EP3433029A1 - Module de sortie de tri pour machine de tri postal - Google Patents
Module de sortie de tri pour machine de tri postalInfo
- Publication number
- EP3433029A1 EP3433029A1 EP17706269.2A EP17706269A EP3433029A1 EP 3433029 A1 EP3433029 A1 EP 3433029A1 EP 17706269 A EP17706269 A EP 17706269A EP 3433029 A1 EP3433029 A1 EP 3433029A1
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- Prior art keywords
- sorting
- support
- tray
- housing
- bin
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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
- B07C3/008—Means for collecting objects, e.g. containers for sorted mail items
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/44—Sequencing or synchronisation of drawer slides or functional units
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
- A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
- A47B88/467—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-closing
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/473—Braking devices, e.g. linear or rotational dampers or friction brakes; Buffers; End stops
Definitions
- the invention relates to a sorting outlet module for a postal sorting machine comprising a housing for accommodating a storage bin for mail items, and in the housing a support for the drawer-type storage bin which is movable in translation according to a longitudinal direction between a storage position in which the tray on the support is retracted into the housing and a transfer position in which the tray on the support is out of the housing.
- the invention also relates to a postal sorting machine for sorting mail items in which at least one sort output module is installed.
- Postal sorting machines are generally equipped with stackers at the sorting outlets so as to stack on edge flat mail items by destination address.
- a slot is also provided under each sorting outlet for receiving a storage bin in mail items.
- In the housing is usually a movable support for moving horizontally and longitudinally the tray out of the housing and thus allow the loading of mail items stacked on edge output sorting.
- Document EP 2 152 439 discloses in this connection a device for loading / unloading mail items including storage bins placed under a sorting outlet.
- the bins are here mounted one behind the other on a telescopic mobile support and can be moved outside the housing so that present in "cascade" with respect to the sorting outlet.
- the mail items are stored on stacked vocals in the sorting outlet to be loaded into the stacking storage bin.
- the housings are aligned under the sorting outlets in the lengthwise direction.
- bins used are not designed to contain large mail items on edge because the width of the bins is generally less than the length of large mail items.
- Sorting Operator when loading the stack of flat mail items in the bin the Sorting Operator must Be careful not to change the orientation of the battery, as this may disrupt downstream processing in the sorting process and result in a new unplanned sorting pass.
- the object of the invention is therefore to overcome the problems mentioned above by providing an ergonomic and intuitive system of the workstation for Sorting Operators to load the stack of mail items in the tray in the correct orientation.
- the subject of the invention is a sorting output module for a postal sorting machine comprising a housing for accommodating a storage bin for mail items, and in the housing a support for the drawer type storage bin. which is movable in translation in a longitudinal direction between a storage position in which the tray on the support is retracted into the housing and a transfer position in which the tray on the support is out of the housing, characterized in that said support comprises means for pivoting and aligning the tray arranged such that the pivoting of the tray 90 ° on the support relative to the longitudinal direction causes an alignment of one side of the tray with respect to a lateral side of the housing while now the ferry closer to the accommodation.
- the idea underlying the invention is to present the storage bin perpendicular to the transfer position in an ideal loading position and intuitive for the Sorting Operator.
- the mechanical rotation performed by the tray advantageously eliminates the rotation movement of the stack normally performed by the Sort Operator.
- the Sort Operator retrieves the stack of mail items on the edge of the sorting outlet, a simple effect of manually tilting the stack forward or backward will allow the items to be dropped. flat mail in the storage bin (visible destination address).
- the idea of the invention is also that the loading position is as close as possible and along the housing through which the tray has been removed.
- the sorting operator will be closer to the sorting outlet for transferring the stack of mail items between the outlet and the tray.
- the ergonomics of the workstation are therefore greatly improved.
- the sorting output module according to the invention may also have the following particularities:
- the means is arranged to cause the tray to pivot under the effect of the displacement of the support between its storage position and the transfer position.
- the effort given by the sorting operator to move longitudinally the tray to the transfer position is also sufficient to turn the tray in the loading position.
