JPS591749Y2 - Paper sheet bundle sorting device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a bundle sorting device for paper sheets such as postcards and sealed letters.

Normally, a centralized bureau separates postal letters accepted through internal bureaus, its own counters, mailboxes, etc., as well as miscellaneous letters, bundled letters, and postal personal injury letters that arrive from external bureaus, and dispatches them to other bureaus. , delivery to your own station is classified.

To explain the above dispatch classification in detail, postal letters accepted by internal and external bureaus are opened, sorted, stamped, and classified according to postal code, etc., and loose letters received from external bureaus are also classified into the Kanto region. do.

Next, the sorted stacked letters are bundled with destination (direction) information added, and these bundled letters are sorted and packed together with the bundled letters arriving from the external office into mail bags.

Then, these mailbags are sorted together with mailbags arriving from other stations, and delivery sorting to other stations or the own station is completed.

However, in the past, the sorted and accumulated letters were manually taken out, put into a binding machine, bundled together with destination information cards, and then sorted by mailing bag by destination, which required a lot of labor. have.

The present invention was developed based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a paper sheet bundle sorting device that saves labor from taking out paper sheets to sorting bundles of paper sheets. This is what we are trying to provide.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In Fig. 1, 1 and 1 are automatic postal code reading and sorting machines (bundle paper sheet feeding device) that have auxiliary processing devices 1a and 1a on the back side, and 2 is these automatic postal code reading and sorting machines 1 and 1. A bundled letter conveyance path (
(bundled paper sheet conveyance path).

3 is a bundled letter A' conveyed via the bundled letter conveyance path 2
. . . is a bundled letter sorting machine (bundled paper sheet sorting machine), and 4 is an adjustment device provided at the front stage of this bundled letter sorting machine 3.

Reference numerals 5 and 5 designate an automatic sorting, arranging and stamping machine as the processing device connected to the automatic postal code reading and sorting machines 1 and 1 via connectors 6 and 6.

Further, 7 is a bundled letter auxiliary supply section provided upstream of the adjustment device 4, and 8 is an information reading device provided immediately before the bundled letter sorter 3.

The automatic postal code reading and sorting machines 1, 1 are constructed as shown in FIG.

That is, on the left side of the front of the machine body 10 are letters (paper sheets) A... automatically sent from the automatic sorting, arranging, stamping machine 5.
...and hand-delivered letter (paper leaf) A...
A supply/take-out section 11 is provided for taking out the sheets one by one.

After the postal code of the letter A taken out from the supply/takeout section 11 is read by the reading device 12, it is conveyed via the main conveyance path 14 to the sorting/accumulating section 13 formed on the right side.

The sorting and accumulating section 13 has a large number of sorting boxes 15...
are arranged in multiple stages, and the group of sorting boxes 15 in each stage are opposite to the branch conveyance path 16 branched from the main conveyance path 14, respectively. There is.

Further, a branch conveyance path 1 branching from the middle part of the main conveyance path 14 is provided.
A first gate 17 is disposed at the branch section 6, and a second gate 18 is disposed in the middle of the branch conveyance path 16, facing the sorting box 15.

Then, by the action of the first gate 17.17, the branch conveyance path 16... is selected, and the second gate 18.
The selection of each classification box 15 is performed by the functions of .

Thus, the letter group A placed on the supply/takeout section 11...
. . . are taken out one by one and sorted and accumulated in predetermined sorting boxes 15 . . . corresponding to the postal code.

In addition, the accumulated letters A... sorted in the sorting boxes 15... are made of transparent plates individually arranged on the front side of the sorting boxes 15... Part 19...
... is full and the switch (not shown) is letter A...
... is automatically taken out from the sorting box 15 to the auxiliary processing device 1a side by moving backwards in response to the completion signal of a predetermined processing lot, etc. The configuration is as follows.

On the back side of the sorting/accumulating section 13, there are sorting box groups 15 and 15 for each stage mentioned above.
A frame-equipped take-out belt 20 is arranged in multiple stages corresponding to..., and picks up the accumulated letters A... automatically taken out from each sorting box 15... It is designed to be transported to the right side of the fuselage 10 in that state.

In addition, a delivery conveyor 21 is stretched so as to be perpendicular to the vicinity of the conveyance end of the frame-equipped pick-up belt 20, and the delivery conveyor 21 is positioned below the picked-up and conveyed stacked letters A... It is configured to be delivered on a conveyor 22.

