RU83201U1 - SORTING DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A sorting device (10) for sorting items, in particular mail, containing at least one sorting compartment (14, 16) in front of the holding body (12) for holding sorted items and at least at least one dividing element (20, 21, 22) for dividing at least one sorting compartment (14) into cells, and at least one sorting compartment (14) comprises at least partially extendable from the holding housing (12) in the direction (52) extension The drawer (18), which is essentially open at the front, and at least one separating element is made in the form of a separator (20, 21, 22) located parallel to the direction (52), which is not rigidly connected to the drawer (18) and without the possibility movement with it when pulling the drawer (18) in the direction (52) of the extension so that the drawer (18) after the extension is no longer divided by the said at least one separator (20, 21, 22), characterized in that at least one separator (20, 21, 22) contains located rear hook in the drawer (18), the hook (46), the throat (48) of which is oriented mainly downward, and in the holding case (12) there is a horizontal, holding edge or respectively holding the rod (50), located so that the hook (46) of the separator (20, 21, 22) can catch on it so that the separator (20, 21, 22) in the engaged state cannot move together with the drawer (18) in the direction (52) of the extension, while the hook (46) on its outer side

Description

The invention relates to a sorting device for sorting items, in particular mail, containing at least one sorting compartment therein for holding sorted items and at least one dividing element for separating the sorting compartment into cells.

Sorting devices are used, in particular, for sorting mail. Known devices include, for example, a rack case with horizontal dividers that form sorting compartments. Separate sorting compartments are separated by fixed partitions, as a result of which separate cells open in front are formed.

In the case of mail sorting, individual cells correspond, for example, to separate delivery areas. The user sorts out disordered mail into cells according to the delivery sites. After complete sorting, he takes mail from the appropriate cells and puts it, for example, in the order of the delivery sections in his mail bag or other vehicle. Thus, mail has already been sorted, can be retrieved from the vehicle in the order of the delivery areas and delivered.

Due to the fixed separation elements, the size of the individual cells is firmly set. However, postal receipts for different delivery sites are usually different, which is why

it may happen that the postal receipts of this delivery section do not enter the box provided for them.

When extracting mail from individual cells and storing it in a vehicle or, accordingly, a mail bag, the user must empty each individual cell and store the mail contained in it in a bag or vehicle. Each cell therefore requires separate access to it.

A sorting device with the features of claim 1 is known from US 2004/0080105 A1.

The objective of this utility model is to create a sorting device that would provide simple and time-saving sorting. This problem is solved by means of a sorting device with the characteristics of paragraph 1 of the formula, and the dependent claims are directed to preferred embodiments of the utility model.

In a corresponding utility model of the sorting device, the at least one sorting compartment comprises a drawer that can at least partially extend from the holding housing, for example, along telescopic rails. To limit the extension, an appropriate stop may be provided so that the drawer cannot fall when extended.

The sorting device comprises at least one sorting compartment with a drawer open mainly in front of it. In the presence of several sorting compartments, preferably all of them contain executed, according to the useful

model drawer. However, there are options in which some sorting compartments do not contain a drawer and are made in this regard not in accordance with the utility model. Unless otherwise indicated, then below the term "sorting compartment" should be understood performed, according to a utility model, sorting compartment with a drawer.

At least one separating element for separating the sorting compartment with the drawer is made in the form of a separator drawer parallel to the extension direction, which is not rigidly connected to the drawer and does not move with it in the extension direction, so that the drawer after being extended is no longer divided by said at least one separator. Therefore, while in the unextended state, the drawer forming the sorting compartment is divided by separators into separate cells, when the drawer is pulled out, the separators do not move with it, so that separation does not occur during the drawer pull-out. Therefore, in the extended state, the drawer forming the sorting compartment is no longer divided.

This function is illustrated by mail sorting. The user sorts the mail into a drawer separated by separators while it is divided by them. For example, individual cells formed by separators may correspond to individual delivery sites. After a complete sorting of mail receipts, the user pushes the box forward. Separators do not make this extension movement, so cell division

eliminated. However, the mail is in a drawer in a sorted state by delivery sites. Now the mail can be shifted laterally by the user and removed from the drawer in one go and packed in a mail bag or vehicle.

