EP2095887B1 - Dispositif et procédé de tri d'objets - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de tri d'objets Download PDF

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EP2095887B1
EP2095887B1 EP09153937A EP09153937A EP2095887B1 EP 2095887 B1 EP2095887 B1 EP 2095887B1 EP 09153937 A EP09153937 A EP 09153937A EP 09153937 A EP09153937 A EP 09153937A EP 2095887 B1 EP2095887 B1 EP 2095887B1
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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
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    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for sorting articles, in particular addressed mailpieces.
  • WO 2006/100598 A1 will describe a sorting device for mail.
  • This sorting device has an endless pocket conveyor track with many storage pockets, a loading device for loading the storage pockets and an endless output conveyor track. If a storage pocket is in an overlap area between the endless bag conveyor track and the endless dispensing conveyor track, the storage pocket is capable of dispensing an item into the endless dispensing conveyor track. This overlap area has a U-shaped configuration.
  • WO 2006/100598 A1 arrive mail items to be sorted by the singler 1 in a buffer memory device 2.
  • This buffer memory device 2 spends each mail item in a buffer bag 3, see. Fig. 2 , Each mail item then slides out of the buffer pocket 3 into a pocket 6 of a buffer 5 when the buffer pocket 3 is in the overlapping area. From this pocket 6, the mail item slides onto a section of a horizontally operating output conveyor 7, which spends the mailpieces to be sorted into a container 9 and stacks there.
  • Each mailing buffer memory 1 transports a plurality of upright mailpieces in a plurality of storage pockets 10.
  • a loading station 7 is arranged, which pushes mailings laterally into the storage pockets of the associated mail item buffer memory 1.
  • Each loading station 7 is fed by an input unit 2, so that a total of six input units 2 and loading stations 7 are present.
  • transport containers 12 are moved on a closed meander-shaped transport path 9, which passes beneath each mail buffer 1.
  • a mail item 11 slides from a storage pocket 10 obliquely downwards into a transported container 12, cf. Fig. 2 ,
  • a mailing buffer 1 transports storage pockets 15 along a closed conveyor loop with two straight sections 9 and two curved connecting sections 10. On a curved connecting section 10 there are two parallel loading stations 7, which feed mailpieces individually into previously empty storage pockets 15. An input unit 2 with two singles 3, an alignment section 4 and an address reader 5 has previously separated these mail items and transported them to the parallel loading stations 7, cf.
  • Fig. 1 Below the pocket wreath with the storage pockets 15 are a plurality of stationary buffers 16. A mail piece can then leave a storage pocket 15 in a stationary buffer 16 when the filled storage bag 15 passes through a straight section 9.
  • a transport device which moves a plurality of upwardly open container 17 along a closed transport path 11, and opposite to the transport direction of the bag wreath.
  • a mail item can be dispensed from a stationary buffer 16 into a container 17, cf. Fig. 2 ,
  • Each section 8 is transported along a coverage area with respect to the pockets 6 such that each pocket 6 can deposit mail on each section 8.
  • the conveyor belt 7 with the sections 8 is transported in opposite directions to the pocket ring 5 with the pockets 6.
  • the mail items on the sections 8 are brought to a container 9, so that a sequence of sorted postal items is produced from a plurality of sections 8 in the container 9, cf. Fig. 4a to Fig. 4f.
  • Two such sorting systems can be connected to each other so that an overall system with a continuous pocket ring 5 and two buffer storage devices 2 arise, see. Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
  • EP 1500440 B1 and EP 1970131 B1 is capable of sorting three different types of mailpieces: letters, flats, and hard-to-process mail.
  • the "DPP unit 2" used has a "conveyor system 9" with a plurality of "trucks 11", which move along a conveyor track 13, cf. Fig. 1 , Each "truck 11" has its own drive and several receiving compartments for one mail item, cf. Fig. 4.
  • the "DPP unit 2" further has three “feeders 15a, 15b, 15c" for the three types of mailpieces and an "accumulating device 20" below the "trucks 11".
  • the "accumulating device 20" has a horizontal conveyor belt and a plurality of recording units ("accumulation units 59"), cf. Fig. 12c and Fig. 12d. Once a "truck 11" is in an "unloading portion 13s" of the conveyor 13, a mail item may slide out of a receiving compartment of the "truck 11" into an “accumulating unit 59".
