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EP1663528A1 - Dispositif de tri d'envois plats - Google Patents

Dispositif de tri d'envois plats

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EP1663528A1
EP1663528A1 EP04764904A EP04764904A EP1663528A1 EP 1663528 A1 EP1663528 A1 EP 1663528A1 EP 04764904 A EP04764904 A EP 04764904A EP 04764904 A EP04764904 A EP 04764904A EP 1663528 A1 EP1663528 A1 EP 1663528A1
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Prior art keywords
pockets
sorting
stations
pocket
buffer
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English (en)
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EP1663528B1 (fr
Inventor
Peter Berdelle-Hilge
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Priority claimed from DE10342463A external-priority patent/DE10342463B3/de
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • 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

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a device for sorting flat mail items with pockets running around in two levels on a transport path for one mail item in each case, which can be emptied in a controlled manner according to the destination address read and the sorting plan.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of a device for sorting flat mail items on one in two To create planes encircling pockets, with which either the throughput can be increased at the same circulation speed or with the same throughput either the circulation speed and / or the number of pockets can be reduced without increased personnel expenditure and with little additional equipment. It should also be possible to load from a buffer store with buffer pockets that circulate on one level.
  • This special routing of the transport track makes it possible to arrange several loading stations adjacent to one another on the lower level, although they feed into the circulation at a distance from one circulation loop. This enables the loading stations or input areas to be operated with minimal operator intervention.
  • a buffer store with circumferential buffer pockets is advantageously provided, which can be fed from one or more input stations with separating devices and subsequent reading devices and whose buffer pockets, which can be emptied in a controlled manner, transfer the items to the pocket loading stations.
  • This makes it possible to feed the items from one or more separating devices for sorting, regardless of the emptying process of the pockets.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a device for sorting according to the distribution sequence with loading a collecting belt divided into sections
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the device for sorting with two levels and a fold
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the device for sorting with two levels and two folds.
  • the mail items are sorted into several end points assigned to the destination addresses, which are arranged along the straight sections below the circulations.
  • the mail items 4 are first separated from a stack in a known manner in a separating device 1. Then the recipient addresses of the mail items 4 are recorded and determined in a reading device, not shown. The read programs 4 are then passed to a buffer storage device 2. Everybody there
  • the mail items 4 are transported from each separating device 1 into the buffer pockets 3 via a separate loading station.
  • both a non-constant input current from the separating devices 1 and an output current that is not synchronous and / or not constant with the input current can be processed further.
  • the buffer pockets 3 can be opened downwards in a controlled manner in order to deliver the mail items 4 to empty pockets 6 of a further pocket ring 5, including a circumferential one.
  • the pockets 6 are firmly connected to the rotating conveyor.
  • the pocket ring 5 and the buffer pockets 3 run in the same direction.
  • the mail items 4 are sorted according to the current sorting plan in that the mail items 4 fall down into the sorting end points 7, controlled by opening the pocket bottoms of the pockets 6.
  • the pocket ring 5 passes through two levels. Parts of the pocket ring 5 are folded over each other about horizontal axes: The pocket ring 5 then basically has the course of lying eight, which were folded in their nodes and are encompassed there by the buffer storage device 2.
  • the actuators for opening the pockets 6 of the pocket ring 5 can be arranged in a stationary manner.
  • FIG. 2 when there are two level transitions lying next to one another, a 540 ° deflection takes place over the interior of the system.
  • two pocket loading stations 10 with outputs of the buffer storage device 2 for loading the pockets 6 on the lower level, unloading stations 11 for additionally discharging mail items 4 from the pockets 6 according to certain sorting criteria, can be seen in front of the loading stations 10 are arranged so that further pockets 6 at the loading stations 10 are empty, a loading station 12 for loading the buffer pockets with the items from the separating device 1 and an outlet 13 of the buffer storage device 2 for discharging separated items.
  • 3 shows a sorting device with double folding.
  • the diversions with the level transitions are also arranged next to one another in the interior of the circulation, the external diversions taking place by 540 ° due to the change to the other side and the internal diversions, in which the mail items continue on the same side, by 360 °.
  • a pocket loading station 10 is provided in the lower level after 1/4 of the total circulation, the four loading stations being adjacent (two on each side). In these examples, the shipments circulate in the same direction in the diversions, but this is not mandatory.

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  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de tri d'envois plats, composé de sacs destinés à un envoi respectif, lesquels sacs circulent sur une bande de transport dans deux plans et peuvent être vidés de façon commandée en fonction de l'adresse de destination lue et du programme de tri. Le tour complet des sacs dans un anneau (5) est effectué en plusieurs boucles partielles. Les jonctions entre les plans de chaque boucle partielle dans le tour complet sont adjacentes, la bande de transport étant déviée vers l'intérieur au niveau de chaque jonction entre les plans. Les stations de chargement (10) des sacs sont disposées de façon adjacente dans le plan inférieur au niveau de chaque boucle partielle.
EP04764904A 2003-09-15 2004-09-07 Dispositif de tri d'envois plats Expired - Lifetime EP1663528B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10342463A DE10342463B3 (de) 2003-09-15 2003-09-15 Vorrichtung zum Ordnen von flachen Sendungen nach einer festlegbaren Abfolge
DE10345044 2003-09-26
PCT/EP2004/009961 WO2005025765A1 (fr) 2003-09-15 2004-09-07 Dispositif de tri d'envois plats

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EP1663528A1 true EP1663528A1 (fr) 2006-06-07
EP1663528B1 EP1663528B1 (fr) 2008-03-12

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EP (1) EP1663528B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2007533423A (fr)
KR (1) KR20060076301A (fr)
DE (1) DE502004006514D1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2005025765A1 (fr)

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KR20060076301A (ko) 2006-07-04
JP2007533423A (ja) 2007-11-22
DE502004006514D1 (de) 2008-04-24
WO2005025765A1 (fr) 2005-03-24

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