Thus, taking sortable items from a drawer takes much less time than if you had to empty a large number of individual cells.

The utility model is suitable, in particular, for sorting mail, for example, according to delivery areas assigned to the user. However, the utility model is preferably applicable to all sorting processes in which the items to be sorted must be separated and, following the order of this separation, processed further.

The utility model turns out to be especially effective when several separators made according to the utility model are provided in one sorting compartment.

It is particularly preferred if the drawer in the extended state has no separation at all and in this respect corresponds to the sorting compartment. However, variants are also possible in which two or more sorting compartments are provided for each drawer, and the separate sorting compartments, in turn, in the unextended state of the drawer are separated by separators, but there is no separation after extension. So, for example, for stability it may be preferable if the drawer has a fixed central partition in the middle, so that it includes

two sorting compartments to the right and left of the central partition. Such a separation of the drawer into several sorting compartments may be appropriate, for example, also in the case of very large drawers, which, after they were pulled out and, therefore, eliminated the separation into cells, would have one too large undivided compartment, the contents of which would have been removed hard to handle.

Such a central partition, which, in contrast to the separators, performs the extension movement together with the drawer, can also be made interchangeable. For example, depending on the requirements, it can be screwed in different places on the drawer. Thus, the total size of the sorting compartment can be adjusted to match the normal volume of the mail bag. Several central partitions rigidly fixed or fixed in a drawer may also be provided.

In order that the separators do not move with it during the drawer extension, preferably there are guides or holes in the rear wall on its rear side, through which the separators can slide when the drawer is pulled out. In one particularly preferred embodiment, the rear wall of the drawer has slots, the individual slots being designed so that the separator can slide through them. The number of guides or, respectively, slots corresponds to at least the desired number of separators. Particularly flexible is the option in which a large number of guides or, respectively, slots are made at predetermined intervals, so that,

by choosing the guides or slots used, you can select the number of individual separators and the distance between them.

In one embodiment, the guides or, respectively, the slots are dimensioned so that they guide the separators. For this, in particular, the lateral extent of the guides or, respectively, of the slots can be chosen so that it essentially corresponds to the thickness of the individual separators without clamping them.

The guides or, respectively, the slots in the rear wall of the drawer determine the spatial orientation of the separators. Especially compact is their vertical orientation, i.e. vertical orientation of guides or, respectively, slots. However, variants are also possible in which the guides or, respectively, the slots and, thereby, the separators are oriented obliquely.

The slots in the rear wall of the drawer may in one preferred embodiment have guide bearings which are provided, for example, outside the rear wall of the drawer and facilitate lateral support of the separators, in particular when the drawer is extended. Such guide bearings also serve to stabilize the rear wall with slots. They can be made so that they increase the effective thickness of the back wall, if it is made, for example, thin.

Particularly preferably, the separators are designed so that they can be removed from the sorting device. Therefore, depending on the need and requirements

the user can insert separators in different numbers and at different intervals.

So that the separators do not participate together with the drawer in the pull-out process, they are connected to a holding body or an element rigidly connected to it. In the case of detachable separators, this connection is also detachable. At least one separator has for this purpose a hook on its rear edge in the direction of drawer extension that interacts with a holding edge or holding bar rigidly connected to the cabinet, the holding edge or holding bar being oriented parallel to the rear wall of the drawer and located at a level which corresponds to the height position of the separator hook in its inserted state. When the hook is hooked onto the holding rod or the holding edge, the separator cannot move in the extension direction. When the drawer is pulled out, the hook holds the separator on the holding rod or the holding edge, so that the drawer moves without a separator, which loses its separation function. Mainly the retaining edge or the holding rod is oriented horizontally, and the separator hook is directed with its throat down. The hook engagement with the retaining edge or the holding rod occurs or is then supported due to the gravity of the separator.

The term “hook” refers generally to elements that have a recess for enclosing a holding rod or holding edge.

Hook on its outside and / or holding bar

or the retaining edge is made on the side of the drawer, beveled or rounded. When the separator and the holding rod or holding edge move relative to each other, the hook slides along the holding edge or holding rod until it covers it with its throat. In particular, in the embodiment in which the hook pharynx is directed downward, the separator falls down so that the hook engages in a holding edge or a holding bar.

