KR100796727B1 - Division device for mail delivering sequence - Google Patents

Abstract

A mail delivering sequence dividing and sorting device and a control method thereof are provided to sort automatically mail in accordance with a mail delivering sequence. A mail delivering sequence dividing and sorting device includes a mail supplying unit(1), a mail size sensing unit(2), a non-standard mail discharge unit(3), a transfer unit(4), a reading unit(5), a control unit(6), and a mail receiving unit(7). The mail supplying unit is arranged in front of a base so as to supply mail to be sorted. The mail size sensing unit senses whether the size of the mail satisfies a standard. The non-standard mail discharge unit discharges non-standard mail to a non-standard mail collecting box. The transfer unit permits mail passed through the mail size sensing unit to be transferred to a plurality of stackers(71) of the mail receiving unit. The reading unit includes a bar-code reader ad a character reader, and provides read data to the control unit. The control unit stores delivering sequence data, determines a mail delivering sequence, and controls a gate(72). The mail receiving unit includes a plurality of stackers arranged in a horizontal direction, and the gate for permitting mail transferred by the transfer unit to be kept in the relevant stacker. The mail supplying unit and the mail receiving unit are arranged in parallel with each other on the base such that a worker performs mail supplying operation and mail sort operation at one position.

Description

Device for sorting and classifying mails and its control method {Division device for Mail delivering sequence}

The present invention relates to a mail order sorting and sorting apparatus and a control method thereof, and in particular, mails are automatically sorted and sorted according to the order (order) in which a deliveryman delivers mail at a local post office, thereby significantly reducing work time. Since the supply means and the receiving means of the sorting device is arranged side by side in one direction, and relates to a mail order sorting and sorting device to improve the working efficiency of the worker and its control method.

At present, mail collected at each local post office is finally delivered to each recipient by a separate courier.

Each postman is assigned an area to which he or she delivers, and mails collected at a local post office are divided and delivered to each area.

At this time, the couriers set the mail delivery order in the area where they deliver the mail and deliver the mail consistently.The couriers sort the mail corresponding to the area they are responsible for among the mail collected at the local post office. After that, the mails are delivered in order by using the detailed addresses of the mails to sort out the first delivery and the later delivery.

In the conventional mail sorting classification method, the worker (carrier) re-classifies the mail according to his order while checking the mail address manually by hand.

However, according to the prior art, the sorting work in the order of mail is carried out depending on the manual work of the deliveryman, and thus the amount of work of the deliverymen increases, and the work of sorting the mail in order of time is much time consuming, which causes a problem that the work is not efficiently performed. .

Therefore, the present invention for solving the above problems

Mail supply means for supplying mail for sorting in order;

Mail standard specification means for detecting whether the supplied mail meets the standard;

Non-standard mail discharge means for discharging the mail that does not satisfy the mail standard to the non-standard mail collector;

A conveying means for conveying the postal matter passing through the postal matter standard detecting means to a plurality of stackers provided in the postal matter classifying means;

Reading means for detecting barcodes and letters in the mails supplied by the conveying means, reading detailed address information to which mails are delivered and supplying them to the control means;

Control means for storing the route data and determining the route of the postal mail as detailed address information of the postal mail read by the reading means, and controlling the section enforcement gate so that the postal mail is classified and stored in the stacker at a corresponding position;

A plurality of stackers for storing mail items, the mail sorting means being provided in a transverse direction and provided with a sorting intermittent gate for opening and closing the mail conveyed by the transfer means at the inlet side of the stacker;

Characterized in that configured.

According to the present invention, since the mail is automatically classified and classified according to the order (order) of delivery by the courier at the local post office, the work time can be significantly reduced, and the supply means and the storage means of the order separator are in one direction. As they are placed side by side, the worker's work efficiency can be improved, and non-standard mail or metal-embedded mail is automatically detected and collected separately for reprocessing during sorting of mail, so that the reliability of sorting of mail is further improved. It can be expected to provide an effect of providing a sorting apparatus and a control method for sorting mails in order.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, FIGS. 1 to 7.

