 output on the delivery slip (step 106).
If there is a disagreement (NG) at this stage, the sampling drive device 22 is driven under the control of the control unit 5 to extract the delivery product a and a reject process is performed (step 10).
7).

On the other hand, the delivered product which has become coincident (0K) in step 106 is transferred to the next process (step 10).
8) It will be. In this step 108, when the code data registered in the designated delivery storage unit 14 is read, the extraction drive device 21 is controlled under the control of the control unit 5.
Is driven to pick up the delivered product a, which is picked up and collected in the pickup box 24 (step 10).
9).

In step 108, the designated delivery storage unit 14
When the code data which is not registered in is read, the bar code reader 6d reads the classification code (step 110), and it is sent to the post-delivery sorting means 25 ward and is sorted according to the zip code. Stacked in box 27 (step 11)
1). Even if the classification code cannot be read in step 110, the rejected product is rejected and the delivered product is collected in the reject box 24.

In the above embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code B is used on the card mount 34 instead of the bar code data B1 corresponding to the delivery address and name and the division data for each delivery destination unit.
C may be provided. This bar code BC is the delivery data file 1 when the delivery address or name and the division data for each delivery destination unit are extracted like the bar code data B1.
It is not obtained by searching for 1, but is stored in the barcode BC itself. Therefore, the delivery voucher issuing system 1 serves as a storage unit that stores program data for outputting the corresponding delivery data based on the code data instead of the delivery data file 11, and the code reading unit 6 reads the program data. The barcode BC is converted into corresponding delivery destination data by the program stored in the storage means 11 into the delivery destination data. In this case, the delivery classification code is included and converted.

In the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the data corresponding to the bar code B2 attached to the delivery slip is also stored in the two-dimensional bar code BC, and the bar code is converted by reading the two-dimensional bar code BC. Although it is possible to output B2, the barcode B1 corresponding to the barcode B2 is not shown in advance on the mount 34, but at the same time when the delivery address information 31 and the two-dimensional barcode BC are printed on the mount 34. It may be printed.

Further, the delivery a is shown in the form of an envelope, and is displayed from the code data B1 window described in the form of a bar code on the internal document, but is not limited to this. Instead, the code data may be directly written on the outer surface. The delivered product a may have a certain thickness and is not limited to an envelope.

[0028]

As described above, in the delivery note issuing and pasting system of the present invention, since the delivery item classification code is printed out at a predetermined position of the delivery note attached to the delivery item, the delivery note issuing and pasting processing line is provided. The delivery item classification code can be read with certainty, and even if a delivery item sorting means is provided after the delivery item processing line to which the delivery slip is attached, the delivery item can be reliably read according to the read delivery item sorting code. Can be divided into delivery destination units, and the delivery processing work can be performed extremely quickly and efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing an embodiment of a delivery slip issuing and pasting system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a surface explanatory view showing a developed state of inclusions in a delivered product.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the front side of a delivered product.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the back side of the delivered product.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a delivery slip is attached to the back side of the delivered product.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view schematically showing an embodiment of a delivery slip issuing and pasting method of the present invention in a flow chart.

FIG. 7 is a surface explanatory view showing a developed state of an inclusion in another embodiment of the delivery according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Delivery slip issuing and pasting system 2 ... Transport means 3 ... Delivery slip issuing device 4 ... Delivery slip pasting device 5 ... Control unit 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d ... Bar code reader 7a, 7b ... Printer 11 ... Storage unit 12 ... Display section 13 Input section 14 ... Specified delivery storage section 37 ... Reject a ... Delivery B1, B2 ... Code data BC ... Two-dimensional barcode data

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A delivery data file storage means for storing in advance code data attached to a delivery and delivery data corresponding to the code data, and code data attached along an appropriate transfer route for delivering the delivery. A code reading means for reading the code data of the delivered product, and a delivery form for issuing a delivery form by retrieving the delivery data corresponding to the read code data from the delivery data file storage means and printing out the corresponding delivery data. A delivery slip issuing and pasting system for automatically pasting a delivery slip to the delivery by providing an issuing means and a delivery slip attaching means for pasting the issued delivery slip, wherein the delivery slip issuing means prints out the delivery slip. Some of the delivery data that are delivered include data that includes the delivery item classification code for sorting delivery items for each delivery destination unit in the delivery slip. A delivery slip issuing and pasting system comprising a delivery item code output means for printing out. 2. The delivery destination data such as the delivery address and the delivery address of the delivery item are stored as code data, and this code is used when the code data attached to the delivery item is read in advance and converted into the delivery destination data. Based on the data, the storage means storing the program data for outputting the corresponding delivery data and the code data of the delivery with the code data are read along an appropriate transfer route for transferring the delivery. A code reading unit, and a delivery form issuing unit that converts the read code data into corresponding delivery destination data by a program stored in the storage unit, prints out the corresponding delivery data, and issues a delivery form. , Providing delivery note pasting means for pasting the issued delivery note, and automatically issuing the delivery note to the delivery item. In the line pasting system, the delivery item classification data for classifying the delivery item for each delivery destination is stored in the code data attached to the delivery item in advance, and is printed out by the delivery form issuing means. Part of the delivery data to be delivered includes delivery item classification code output means for printing out data including a delivery item classification code for classifying the delivery item for each delivery destination unit. system. 3. The delivery note issuing and pasting system comprises delivery article sorting means for reading the delivery article classification code printed on the delivery note and sorting the delivery articles into delivery destination units. The delivery slip issuing and pasting system according to claim 1 or claim 2.