In such a preferred embodiment, you can do, for example, as follows. In the extended state of the box, the separators can be inserted into it, for example in the right amount and at the right intervals. At the same time, they are held, for example, by guides or, respectively, slots in the rear wall of the box. He, together with the separators, now moves into the holding housing. At the end of the insertion process, the hooks of the separators fall on the holding rod or the retaining edge and, due to the bevel, move at least upwards in the rear part of the separators. As the drawer is further pulled in, the hooks surround the holding bar or the holding edge, as a result of which the raised separators fall down and the hooks engage in the holding bar or holding edge. Thus, in the direction of extension, the separators are firmly fixed and can no longer move with the drawer. Sortable items can be sorted into drawer cells limited by separators. The drawer is extended after sorting the objects without moving the engaged separators, so that they lose their separation function.

In order to maintain the separators, in particular to keep them in their spatial orientation during the drawer extension, a support fixed to the holding case of the sorting device may be provided, into which the separators are inserted during the drawer extension. In this case, it is mainly a support in which slotted support holders for separators are provided. For example, the support may be located in the area of the holding rod or the holding edge in an appropriate embodiment, and the slots are oriented in the direction corresponding to the desired spatial orientation of the separators.

In one preferred embodiment, it is provided that the support comprises an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the support holders for the separators. Depending on the configuration, the adjustment mechanism may serve to regulate the angular orientation of the slots of the support parallel to the slots in the rear wall of the box and / or to precisely control the position of the slots of the support with respect to the slots of the rear wall of the box.

For this, for example, an adjusting screw can be provided, with which all the slots of the support can be shifted by several millimeters in relation to the holding housing. In one embodiment, the adjusting screw is accessible laterally, for example, through an opening in the side wall of the holding housing.

It is particularly preferable if the individual separators are held in the drawer during the sorting process not only by guides or, accordingly, by slots in its rear region, so that during sorting with the drawer retracted

separators are firmly held in several places. For this, in particular, a protrusion can be provided on each separator, which enters the corresponding receiving element in the drawer when it is pushed in and which, when extended, is released from the receiving element.

Thus, in the retracted state of the box, the separators are supported not only by guides or, respectively, by slots in its rear region and the support available if necessary, but also by protrusions that are additionally included in the receiving elements. In particular, due to this, the separators do not change their position even when one of the cells formed by the separators is full.

Particularly preferably, a protrusion is provided for this purpose in the separator region forward in the drawer direction of the separator region at its trailing edge, wherein the protrusion receiving elements are located in the bottom of the drawer in its front in the forward direction of the drawer.

In order to ensure that the protrusion of the at least one separator slides unhindered from the corresponding receiving element, in one preferred embodiment it is provided that the protrusion and / or the receiving element for it are beveled so that when the drawer is pulled out, they slide against each other. In particular, for example, the rearward-facing edge of the protrusion made in the front region of the separator at its lower edge can be beveled or rounded accordingly.

If at least one separator is to be held by a protrusion located in the receiving element, as well as

guides or, respectively, slots in the back of the box, the distance from the protrusion of the separator to the rear in the direction of extension of the box of the separator edge is greater than the distance from the receiving element for the protrusion to the rear wall of the box. Thus, in the retracted state of the box, when the protrusion of at least one separator enters the receiving element, the separator enters the guide region in the rear region or, accordingly, a slot in the rear side of the box. Thus, the separator is reliably supported in at least two places.

In one such embodiment, the separators can be used as follows. The drawer first comes out. Separators with the right intervals and in the right amount are inserted with their respective protrusions into the receiving elements of the box and into the guides or, respectively, the slots in its rear side. The drawer with the separators thus fixed is pushed into the cabinet.

The separators can be made in different ways, for example in the form of lattice structures. Particularly simple and convenient to use are plates made of metal or plastic.

At least one separator may be made of various materials, for example metal or plastic. A separator in the form of a plastic casting is especially simple and cost-effective to manufacture. The plastic separator also has sufficient flexibility to have a certain tolerance with respect to the overflow of the cells formed by the separators.