Prior to the description of the present invention will be described in more detail with respect to 'in order'.

In order, a deliveryman delivers mail.

That is, when the deliveryman delivers the mail in the area assigned to him, the mail is delivered in a predetermined area order, and this mail delivery order is called a sequence.

Therefore, the deliveryman is to sort the mail to be delivered to the area assigned to them in order to be able to deliver the mail faster, the mail sorting sorting apparatus of the present invention is classified by the mailer in order A device is classified.

The present invention is a mail supply means (1), mail standard detection means (2), non-standard mail discharge means (3), transfer means (4), reading means (5), control means (6), mail classification storage means ( It is composed of 7), and the configuration and operation of each component are as follows.

◈ Mail supply means ◈

The postal matter supply means 1 supplies postal matters for sorting, and is formed long in front of the base 11 which is formed as a whole in a lateral direction as shown in FIG.

A supply conveyor 12 composed of three conveyor belts is provided on the front side of the base 11, which is formed to extend in the lateral direction, and the post is supplied to the end of the supply conveyor 12 to the postal specification detecting means 2 side. The supply belt 16 is installed, and between the supply belt 16 and the end of the supply conveyor 12 forms a vibrating roller 13 for applying vibration to prevent the posts from adhering to each other, and at the same time the posts are supplied with the feed belt ( 16) Install the screw sensor 15 to be in close contact with the side.

The screw sensor 15 is far more mail than the mail supplied to the standard specification means (2) by the supply belt 16, the mail is supplied through the supply conveyor 12 is a lot of mail is accumulated by the mail is accumulated The screw sensor 15 is configured to push a predetermined electric signal to the control unit 61 of the control means (6).

The standby plate 17 is installed at the middle of the supply belt 16 to be orthogonal, and at the rear end of the standby plate 17, a plurality of postal matters are prevented from being supplied to the rear end through the supply belt 16 at one time. The reverse rotation roller 18 is moistened, and the rear end of the reverse rotation roller 18 rotates in a state of being in close contact with the supply belt 16 so as to accumulate a conveying roller 19 for passing a single postal matter.

In addition, a supply sensor 14 is installed at the end of the supply conveyor 12 to detect the presence of mail and to supply an operation signal of the mail supply means 1 to the control means 6.

When the mail is placed in front of the supply conveyor 12 to distinguish the mail, the supply sensor 14 detects the mail and transmits a predetermined electric signal to the control unit 61, whereby the control unit 61 sends the mail. The belt and sensors of the supply means 1 are turned on and at the same time the conveying means 4 are operated.

Accordingly, the postal matter advanced along the feed conveyor 12 is supplied to the feed belt 16 in front by the screw sensor 15, and the postal matter moves rearward on the drawing along the feed belt 16 to stand-by plate 17 ) Several sheets of postal matter adhered to the atmospheric plate (17) is not fed to the feed roller (19) at the same time by the reverse rotation roller (18) at the same time to feed the conveying roller (19) one by one to detect the postal specification Supplied to the means (2).

The postal conveyance speed supplied to the postal specification detecting means 2 one by one through the supply belt 16 and the conveying roller 19 is more than the supply rate of the postal matter supplied to the standby plate 17 by the supply conveyor 12. Because of the slowness, a large amount of mail is accumulated in the screw sensor 15 when a predetermined time elapses. When a large amount of mail is accumulated in the screw sensor 15, the screw sensor 15 is pushed down and a predetermined electric signal is accumulated. To the control unit 61.

When the electrical signal is supplied from the screw sensor 15, the control unit 61 slows the driving speed of the supply conveyor 12 so that the postal matter accumulated in the screw sensor 15 is exhausted, and then again the supply conveyor 12 Restore drive speed to original.

◈ Mail standard sensing means ◈

The mail item specification detecting means 2 detects whether the mail item supplied by the mail item supply means 1 satisfies the standard.

The mail specification detecting means (2), the first to the third consisting of a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion on the movement path of the mail supplied through the supply belt 16 of the mail supply means 1 as shown in FIG. The sensors 21 to 23 are sequentially installed to detect the length and height of the mail.