  • the sorting system performs several sorting runs that follow each other to accurately sort the mailpieces to delivery sequence.
  • a sorting system which sorts two types of mailpieces into a delivery sequence among delivery points.
  • the sorting system has three parallel “feeding devices 102, 104, 106", each with a “letter feeder 102a, 104a, 106a” for standard letters ("letters") and in each case a "flat feeder 102b, 104b, 106b" for large letters (" flats "), cf. Fig. 1 ,
  • a "pause device P" makes it possible to temporarily prevent the feeding of large letters.
  • a presorted stack of standard letters is transported to a "letter feeder 102a".
  • a "packet former 102" of the "letter feeder 102a” generates from this stack a plurality of parcels with standard letters, all mailpieces of a parcel having the same destination address.
  • the standard letters are accurately presorted to sequence ("pre-sequence") cf.
  • Fig. 3 A first sort pass ("first pass") for the large letters is carried out, cf. Steps 302.
  • second pass for the large letters, stacks of standard letters are fed into the sequence of large letters, cf. Step 304.
  • the sorted mail items of both types are discharged into "output bins", cf. the step 306.
  • US 6,501,041 B1 there is described a mail sorting system having a plurality of input devices in the form of infeed stations, a conveyor, a plurality of chutes, and a plurality of horizontal conveyor belts.
  • the conveyor belts pass under the discharge funnels.
  • the conveyor transports mail past the discharge containers.
  • each mail item in the first sorting pass is put into a respective discharge funnel and falls through it Funnel in a container standing on a conveyor belt.
  • the container transports mailpieces back to the input device, after which a second sorting pass is performed.
  • Fig. 1 from US 6,501,041 B1 shows a system 10 with two "primary sort assemblies 12a, 12b" and a "delivery point sequence sort assembly 14".
  • Each "primary sort assembly 12a, 12b" each includes an "induct 16" and a “sorter 18".
  • a "conveying assembly 24" connects the "outputs 26" of the "primary sort assembly 12a, 12b" with the "induct 20" and transports filled containers 30 to the "induct 20".
  • Each “distribution facility 1, 1a, 101” each has a closed conveyor track ("closed rail 3, 3a, 103") with a “loop 2, 2a, 102” and a plurality of "carts 5, 105" along the closed Conveyor track 3, 3a, 103 are moved.
  • Loading stations 9 spend “packages” in previously free “carts 5, 105”. From a “cart 5, 105" a “package” glides along an inclined “chute 15" to a "target station 11".
  • a "main track assembly 70" moves multiple “cartridges 40 "behind one another along a closed conveyor track, which has two straight sections 71a and two curved sections 71b, thereby forming two parallel straight sorter legs 72" and two “curved legs 73", cf. Fig. 1 ,
  • a mail item is fed into a "cartridge 40" and later slides out of this "cartridge 40" through a "chute 100" into a "bin 32" on a “conveyor 33A, 33B", cf. Fig. 2 ,
  • holders 114, 114-n + 1 are able to hold mailpieces and to transport them along the outer "carriage 112a", the inner “carriage 112b” and between the two “carriages 112a, 112b", the latter by means of a " sliding actuator mechanims ".
  • a "packager 116" receives mail sent from the “holders 114" of the inner “carriage 112” and delivers the dispensed mail to a container 118.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates how "holders 114" are transported with mail items from the outer "carriage 112a" to the inner "carriage 112b".
  • a method for accurately sorting postal items into delivery addresses in R delivery routes ("carrier routes") in a plurality of sorting runs.
  • a first subset with X delivery routes and a second subset with S delivery routes are defined.
  • the incoming mailpieces are split into N1 stacks for the X delivery routes of the first quantity and N2 stacks for the S delivery routes of the second quantity.
  • the N1 stacks are divided into X sets for the X delivery routes, where M1 stacks are formed with sorted mailpieces.
  • the N2 stacks for the S delivery routes are set to S quantities for splitting the S delivery routes, where M2 stacks of sorted mailpieces are formed.
  • the invention is based on the object, a device having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a method having the features of the preamble of claim 11 which can be used both for sorting with a sorting run and for sorting with multiple sorting runs.