The utility model is explained in detail using the accompanying drawings, which depict examples of sorting mail. On

drawings presented:

- figure 1: a perspective view of the front side of one embodiment of a device for sorting mail;

- figure 2: drawer of one embodiment in front view and at an angle;

- figure 3: drawer from figure 2 in the rear view and at an angle;

- figure 4: a fragment of a drawer with different inserted separators;

- figure 5: separator of one embodiment;

- Fig.6: another variant of the separator;

- Fig.7: top view and front view of the sorting compartment of one option;

- Fig.8: in an enlarged view, a fragment of the variant according to Fig.7;

- Fig.9: a fragment of the drawer of the variant according to Fig.7;

- figa-c: the process of moving when pulling the drawer of one embodiment;

- Fig.11: a detailed view of the sliding drawer of Fig.7;

- Fig: detailed view when nominated at a later point in time;

- Fig.13: a detailed view of an extended drawer;

- Fig: rear view of the sorting device without the rear wall;

- FIG. 15: support of one embodiment;

- Fig.16: rear view of a fragment of the sorting device with the removed support;

Fig: front view of the sorting compartment of the sorting device in the area of the support with the missing drawer;

- Fig. 18: a perspective view of a holding body of one embodiment.

In the drawings, the same elements are indicated, as a rule, by the same reference position. If several identical elements are visible on the same figure, then not necessarily all of them are indicated by reference numbers.

Figure 1 shows the claimed sorting device 10. It contains a holding body 12, in which there are several sorting compartments 14, 16. In the depicted embodiment, the second sorting compartment 14 is made from the bottom in accordance with the utility model. It comprises a drawer 18 shown in FIG. 1 in an extended state. When extended, it moves along telescopic rails (not shown). The sorting compartment 14 with the drawer 18 contains separators 20. Details and the principle of operation of the separators 20 and the drawer 18 of the sorting compartment 14 are explained in detail below.

Sorting device 10 contains additional compartments 16, which are located on the bottom 17 of the shelf, but do not have a drawer. Therefore, the remaining compartments 16 are not described in detail.

All sorting device 10 in the shown embodiment is installed on the table 23.

In the manner described below, mail is at each stage

sorting in the drawer 18 and fits, thereby, to its bottom. Therefore, under the corresponding utility model, the sorting compartment 14 of the shelf (shelf) is not needed, as is necessary in the case of other sorting compartments 16, made not in accordance with the utility model.

In figure 2, the drawer 18 is depicted at an angle and in front. It contains a bottom 24, side walls 26 and, in this embodiment, a fixed central or otherwise middle wall 28. The rear wall 30 has slots, of which three are indicated by reference 32 as an example. In the bottom 24 of the box 18 in its front in the direction 52 of the extension of the area made receiving elements 34 for protrusions in the form of holes. The distance from the receiving elements 34 for the protrusions to the rear wall 30 is indicated by pos. 35. In the front extension direction 52, a handle 36 is located on the lower side of the box 18. The box 18 is open in front. Due to the shape and spacer reinforcement in the bottom 24 of the box 18, the desired stiffness can be achieved.

In Fig. 3, the same drawer 18 is depicted at an angle and behind. Here, in particular, it can be seen that the slots 32 in the rear wall 30 have lateral support legs 38 that stabilize them and stabilize the rear wall 30 and increase its effective thickness.

Figure 4 shows a detailed view of the drawer 18 with inserted separators. As an example, three separators 20, 21 are shown, and their different shapes are selected that meet different requirements. So, the shape of the separator 21 facilitates, for example, access to mail formed by two neighboring

cell separators, while separator 20 has increased stiffness.

The separators have protrusions in the front lower region (not shown in FIG. 4). Figure 5 shows the protrusion 44 of the separator 20. Also, the separators 21 have corresponding protrusions. The protrusions 44 enter the receiving elements 34 and are connected to them by the type of hook. The trailing edge of the separator passes through a slot 32 in the rear wall 30 of the drawer 18. The distance 35 from the receiving elements 34 to the rear wall 30 is less than the distance 49 from the protrusion 44 to the trailing edge 43 of the separator (FIGS. 5, 6). Thus, the separator is protected in the drawer from warping and lateral displacement.