The first sensor 21 and the third sensor 23 are for detecting the length of the mail. If the mail is detected by both the first sensor 21 and the third sensor 23, the length of the mail is too long. It is a long state.

The second sensor 22 is used to measure the height of the mail. If the mail is not detected by the second sensor 22, the height of the mail is too low because it is too small, and the first sensor 21 and If the postal matter is not sensed at the same time by the second sensor 22 or the second sensor 22 and the third sensor 23, it is also determined that the length of the postal mail is too short.

The control unit 61 to be described later determines the standard for the length and height of the postal item using the information detected by the first to third sensors 21 to 23.

On the other hand, the rear end of the third sensor 23 is provided with a thickness sensor 24 for detecting the thickness of the mail passing through, the rear end of the thickness sensor 24 is a metal sensor 25 for detecting the presence of metal in the mail. ) So that the sensing information of the thickness sensor 24 and the metal sensor 25 is supplied to the control unit 61 so that the control unit 61 determines the thickness of the postal matter and the standard of the metal presence.

On the basis of the information detected by the sensors 21 to 25 forming the mail standard detecting means 2, the control unit 61 determines whether the mail is standard. It is controlled to be supplied to the reading means 5 through, and if it is determined that the non-standard mail is stored in the non-standard mail collection box 35.

◈ Non-standard mail discharge means ◈

Non-standard mail discharge means (3) is to discharge the mail that does not meet the mail standard to the non-standard mail collection box (35).

As the non-standard mail discharge means 3 is shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

A non-standard mail collection box 35 for storing non-standard mail is installed at the bottom of the base 11, and an upper surface of the base 11 discharges the mail to move the mail to the non-standard mail collection box 35. The shooter 33 and the guider 34 are formed to be connected, and the discharge belt 32 is installed at the inlet side of the discharge shooter 33 to transfer the mail to the discharge shooter 33 side.

Then, the postal matter is moved to the conveyance belt 41 or the discharge belt 32 side under the control of the control unit 61 of the control means 6 at the rear end of the metal sensor 25 of the postal matter standard detecting means 2. It is configured by installing a discharge control gate 31 to change the path.

If the non-standard mail discharge means (3) configured as described above is detected by non-standard mail by the mail standard detection means (2), the discharge control gate 31 is operated under the control of the control unit 61, the mail is discharge belt Through the 32 and the discharge shooter 33 and the guider 34 to be automatically discharged to the non-standard mail collection box 35 to be received.

The postal matter determined as the standard by the postal matter standard detecting means 2 is transferred to the postal matter sorting means 7 through the reading means 5 by the conveying means 4, which is post-seeded, and the stacker 71 corresponding to the flow path. Is housed in.

◈ Transfer Method ◈

The conveying means 4 is such that the postal matter passing through the postal matter standard detecting means 2 passes through the reading means 5 and is conveyed to a plurality of stackers 71 provided in the postal matter sorting receiving means 7.

The conveying means 4 is composed of a plurality of direction change wheels (42a ~ 42d) and the conveying belt 41 for changing the conveying direction of the postal matter,

The first wheel 42a serves to redirect the mail passing through the mail specification detecting means 2 to the front of the apparatus again, and the second wheel 42b moves the mail forwarded to the rear of the apparatus again. The direction is changed so that the postal matter is supplied to the reading means 5.

The postal matter passing through the second wheel 42b is conveyed to the right end of the apparatus by a plurality of conveying belts 41, and the third and fourth wheels 42c and 42d are installed at the right end of the apparatus so that the postal matter is returned. It is turned to the left side so that it is supplied to the side of the several stacker 71 which comprises the mail classification storage means 7 installed in parallel with the supply conveyor 12. As shown in FIG.

Between the first wheel 42a and the second wheel 42b, an alignment part 43 for aligning mails and a double separating part 44 for separating mails overlapped by a pair of belts driven at different speeds are provided. Since the arrangement of the alignment unit 43 and the double separator 44 is a general matter, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

◈ Reading means ◈

The reading means 5 reads the barcode and the character information from the mail items supplied by the conveying means 4 to read the detailed address information of the mail items.