- the means comprises a tray support plate which is rotatable with an off-axis rotation axis;
- the means comprises a set of links
- the support comprises two telescopic slides with a return means for forcing the return of the support to the storage position;
- It comprises a locking mechanism for locking the storage tank in position at 90 ° relative to the longitudinal direction.
- the invention also extends to a postal sorting machine for sorting mail items comprising a plurality of sorting output modules according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 very schematically illustrates a part of a postal sorting machine comprising a sorting output module according to the invention
- FIG. 2 very schematically illustrates a support according to an alternative embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 1 very schematically illustrates, by way of example, a sorting output module 1 according to the invention, suitable for manually loading mailpieces 2 stacked on edge at sorting outlet 3 of a sorting machine. in a storage bin 4 mail items dedicated for this purpose.
- the type of storage bin used here is in the form of a rectangular receptacle comprising two side walls in the width 4L and two in the length 41, a bottom and an opening on the top. At least two of the side walls, preferably those in the width 4L, comprise a recess 4e as a gripping means for a sorting operator.
- each sorting output module 1 comprises a sorting outlet 3 and a housing 5 placed below adapted to receive one or more empty storage bins 4.
- the housing 5 may comprise side walls and / or a base or be presented as a simple empty space under the sorting outlet as shown in FIG. 1. It will be understood that the alignment of the sorting outlets 3 implies that the housings 5 must be sufficiently spaced from each other to allow the insertion of a storage bin 4 in length.
- Each housing 5 here comprises a support 6 for a storage bin 4 of the "drawer" type movable in translation in the longitudinal direction represented by the arrow T.
- the support here comprises telescopic slides in order to move in translation out of the housing 6, as shown in dashed lines in Figure 1.
- the support 6 mobile may be in the form of sliding bars with rails or bars mounted on wheels.
- the support may also comprise fastening or holding means, not shown, of the tray 4 to prevent it from tilting during its displacement.
- the storage bin 4 can thus be moved using the support 6 of a storage position PS in which the support 6 is retracted into the housing 5 under the sorting outlet 3, visible in FIGS. 1, 3a and 4a, and a transfer position PT in which the storage container 4 has been moved out of the housing 5 (or at least partially out ), as shown in Figures 3b and 4b.
- the transfer position PT makes it possible to present the storage container 4 in "cascade" with respect to the sorting outlet 3.
- the storage positions PS and transfer PT allow the tray 4 to extend in the relative length. to the housing in the longitudinal direction represented by the arrow T, visible in Figures 1, 3b and 4b.
- the tray 4 in the PS storage position the tray 4 is concealed in the housing 5 so as to leave the space in front of the sorting outlets 3 to facilitate the movement of the Sorting Operators.
- the support 6 also comprises a means of pivoting and alignment 7 of the tray, as shown in Figures 2 and 3a-3h, arranged to rotate the tray to a PC loading position of the tray 4 in mail items 2
- PC tray 4 extends outside the housing
- the term "near” may be understood as a distance adapted for a Sort Operator to be able to transfer a stack of mail items from the sorting outlet 3 to the storage bin 4 at arm's length. be between a few millimeters (flush), about several tens of centimeters.
- one of the angles of the tray 4 PC loading position will be flush with an angle of a tray 4 of the adjacent housing 5 so that the width of the tray 4 in the loading position is almost in alignment with the length of the tray in the storage position.
- the pivoting and alignment means 7 may be in the form of a tray support plate 8 which is rotatable off-center axis of rotation according to the arrow Ad.
- the plate 8 is here in the form of a flat disc.
- the pivoting and alignment means 7 may be in the form of two rods 9.
- the rods 9 here serve offices means of receiving the storage bin , that is to say that the tray 4 essentially rests on the rods 9.
- Each link may for example be mounted movable both with the support 5 and the storage tank 4 respectively according to a first axis of rotation Ar1 and a second axis of rotation Ar2, as represented by the arrows Figure 3e. It will be understood that the coordinated rotation around the first and second axes of rotation Ar1 and Ar2 and the coordinated movement of the two links makes it possible to pivot and align the storage bin 4 in the loading position PC.