  • Each loading device is configured to fill the input conveyor with at least one article as the input conveyor passes the loading device.
  • the input conveyor is configured to transport at least one item from a loading device to the transfer area.
  • the drive is configured to move the input conveyor relative to the output conveyor.
  • the input conveyor and the output conveyor overlap in at least one transfer area such that an item to be sorted can be transferred from the input conveyor into or onto the output conveyor.
  • the output conveyor is configured to transport at least one article from the transfer area to one of the unloading devices.
  • Each unloading device is configured to allow the removal of at least one article located in or on the delivery conveyor from the delivery conveyor.
  • the device can be switched between an input-optimized mode and an output-optimized mode.
  • an input-optimized mode both loading devices and an unloading device are activated.
  • an output-optimized mode a loading device and both unloading devices are activated.
  • the device When the device is operated in the input-optimized mode, the device is configured as follows: The drive is able to pass the input conveyor on both loading devices and the output conveyor on the activated unloading device.
  • the device When the device is operated in the output-optimized mode, the device is configured as follows: The drive is able to pass the input conveyor on the activated loading device and the output conveyor on both unloading devices.
  • the solution according to the invention makes it possible to switch between the input-optimized mode and the output-optimized mode without making structural changes to the device. If the device sorts the articles in several sort runs, then the device is operated in the input-optimized mode for this purpose. Multiple sorting runs are required if the items are to be sorted by more sorting classes than the sorting machine has sorting outputs. In this case, articles of different sorting classes are discharged into the same sorting output in each sorting pass. After the last sorting pass, the items in each sorting exit are sorted according to a predetermined order among sorting classes.
  • the device sorts the objects in a single sorting pass, then the device is in operated in the output optimized mode. For example, to be placed in a sorting run objects of different dimensions in an order, for which an order is given below sorting classes. Thus, the same system can be used for different sorting tasks.
  • the invention eliminates the need to use a new system for each sorting task.
  • two loading devices and two unloading devices are used.
  • the sorting is optionally performed in an input-optimized mode or in a output-optimized mode.
  • each article in the input-optimized mode, it is ensured that each article can be transferred from each loading device into an arbitrary storage pocket and from there into an arbitrary dispensing container. It is avoided to move an available storage bag longer than necessary without filling it, because it is not passed by the right loading device.
  • this design ensures that each item can be placed in any dispensing container and from there to each of the two unloading devices.
  • each receiving component each have a stack of articles with a specific feature.
  • the feature can, for. Example, be a target point to which the object is to be transported, wherein the object is provided with information on this destination and the sorting system reads this target point statement and deciphered.
  • z In each recording component, z.
  • As each output container all objects are at the same destination - or items sorted by destination. A certain order can be established among the receiving components and thus among the objects.
  • the objects in the same receiving component can have different dimensions. For example, it is possible to sort mail items on the sequence of a letter carrier ("delivery point processing").
  • the input conveyor comprises, for example, holding components in the form of storage pockets, which are mounted on a pocket holding device.
  • Each storage bag is adapted to at least one item to be sorted temporarily store, so that the object to be sorted in this storage bag can be transported to the transfer area.
  • Each loading device is configured to fill a storage pocket guided past the loading device with at least one article.
  • the input conveyor includes clamps, more generally escorts, or similar fixtures mounted on a clip retainer.
  • Each clip is configured to hold at least one item to be sorted so that the item can be transported as long as it is held by the clip.
  • Each loading device is designed to cause at least one object in each case to be grasped by a holding device.
  • the holding devices can all be the same or depend on the size of the item to be held.
  • the dispensing conveyor in one embodiment comprises dispensing containers. Each dispenser can be filled with at least one item.
  • the output conveyor may also comprise a sequence of conveyor belts or a segmented conveyor belt. Either the objects are transported lying directly on these conveyor belts, or the conveyor belts transport containers with these objects. Each item is assigned to at least one sort class.
  • each loading device is designed such that in each case one holding component grips an article to be sorted.
  • the input conveyor transports the holding component to the transfer area.
  • a stream of spaced objects reaches one or each input device.
  • the input device causes each an object is placed in a storage bag.
  • At least one feature is specified.
  • a measurement device measures each item and measures what value the feature takes on that item.