5 and 6 show two exemplary embodiments of the separators 20, 22. While the separator 20 is rounded in the front region, the separator 22 is beveled in the front region.

It can be seen that the downward protrusion 44 has a forward extension in the form of a nose. The rear edge 45 of the drawer 18, the edge 45 of the protrusion 44 is beveled. The distance from the protrusion 44 to the trailing edge 43 of the separator is indicated by pos. 49.

At the trailing edge of the separator 20, 22 there is a hook 46 with a shed 48 open downward, with the outer side 47 of the hook 46 being rounded.

In the illustrated embodiments, the separators taper upward in their thickness.

7 shows a front view of the sorting compartment 14 when the drawer 18 is pushed into the holding housing 12. The separators 20 are held in the drawer 18 in the receiving elements 34 and the slots 32 of the rear wall 30 as described below.

In Fig.8 shows a fragment of Fig.7. Here, in particular, it can be seen that the receiving elements 34 in the front in the direction of the extension 52 of the extension region 40 are narrower, and the dimensions are selected so that the inserted separator is firmly held in the narrow region 40.

On the end side of the bottom 24 of the box 18 may be marked 42, for example, delivery sites or individual recipients of mail at the delivery sites.

Figure 9 shows another view of the drawer 18 with separators 20, the protrusions of which are included in the receiving elements 34. Here, the drawer 18 is slightly extended in the direction of extension 52 to a distance approximately corresponding to the length of the nose of the protrusion 44. Although the protrusions 44 are still located in the receiving elements 34 however, their extensions made in the form of a nose are no longer hooked to the narrow region 40 of the receiving elements 34. For this, the size of the receiving elements 34 is selected accordingly.

On figa-c schematically shows the behavior of the drawer 18 and the separator 22 in the process of pulling out the drawer 18. In the manner described below, the hook 46 of the separator 22 is hooked to a stationary holding rod 50. The side wall 26 in front of this figure is shown here for better clarity, so that the separator 22 is visible.

Fig. 10a shows the state when the drawer 18 is retracted. Fig. 10b shows the state when the drawer 18 is half extended in the direction 52 of the drawer 18. While in the state of Fig. 10a, the protrusion 44 of the separator 22 passes through the receiving

the element 34 in the bottom 24 of the box 18, in the half-extended state of the box 18 in FIG. 10b, it rests on the bottom 24 of the box 18. Therefore, the separator 22 is slightly inclined.

Fig. 10c shows the state when the drawer 18 is fully extended. The separator 22 no longer passes through the rear wall 30 of the drawer 18 to its rear region, so that the drawer 18 is no longer divided by the separator 22. The separator 22 is held by the guide supports 38 of the rear wall 30 in its spatial orientation from lateral skewing or shear.

In FIGS. 11-13, based on the state of FIG. 7, the extension process in FIG. 10 is depicted in a different perspective. In particular, the state of FIG. 7 corresponds to FIG. 10a, while FIG. 12 corresponds to FIG. 10b, and FIG. 13 to FIG. 10c. Additionally, FIG. 11 shows the state between the states of FIGS. 10a and 10b in which the drawer 18 is already extended so that the protrusion 44 slides out of the receiving element 34.

On Fig shows a rear view of the sorting device, and the rear wall of the holding housing 12 is missing. The state with the drawer 18 and the separators 20 held in the slots 32 of its rear wall 30 is shown. It can be seen that the rear region of the separators 20 protrudes through the slots 32 of the rear wall 30. In the region of the holding rod 50, there is a support 54 containing the base 56. This the base 56 is located extensions 58, between which there are supporting holders in the form of slots 60. The extensions 58 are based on a holding rod 50 rigidly mounted in the holding housing. The separators 20 enter hooks 46 into the slots 60, with the sheds 48

hooks surround the holding rod 50, as can be seen, for example, on figa-s. Below the support 54, the lower region of the rear wall 30 and the bottom 24 of the box 18 are visible. In particular, the guide supports 38 are also visible, which surround the slots 32 of the rear wall 30 in the lower region.