The conveyor 22 described above is configured to convey the accumulated letters A... to the right side.

Further, on the conveyance path of the conveyor 22, a destination (direction) information adding device 23 that adds a destination information card B and a bundling device 24 are sequentially arranged.

Therefore, each sorting box 1 of the automatic postal code reading sorting machine 1, 1
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the accumulated letters A... are sorted into 5... and are automatically taken out, and then the addressee is written on a paper bill or the like on the top surface. Number 25, barcode 2
6. A destination information card B containing the destination name 27, handling station name 28, etc. is provided, and then the card is bundled with a binding belt 29.

Next, the bundled letters A'... are automatically supplied to the bundled letter transport path 2 and are conveyed to the bundled letter sorting machines 3, 3 side.

On the other hand, the bundled letter auxiliary supply unit 7 has a key input unit 30, and the bundled letter auxiliary supply unit 7 has a key input unit 30, and is provided with destination information such as a bar code 26 on the bundled letter A'... which is manually sorted at its own station or which has arrived from another station. is supplied into the bundled letter transport path 2.

Next, the postal letter A' is conveyed through the bundled letter conveyance path 2.
The conveyance timing of ... is adjusted by the adjusting device 4, and the barcode 26 is read by the information reading device 8 provided in the previous stage, and the barcode 26 is read by the information reading device 8 provided at the previous stage. According to the predetermined classification and accumulation section 31...
It is now divided into parcels and used as a mail bag route.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the destination information card B is attached to the automatically taken out stacked letters A and then they are bundled with the binding band 29, but the present invention is not limited to this. First, the destination information may be printed on the binding band 29 after the collected letters A, . . . are bundled.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and that various modifications can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.

As explained above, the present invention provides a bundled paper sheet supply device that automatically takes out paper sheets, stacks them, bundles them, and supplies them as bundled paper sheets with destination information attached, and this bundled paper sheet supply device. A bundle of paper sheets conveyance path that transports the bundle of paper sheets supplied from the paper sheet supply device, and the above-mentioned destination information of the bundle of paper sheets conveyed via this bundle of paper sheets conveyance path. an information reading device that reads the information, a bundled paper sheet sorting machine that sorts the bundled paper sheets into predetermined sorting/accumulating sections based on the destination information read by the information reading device; The paper sheet bundle sorting device is characterized by comprising an adjusting device that adjusts the timing of supply of the bundle of paper sheets from the leaf transport path to the information reading section.

Therefore, after the paper sheets are automatically taken out, stacked, and bundled, the bundles of paper sheets are automatically sorted into the sorting and stacking section. The process from taking out sheets to sorting bundles of paper sheets can be performed automatically, resulting in significant labor savings.

In addition, an adjustment device is installed before the information reading device to adjust the conveyance timing of bundled paper sheets, so even if the number of bundled paper sheets supplied from the bundled paper sheet supply device increases. Once stored in this adjustment device, and when the supply from the supply device is low, the bundles of paper sheets stored in the adjustment device can be consumed, so the information reading device can process them at a predetermined processing speed. This allows for efficient and reliable operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a bundle sorting device, Fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic postal code reading and sorting machine, and Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of a bundle sorting device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the order of operations. A... Postal letter (paper leaf), A'...
Bundled letters (bundled paper sheets), 1...Automatic postal code reading and sorting machine (bundled paper sheet supply device), 2...Bundled letter conveyance path (bundled paper sheets) leaf conveyance path), 3...Bundled letter sorting machine (bundled paper sheet sorting machine), 4...Adjusting device, 8...Information reading device, 26・・・・・・
- Barcode (destination information), 31... Sorting and accumulation section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A bundled paper sheet supplying device that automatically takes out paper sheets, stacks them, bundles them, and supplies them as bundled paper sheets with destination information attached, and a bundled sheet supplied from this bundled paper sheet supplying device. A bundled paper sheet transport path for transporting bundled paper sheets, an information reading device that reads the destination information of the bundled paper sheets conveyed via this bundled paper sheet transport path, and this information reading device. a bundle paper sheet sorting machine that sorts bundles of paper sheets into predetermined sorting and stacking sections based on the destination information read by the machine; and a bundle paper sheet sorting machine that is provided upstream of the information reading section and passes from the bundle paper sheet transport path to the information reading section. 1. An adjustment device for adjusting the supply timing of the bundled paper sheets.