The reading means 5 is roughly comprised by the barcode reader 51 and the character reader 52. As shown in FIG.

The barcode reader 51 scans a barcode attached to a postal mail, reads a receiving station code and a unique number, and transmits the read information to the control unit 61,

The character reader 52 recognizes and reads address information marked on a mail, more specifically, a street address or a large building name, and transmits the read information to the control unit 61.

◈ Control means ◈

The control means 6 determines the order of the mails as the detailed address information of the mails read by the reading means 5, and divides the gates 72 so that the mails are classified and stored in the stacker 71 at the corresponding position. At the same time as controlling the overall device of the present invention to drive normally.

The control means 6 is shown in Figure 6,

A memory 63 for storing the sequence data and storing the stacker 71 designation information corresponding to the sequence;

An encoder 62 installed at a plurality of places on the path of the conveying belt 41 to generate a pulse corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying belt 41 and to supply it to the control unit 61;

Determining the order of the postal matter as the detailed address information of the postal matter read by the reading means 5, estimating the transport distance of the postal matter as a pulse generated in the encoder 62, and the stacker of the position corresponding to the determined order And a control unit 61 for controlling the division control gate 72 so that the mail is classified and stored in the 71.

In addition, the control unit 61 receives the information on the length, height, thickness, metal presence of the mail as a detection signal supplied from the sensors (21-25) of the mail standard detection means (2), of which If any one does not meet the standard, it is determined that the mail is in a non-standard state, and the discharge control gate 31 is operated to control the mail to be discharged and stored in the non-standard mail collection box 35.

Here, the method of classifying and classifying the mail items by the control unit 61 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

The memory 63 stores order data which is mail delivery order information of a deliveryman, and also stores stacker 71 information designated corresponding to the order.

When the courier enters a specific key to sort the mails assigned to him, the mailer places the mail to be classified in the supply conveyor 12, and the control unit 61 reads the data of the current courier in order of the data stored in the memory 63. Each of a plurality of stackers is designated to correspond to the order of passage, and as the postal matter placed on the supply conveyor 12 is detected by the supply sensor 14, the control unit 61 operates each component so that the postal matter is supplied.

Under the control of the control unit 61, the screw sensor 15, the vibratory roller 13, the supply belt 16, the reverse rotation roller 18 and the feed roller 19 of the postal matter supply means 1 operate the postal matter. Each piece is supplied to the mail standard detecting means 2.

The control unit 61 detects the length, height, thickness, and metal presence of the mail supplied by the mail supply means 1 using the sensors 21 to 25 of the mail specification detecting means 2, and the detection result. If the current mail is non-standard, the discharge control gate 31 is operated so that the non-standard mail is stored in the non-standard mail collection box 35, and if the mail is standard, it is supplied to the reading means 5 by the transport means 4. Control as possible.

Further, the control section 61 recognizes the detailed address information of the postal mail by using the information read by the bar code reader 51 and the text reader 52 of the reading means 5, and in the order corresponding to the recognized postal mail address. Is determined by comparing with the order data stored in the memory 63, and the stacker 71 corresponding to the determined order is designated so that the postal matter is transferred by the transport means 4 to approach the stacker 71. The division control gate 72 provided at the inlet side of the 71 is operated so that the mail is stored in the stacker 71.

The postal matters are stored in the stacker 71 corresponding to the designated order by the control operation of the control unit 61. As the sorting and sorting operation of the postal matters is performed for all the postal matters, the postal matters are assigned to each designated stacker 71 in order. Mails in order are sorted and stored.

Accordingly, the deliveryman is to be banded separately to the mail stored in each stacker 71 to be delivered sequentially according to the order.

◈ Mail classification storage means ◈

The mail sorting receiving means 7 is provided with a plurality of stackers 71 for storing the mails continuously in the transverse direction on the upper part of the base 11 and transferred to the inlet side of the stacker 71 by the conveying means 4. The division intermittent gate 72 is configured to be opened and closed so that the mail is stored in the stacker 71.