  • the feature are z.
  • the device is designed such that each removal point makes it possible to remove a dispensing container guided past the removal point out of the dispensing conveyor.
  • an automatic handling machine or a worker removes a filled dispensing container from the dispensing conveyor and spends the dispensing container z. B. on a conveyor belt or directly into a transport vehicle.
  • the device is designed so that each removal point allows the removal of an item from a dispensing container guided past the removal point.
  • the input conveyor transports the articles in the input-optimized mode over a longer conveying path than in the output-optimized mode.
  • the input-optimized conveying path leads past both loading devices, the output-optimized conveying path only at the one loading device which is activated in the output-optimized mode. This makes it possible to shut down an unnecessary conveyor line or loading temporarily and z. B. make repairs or maintenance.
  • the output conveyor transports the articles in the output-optimized mode over a longer conveying path than in the input-optimized mode, namely passing both unloading devices.
  • the sorting system is initially operated in the input-optimized mode and then in the output-optimized mode.
  • articles are quickly fed to the sorting system via the two activated loading devices.
  • the sorting system quickly discharges the articles into the two activated unloading devices. This design saves time.
  • the device is used to sort flat postal items. Each mailing is provided with information on each delivery address.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows the device of the embodiment.
  • This device has an input conveyor in the form of a pocket conveyor track 4.
  • the pocket conveyor track 4 is shown as a circle. It is also possible any other form of a closed curve as the shape of the bag conveyor track 4, z. B. the in WO 2006/100598 A1 and there forms shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 12.
  • Each storage bag is configured to exclude at least one postal item.
  • the storage pockets thus run on an endless path over the entire bag conveyor track 4.
  • brackets or other suitable holding devices can also be used.
  • Such a holding component is capable of receiving mailpieces of various dimensions and eliminates the need to stack and singulate or reload the mailpieces.
  • storage bag any type of container that can be filled with a mail piece and from which the mail piece can be removed again.
  • each storage pocket has a flap which is embedded in the floor or in a side wall, as well as an actuator that is able to open the flap and open to close.
  • the storage bag is open at the top.
  • a mail item is inserted from above through the opening in the storage pocket, wherein the flap is closed and the mail item slides by its own gravity into the storage pocket.
  • the storage pocket is emptied by opening the flap, causing the mail item to drop down out of the storage pocket.
  • the device further has an output conveyor.
  • this output conveyor consists of a circular section 2 and two oval sections 1 and 3.
  • section 2 of the delivery conveyor and pocket conveyor 4 are shown and described as concentric circles.
  • the pocket conveyor track 4 is located obliquely or vertically above the section 2.
  • each dispenser can hold several mailpieces.
  • the output container can receive mailpieces by stacking the mailpieces in the dispensing container into a horizontal or vertical stack.
  • the output container can, for. B. be designed as a container with a bottom and a plurality of side walls.
  • the output conveyor comprises at least one horizontal endless conveyor belt with many segments. Mail is placed horizontally on a segment. Each segment is assigned to a sort class, e.g. As a delivery address assigned.
  • the discharge conveyor may comprise a holding device in the form of an endless conveyor on which dispensing containers are placed. It is possible that the empty output containers are loosely placed on the conveyor belt or temporarily connected to the conveyor belt, filled with mail and later removed from the conveyor belt. It is also possible that on the conveyor recording devices are firmly mounted, which act as receptacles. Each receiving device preferably receives in each case a stack of mailpieces. The receiving device is able to output the recorded stack of mail again, z. B. in that the output container is tilted and the stack slips into another container.
  • the device is configured to transfer a mail item from a storage pocket into a dispensing container.
  • the storage pocket is this brought to a transfer position in which it is located vertically or obliquely above the output container.
  • the flap opens. By gravity, the mail item falls into the output container. It is possible that the storage pocket and / or the output container has a guide means, which leads the mail item in a desired position in the output container.
  • the pocket conveyor track 4 and the output conveyor track 1, 2, 3 overlap in a transfer area Ü.
  • the pocket conveyor track 4 runs vertically or obliquely above the delivery conveyor track.
  • a storage pocket and a dispensing container can reach a transfer position in this transfer area Ü in which a mail item can slide out of the storage pocket into the dispensing container.
