EP0999902B1 - Procede de triage d'envois - Google Patents

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EP0999902B1
EP0999902B1 EP97937426A EP97937426A EP0999902B1 EP 0999902 B1 EP0999902 B1 EP 0999902B1 EP 97937426 A EP97937426 A EP 97937426A EP 97937426 A EP97937426 A EP 97937426A EP 0999902 B1 EP0999902 B1 EP 0999902B1
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Boris Lohmann
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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
    • 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 invention relates to a method for sorting mail items according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a sorting method which permits the ongoing final sorting on a single sorting machine, the number of end directions being greater than the number of separation compartments of the machine.
  • all incoming mail items are pre-sorted.
  • the mailings pre-sorted for the active final sorting plans are fed back to the sorting machine.
  • the shipments are divided into pre-sorting and final sorting plans either by entering the operator manually or by identifying the mailings during pre-sorting, which allows automatic assignment to a final sorting plan in the second sorting process.
  • This marking is e.g. a bar code that is printed as an address code after reading and recognizing the address.
  • the incoming mail items that are to be sorted according to the active final sorting plans are sorted immediately without pre-sorting.
  • the remaining shipments are pre-sorted.
  • the selection of the consignments that are each subject to the final sorting with the associated activated final sorting plans is advantageously made according to the consignment volume or from an operational point of view.
  • the input station for the unsorted items has an address reader for recognizing the address and a code printer for printing a code that identifies the recognized address, and the input station for re-inserted and pre-sorted items has only one code reader.
  • this enables automatic shipment delivery to the machine, e.g. pre-sorted shipments are only re-fed if no unsorted shipment is currently available.
  • the method is explained as an example for a sorting to 1000 end points when using a sorting machine with only 205 separations.
  • the consignments are fed to a machine and initially sorted according to a sorting plan A in 5 directions, namely for the 5 subsequent final sorting plans.
  • the pre-sorted mail items are then temporarily stored in 5 smaller mail item stores (FIG. 1).
  • one of the 5 final sorting plans with 200 sorting destinations each is activated e.g. Final sorting plan 1.
  • the pre-sorted consignments from the consignment store 1 are then fed back to the machine and sorted according to the 200 associated excretions. If consignment storage 1 empties, the system switches to final sorting plan 2 and sorts it to the next 200 destinations. At the same time, new unsorted items can always be added. These are then pre-sorted in 5 directions according to sorting plan A.
  • the sorting machine can assign the returned consignments to the active final sorting plan.
  • sorting plan A sorting plan A and one of the sorting plans 1-5) are always active according to this strategy, two-fold sorting can be avoided for 1/5 of the shipments by not pre-sorting the unsorted mailings in question, but assigning them directly to the active final sorting plan ,
  • the unsorted mail items 1 enter the machine via the manual input station 5 and are pre-sorted according to the existing final sorting plans. From these compartments provided for this purpose, the pre-sorted mail items 2 are fed back to the machine via an intermediate storage (not shown) via the input station 5 and sorted according to the current final sorting plan. These end-sorted items are then in all compartments except the pre-sorting compartments and must be completely emptied for each new final sorting plan. The shipments for the current final sorting plan can also be sorted directly into the relevant final sorting compartments.
  • the sorting of mail items, in this case large letters, in the case of a plurality of input stations (FIG. 3) is particularly advantageous.
  • the unsorted mail items 1 reach the sorting machine via two manual input stations 5.
  • the pre-sorted mail items 2 are fed to the machine via an automatic input station 6 and a bar code reader 4. This enables a high throughput and can be conveniently controlled when unsorted and when pre-sorted items are delivered.
  • the unsorted and the pre-sorted letters are entered on the other side.
  • the double substance input is then followed by an address reader, a bar code printer and a bar code reader. If an unsorted letter is entered, the address reader and the bar code printer are active, for a pre-sorted letter only the bar code reader.

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Claims (6)

  1. Procédé de tri d'envois à l'aide de caractéristiques se trouvant sur la surface des envois, en utilisant une machine de tri qui effectue le tri d'après ces caractéristiques lues et identifiées,
    caractérisé en ce que les envois entrants sont pré-triés suivant un plan de tri préalable, et des tris finaux, qui peuvent utiliser au plus les séparations non sollicitées par le tri préalable, sont effectués en même temps sur la machine de tri suivant des plans de tri final respectivement activés, les envois pré-triés associés au plan de tri final respectivement activé étant renvoyés à la machine de tri pour le tri final, et les casiers dans lesquels se trouvent les envois définitivement triés étant totalement vidés avant le début de chaque nouveau plan de tri final.
  2. Procédé suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que tous les envois entrants sont pré-triés, et les envois pré-triés sur les plans actifs de tri final sont renvoyés à la machine de tri.
  3. Procédé suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les envois entrants qui doivent être triés suivant des plans de tri final actifs respectifs sont immédiatement définitivement triés, sans tri préalable.
  4. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le choix des envois respectivement soumis au tri final, avec les plans activés associés de tri final, s'effectue suivant la quantité d'envois ou suivant des points de vue d'exploitation.
  5. Procédé suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise des postes séparés d'entrée d'envois pour les envois qui ne sont pas pré-triés et pour ceux qui sont pré-triés et renvoyés à la machine, le poste d'entrée pour les envois qui ne sont pas pré-triés comportant un lecteur d'adresses et une imprimante de codes, et le poste d'entrée pour les envois pré-triés comportant uniquement un lecteur de codes.
  6. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les plans de tri final sont modifiés automatiquement pendant l'exploitation à l'aide d'informations statistiques disponibles.
EP97937426A 1997-08-06 1997-08-06 Procede de triage d'envois Expired - Lifetime EP0999902B1 (fr)

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DE102004035365A1 (de) * 2004-07-21 2006-02-16 Deutsche Post Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen
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