WO2007149973A2 - Procédé et appareil permettant d'égaliser des articles triables par secousses et de les faire avancer - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil permettant d'égaliser des articles triables par secousses et de les faire avancer Download PDF

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WO2007149973A2
WO2007149973A2 PCT/US2007/071767 US2007071767W WO2007149973A2 WO 2007149973 A2 WO2007149973 A2 WO 2007149973A2 US 2007071767 W US2007071767 W US 2007071767W WO 2007149973 A2 WO2007149973 A2 WO 2007149973A2
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Robert L. Babanats
Todd Steven Lyter
William Weaver
Gary Murphy
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Imaging Business Machines LLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
    • B65H1/025—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge with controlled positively-acting mechanical devices for advancing the pile to present the articles to the separating device
    • 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
    • B65H3/08—Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
    • B65H3/12—Suction bands, belts, or tables moving relatively to the pile
    • B65H3/124—Suction bands or 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
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • 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
    • B65H3/60—Loosening articles in piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2220/00—Function indicators
    • B65H2220/09—Function indicators indicating that several of an entity are present
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4234—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile assisting separation or preventing double feed
    • B65H2301/42342—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile assisting separation or preventing double feed vibrating
    • 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
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/66—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis perpendicular to face of material
    • B65H2404/663—Helical or worm shaped
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2406/00—Means using fluid
    • B65H2406/30—Suction means
    • B65H2406/32—Suction 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
    • 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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  • FIG. 6 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of the jogging and feeding apparatus of FIG. 2 to show a pulley system for rotating a plurality of rods.
  • FIG. 6 further depicts a second article overlapping a first article on a transfer belt.
  • FIGS. 7A and 7B show a schematic top view of a transfer belt positioned opposite to a separation belt, with the separation belt in a first and a second position in accordance with the embodiment of FIG 1.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a jogging and feeding apparatus provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the jogging and feeding apparatus 10 includes a jogging tray 12 adapted to vibrate and thereby separate a plurality of sortable articles 14 (shown in FIG. 2) in the jogging tray 12 from one another and align a bottom edge 16 of each of the plurality of articles 14.
  • the jogging tray 12 comprises a guide rail 18 having a flat vertical surface 19 and a movable guide plate 20.
  • the jogging tray 12 includes a plurality of rods 22 rotatably coupled within the jogging tray 12.
  • the distance 84 between the two belts 52, 74 is a design choice that depends, in part, on the average thickness of the majority of articles that the jogging and feeding apparatus 10 is likely to jog and feed.
  • the separation assembly 72 includes a second vacuum system 86 comprised of a horizontally positioned suction fan 88.
  • the second vacuum system 86 is adapted to suction air from the plurality of third-sized openings 76 in the separation belt 74 to generate a third suction force 90.
  • the third suction force 90 is one that, in the event that a second article 92 overlaps the first article 70 on the transfer belt 52 (as shown in FIG. 6), is high enough to pull the second article 92 off of the transfer belt 52 and onto the separation belt 74 and yet low enough so as to not pull the first article 70 off of the transfer belt 52.
  • the third suction force 90 is typically lower than each of the first and the second suction forces 66, 68.
  • the separation assembly has a separation belt with 30 to 50 third- sized openings appearing on the separation belt at an interval of every 12.7 millimeters (.5 inches), with each opening being 4 to 6 millimeters (0.16 to 0.24 inches) in diameter, and a second vacuum system with a power rating that can range from 367 to 1,471 watts (0.5 to 2 horsepower) to generate a third suction force through the third-sized openings that varies between 2.7 and 4.0 kPa (20 and 30 mmHg). It is to be understood that the various embodiments described herein can be utilized singularly or in various combinations.
  • the greater suction force generated by the air suctioned through the plurality of first and/or second-sized openings 54, 56 in the transfer belt 52 causes the second article 92 traveling on the separation belt 74 to be suctioned back onto the transfer belt 52.
  • the second article 92 proceeds, as did the first article 70 earlier, to travel on the transfer belt 52, past the separation assembly 72 and toward the processing station 94.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil comprenant un plateau égaliseur vibreur à tiges rotatives ayant des bords longitudinaux. L'appareil peut par ailleurs comprendre un ensemble de transfert comportant une courroie de transfert et un premier système à vide se trouvant opposé à un ensemble de séparation comportant une courroie de séparation et, en option, un deuxième système à vide. En cours de fonctionnement, les tiges font tourner une pluralité d'articles vers l'ensemble de transfert. Le premier système à vide attire un premier article sur la courroie de transfert et le transporte jusqu'à un poste de traitement. Si un deuxième article chevauche le premier article sur la courroie de transfert, le deuxième système à vide peut retirer le deuxième article du premier article et le placer sur la courroie de séparation. Si l'épaisseur du premier article se déplaçant sur l'ensemble de transfert est supérieure à une distance entre la courroie de transfert et la courroie de séparation, un rouleau rétractable peut rétracter la courroie de séparation et/ou la courroie de transfert pour augmenter la distance entre les deux.
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