  • the storage bag is then vertically or diagonally above the output container.
  • the transfer area Ü comprises the two concentric circles 2 and 4 of FIG Fig. 1 , So the section 2 of the output conveyor track and the bag conveyor track. 4
  • the output containers of the output conveyor track 1, 2, 3 optionally pass through a route which consists of all three sections 1, 2, 3 of the output conveyor track, or a route which consists only of the section 2 or sections 2 and 1 or Sections 2 and 3.
  • a drive of the device acts both on the pocket conveyor track 4 and on the output conveyor track 1, 2, 3 and is able to move both conveyors and the storage pockets and output containers located on them.
  • the speed v S with which the drive moves the dispensing container holding device and with which the dispensing containers are moved via the dispensing conveyor 1, 2, 3, can be set to one of several possible values, as well as the speed v_T, with the Storage pockets are moved over the pocket conveyor track 4.
  • the two speeds v_S, v_T can be adjusted independently of each other.
  • the device can be switched between an input-optimized mode and an output-optimized mode.
  • the storage bags go through this the complete bag conveyor track 4, so the circle in Fig. 1 , The dispensing containers pass through section 2 of the delivery conveyor. Sections 1 and 3 are not used in the input-optimized mode.
  • the output containers pass through the entire output conveyor, in the example of FIG Fig. 1
  • the sections 1, 2 and 3 The storage bags go through exactly as in the input optimized mode, the bag conveyor track 4. Again, the drive moves the two holding devices in opposite directions, so that the storage pockets and the output containers are moved in opposite directions.
  • v_T (a) be the speed of the storage pockets above ground
  • v_S (a) the speed of the output bins above ground in the output optimized mode.
  • a certain storage bag and a certain output container always meet in the same place. Because the path of a dispensing container is longer than the path of a storage pocket, the dispensing containers are moved faster than the storage pockets.
  • the device further has two loading devices B1, B2 and two unloading devices E1, E2.
  • Each loading device is preferably designed as a "bullet”.
  • a stream of flat mailpieces spaced apart from each other is transported to a loading device B1, B2.
  • the mailpieces are preferably on a longitudinal edge and are clamped between a plurality of endless conveyor belts.
  • the input conveyor a plurality of holding components, for. B. brackets has.
  • a holding component repeatedly uses a mail item.
  • the input conveyor transports the holding component with the mailpieces.
  • each loading device is connected to a separating device.
  • the separating device is fed with a stack of mailpieces and separates the mailpieces.
  • the loading device successively conveys each mail item into a storage pocket, which is guided past the loading device. It is possible that several mail items are transported in a storage bag at the same time.
  • a data processing control device "knows" the position of each mail item in the device. This position changes with the speed with which the mailpiece is transported.
  • the control device registers when a mail item enters a storage pocket and where the mail item transported in the storage pocket is located.
  • the control device also activates the actuator mechanism of the storage pocket at the correct moment so that the actuators open the flap and the mail item or the mail items arrive from the storage pocket into an output container. What "at the right moment” means is explained below.
  • each dispensing container is a container mounted on an endless conveyor belt the output conveyor track is placed or loosely connected to the endless conveyor track.
  • each filled dispensing container is removed from the conveyor belt and, in its place, an empty dispensing container is placed on the conveyor belt.
  • each dispensing container is a receiving device which is fixedly connected to the holding device of the output conveyor track.
  • the receiving device is emptied manually or by an automatic handling machine when it passes through the unloading device E1, E2. It is also possible that the filled receiving device is tilted upon reaching the unloading E1, E2 and thereby emptied.
  • the controller has read access to a computer-accessible mapping table.
  • This table lists possible delivery addresses with which the mailpieces can be provided, and assigns at least one output container to each possible delivery address.
  • An output container can be assigned to multiple delivery addresses.
  • the output containers function as sorting end points.
  • the output containers are capable of receiving mailpieces of different dimensions.
  • the control device also "knows" which item of mail is provided with which delivery address. This information was determined by a reading device, which preferably comprises a camera, an OCR device and a video coding station.
  • the camera takes a digital image of the mailpiece.
  • the OCR device attempts to decipher the delivery address automatically, for which it evaluates the digital image. If this is not successful, the image is transmitted to the video coding station, and a video coding decodes the address in the image and enters the deciphered address completely or at least partially, e.g. For example, the postal code or the "ZIP Code".