- the means 7 can also be arranged to drive the tray 4 pivotally under the effect of the displacement of the support 6 between its storage position PS and the transfer position PT (with or without the embodiments according to the invention. invention).
- This training can be performed for example using a cam.
- the support 6 may further comprise a return means for facilitating its movement from the PC loading position to the storage position PS.
- the return means may be in the form of springs 10 mounted at the slideways 6 and the pivoting and aligning means 7, as shown in FIG. 2.
- the support may also comprise a stop 11 which prevents the tray from pivoting beyond a position at 90 ° with respect to the longitudinal direction.
- the receiving plate 8 comprises a projection 12 on one of these outer edges designed to abut against the stop when the plate 8 is rotated to the loading position PC.
- the support 6 may further comprise a locking mechanism, not shown, for locking the storage bin in a 90 ° position with respect to the direction longitudinal.
- the sorting outlet module according to the invention may advantageously comprise a system, not shown, for setting the height of the automatic or manual tray 4 so as to align the tray 4 with the height of the sorting outlet 3.
- the invention also relates to a postal sorting machine 13, partially shown in FIG. 1, comprising at least one sorting output module 1 according to the invention.
- An example of use of the sorting output module 1 comprises the following steps, visible in FIG.
- the tray is placed on the support 6 and is held by the fastening means.
- the Sorting Operator first pulls the support 6 in the manner of a drawer opening, so as to move the support 6 longitudinally, and therefore the tray 4, out of the housing 5, Figures 3a and 3b.
- the Sorting Operator continues to pull the support 6 to cause the pivoting and alignment of the tray 4 by the pivoting and aligning means 7, FIGS. 3c to 3h.
- the sorting operator having positioned the tray 4 in the loading position PC, FIG. 3h, can thus load the mail items 2, previously stacked in the sorting outlet 3, in the storage bin 4.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR1670131A FR3049201B1 (fr) | 2016-03-24 | 2016-03-24 | Module de sortie de tri pour machine de tri postal |
| PCT/FR2017/050080 WO2017162933A1 (fr) | 2016-03-24 | 2017-01-13 | Module de sortie de tri pour machine de tri postal |
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| EP3433029A1 true EP3433029A1 (fr) | 2019-01-30 |
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| EP17706269.2A Withdrawn EP3433029A1 (fr) | 2016-03-24 | 2017-01-13 | Module de sortie de tri pour machine de tri postal |
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| US (1) | US10259014B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP3433029A1 (fr) |
| JP (1) | JP3220626U (fr) |
| CA (1) | CA3009780C (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3049201B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2017162933A1 (fr) |
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| FR3077744B1 (fr) * | 2018-02-13 | 2020-02-14 | Solystic | Installation de tri de courrier avec un robot navette d'injection de bacs sur convoyeur |
| NO346540B1 (en) | 2020-12-23 | 2022-09-26 | Autostore Tech As | An access station for an automated storage and retrieval system and method for using same |
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| US20030107305A1 (en) * | 2001-10-15 | 2003-06-12 | Konrad Kusztal | Device for supporting a keyboard |
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- 2017-01-13 US US15/517,580 patent/US10259014B2/en active Active
- 2017-01-13 WO PCT/FR2017/050080 patent/WO2017162933A1/fr not_active Ceased
- 2017-01-13 CA CA3009780A patent/CA3009780C/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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| FR3049201B1 (fr) | 2018-03-09 |
| CA3009780A1 (fr) | 2017-09-28 |
| JP3220626U (ja) | 2019-03-28 |
| CA3009780C (fr) | 2020-04-28 |
| WO2017162933A1 (fr) | 2017-09-28 |
| FR3049201A1 (fr) | 2017-09-29 |
| US20180193883A1 (en) | 2018-07-12 |
| US10259014B2 (en) | 2019-04-16 |
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