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EP0708691B1
EP0708691B1 EP94920384A EP94920384A EP0708691B1 EP 0708691 B1 EP0708691 B1 EP 0708691B1 EP 94920384 A EP94920384 A EP 94920384A EP 94920384 A EP94920384 A EP 94920384A EP 0708691 B1 EP0708691 B1 EP 0708691B1
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sorting apparatus
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Rudolf Brugger
Rudolf Schuster
Adolf HÖPLER
Wilfried Lange
Volkmar Schulz
Werner Von Hacht
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
    • B07C3/082—In which the objects are carried by transport holders and the transport holders form part of the conveyor belts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail

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  • the machine-readable postcodes to be specified on postal items such as letters, postcards, parcels and the like, as a key figure for a location, a delivery area, a mailbox or a bulk recipient, enable the mail to be distributed quickly and automatically.
  • the incoming mail items are sorted with the aid of controllable conveying goods carriers, which are loaded in special input places, preferably mechanically, with one mail item each and then deliver this mail item to a sorting container assigned to the respective post code. After the mail item has been transferred to the assigned sorting container, the empty conveyed goods carrier can then be loaded again with a mail item when it passes an input location.
  • a sorting device for mail which has pairs of conveying goods carriers rotating in pairs on a conveying device for receiving for transport and for controllable delivery of the mail to sorting containers.
  • the conveying device comprises two endlessly revolving chains at a distance from one another, which are guided in a meandering manner via corresponding rollers and guide the conveyed goods carriers along a row with sorting containers in several superimposed levels.
  • the meandering course of the conveyor in several levels results in a relatively large overall height of the sorting device with a correspondingly poor accessibility of the sorting containers arranged in the upper levels.
  • a sorting device for mail which has a plurality of conveying goods carriers rotating around a conveying device for receiving, transporting and controllably delivering the mail to sorting containers.
  • the Conveyed goods carriers are fastened in pairs opposite to each other on rotating transport nacelles of the conveyor, the transport nacelles, for example driven by an endless chain, being guided with rollers on a vertically oriented rail that extends in the transport direction.
  • the transport gondolas are guided in the area of two adjacent, U-shaped deflections of the conveying device along a total of four parallel double rows with sorting containers into which the mail item can be dropped from the conveying item carriers. Due to the arrangement of the sorting containers in four double rows and the spaces required for the access of operators, a very large area is required for the installation of the entire sorting device.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 is based on the problem of creating a sorting device in which a large number of sorting containers can be provided in a confined space.
  • sorting container is generally understood to mean a space for receiving the sorted conveyed goods.
  • containers in the form of a rectangular box, sacks or the compartments of a shelving system can also be used for the sorting tasks.
  • a sorting device In addition to sorting and distributing mail in public post offices or the in-house mail centers of large companies, a sorting device according to the invention can also be used, for example, in storage systems or automatic picking machines for comparable tasks in which goods or parts provided with codes are fed to the sorting containers assigned to the respective codes.
  • the invention is based on the finding that the conveyed goods carriers can rotate in two or more levels by at least one vertical deflection of the conveying device and thus the sorting containers can also be provided in at least two levels assigned to these levels.
  • the conveyed goods carriers are guided in each level along two rows of sorting containers arranged at a distance from one another on the assigned floor. With a small footprint of the sorting device, a very large number of the sorting containers provided for sorting purposes is thus made possible.
  • the extension of the conveyor over two or more levels required to increase the sorting capacity requires a relatively small additional effort, especially since the vertical deflections are easy to implement and a single drive system can be maintained.
  • the compact and clear arrangement of the sorting containers on two or more floors also makes the work of the personnel required to replace full sorting containers easier. Since the two rows of sorting containers on one floor are each accessible from different locations, a high level of operating comfort is guaranteed.
  • the preferred embodiment of the conveyed goods carrier according to claim 2 is based on the knowledge that, in the closed position, conveyed goods carriers consisting of a fixedly arranged wall part and a movable wall part can reliably accommodate conveyed goods that are difficult to handle, such as thin letters, and a reliably controllable one in the delivery position Allow transfer of the conveyed goods to an assigned sorting container. Stopping or braking the It is not necessary to have a carrier for the delivery of the conveyor.
  • the embodiment according to claim 3 enables a particularly simple pivoting of the movable wall part between the closed position and the delivery position of the conveyed goods carrier.