On Fig shows one variant of the support 54. While in Fig.14, the support 54 is shown at the rear, in Fig.15 it is shown in front and at an angle. In particular, the receiving element 62 is visible here, with which the support 54 is adjacent to the holding rod 50. Pos. 63 shows holes in which, for example, adjusting screws for adjusting the lateral position of the support 54 on the holding rod 50 can be located. To do this, corresponding adjusting screws are inserted into the threaded holes 63, with which the support can be biased, for example, to the side walls of the holding shell and adjusted. Thus, the support 54 is adjusted so that its slots 60 coincide with the slots 32 in the box 18.

On Fig shows a rear view of the sorting device. Here, the support 54 is removed to explain the interaction of the hooks 46 of the separators 20 with the holding rod 50. It can be seen that the hooks 46 cover it.

On Fig shows a front view of the rear area of the sorting compartment without a drawer to explain the interaction of the support 54, the holding rod 50 and the hook 46 of the separator 20. It can be seen how the extension 58 lean on the holding rod 50. The separator 20 is located in front of the holding rod, i.e. . in a state shortly before which

the hook 56 enters the slots 60 around the holding rod 50.

Fig. 18 shows a holding housing for four sorting compartments 14 located one above the other. Holes 64 serve to secure the telescopic rails of the corresponding drawer 18. Holes 66 serve to hold the holding rods 50 of the corresponding sorting compartments. The hole for the holding rod of the uppermost sorting compartment is not visible.

Below are the possible sizes of individual elements, which should be taken only as an example.

The housing 12 may, for example, have a width of about 50 or 100 cm and a depth of 35 cm. For a holding housing that can receive four sorting compartments corresponding to the utility model, as shown in FIG. 18, for example, a height is possible about 130 cm.

Holding rods 50 made for example of steel have, for example, a diameter of 14 mm. The level of the respective holding rod 50 in the housing 12 is selected so that it corresponds to the position of the corresponding pharynx 48 of the separator hook 46 in the corresponding drawer.

The support 54 may be made of plastic.

The separators are formed, for example, by plastic plates with a length of about 35 cm and a height of about 21 cm. In the lower region, they have a thickness of 4 mm, which tapers up, as is also seen in FIGS. 5 and 6.

The drawer 18 is also made of plastic and has a volume of, for example, 3500 cm ³ .

Sorting device is assembled as follows. In the holding housing 12, the holding rods 50 are inserted into the holes 66. In the holes 64, telescopic rails (not shown) are mounted, which carry drawers 18 and push them forward to the stop. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, a drawer 18 is provided only in the second sorting compartment 14 from below.

For each drawer 18 or each rod 50, a support 54 is mounted, and it is superimposed by the receiving element 62 on the rod 50. The support 54 is supported, for example, on the rear wall of the housing 12 and, therefore, cannot slide off the rod 50. Using the adjustment the mechanism (not shown) and the holes 63 in the support 54 (Fig. 15), its lateral position is adjusted so that its slots 60 coincide with the slots 32 in the rear wall 30 of the drawer 18. In this way, the tolerances on the carrying drawer 18 of the telescopic rails are compensated. The adjusting screws inserted into the adjusting holes 63 of the support 54 can attract it, for example, to the side walls of the housing 12.

When using the sorting device, the user can proceed as follows. First of all, he chooses the distance between the separators 20, 21, 22. The distance between them is selected so that it approximately corresponds to the postal receipts of the individual delivery areas, so that the cell corresponding to each delivery section between the two separators can accommodate its typical postal receipts . Consequently, in accordance with typical postal receipts corresponding to different cells

sections of delivery, these cells have different widths and different gaps between the separators bounding them. Then the user carries out the first equipment of the drawer 18 with separators 20, 21, 22. For this, the drawer 18 extends approximately 80% of the maximum extension. The separators are inserted in accordance with the desired intervals, and the protrusions 44 snap into the selected receiving elements 34, and the trailing edges of the separators are inserted into the corresponding slots 32 of the rear wall 30 of the box 18. This state is shown, for example, in FIG. 4. The separators 20, 21, 22 are rigidly held by the protrusions 44 in the receiving elements 34 and the slots 32. Now the box 18 is pushed into the sorting compartment 14, and the separators 20, 21, 22 move back with the box 18. At the end of the retraction process, the hooks 46 with their rounded outer side 47 fall onto the holding rod 50. The outer side 47 of the hook 46 slides upward along the rod 50 until its mouth 48 is above it. The separator 20, 21, 22 falls down, as a result of which the hook 46 covers the rod 50, as shown, for example, in FIG. 10 or 16. The hook 46 of the separator 20, 21, 22 now rests in the slots 60 of the support 54 on rod 50, so that the separator can no longer move in the direction of extension 52.

