EP2409785B1 - Vereinzelervorrichtung für Postsendungen mit Gleitschutzfunktion - Google Patents

Vereinzelervorrichtung für Postsendungen mit Gleitschutzfunktion Download PDF

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EP2409785B1
EP2409785B1 EP10425245A EP10425245A EP2409785B1 EP 2409785 B1 EP2409785 B1 EP 2409785B1 EP 10425245 A EP10425245 A EP 10425245A EP 10425245 A EP10425245 A EP 10425245A EP 2409785 B1 EP2409785 B1 EP 2409785B1
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Cristiano Franzone
Simone Antonino Bodanza
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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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/04—Forming a stream from a bulk; Controlling the stream, e.g. spacing the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/04—Endless-belt separators
    • B65H3/045—Endless-belt separators for separating substantially vertically stacked articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/54—Pressing or holding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/26—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts
    • B65H2404/264—Arrangement of side-by-side belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00—Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/20—Avoiding or preventing undesirable effects
    • B65H2601/25—Damages to handled material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • a singulator device receives at input groups of flat rectangular postal objects grouped together in packs and feeds at output singulated postal objects, i.e., postal objects physically separated from one another.
  • the singulator system can comprise a motor-driven withdrawing belt, which forms a vertical plane gripping portion associated to a suction device; the postal object that forms the front face of the pack comes to bear upon the plane gripping portion that moves individually the postal object withdrawn in a direction L transverse to the direction of advance, separating it from the pack.
  • the aim of said control is to create a flow of singulated postal objects separated from one another by a constant gap g, which moves at a controlled speed.
  • An optical barrier of a known type comprises n emitter/receiver sensors C (C0, C1, C2, ....C n ) arranged aligned in a rectilinear direction parallel to the direction L, and the optical paths between emitters/receivers C (CO, C1, C2, ....C n ) are interrupted by the edges of the postal object that moves in the direction L.
  • the sensor CO first sensor
  • the sensor Cn last sensor
  • the process of withdrawal can comprise three steps, namely:
  • the postal object is conveyed (at constant speed V) by the pinch rollers, whilst the withdrawing belt is decelerated until it stops altogether; for this reason, a rear portion of the postal object slides on the stationary belt, which, as is known, has a high coefficient of friction (both static and dynamic).
  • Document DE 101 40 497 describes a singulator as set in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a singulator device for postal objects that will solve the problems of the known art, preventing sliding of the rear portion of the postal object on the stationary belt.
  • the postal objects 7 of a flat type have a rectangular shape and are characterized by a major side L and by a minor side 1.
  • the singulator device 1 is configured for receiving at input groups of flat rectangular postal objects grouped together in packs P ( Figure 1 ) and feed at output singulated postal objects 7, i.e., postal objects physically separated from one another.
  • the device 1 comprises:
  • the device 1 comprises an electronic control unit C (illustrated schematically in Figure 1 ) which controls, amongst other things, the motion of the slide 27 and of the pusher element 29, which move from a first end of the wall 12 (not illustrated) towards a second end of the wall 12 in the proximity of which the singulation system 10 is located.
  • the packs P of postal objects resting on the resting wall 12 are pushed by the pusher element (messer knife) 29 and by the belt 13, which co-operates synchronously with the knife 29 (i.e., they are moved by the same mechanism), towards the singulation system 10 and advance in the direction of advance D.
  • the motor-driven belt withdrawing device 19 extends between a pair of motor-driven pulleys 30, which have axes perpendicular to the wall 12; in this way, the motor-driven belt withdrawing device 19 defines a pair of plane portions, one of which faces the pusher element 29 to provide the plane gripping portion 18.
  • the postal object 7 slides along the unloading path until it sets itself between a pair of motor-driven pinch rollers 35 set up against one another, which have axes perpendicular to the wall 12 and are designed to send the postal object (that sets itself between the two pinch rollers 35) towards a conveying system 36 of a known type that moves the postal object at a constant speed V.