  • the control device also "knows" where a mail piece is currently located. If this mail item is in a storage bag and this storage bag straight in the Transfer position located above such an output container, which is assigned to the delivery address of the mail item, the control device activates the Aktorik this storage bag, so that the mail item slides into the receptacle.
  • Fig. 2 shows the device in the input-optimized mode
  • Fig. 3 in the output-oriented mode.
  • the two loading devices B1, B2 and one unloading device E1 are activated.
  • the other unloading device E2 is deactivated in the input-optimized mode.
  • the device merges two streams of mailpieces. The mail items of one stream are introduced via the one loading device B1 in the bag conveyor track 4, that of the other stream via the other loading device B2.
  • the dispensing containers pass through only section 2 of the delivery conveyor.
  • the device ensures that each storage pocket with respect to each dispensing container once arrives in a transfer position. Then it is able to deliver a mail item in the storage bag in the correct output container, no matter which output container the delivery address of the mailpiece is assigned. So that the storage bag can be filled by each loading device B1, B2 with a new mail item, regardless of the delivery address of the mail item, the device is preferably designed so that each storage pocket is passed empty at each loading device and is filled there. A loading device B1, B2 fills a single mail item or even several mail items whose delivery addresses are assigned to the same dispensing container into this previously empty storage pocket.
  • a loading device B1 and both unloading devices E1, E2 are activated.
  • the other loading device B2 is deactivated in the output-optimized mode.
  • Each dispensing container passes through the entire dispensing conveyor, ie all three sections 1, 2, 3.
  • the dispenser holder is moved at a speed v_S (a) which is greater than the speed v_T (a) with which the bag holder is moved.
  • V_S a L_ 1 + L_ 2 + L_ 3 L_ 2 * v_T (a).
  • the storage pockets are moved in the opposite direction as the dispenser holders.
  • Each discharge container is brought at least once into the transfer position on its way from the one unloading device E1 to the other unloading device E2 and on the way from E2 to E1 relative to each storage bag.
  • each mail item passes through the device twice.
  • the device is operated in the input-optimized mode.
  • Two streams of mailpieces are separated by two singulating devices which are connected to the two loading devices B1, B2.
  • Each storage pocket is guided past both loading devices B1, B2.
  • the two loading devices B1, B2 feed the mailpieces into storage pockets of the pocket conveyor track 4. From these storage pockets, the mail items arrive in the output container of the container conveyor track and are removed again from the output conveyor track at the activated unloading device E1.
  • the device After all mail items that have reached the device by a certain time have passed through the device for the first time and have been discharged again, the device is switched to the output-optimized mode.
  • the mail items are fed to the activated loading device B1 via a separating device. When feeding, an order is kept below the output containers; the mailpieces are fed according to this order.
  • the activated loading device B1 fills storage pockets with the mailpieces. From there, the mail items arrive in output containers of the container conveyor track. Each dispensing container is guided past two unloading devices E1, E2, where mailpieces are removed from the container conveying path.

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  1. Installation de tri d'objets notamment d'envois postaux plats,
    dans laquelle l'installation comprend
    - un dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée ,
    - un dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    - au moins un dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement,
    - au moins un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de chargement, et
    - un entraînement
    dans laquelle
    - l'entraînement est conformé pour que le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe devant au moins un dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement, pour que le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie passe au moins devant un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement et pour déplacer le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée par rapport au dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    - chaque dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement est conformé pour remplir le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée d'au moins un objet lorsque le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe devant le dispositif ( B1, B1 ) de chargement,
    - le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée et le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie se chevauchent dans au moins une zone ( Ü ) de transfert de manière à ce qu'un objet à trier puisse passer du dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée dans le ou sur le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    - le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée est conformé pour transporter au moins un objet d'un dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement à la zone ( Ü ) de transfert,
    - le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie est conformé de manière à transporter au moins un objet de la zone ( Ü ) de transfert à un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement,
    - chaque dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement est conformé pour rendre possible le prélèvement d'au moins un objet qui se trouve dans ou sur le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie du dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'installation comprend
    - au moins deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et
    - au moins deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement
    l'installation peut passer entre un mode optimisé d'entrée et un mode optimisé de sortie,
    dans un mode optimisé d'entrée
    - les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et un dispositif ( E1 ) de déchargement sont activés et
    - l'installation est conformée de manière à ce que le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe devant les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et de manière à ce que le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie passe devant le dispositif ( E1 ) de déchargement activé et,
    dans le mode optimisé de sortie
    - un dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement et deux dispositifs (E1, E2) de déchargement sont activés et
    - l'installation est conformée de manière à ce que le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe devant le dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement activé et de manière à ce que le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie passe devant les deux dispositifs ( 1, 2, 3 ) de déchargement.