  • the development according to claim 4 ensures a particularly safe transport of the material to be conveyed through the secured closed position. On the other hand, only a minimum of effort is required to reliably take the delivery position.
  • the embodiment according to claim 6 ensures a particularly safe transport of the conveyed material, since the interlocking gearing prevents thin letters or the like from falling out even in the case of an incomplete closed position.
  • the embodiment according to claim 7 enables a further stiffening of the wall parts, the wave-shaped design at the same time also preventing undesired adhesion of thin letters or the like to the wall parts of the conveyed goods carrier.
  • the development according to claim 8 enables a particularly safe control of the sorting container assigned to the respective material to be conveyed.
  • the inclination of the discharge chute and the speed of the conveyed goods can be coordinated so that even a vertical drop of thin letters can be reached.
  • the discharge chute is preferably formed by the movable wall part. The center of gravity of the movable wall part is shifted downwards, which enables an automatic swiveling from the closed position into the delivery position without additional actuation means.
  • the embodiment according to claim 10 simplifies the transport of the conveyed goods. If the conveyed goods carriers are laterally cantilevered on a rotating transport carriage, the conveyed goods carriers can also be passed between two rows of sorting containers arranged at a relatively small vertical distance from one another. According to claim 12, two or more conveyed goods carriers are preferably fastened to the transport carriage, which results in a further reduction in the structural outlay for the entire conveying device.
  • the embodiment according to claim 13 enables safe guiding of the transport trolleys with minimal construction effort, wherein according to claim 14 a transport rope is preferably used as an endlessly rotating means of transport, and the profiles according to claim 15 are preferably tubular.
  • the discharge chute is preferably formed by the movable wall part.
  • the center of gravity of the movable wall part is shifted downwards, which enables an automatic swiveling from the closed position into the delivery position without additional actuation means.
  • the embodiment according to claim 10 simplifies the transport of the conveyed goods. If the conveyed goods carriers are laterally cantilevered on a rotating transport carriage, the conveyed goods carriers can also be passed between two rows of sorting containers arranged at a relatively small vertical distance from one another. According to claim 12, two or more conveyed goods carriers are preferably fastened to the transport carriage, which results in a further reduction in the structural outlay for the entire conveying device.
  • the embodiment according to claim 13 enables safe guiding of the transport trolleys with minimal construction effort, wherein according to claim 14 a transport rope is preferably used as an endlessly rotating means of transport, and the profiles according to claim 15 are preferably tubular.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a generally designated FT conveyor, which comprises a fixed wall part FW and a movable wall part BW.
  • the movable wall part BW can be pivoted about an axis of rotation DA oriented transversely to the transport direction TR of the conveyed goods carrier FT.
  • FIG. 1 shows the closed position of the conveyed goods carrier FT, in which the fixedly arranged wall part FW and the movably arranged wall part BW, both of which are curved outwards, have an approximately V-shaped receiving pocket for a cross section form the material to be conveyed.
  • the two wall parts FW and BW are each curved in a wave shape, wherein in the closed position SS shown in a plan view from above, both wall parts FW and BW interlock with a toothing VZ.
  • the locking position SS is secured according to FIG. 1 by a lock SP designed as a pawl, which can be rotated about an axis denoted by A and can be released by actuating a lifting magnet HM.
  • the movable wall part BW is pivoted about the axis of rotation DA in such a way that a discharge slot of the conveyed goods carrier FT which is open at the bottom is formed.
  • the lower extension of the movably arranged wall part BW forms a discharge chute AR which adjoins this discharge slot and which is inclined against the transport direction TR.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of two modules M1 and M2 of a sorting device equipped with conveyed goods carriers FT according to FIG. 1.
  • a total of five conveyed goods carriers FT are attached to a transport carriage TW, which is part of a conveying device FE and rotates in two levels E1 and E2.
  • each module M1 and M2 has two levels ET1 and ET2, formed by support plates AB, in which sorting containers SB can be placed in close proximity.
  • FIG. 3 only the sorting containers SB provided on the right upper floor ET2 are shown. It can be seen that the conveyed goods carriers FT run around the sorting containers SB in such a way that the conveyed goods (not shown in FIG. 3) can be thrown into a sorting container SB assigned to the respective coding when the pawl SP is actuated (see FIG. 1) .
  • FIG. 4 shows further details of the conveying device FE shown in FIG. 3.