  • the motor-driven pinch rollers 35 are provided with an outer surface coated with rubber with a high coefficient of friction and turn at constant speed.
  • the speed of rotation is very high, such as to guarantee on the tangent to the point of contact a speed of the postal object equal to the speed V of the conveying system 36.
  • the bars 42 are designed to set themselves - in the activation position - in a plane parallel to that of the plane gripping portion, projecting towards the outside of the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d after having traversed the respective windows 32.
  • a barrier of n emitter/receiver sensors C (CO, C1, C2, ....Cn - not illustrated for simplicity) is set aligned in a rectilinear direction parallel to the direction L, and the optical paths between emitters and receivers C (C0, C1, C2, ....C n ) are interrupted by the edges of the postal object that moves in the direction L.
  • the sensor CO first sensor
  • the sensor Cn last sensor
  • block 100 is followed by a block 110 that keeps in rotation the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d at the speed V. From block 110 the flow returns to block 100. In this step, the separator device 40 is set in a resting position.
  • the motor-driven belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d proceed with their motion at constant speed V withdrawing the postal object that forms the front face of the pack.
  • block 100 is followed both by a block 120, in which a command is issued for blocking the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d, and by a block 125, in which a command is issued for activation of the anti-slide device.
  • setting of the separator device 40 in the activation position brings about recession of the trailing edge of the postal object 7 from the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d.
  • operation of block 125 controlled practically together with operation of block 120, is activated when the leading edge of the postal object 7 is gripped between the pinch rollers 35 to prevent the trailing edge of the postal object withdrawn by the pinch rollers 35 from sliding on the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d that are decelerating and then come to a stop.
  • Blocks 120 and 125 are followed by a block 130, where the control unit sets itself waiting for the following logic condition:
  • Block 130 is followed by a block 135, in which a command is issued for return of the anti-slide device into a resting position in order to enable gripping by the belts 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d on the next postal object to be withdrawn (the bars 42 in the extracted position - device 40 activated - would not enable gripping by the belts on the postal object).
  • the withdrawing belt is still kept stationary, and there is moreover triggered (block 140 parallel to block 135) computation of a correction time T COR (by means of algorithms known and hence not illustrated - the correction time T COR is calculated on the basis of the position of the sensor lit up Ci and on the basis of the speed V of the receding postal object), said correction time T COR enabling a recession of the trailing edge of the postal object that is moving with respect to the leading edge of the stationary postal object, which enables creation of a pre-set gap between the postal objects being separated.
  • the effect of the anti-slide device 42 is also to prevent sliding-off of the paper band from the newspaper precisely because sliding of the band on the belts is prevented during deceleration or when the belts are stationary.

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Claims (7)

  1. Eine Vereinzelungsvorrichtung für flache, rechteckige Postobjekte, die aufweist:
    - eine Auflagefläche (12, 13) für die Packen von Postobjekten,
    - eine Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen und
    - ein Ziehsystem (15), das die Packen zu einem Ebenengreifabschnitt der Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen verschiebt, der gestaltet ist, um ein Postobjekt, das eine vordere Endfläche des Packens bildet, einzeln zurückziehen, dieses in eine Richtung quer zur Ziehrichtung verschiebt und dieses von dem Packen lockert,
    wobei die Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen mit einer Trennvorrichtung (40) gekoppelt ist, die sich zwischen zumindest zwei Positionen bewegt mit
    - einer Ruheposition, in der sich die Trennvorrichtung (40) mit der Riemenzurückziehvorrichtung (19) und mit dem Postobjekt während des Zurückziehens von dem Packen durch die Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) nicht beeinflusst, und
    - einer Aktivierungsposition, in der sich ein mobiler Abschnitt der Zurückziehvorrichtung über den Ebenengreifabschnitt hinaus zu dem Packen von Objekten hin erstreckt, um mit einem hinteren Abschnitt des Postobjektes während des Zurückziehens in Kontakt zu gelangen, eine Bewegung davon von der Riemenzurückziehvorrichtung (19) erfolgt und ein Gleiten des hinteren Abschnitts an dem Riemen oder ein Herabgleiten von einem Band zum Schließen des Postobjektes, insbesondere einer Zeitung, verhindert wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen zumindest ein Paar von benachbarten Riemen aufweist, die durch Endriemenscheiben (30) getragen sind und axial in Bezug zueinander durch einen voreingestellten Axialabstand (P) zum Definieren eines länglichen Fensters, das sich zwischen den zwei benachbarten Riemen öffnet, getrennt sind,
    wobei der mobile Abschnitt der Trennvorrichtung ein längliches Element (42) aufweist, das in der Ruheposition in den Raum untergebracht ist, der zwischen benachbarten Riemen (19a/19b, 19b/19c und 19c/19d) abgegrenzt ist, und das nicht über die Fläche des Ebenengreifabschnitts hinaus vorsteht,
    wobei das längliche Element (42) gestaltet ist, um sich in der Aktivierungsposition selbst in eine Ebene parallel zu der des Ebenengreifabschnitts einzustellen, wobei ein Vorstehen zur Außenseite der Riemen (19a, 19b, 19c und 19d) hin vorliegt, nachdem das jeweilige Fenster (32) passiert wurde.