  2. Installation suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - dans le mode optimisé d'entrée l'autre dispositif ( E2 ) de déchargement et est désactivé et
    - dans le mode optimisé de sortie l'autre dispositif ( B2 ) de chargement est désactivé.
  3. Installation suivant la revendication 1 ou revendication 2,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée comprend plusieurs composants d'arrêt,
    chaque composant d'arrêt est conformé de manière à arrêter au moins à un objet à trier pendant le transport vers la zone ( Ü ) de transfert, et
    l'installation est conformée de manière à ce que dans le mode optimisé d'entrée chaque composant d'arrêt traverse au moins en partie la zone ( Ü ) de transfert sur son chemin allant de chaque dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement à chaque autre dispositif ( B2, B1 ) de chargement.
  4. Installation suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie comprend plusieurs composants de réception,
    chaque composant de réception est conformé de manière à recevoir au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport vers un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement, et
    l'installation est conformée de manière à ce que dans le mode optimisé de sortie chaque composant de réception traverse au moins en partie la zone ( Ü ) de transfert sur son trajet allant de chaque dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement à chaque autre dispositif ( E2, E1 ) de déchargement.
  5. Installation suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée comprend plusieurs composants d'arrêt,
    chaque composant d'arrêt est conformé de manière à arrêter au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport vers la zone ( Ü ) de transfert,
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie a plusieurs composants de réception,
    chaque composant de réception est conformé de manière à recevoir un objet à trier pendant le transport vers un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement, et
    l'installation est conformée de manière à ce que
    - dans le mode optimisé d'entrée chaque composant d'arrêt arrive sur son trajet allant de chaque dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement à chaque autre dispositif ( B2, B1 ) de chargement par rapport à chaque composant de réception au moins un fois dans une position de transfert, dans laquelle chaque objet peut être transféré de ce composant d'arrêt à ce composant de réception, et
    - dans le mode optimisé de sortie chaque composant de réception arrive sur son trajet allant de chaque dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement à chaque dispositif ( E2, E1 ) de déchargement par rapport à chaque composant d'arrêt au moins une fois dans la position de transfert.
  6. Installation suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée est conformé de manière à ce que
    - dans le mode optimisé d'entrée des objets soient transportés le long d'un trajet de convoyage optimisé pour l'entrée,
    dans lequel le trajet de convoyage optimisé pour l'entrée passe devant les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement, et
    - dans le mode optimisé de sortie à transporter des objets le long d'un trajet de convoyage optimisé pour la sortie,
    dans laquelle le trajet de convoyage optimisé pour la sortie ne passe que sur le dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement activé et ne passe pas sur l'autre dispositif ( B2 ) de chargement.
  7. Installation suivant la revendications 6,
    caractérisée en ce que
    l'entraînement est conformée de manière à ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe dans le mode optimisé d'entrée plus rapidement sur les dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement que dans le mode optimisé de sortie,
    en ce que le passage plus rapide compense le trajet de convoyage plus long qu'emprunte le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée dans le mode optimisé d'entrée.
  8. Installation suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie est conformé de manière à ce que
    - dans le mode optimisé de sortie des objets sont transportés le long d'un trajet de convoyage optimisé de sortie,
    dans laquelle le trajet de convoyage optimisé de sortie passe devant les deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement, et
    - dans le mode optimisé d'entrée des objets soient transportés le long d'un trajet de convoyage optimisé d'entrée,
    dans laquelle le trajet de convoyage optimisé d'entrée ne passe que devant le dispositif ( E1 ) de déchargement activé et ne passe pas devant l'autre dispositif ( E2 ) de déchargement.