  • the trolley TW over with R designated rollers is guided on two tubular profiles P extending in the transport direction TR (see FIG. 1).
  • the profiles P which are aligned parallel to one another at a vertical spacing, are connected to one another in rectilinear regions of the conveying device FE via webs ST which also extend in the transport direction TR, while these webs ST are dispensed with in the curved regions.
  • a transport trolley TW is driven by an endlessly rotating transport cable TS, to which the transport trolley TW is fastened with the aid of a driver MN.
  • the transport trolley TW On the side opposite the transport cable TS, the transport trolley TW has a support plate TB to which the individual conveyed goods carriers FT are fastened on the end face and which also carries the pawls SK and the associated lifting magnets HM.
  • the support plate TB acts as a holder for the axes of rotation DA of the movable wall parts BW, while the fixed wall parts FW of the individual conveyed goods carriers FT are firmly connected to the support plate TB via end flanges F (see FIG. 1).
  • FIG. 5 shows a study of the time-independent movement sequence when the conveyed goods are ejected from the conveyed goods carriers FT according to the invention.
  • a conveyed goods carrier FT can be seen in its closed position SS.
  • the conveyed goods FG shown in dashed lines should be a thin letter.
  • the second conveyed goods carrier FT seen from the left is already shown in its delivery position AS, in which the movable wall part BW forms a discharge slot for the conveyed goods FG by rotating about the axis of rotation DA together with the fixedly arranged wall part FW. From the following positions of the material to be conveyed FG it can be seen that it slides down over the discharge chute AR and besides the downward vertical movement component receives a horizontal movement component opposite to the transport direction TR.
  • the transport speed in the transport direction TR and the inclination of the discharge chute AR can be coordinated with one another in such a way that the conveyed goods FG can at least largely fall vertically downwards into an assigned sorting container SB (cf. FIG. 3).
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show a sorting device composed of individual modules M in side view and in top view.
  • the individual modules M correspond to the modules M1 and M2 shown in FIG. 3, but in FIG. 6 there is also shown an additional feed belt ZB arranged below the lower level E1 for the provision of empty sorting containers SB.
  • an additional feed belt ZB arranged below the lower level E1 for the provision of empty sorting containers SB.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 there is a vertical deflection HU on the left-hand side in front of the first module M, while an end-side input module EM is connected to the last module M on the right-hand side.
  • the U-shaped circulation of the conveyed goods carrier FT in the upper level E2 is set back compared to the U-shaped circulation of the conveyed goods carriers FT in the lower level E1.
  • the conveyed goods carriers FT circulating in the lower level E1 can be loaded from the front, from the front or from the rear, from above, the loading being carried out manually or by machine.
  • a loading zone BZ on the rear is indicated in FIG.
  • FIG. 8 shows in a highly simplified schematic representation the guidance of the conveying device FE (compare FIGS. 3 and 4) over the two levels E1 and E2.
  • Line L shows the spatial course of the transport rope TS (see FIG. 4), the direction of transport being indicated by arrows TR.
  • the guidance of the transport rope TS in the area of the vertical deflection HU and in the area of the input module EM is indicated by pulleys U.
  • the corresponding spatial profile of the profiles P (see FIG. 4), which runs parallel to the line L, cannot be seen in FIG.
  • the conveyed goods carriers FT loaded in the rear loading zone BZ of the lower level E1 (cf. FIG. 7) with conveyed goods FG are deflected forward at the same height in the front area of the input module EM and then on the sorting containers SB arranged on the front side in the lower level ET1 transported past.
  • the conveyed goods carriers FT are then guided diagonally upwards into the upper level E2 and transported there past the sorting containers SB arranged on the rear side in the upper level ET2.
  • the conveyed goods carriers FT are then deflected forward at the same height and then transported past the sorting containers SB arranged on the front side in the upper floor ET2.
  • the conveyed goods carriers FT are then guided diagonally downward into the lower level E1 and transported there past the sorting containers SB arranged on the rear side in the lower level ET1.
  • the individual FT carriers convey the carried items Conveyed goods FG to an assigned sorting container SB, so that they can be loaded again with conveyed goods FG when they pass through the rear loading zone BZ.