Thus, the sorting compartment 14 is equipped for special user requirements. In particular, cells are formed which, in their width, correspond to typical postal receipts of individual delivery sites. As a rule, the position of the separators is no longer required, since typical postal receipts do not change. If necessary, separators

can be manually removed again when the engagement between the hook 46 and the holding rod 50 is removed.

Now in the retracted state of the box 18 with inserted separators, the mail can be sorted. Separate postal receipts are laid out in accordance with the delivery areas in separate cells. After the mail is completely sorted into individual cells, the drawer 18 again extends beyond the handle 36 in the direction 52 until the telescopic guide stops. The separators 20, 21, 22 remain engaged in the holding rod 50 and, thus, until the drawer 18 is pulled out as much as possible, completely lose their function as separating elements. This is shown in FIG. 10. While the separators 22 in FIG. 10a are engaged with the holding rod 50 and the drawer 18 has not yet been extended, in FIG. 10b it extends in the direction 52, while the separators 22 remain engaged with the holding rod 50. FIG. 10c shows the state , in which the box 18 is fully extended, and the separators 22 no longer perform their separation function in it. The separators 22 are protected from distortion by the guide supports 38 and the upper end of the rear wall 30 bent backward.

The extension process is again explained in detail in Figs. 9, 11-13, based on the state of Fig. 7, where the protrusion 44 is still in the receiving element 34. In Fig. 9, the drawer 18 is already slightly extended, made in the form of spouts for continuing the protrusions 44 no longer interact like hooks with receiving elements 34. Figure 11 shows how, when the drawer 18 is further extended in direction 52, the inclined trailing edge 45 of the protrusion 44 of the separator 20 supports it to slip out of the receiving element 34, in

causing the separator to move slightly up in the front. 12 shows a state corresponding to FIG. 10b. 13, box 18 is shown in a fully extended state. It is seen that the separators 20 are no longer included in the box 18, so that it is now completely devoid of separation (with the exception of the provided, if necessary, the Central wall 28).

The user can now reach out to drawer 18 and move the sorted mail either to its side wall 26 or to its central wall 28. All mail receipts located between the side wall and the central wall 28 of drawer 18 can be retrieved in one go and in sorted form laid, for example, in a mail bag.

Consequently, there is no longer any need to empty each designated compartment of the sorting compartment and store its contents in a mail bag. The sorting process, in particular, the process of extraction from the sorting compartment, is thereby greatly simplified and much shorter in time than in the case of sorting compartments without a drawer.

After removal, the drawer 18 again slides into the sorting compartment 14, whereby the separators 20, 21, 22 again fulfill their separation function, and their protrusions 44 enter the receiving elements 34 in the bottom 24 of the drawer 18. The condition shown again, for example, in FIG. 7, in which the box 18 is divided by separators into cells. The sorting device is now ready for the next sorting process.

The sorting device operates mechanically and therefore is very inexpensive and reliable.

LIST OF REFERENCE POSITIONS

10 - sorting device

12 - holding housing

14 - sorting department

16 - sorting department

17 - shelf

18 - drawer

20, 21, 22 - separators

23 - table

24 - drawer bottom

26 - side wall

28 - central wall

30 - back wall of the drawer

32 - slots in the back wall

34 - receiving elements for the protrusions

35 - the distance from the receiving elements for the protrusions to the rear wall of the drawer