In addition, a plurality of stacking boxes 73 are installed in a plurality of layers at a lower end of the base 11 so as to be located directly below the stacker 71. The stacking boxes 73 may be slidably moved forward and backward. .

The stacking box 73 is used to replace the mail stored in the stacker 71.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the postal matter sorting means 7 and the postal matter supplying means 1 are provided side by side in the lateral direction.

Accordingly, the worker can perform the work of supplying and collecting the mail at the same time in one place to increase the work efficiency.

1 is a plan view showing the overall structure of the mail order sorting apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing a mail supply means, mail standard specification means, non-standard mail discharge means, reading means applied to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a view showing in detail the non-standard mail discharge means applied to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a view showing a mail sorting means applied to the present invention.

5 is a front view showing a sorting apparatus according to the mail order of the present invention.

6 is a view showing a control block applied to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart showing a control process of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: mail supply means, 2: mail specification detection means,

3: non-standard mail discharge means, 4: conveying means,

5: reading means, 6: control means,

7: mail compartment storage means, 11: base,

12: feeding conveyor, 13: vibrating roller,

14: feed sensor, 15: screw sensor,

16: feed belt, 19: feed roller,

21 ~ 23: sensor, 24: thickness sensor,

25: metal sensor, 31: discharge control gate,

35: non-standard mail collection box, 41: transfer belt,

51: barcode reader, 52: character reader,

61: control unit, 62: encoder,

63: memory, 71: stacker,

Claims (10)