  2. Die Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das längliche Element ein Stab ist, der einen im Wesentlichen kreisförmigen Querschnitt hat.
  3. Die Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei das längliche Element aus Metallmaterial, vorzugsweise Stahl, gefertigt ist und einen Koeffizienten der dynamischen und statischen Reibung hat, der deutlich niedriger als der Reibungskoeffizient von Gummi der Riemen (19a, 19b, 19c und 19d) ist.
  4. Die Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das längliche Element einen Reibungskoeffizienten im Bereich von 0,05-0,25 hat.
  5. Die Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen vier Riemen (19a, 19b, 19c und 19d) aufweist, die voneinander getrennt sind, die durch Endriemenscheiben (30) getragen sind und von denen jeder in einem Abstand von dem/den benachbarten mit einem voreingestellten axialen Abstand (P) eingestellt ist, wobei Paare von benachbarten Riemen (19a/19b, 19b/19c und 19c/19d) Hauptseiten der drei rechteckigen Fenster (32) parallel zueinander abgrenzen und in unterschiedlichen Höhen angeordnet sind,
    wobei der mobile Abschnitt der Trennvorrichtung drei längliche Stäbe (42) aufweist, von denen jeder in der Ruheposition in dem Raum untergebracht ist, der zwischen benachbarten Riemen (19a/19b, 19b/19c und 19c/19d) abgegrenzt ist, und nicht über die Greiffläche hinaus vorsteht,
    wobei die Stäbe (42) gestaltet sind, um sich in der Aktivierungsposition in einer Ebene parallel zu der des Ebenengreifabschnitts einzustellen, wobei ein Vorstehen zur Außenseite der Riemen (19a, 19b, 19c und 19d) hin vorliegt, nachdem das jeweilige Fenster (32) passiert wurde,
    wobei die Trennvorrichtung eine elektromagnetische Betätigungsvorrichtung (45) mit einem Ausgabeelement aufweist, das mit reversibler Bewegung linear beweglich ist und die Stäbe (42) stützt.
  6. Die Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Steuereinrichtung vorgesehen ist, um gestaltet zu sein, damit die Anordnung (125) der Riemenzurückziehvorrichtung zwischen der Ruheposition und der Aktivierungsposition bestimmt wird, wenn eine vordere Kante des zurücklaufendes Postobjektes eine voreingestellte Position in Bezug auf die Zurückziehvorrichtung (19) mit motorgetriebenem Riemen erreicht.
  7. Die Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Steuereinrichtung vorgesehen ist, um gestaltet zu sein, damit die Anordnung der Riemenzurückziehvorrichtung von der Ruheposition in die Aktivierungsposition bestimmt wird, wenn eine vordere Kante des Postobjektes zwischen ein Paar von Klemmwalzen eingeführt wird, die gestaltet sind, das Postobjekt zu einem Fördersystem hin zu schicken.
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