36 - pen

38 - guide bearings

40 - a narrow area of the receiving elements for the protrusions

42 - designation

43 - the trailing edge of the separator

44 - ledge

45 - beveled edge of the protrusion

46 - hook

47 - rounded outer side of the hook

48 - hook yawn

49 - the distance from the protrusion to the trailing edge of the separator

50 - holding rod

52 - direction of extension

54 - support

56 - support base

58 - continued support

60 - slot

62 - receiving support element

63 - adjusting threaded hole

64 - threaded hole

66 - receiving element for a holding rod

Claims (13)

1. A sorting device (10) for sorting items, in particular mail, containing at least one sorting compartment (14, 16) in front of the holding body (12) for holding sorted items and at least at least one dividing element (20, 21, 22) for dividing at least one sorting compartment (14) into cells, and at least one sorting compartment (14) comprises at least partially extendable from the holding housing (12) in the direction (52) extension The drawer (18), which is essentially open at the front, and at least one separating element is made in the form of a separator (20, 21, 22) located parallel to the direction (52), which is not rigidly connected to the drawer (18) and without the possibility movement with it when pulling the drawer (18) in the direction (52) of the extension so that the drawer (18) after the extension is no longer divided by the said at least one separator (20, 21, 22), characterized in that at least one separator (20, 21, 22) contains located rear hook in the drawer (18), the hook (46), the throat (48) of which is oriented mainly downward, and in the holding case (12) there is a horizontal holding edge or respectively holding the drawer (18) parallel to the rear wall (30) the rod (50), located so that the hook (46) of the separator (20, 21, 22) can catch on it so that the separator (20, 21, 22) in the engaged state cannot move together with the drawer (18) in the direction (52) of the extension, while the hook (46) on its outer side (47) and / or the holding rod or respectively the holding edge on the side facing the drawer (18) is rounded or beveled so that the hook (46) slides along the holding edge or respectively the holding rod (50) when said at least one separator (20, 21, 22) and the holding rod (50) or the holding edge, respectively, are moved relative to each other until the holding rod or the holding edge is respectively held by the yaw of the hook (48). 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one drawer (18) has several guides in the rear region, mainly formed by a multiple-slotted rear wall (30), with separate guides or, respectively, slots (32) with the possibility of a separator sliding through them (20, 21, 22). 3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the slots (32) in the rear wall (30) of the drawer (18) are dimensioned with the possibility of directing the at least one separator (20, 21, 22). 4. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the slots (32) of the rear wall (30) of the drawer (18) have guide bearings (38), which effectively increase the thickness of the rear wall (30) in the area of the slots (32). 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one separator (20, 21, 22) is made with the possibility of extraction. 6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a support (54) with at least one predominantly spline-shaped support holder (60) for said at least one separator, the support (54) being fixed with respect to holding housing (12), and at least one supporting holder (60) is configured to hold said at least one separator (20, 21, 22) in its spatial orientation when pulling out the drawer (18). 7. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the support (54) comprises an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust at least one support holder (60) so that the spatial orientation and / or spatial position of the separator supported by it is established ( 20, 21, 22). 8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the said at least one separator (20, 21, 22) has a protrusion (44) made with the possibility of interaction with the corresponding receiving element (34) in the drawer (18) so that the protrusion (44) is held in the receiving element (34) in the retracted state of the drawer (18) and is released from the receiving element (34) when the drawer (18) is pulled out. 9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the protrusion (44) of said at least one separator (20, 21, 22) is made in the separator region (20, forward, in the direction (52) of pulling out the drawer (18) 21, 22) mainly on its lower edge. 10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the protrusion (44) of the at least one separator (20, 21, 22) and / or the corresponding receiving element (34) are beveled or rounded so that they slide along to a friend when pulling out the drawer (18). 11. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the distance (49) from the protrusion (44) of the said at least one separator (20, 21, 22) to the rear edge in the direction (52) of the extension of the drawer (18) (43) of the separator (20, 21, 22) is greater than the distance (35) from the receiving element (34) to the rear wall (30) of the drawer (18), so that said at least one separator (20, 21, 22 ) passes through an opening or slot (32) in the rear wall (30) of the drawer (18). 12. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one separator (20, 21, 22) is made in the form of a plastic casting. 13. Installation for sorting mail, in particular letters, containing a sorting device according to claim 1.