A postal mail supply means (1) installed in the transverse direction in front of the base (11) to supply postal matters for orderly division; Postal specification detecting means (2) for detecting whether the supplied postal matter meets the standard; Non-standard postal matter discharging means (3) for discharging postal items that do not satisfy the postal standard to the non-standard postal box 35; A conveying means (4) through which the mail passing through the mail specification detecting means (2) passes through the reading means (5) to a plurality of stackers (71) provided in the mail sorting receiving means (7); Control means for controlling the read information consisting of a bar code reader 51 for reading a bar code from the mail supplied by the transfer means 4 and a character reader 52 for detecting the character and reading the detailed address information to which the mail is delivered. Reading means 5 for supplying to (6); The division control gate 72 is stored so that the route data is stored and the route of the mail is determined as the detailed address information of the mail read by the reading means 5, and the mail is classified and stored in the stacker 71 at the corresponding position. Control means for controlling 6; A plurality of stackers 71 for storing mails are continuously installed in the transverse direction, and at the inlet side of the stacker 71, the opening and closing operation for opening and closing the mails conveyed by the transfer means 4 is stored in the stacker 71. In the mail order sorting and sorting apparatus comprising a; The postal mail supply means 1 and the postal mail sorting means 7 are installed side by side on the base 11 formed long in the transverse direction so that the operator can perform the supply and recovery of the postal mail at one position, characterized in that Device for sorting and sorting mail. The mail delivering means 1 according to claim 1, wherein The supply conveyor 12 which consists of a plurality of conveyor belts in the transverse direction of the base 11 formed in a long direction and supplies a plurality of postal matters supported on the supporting plate is installed, and is provided at the end of the supply conveyor 12. And a supply belt 16 for supplying mails to the postal specification measuring means 2, and a vibrating roller 13 for preventing mails from being attached to each other between the end of the supply belt 16 and the supply conveyor 12. While the mail is in close contact with the supply belt 16, while the screw is pushed when the mail is caught, the screw sensor 15 for transmitting a predetermined electric signal to the control means 6 is installed, At the rear end of the standby plate 17 installed to be orthogonal to the middle part of the supply belt 16, a plurality of postal matters are fed to the reverse rotation roller 18 for preventing the supply of the mail through the supply belt 16 at once. At the rear end of the reverse rotation roller 18, the feed roller 16 is rotated in close contact with the feed belt 16, and the conveying roller 19 is configured to allow a single piece of mail to pass therethrough. At the end of the supply conveyor 12, the postal sensor is characterized in that it is provided with a supply sensor 14 for detecting the presence of the postal matter and supplying the operation signal of the postal matter supply means 1 to the control means 6 And sorting device. The method of claim 1, wherein the mail standard detecting means (2), By installing the first to third sensors (21 to 23) consisting of a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit on the moving path of the mail supplied through the supply belt 16 of the mail supply means (1) to detect the length and height of the mail , At the rear end of the third sensor 23 is installed a thickness sensor 24 for detecting the thickness of the mail passing through, At the rear end of the thickness sensor 24 is installed a metal sensor 25 for detecting whether there is metal in the mail, Mail sorting and sorting apparatus, characterized in that the control means (6) to determine whether the normal standard of the mail based on the information detected by each sensor (21-25). The method of claim 1, wherein the non-standard mail discharge means (3), A non-standard mail collecting box 35 for storing non-standard mail is installed at the bottom of the base 11, and the mail is transferred to the rear end of the metal sensor 25 under the control of the control means 6. Or a discharge control gate 31 for changing a path to move toward the discharge belt 32, and the non-standard mail passing through the discharge control gate 31 is discharge belt 32 and discharge shooter 33 and Mail order sorting and sorting device, characterized in that configured to be automatically discharged and stored in the non-standard mail collection box 35 through the guider (34). The method according to claim 1, wherein the control means (6) A memory 63 for storing the sequence data and storing the stacker 71 designation information corresponding to the sequence; An encoder 62 installed at a plurality of places on the path of the conveying belt 41 to generate a pulse corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying belt 41 and to supply it to the control unit 61; Determining the order of the postal matter as the detailed address information of the postal matter read by the reading means 5, estimating the transport distance of the postal matter as a pulse generated in the encoder 62, and the stacker of the position corresponding to the determined order A control unit 61 for controlling the division control gate 72 so that the postal matter is classified and stored in the 71; Mail sorting and sorting apparatus, characterized in that consisting of. delete delete The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit 61 is a sensing signal supplied from the sensors 21 to 25 of the mail standard detecting means 2 receives information about the length, height, thickness, metal presence of the mail. And, if any one of them does not meet the standard, it is determined that the mail is in a non-standard state and operate the discharge control gate 31 so that the mail is characterized in that the mail to be discharged and stored in the non-standard mail collection box (35) And sorting device. In the mail order classification and classification control method, A first step of storing data in sequence in the memory 63 of the control means 6; After the first process, when a sorting operation is performed in order of mails by the input of a specific key, and the mails to be sorted are placed in the supply conveyor 12, the control unit 61 reads out the order data stored in the memory 63 to determine the current deliveryman. A plurality of stackers each designated to correspond to the entire flow path, and the second control unit 61 operates the components so that the mails are supplied as the mails placed on the feed conveyors 12 are detected by the supply sensors 14. Process; Detects the length, height, thickness, and metal presence of the mail supplied by the mail supply means 1 using the sensors 21 to 25 of the mail specification detecting means 2, and as a result of the detection, the current mail is non-existent. The third process is to operate the discharge intermittent gate 31 if it is a standard, so that non-standard mail is stored in the non-standard mail collection box 35, and if the mail is standard, the mail is supplied to the reading means 5 by the transport means 4. and; The bar code reader 51 of the reading means 5 reads a bar code from the supplied standard mail, and the character reader 52 reads the detailed address described in the mail, reads the detailed address information of the mail, and supplies it to the controller 61. The controller 61 determines an order corresponding to the read mail address, designates a stacker 71 corresponding to the determined order, and the mail is transferred by the transfer means 4 to approach the stacker 71. A fourth step of operating the division control gate 72 provided at the inlet side of the stacker 71 so that the mail is stored in the stacker 71; Mail classification and classification control method characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 9, In the fourth process, the control unit 61 receives a pulse generated from a plurality of encoders 62 installed on the path of the conveying belt 41 of the conveying means 4, estimates the conveying distance of the mail, and assigns the stacker to which the mail is designated. 71) A sorting and sorting control method according to the mail, characterized in that to operate the partition intermittent gate (72) to be stored in.

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