  9. Installation suivant la revendication 8,
    caractérisée en ce que
    l'entraînement est conformé de manière à ce que
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie passe dans le mode optimisé de sortie plus rapidement devant les dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement que dans le mode optimisé d'entrée, le passage plus rapide compense le trajet de convoyage plus long qu'emprunte le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie dans le mode optimisé de sortie.
  10. Installation suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 9,
    caractérisée en ce que
    l'entraînement est conformé de manière à ce que
    l'entraînement puisse déplacer le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée et le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée et le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie se déplacent en sens contraire le long de la zone ( Ü ) de transfert.
  11. Procédé de tri d'objets, dans lequel
    - un dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée passe devant au moins un dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement,
    - un dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie passe devant au moins un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement,
    - chaque objet à trier passe de l'un des dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement dans le ou sur le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée,
    - le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée transporte l'objet à trier vers une zone ( Ü ) de transfert,
    - l'objet à trier passe dans la zone ( Ü ) de transfert du dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée sur ou dans le dispositif ( 1, 2,3 ) convoyeur de sortie,
    - le dispositif ( 1, 2,3 ) convoyeur de sortie fait passer l'objet à trier devant au moins un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement et
    - l'objet à trier est prélevé du dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie lorsque l'objet passe devant le dispositif ( E1, E2) de déchargement,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on utilise le dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement,
    on effectue le tri au choix dans un mode optimisé d'entrée ou dans un mode optimisé de sortie, dans le mode optimisé d'entrée
    - on active les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et un dispositif ( E1 ) de déchargement et
    - on fait passer le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée devant les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement et
    - on fait passe le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3) convoyeur de sortie devant le dispositif ( E1 ) de chargement activé et
    dans le mode optimisé de sortie
    - on active un dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement et les deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement,
    - on fait passer le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée devant le dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement activé et
    - on fait passer le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie devant les deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement.
  12. Procédé suivant la revendication 11,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée comprend plusieurs composants d'arrêt,
    dans le mode optimisé d'entrée on fait passer chaque composant d'arrêt devant les deux dispositifs ( B1, B2 ) de chargement, dans le mode optimisé sortie on fait passer chaque composant d'arrêt devant le dispositif ( B1 ) de chargement activé et, dans les deux états chaque composant d'arrêt arrête respectivement au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport vers la zone ( Ü ) de transfert.
  13. Procédé suivant la revendication 11 ou la revendication 12,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie comprend plusieurs composants de réception,
    dans le mode optimisé d'entrée on fait passer chaque composant de réception devant le dispositif ( E1 de déchargement activé,
    dans le mode optimisé de sortie on fait passer chaque composant de réception devant deux dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement et,
    dans les deux états chaque composant de réception reçoit respectivement au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport de la zone ( Ü ) de transfert à un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement.
  14. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 11 à 13,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif ( 4 ) convoyeur d'entrée comprend plusieurs composants d'arrêt,
    chaque composant d'arrêt arrête respectivement au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport vers la zone ( Ü ) de transfert,
    le dispositif ( 1, 2, 3 ) convoyeur de sortie comprend plusieurs composants de réception,
    chaque composant de réception reçoit respectivement au moins un objet à trier pendant le transport vers un dispositif ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement, et
    - dans le mode optimisé d'entrée chaque composant d'arrêt passe sur son trajet allant de chaque dispositif ( B1, B2 ) de chargement à chaque autre dispositif ( B2 ) de chargement au moins une fois dans une position de transfert par rapport à chaque composant de réception position, dans laquelle chaque objet peut passer de ce composant d'arrêt à ce composant de réception, et
    - dans le mode optimisé de sortie chaque composant de réception passe sur son trajet allant de l'un des dispositifs ( E1, E2 ) de déchargement à l'autre dispositif ( E2, E1 ) de déchargement par rapport à chaque composant d'arrêt au moins une fois dans la position de transfert.
  15. Procédé suivant l'une des revendications 11 à 14,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on effectue d'abord le tri dans le mode optimisé d'entrée et ensuite dans le mode optimisé de sortie.
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