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  • Framework For Endless Conveyors (AREA)

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  1. Dispositif de tri, notamment de courrier postal, comportant plusieurs supports (FT) pour objets à transporter, tournant sur au moins un dispositif (FE) de transport et servant à recevoir, à transporter et à fournir d'une manière qui peut être commandée les objets (FG) à transporter à des réceptacles (SB) de tri,
    - les supports (FT) pour objets à transporter tournant par l'intermédiaire d'au moins un dispositif (HU) de renvoi à changement de niveau du dispositif (FE) de transport dans au moins deux plans (E1, E2)
    - les réceptacles (SB) de tri étant disposés à aux moins deux étages (ET1, ET2) associés aux plans (E1, E2) du dispositif (FE) de transport,
       caractérisé en ce que les supports (FT) pour objets à transporter passent dans chaque plan (E1, E2) le long de deux rangées de réceptacles (SB) de tri disposées à distance l'une de l'autre dans l'étage associé (ET1, ET2).
  2. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendication 1,
       caractérisé en ce que
    - chaque support (FT) pour objets à transporter comprend une pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe et une pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile,
    - la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile forme, en une position (SS) de fermeture, conjointement avec la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe, une poche de réception de section transversale en forme de U ou de V pour les objets (FG) à transporter
    - la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile forme, en une position (AS) de fourniture, conjointement avec la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe, une fente de déchargement ouverte vers le bas pour les objets (FG) à transporter,
  3. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendication 1 ou 2,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile est montée basculante par rapport à un axe (DA) de rotation dirigé transversalement à la direction (TR) de transport.
  4. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendication 2 ou 3,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile est maintenue en la position (SS) de fermeture par un dispositif (SP) de blocage amovible et, après le détachement du dispositif (SP) de blocage, bascule automatiquement dans la position (AS) de fourniture.
  5. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 4,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe et la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile sont bombées vers l'extérieur.
  6. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 5,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe et la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile comportent une denture (VZ) qui les engrène l'une avec l'autre en la position (SS) de fermeture.
  7. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 6,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe et la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile sont de forme ondulée.
  8. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 7,
       caractérisé en ce que
       l'une des deux pièces (FW, BW) de paroi forme une glissière (AR) de déchargement qui se raccorde vers le bas à la fente de déchargement et qui est inclinée en sens opposé au sens (TR) de transport.
  9. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendications 8,
       caractérisé en ce que
       la glissière (AR) de déchargement est formée par la pièce (BW) de paroi mobile.
  10. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 9,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les supports (FT) pour objets à transporter sont fixés à des chariots (TW) transporteurs qui tournent du dispositif (FE) de transport.
  11. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 9 en liaison avec la revendication 11,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les supports (FT) pour objets à transporter sont fixés à un chariot (TW) transporteur dans la région d'un côté frontal de la pièce (FW) de paroi montée fixe et de la pièce (BW) de paroi montée mobile.
  12. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendication 10 ou 11,
       caractérisé en ce que
       il est fixé au moins deux supports (FT) pour objets à transporter à un chariot (TW) transporteur.
  13. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 10 à 12,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les chariots (TW) transporteurs sont guidés par des galets (R) sur deux pièces (P) profilées, qui sont dirigées à distance verticale l'une de l'autre et qui s'étendent dans la direction (TR) de transport, et entraînés par des moyens de transport qui tournent sans fin.
  14. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendications 13,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les moyens de transport qui tournent sans fin sont formés par un câble (TS) transporteur.
  15. Dispositif de tri suivant la revendication 13 ou 14,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les pièces (P) profilées sont de forme tubulaire.
  16. Dispositif de tri suivant l'une des revendications 13 à 15,
       caractérisé en ce que,
       dans la région de parties du dispositif (FE) de transport qui s'étendent en ligne droite, les deux pièces (P) profilées sont reliées entre elles par des barrettes (S) s'étendant dans la direction (TR) de transport.
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DE4323564 1993-07-14
DE4323564A DE4323564A1 (de) 1993-07-14 1993-07-14 Sortiereinrichtung, insbesondere für Postgut
DE4323565A DE4323565A1 (de) 1993-07-14 1993-07-14 Sortiereinrichtung, insbesondere für Postgut
DE4323565 1993-07-14
DE19944422067 DE4422067A1 (de) 1994-06-23 1994-06-23 Sortiereinrichtung, insbesondere für Postgut
DE4422067 1994-06-23
PCT/DE1994/000779 WO1995002467A1 (fr) 1993-07-14 1994-07-07 Dispositif de triage, notamment pour courrier postal

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